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1975 Baseball: Hoover Coach Moves On After Third Section Championship
Jerry Bartow ended a 14-season run at Hoover with his third San Diego Section championship and with an overall record of 226-119 (.656) then headed off to Southwestern College, where the Apaches won more than 900 games in the next 39 years before Bartow retired in 2014. Until Ted Williams Field was built on the […]
Read More2024 Week 1A: Arcadia Invitational Results, Second Day
GIRLS EVENT NAME SCHOOL MARK PLACE Seeded 100 Lauren Gilhooly Coronado :11.70 First Open 100 Ily Barclay Steele Canyon :12.20 — Taylore Hoagland Rancho Bernardo :12.29 — Tianna Rustkovich Mt. Carmel :12.32 — Chanel Burton Helix :12.36 — Laraigh Allen Helix — — Open 220 Gilhooly :24.82 11th Rustkovich :25.26 — Arynn Sanders Otay Ranch […]
Read More2024 Week 1: Arcadia Invitational, First Day
Opening event of the marathon 56th Arcadia Invitational was Friday afternoon, April 4, followed by a Saturday spectacular that goes from not long after sun-up to late-night TV. San Diego Section boys and girls Friday participated in many events, some with four classifications, Invitational, Open, Seeded, and Rated. “Rising Stars” events below, usually are reserved […]
Read More1975 Track: Jefferson Close, But Missed Third in Row
Elijah Jefferson’s quest for a record, third consecutive state meet 100-yard dash championship was short circuited by the blindingly fast start (a “flyer”, some suggested) on the Balboa Stadium track by Kevin Williams of San Fernando. Jefferson had tied his meet record of :09.4 in the trials and Williams, known for tremendous acceleration at the […]
Read More2023-24 Basketball Week 11: Happy Trails, San Diego Section Ballers
The girls from Grossmont and Montgomery closed the San Diego Section basketball season on losing notes in championship games in Sacramento. Montgomery (25-12) dropped a 56-50 decision to Oakland High (23-10) in the Division V final and Grossmont (27-8) was beaten in D-IV, 42-29, by Eureka St. Bernard (30-5). But a losing performance probably was […]
Read More1948 Baseball: Hilltoppers Team of Year, Stagnaro Player of Year
It was another great season by coach Mike Morrow’s San Diego High Hilltoppers, who won their second Southern Section championship in the last three seasons. (San Diego also won the team championship in track and field and reached the finals in football, losing, 13-12, to Santa Monica). The Hillers were 69-16, a .812 winning percentage, […]
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