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2021-22 Week 7: St. Augustine, San Marcos Neck and Neck
RATINGS GAME The San Diego Union-Tribune poll. First-place points in parenthesis. Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS LAST WEEK 1. St. Augustine (11) 10-6 145 1 2. San Marcos (4) 8-3 139 2 3. Torrey Pines (1) 10-4 115 3 4. Cathedral (2) Catholic 13-5 97 4 5. Mission Hills (1) 11-5 96 […]
Read More1927: Foothillers Bring Championship to Grossmont
Grossmont’s Southern California Minor Division football championship for schools with less than 1,000 students was achieved following a series of competitive and administrative tug of wars. Coach Ladimir (Jack) Mashin’s Foothillers defeated Calexico High, 9-0, on the Grossmont gridiron to complete an 8-0-3 season that included a championship in the San Diego County League. With […]
Read More2021 Football: About Sutton, Gardinera, O’Sullivan
Lucky Sutton became one the 10 highest single-season scorers in San Diego County history this season. Sutton’s 40 touchdowns for 240 points tied the Cathedral senior and San Diego State-bound running back for ninth with Imperial’s Royce Freeman, who also scored 240 in 2011. Sutton played in 13 games and was deprived of a 14th […]
Read More1957 Track: Cook and Cerveny Lead Way; Cavers Win a Championship
The thinclads were so good that several made national lists. Roscoe Cook of San Diego High held the national record in the 100-yard dash, if only for a few days. Mission Bay’s Jim Cerveny came close to the national record in the 880-yard run. Bobby Staten, Jim Wade, Luther Hayes, Ed Buchanan, and Dick Verdon […]
Read More2021 Week 17 Wrapup: 3 Champs; Doyle, Gilster, Others Move Up; How Section Teams Rate
Scripps Ranch Coach Marlon Gardinera would have been in the spotlight on every college, NFL pregame or postgame show. But Gardinera’s gutsy (crazy?) move did not go “national”, instead raising eyebrows and begging comment on a level just as significant to all involved. Gardinera decided to “relax” his defense and allow Santa Clara Wilcox to […]
Read More1957: Hoover 9 Surprises With Run to CIF Finals
The top four teams in won-loss percentage in the County were San Diego (25-3, .880), Helix (16-5, .762), Mission Bay (17-6, .737), and Hoover (19-9, .679). It was the latter that battled through four rounds of the CIF Southern Section playoffs to get to the finals. Hoover was an uninspiring 10-8 heading into the stretch […]
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