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1960-61: Laurel & Hardy Could Not Top This
Evening Tribune writer Roger Conlee said the Grossmont-Helix game was more a circus carnival (of errors), with everything but a pie-throwing contest. Conlee covered the Metropolitan League Southern Division contest that attracted about 1,200 persons to Grossmont’s “ancient, creaky arena.” Taking them one at a time: –The game started at 8:45 p.m. after a longer-than-usual […]
Read More2017-18 Week 17: Barry 3rd All-Time in Scoring; Bucs 17th in State; Clark All-Time No. 1.
West Hills’ Cameron Barry led the San Diego Section, was tied for second in the state, and 10th nationally in scoring average, and 22nd in total points, according to Max Preps. Barry scored 866 points in 26 games. His 33.3-point average is No. 3 all-time in San Diego County. Jc Canahuate of Army-Navy was second […]
Read More2018: Hickey, Christon, Jackson, Ward, Farmer, Lippert Put Stamp on Mt. Carmel Meet
The warm days of spring aren’t here, but San Diego Section girls and boys performed above the temperature last Saturday in the season’s first major meet, Dennis McClanahan’s Mt. Carmel Invitational. McClanahan, the 35-years-plus coach at Mt. Carmel and former Helix shot putter and discus twirler, has built his late-March event into one of the […]
Read More1961-62: Cardinals Challenged But Prevail
Hoover’s 25-2 record and second consecutive San Diego Section Class AA championship did not reflect a season-long struggle to stay ahead of the Eastern League posse. Back-to-back league losses for the first time since 1957-58 and top-to-bottom league challenges, including one from rising Crawford, tested the Cardinals’ mettle. Coach Charlie Hampton’s team showed its grit, […]
Read More2017-18 Week 15: 3 Finalists Come up Short
It officially was a down year in San Diego Section basketball. Every team in the final Union-Tribune Top 10 poll was eliminated by the quarterfinals round of the Southern California regional tournament. Three of the six from the original 32 in five divisions made it past the semifinals into a championship game, but all were […]
Read More2017-18 Week 14: Six Remain Out of 32 in Regionals
Six San Diego Section teams, from the original 32, reach the semifinals of the Southern California state regional playoffs tonight. An all-San Diego Section final is possible in Boys Division V, but both teams, 5 San Diego and 11 San Diego Southwest, face higher seeds on the road, 1 Canyon Country Santa Clarita Christian and […]
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