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1936 Baseball: Ted Williams and Jackie Robinson Made for a Memorable Season
Two of baseball’s all-time greatest players were playing with hundreds of so-called mortals. Hoover’s Ted Williams and Pasadena Muir Tech’s Jackie Robinson trod on the diamonds and little Escondido High knocked down some giants and went all the way to the Southern California finals. 3/31/36 A total of 31 teams and up to 600 players […]
Read More2023 Week 15B: State Regional Playoffs, At a Glance
San Diego Section teams in bold. Columns 4, 5, and 6 are prep outlets’ ratings of opponents. DIVISION TEAM OPPONENT CAL-PREPS.COM MAX PREPS CAL-HI SPORTS I-AA Granite Hills (12-0) @Mission Viejo (11-3) 65.9/69.7 7/5 6/12 I-A St. Augustine (10-4) Ventura St. Bonaventure (11-3) 46.4/51.4 39/31 43/29 III-AA Del Norte (11-1) Lake Balboa Birmingham (11-2) 32.2/33.0 […]
Read More2023 Week 15: San Diego Section Teams Challenged in State Regional Playoffs
This is the curious time of the season. The San Diego Section rounds of championship games, concluding with Division I, II III, and IV last week, now centers on the Southern California Regional playoffs. And many of us are curious about these strangers suddenly looming on the postseason schedule. How good are San Diego Section […]
Read More2023 Week 14: Eagles Tough as Granite in Open Thriller with Lincoln
This is the year of living dangerously for Granite Hills. The Eagles beat Lincoln, 27-26, for the San Diego Section Open Division championship Saturday night in Snapdragon Stadium in the third of a series of cliffhangers and barnburners in the last four weeks. The east El Cajon club, 93-47 under coach Kellan Cobbs since 2013, […]
Read More2023 Flag Football Week 13B: Bonita Vista & Classical Are Champions
The San Diego Section winners were not a surprise, just the scores. Matches to decide ultimate bragging rights are expected to be nail biters when teams that average 25-30 points per game collide. You know the old adage about “assume”. DIVISION I Bonita Vista shut out erstwhile undefeated Torrey Pines, 19-0. Lady Barons quarterback Malyna […]
Read More1990 Girls Track: 17th State Meet
Sophomores Alison Dring of Mt. Carmel and Erin Blunt of San Pasqual gave promise but only four of the original 45 qualifiers from the San Diego Section finished in the top five in finals at the state meet. 6/1/90 17TH GIRLS STATE TRACK TRIALS, @CERRITOS COLLEGE, NORWALK EVENT NAME SCHOOL MARK PLACE 100 Kimmey University […]
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