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San Diego Union-Tribune prep maven John Maffei issued  a week-of-the-first-game top 20, with Western League leaders Lincoln and Cathedral at the top. Both teams aren’t afraid to schedule tough opponents, ala legendary Duane Maley during San Diego High’s great run from 1948-59. Lincoln coach David Dunn, a former player at Morse and a five year, tight-end veteran ...

The narrative originally was posted Dec. 7, 2013. This team may have been the best of all coached by Duane Maley at San Diego High, but the Cavemen lost two of their best players and five reserves as practice started and their best player at the most important time of the season. They came up short in ...

San Diego County competitors had been stalwarts in track and field since the California Interscholastic Federation was formed 67 years before. But equipment, training, evolution, and population growth also had taken place in other parts of the state and competition had correspondingly stiffened. El Cajon Valley’s Chris Mose was the only  individual champion when she won the ...

The narrative originally was posted Dec. 30, 2013. San Diego High had an unusual relationship with The San Diego Union. Student Alan McGrew, who also served in a business position as the “Temporary Football Manager of San Diego High School,” was the de facto Hilltoppers beat writer for the newspaper. McGrew filed daily reports on the Hilltoppers, the ...

The narrative originally was posted on Nov. 16, 2012. Coach Les Cassie’s Hoover Cardinals were within nine outs of a berth in the Southern California finals.  San Diego High was San Diego High, reliably formidable.  But Don Clarkson’s Point Loma Pointers may have been the best team of all. The Pointers won the prestigious Pomona 20-30 Rotary ...

Baseball and track and field continued to feel the effects of the World War II with shorter seasons and limited participation. Teachers and students were answering the call from Uncle Sam and leaving for the military.  Allied forces continued to fight fierce battles in Europe and the Pacific. No official count of the number of baseball games ...

Looking Back: The narrative originally was posted on June 9, 2014. As far back as early season 1989, Morse coach John Shacklett was able to smile through a 2-2 start and a forfeit win, supported by a belief that the best was yet to come. This was after the Tigers had defeated Orange Glen, 31-28, for the ...

Looking Back:  The narrative originally was posted on Nov. 25, 2018.  Walton’s and Helix’ historic season, game by game, with quotes and attributions by and to Bill Center of The San Diego Union: Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1969. HELIX 74, MADISON 60. Mike Dupree scored 28 and Walton 24, off-setting a 30-point performance by Dave Smith, whose Warhawks were down, ...

Looking Back:  The narrative originally was posted on Nov. 5, 2012. Hoover’s Eddie Crain (31) set up Hoover touchdown before being brought down from behind by San Diego’s Everett Posey (36). No. 21 in all-white helmet is Cardinals’ Bennie Edens. The most important letter in the alphabet was V. World War II was nearing the halfway point.  The ...

There would be no state meet for the fourth consecutive year and the Southern California Divisional and Finals, highlights of the season, were financially inconvenient or unattractive to some schools with San Diego connections. Wartime shortages, away from the battlefields. Only El Centro Central from the Imperial Valley and Army-Navy and Escondido from the Southern League, representing ...

A set of twins and a brother and sister produced some of the San Diego Section’s, and the state’s and the country’s, greatest performances this season. Morgan Herbst of Carlsbad raced to a No. 2 U.S. all-time 330 hurdles clocking of :39.64 and she and her sister each logged :52.5 400 legs on the 4×400 relay ...

105TH  STATE FINALS, @CLOVIS BUCHANAN HIGH BOYS EVENT NAME SCHOOL MARK PLACE 100 Burston Helix :10.90 9th 800 Bowman Sage Creek 1:52.55 8th 110 Hurdles Fontenot San Diego :13.21w 1st 300 Hurdles Bailey Mission Bay :39.15 9th 3200 Wilber Cathedral 9:15.96 14th Luecht Rancho Bernardo 9:18.26 16th Beighley Mission Hills 9:34.26 18th 4×400 Relay Helix 3:11.62 7th 4×800 Relay Scripps Ranch 7:54.53 13th Point Loma 7:59.65 16th High Jump Cheeks Mission Bay — 9T Long Jump Evans-Glynn Cathedral 22-3 ¼ 10th Triple Jump Daley El Camino 47-3 ¼ 6th Discus Gibbs Oceanside 170-06 9th Pole Vault Sbuttoni IV St. Augustine 16-0 6th Anderson University City 15-8 9th Yarbrough San Dieguito 15-2 12th

