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1969 Track: Section Comes Up Short at State; Track Ovals, Too?
Dick Tomlinson, assistant coach and in charge of weight events at Mount Miguel, was suspicious, so he got a long tape measure and began surveying. Tomlinson said he discovered that the 440-yard oval track at his school was six feet short (two yards) of regulation distance. The coach told Evening Tribune writer Bill Finley that […]
Read More1969 Baseball: Cardinals and Colts Battled for CIF Royalty
A road map would have been easy to follow in the first nine years of the San Diego Section: Start at 44th Street and El Cajon Boulevard and travel about 1.5 miles East and Southeast to 55th and Trojan Avenue. The Hoover Cardinals and Crawford Colts, neighbors in the East San Diego enclave eventually known […]
Read More2022-23 Week 14C: Cold Barons Lose in State D-II final
The shots wouldn’t go down for Bonita Vista, which converted 14 per cent of its attempts from the field in the first half to trail, 29-18, and went on to lose to Fresno Central, 52-41, in the CIF state Division II championship at the Sacramento Golden Center Saturday afternoon. In a game in which the […]
Read More2022-23 Week 14B: Bonita Vista Still Standing, Headed to Sacramento
And then there was one. The Bonita Vista Barons girls won the Southern California Regional Division II championship, 80-67, over Lawndale Leuzinger, while Del Norte was defeated in the D-I final at Corona Centennial, 52-39. Bonita Vista will play the Fresno Central Grizzlies (22-12), who defeated Chico Pleasant Valley, 62-51, in the Northern final, at […]
Read More2022-23 Week 13C: Two in San Diego Section Remain after Regional Semifinals
From a starting lineup of 36 teams, there are two survivors as the San Diego Section season nears the finish line with the State Regional playoff championships Tuesday night, winners of which then moving on to state championships against Northern California opponents in Sacramento March 10-11. St. Augustine, the last Boys squad to reach the […]
Read More2022-23 Week 13B: Six Teams Move into Regional Semifinals
Winning San Diego teams highlighted. BOYS QUARTERFINALS DIVISION TEAM/VISITOR SEED OPPONENT/HOME SEED SCORE Open St. Augustine (27-4) 4 Valencia West Ranch 5 63-60 III Lincoln (30-3) 10 Culver City (19-12) 2 82-77, OT. San Luis Obispo Mission Prep (23-9) 11 Mission Bay (24-10) 3 67-57 Ventura Buena (29-5) 8 La Jolla Country Day (24-8) […]
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