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2018 Week 4: Not the NFL, But Rams, Eagles Just as Intense
Call it the Battle of Banner Grade, because a chunk of the 32-mile trip from Julian to Borrego Springs on California 78 traverses the circuitous path of the vintage East County road, past the 19th Century gold-mining community of Banner, until the final stretch of the approximately 50-minute drive turns to County Road S2. Julian […]
Read More2018 Week 3: Helix-Cathedral Now, La Costa-Torrey Later
Helix and Cathedral collide this week while La Costa Canyon and Torrey Pines are on a collision course. The Cathedral Dons, 5-7 last season and missing stud running back Shawn Poma much of the year, made a statement last week with a 42-21 win over high-powered Gardena Serra, the state’s 10th-ranked team, according to Cal-Hi […]
Read More2018 Week 2: A 1…and a 2…and a 3, it’s San Clemente Time Again
San Clemente has become the Avocado League’s weathervane. La Costa Canyon, second ranked in this week’s Union-Tribune poll, will be the third Avo team in successive weeks to take on the Tritons, a respected Orange County entry just a few right or left turns and a modest hike up Interstate 5 from Oceanside (23 miles), Torrey […]
Read More1938-39: Coaches On Unlikely Hiatus
Metropolitan League coaches doubled as classroom or physical education teachers, began their school years with football practice in early September, jumped into winter basketball, and followed with baseball or track in the spring. That’s the way it was done at the area’s smaller schools. Year after year. So it was a little surprising when a […]
Read More2018 Week 1: 269 No Magic Number for Helix
How decisive was top-ranked Helix’ shocking, 43-3 defeat at San Bernardino Cajon last week? Two-hundred, sixty-nine games decisive. You have to go back to the third contest of the 1996 season, a 41-0 Highlanders loss to El Camino, to find a more conclusive result. Only four others in the school’s storied, 68-season, 691-game history—41-0 to […]
Read More2018 Week 0: Scots Try to Repeat; Have Tough Opener
Helix is number one, at least for the opening week. The Highlanders received 14 first-place votes and 262 points from the panel of 30 in the first Union-Tribune football poll coordinated by veteran prep honcho John Maffei. The Scots also were number one in the final 2017 vote: Rank Team 2017 Points Previous 1. Helix […]
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