GIRLS  105TH STATE FINALS, @CLOVIS BUCHANAN HIGH EVENT NAME SCHOOL MARK PLACE 400 Gonzales Torrey Pines :54.98 6th Hawkins Olympian :56.51 8th 800 Makenna Herbst Carlsbad 2:02.28 1st 1600 Dailey La Jolla 4:42.30 3rd 100 Hurdles Bowen-Fontenot San Diego :13.07 1st Thomas Grossmont :13.84 4th 300 Hurdles Morgan Herbst Carlsbad :39.64 1st Bowen-Fontenot :40.88 3rd Mack Otay Ranch :41.81 5th Garcia Holtville :42.88 9th 4×100 Relay Steele Canyon :46.40 3rd 4×400 Relay Carlsbad 3:44.998 4th 4×800 Relay Del Norte 9:02.24 7th Cathedral 9:03.91 10th Long Jump Estes Canyon Crest 17-6 ¾ 11th Triple Jump Jones Oceanside 39-2 4th Shot Put Davis Oceanside 39-1¼ 9th Pole Vault Echsner Del Norte 12-10 1st Humer Rancho Bernardo 11-8 7T Khieu Del Norte — 9T Edit Edit visibility

GIRLS  105th STATE TRIALS, @Clovis Buchanan High Non-qualifiers places noted with —.  Places determined by times in events with more than one heat. EVENT NAME SCHOOL MARK PLACE 100 Frazier University City :11.77 — Gilhooly Coronado :11.82 — Scott Steele Canyon :11.94 — 200  Gonzales Torrey Pines :24.64 — Payne Monte Vista :24.73 — Frazier University City — — 400 Hawkins Olympian :55.23 8th Gonzales :55.26 9th Arciaga Westview :55.42 — 800 Makenna Herbst Carlsbad 2:09.34 3rd Diaz Santana 2:12.46 — Miracco Sage Creek 2:12.52 — 1600 Dailey La Jolla 4:51.14 6th Gibson Cathedral 5:03.22 — Hickey The Bishop’s 5:09.82 — 100 Hurdles Bowen-Fontenot San Diego :13.22 1st Thomas Grossmont :14.04 6th Mack Otay Ranch — — 300 Hurdles Morgan Herbst Carlsbad :40.68 2nd Bowen-Fontenot :41.22 3rd Mack :41.37 4th Garcia Holtville :42.68 7th  4×100 Relay Steele Canyon :46.26 2nd Coronado :47.71 — Sage Creek :47.79 — 4×400 Relay Carlsbad 3:45.54 5th Westview 3:50.12 — Olympian 3:53.88 — High Jump Ortiz El Centro Central 5-4 — Murphy Coronado 5-0 — Cunningham Westview 5-2 — Guckenberger Sage Creek — — Long Jump Estes Canyon Creek 18-11 ½ 4th O’Donnell Cathedral 17-9 ½ — Jones Oceanside 17-7 1/2 — Harper Steele Canyon 17-4 ¾ — Triple Jump Jones 38-10 ¼ 8th O’Donnell 37-2 ½ — Harper 36-1/4 — Shot Put Davis Oceanside 40-2 11th Seabolts Mt. ...

105th STATE TRIALS, @CLOVIS BUCHANAN HIGH Non-quallifiers noted with —.  Places determined by times in events with more than one heat. BOYS EVENT NAME SCHOOL MARK PLACE 100 Burston Helix :10.51 7th Getz Mission Bay :10.75 — Falaave Cathedral — — 220 Burston :21.51 — Mullen Sage Creek :21.92 — Bishop West Hills :22.02 — 400 Ellis Helix :48.64 — Slaughter Mt. Carmel :48.67 — Corbett Otay Ranch :48.74 — 800 Bowman Sage Creek 1:50.82 2nd Fredrickson Mt. Carmel 1:56.81 — Xavier Point Loma 1:57.25 — 1600 Yarbrough Del Norte 4:10.95 — Castleberry Poway 4:12.84 — Senn Steele Canyon 4:19.66 — 110 Hurdles Fontenot San Diego :13.31 1st Bryant Ramona :13.72 3rd Bailey Mission Bay :14.43 — 300 Hurdles Bailey :37.39 5th Kim University City :38.70 — de Hoyos Helix :39.08 — 4×100 Relay Helix :41.84 — St. Augustine :42.64 — Steele Canyon :43.44 — 4×400 Relay Helix 3:12.44 6th Mt. Carmel 3:16.69 — Sage Creek 3:19.31 — High Jump Cheeks Mission Bay 6-6 8T Harris Madison — — Scott Blythe Palo Verde Valley — — Long Jump Evans-Glynn Cathedral 23-1 ¾ 5th Oluwa Mater Dei 22-9 ¼ 11th Carlisle La Costa Canyon 22-1 ¼ — Triple Jump Daley El ...

World War II was almost over (Victory in Europe was declared in May) and CIF travel restrictions for high school teams virtually had ended, but calls to the colors and other dynamics continued. By the 1944-45 school year San Diego High enrollment had dropped to 2,694 students, with 750 graduates, down from a high of 851 ...

San Diego Section athletes in state top 25.  Marks followed by — are in addition to top 25: EVENT MARK NAME, SCHOOL STATE OTHER STATE NAME, SCHOOL, SECTION 100 :11.65w; :11.80 Frazier, University City 13T :11:36 Cole, Redondo Beach Redondo Union, Southern :11.70 Gilhooly, Coronado 17th :11.72w; :11.91 Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad 18T :11.75w; :11.91 Scott, Steele Canyon — :11.96w;  :12.20 Jayanthi, Carlsbad — 200 :24.13w; 24.73 Gilhooly 20T   23.21w;: 23.39 Wright, Temecula Chaparral, Southern :24.28 Frazier 25th :24.35 Payne, Monte Vista :24.43w; :24.54 Gonzales, Torrey Pines — :24.58w, :24.83 Mack, Otay Ranch — 400 :53.92 Makenna Herbst, Carlsbad 4th :53.23 Adams, North Salinas, ...

San Diego Section athletes in state top 25 are noted.  Marks followed by — are in addition to top 25: EVENT  MARK NAME, SCHOOL STATE OTHER STATE NAME, SCHOOL, SECTION 100 :10.21 Arrington, Jr., Mount Miguel, 1st :10.30 Jefferson,  Concord De La Salle, North Coast :10.37w; 10.62 Getz, Mission Bay 8th :10.30w: :10.55 Clayton, Jr., Oak Hills, Southern   :10.48w; :10.65 Faalave, Cathedral 24th :10.30w;  :10.36 Sermons,  Rancho Cucamonga, Southern :10.62 Bishop, West Hills — :10.66w; :10.88 Christensen, Rancho Bernardo — 200 :20.35 Arrington, Jr. 1st :20.88w; :20.92 Sermons :21.3w; :21.99 Getz, Mission ...

State meet competition is the most difficult, as many athletes who stood out in a strong San Diego Section season experienced in the two-day test in Sacramento’s Hughes Stadium.  Just five of the 18 finalists from the original list of 54 entries scored in the top three of the 28 boys and girls events and ...

Brandon Arrington, Jr., Mount Miguel’s defending state 100 meters and  200 meters champion, will miss the San Diego Section finals and state meet, according to two media sources.  Arrington sustained a leg muscle injury in the  Grossmont League 4×100 relay at  Mount Miguel May 9 and did not compete in the San Diego Section Division ...