2025 Football Week 3: Lincoln, Cathedral in Cal-Hi Sports’ Top 10
Lincoln and Cathedral scored significant intersectional victories last week and Cal-Hi Sports noticed.
The Hornets reversed a 2024 loss to Arbor View with a 50-31 victory over the Las Vegas team, 0-3 but third-ranked in Nevada by Max Preps, and Cathedral outlasted Chandler, a tough customer and No. 4 in Arizona, 24-23.
Lincoln, up to eighth in Mark Tennis’ Cal-Hi publication, will get a very severe test this week when it plays host to Trinity League blueblood and state No. 5 Mission Viejo from the Southern Section.
Tenth-ranked Cathedral takes on 1-2 Helix, 6-9 in its last 15 games, the Highlanders’ worst stretch since the 2-7-1 season of 2005. Don’t expect legendary Scots Reggie Bush and Alex Smith to come walking through the door anytime soon, with apologies to NBA and former Boston Celtics coach Rick Pitino.
MAFFEI MADNESS
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union Week 3 poll:
Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous ranking in (italics).
NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps, Cal Preps, and Cal-HiSports provide state rankings.
RANK
TEAM/RECORD
POINTS
MAX PREPS
CAL PREPS
CAL-HI SPORTS
1.
Lincoln (3-0) 24*
294 (1)
10 (10)
54.5 (51.2)
8 (10)
2.
Cathedral (3-0) 6*
273 (2)
13 (14)
51.4 (52.5)
10 (11)
3.
Mission Hills (3-0)
225 (3)
48 (60)
42.4 (39.7)
19 (36)
4.
Granite Hills (3-0)
209 (4)
30 (33)
37.5 (31.8)
20 (25)
5.
La Costa Canyon (3-0)
206 (5)
20 (28)
47.5 (43.1)
14 (14)
6.
Carlsbad (3-0)
156 (6)
27 (27)
35.6 (33.6)
43 (45)
7.
San Marcos (2-1)
110 (7)
80 (95)
27.6 (21.8)
NR (NR)
8.
Mount Miguel (2-1)
91 (9)
128 (161)
33.4 (25.8)
On Bubble (On Bubble)
9.
Rancho Bernardo (3-0)
56
118
20.1
NR (NR)
10.
Poway (2-1)
28 (8)
119 (101)
15.8 (17.1)
NR-NR
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Santa Fe Christian (3-0, 10 points), El Camino (1-2, 7), Imperial (3-0, 4), The Bishop’s (3-0), Mater Dei (1-2), Torrey Pines (2-1, 3 points each), Point Loma (3-0, 2), El Centro Central (3-0), Helix (1-2), Olympian (3-0, 1 point each).
VOTING PANEL
Twenty-nine sportswriters, sportscasters, and administrators from the San Diego Section, plus Max Preps:
John Maffei (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Donald Ray Norcross, Kevin Farmer, Rick Hoff, Steve Brand (Union-Tribune correspondents)
Joe Heinz, Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez (San Diego Section)
Brandon Stone, Allison Edwards, John Carroll, Chase Izidoro (KUSI-TV)
Rick Smith (partletonsports.com)
Braden Suprenant (3 FM “The Fan”)
Mike Dolan (Coaching Legends)
Tom Helmantoler (Southern Conference)
Joe Evangelist, Rex Johnson, Bruce Ward (CIF Advisory Committee)
Raymond Brown (sdsports.net)
Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association)
Bodie DeSilva, John Kentera, Dennis Ackerman, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Eric Williams, Thomas Gutierrez, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (freelance contributors).
TRUE GRID
Cathedral’s Sean Doyle no longer is tied with Point Loma’s Bennie Edens and is sole possessor of fifth place in all-time coaching victories…Doyle, in his 30th season and with three wins this year, now has 241, with Valley Center’s Rob Gilster ahead at 244, behind Ron Hamamoto’s 246 and John Carroll’s 248…up there on Mt. Everest is Herb Meyer, who won 339 games in 45 seasons at Oceanside and El Camino…Mission Hills’ Chris Hauser, in his 26th season, has 209 victories, representing the other active San Diego Section member of the 200 Club…Mount Miguel scored an infrequent victory for local clubs against Los Angeles Loyola, when the Matadors topped the visiting Cubs, 21-0…Loyola leads the all-time series, 21-13-2, against nine different San Diego-area teams dating to 1920, when the school was known as Loyola College…San Diego High and Loyola were first-round opponents in the Southern Section playoffs in 1946…an estimated Balboa Stadium turnout of 20,000 persons only heard of the Cubs’ 19-6 victory, since fog blanketed the field and the stadium public address announcer was forced to cover the game from the sidelines, often dodging fans who had left the stands and wondered onto the playing field….
2025 Football Week 2: Top 6 Unchanged; 5 in Cal-Hi Top 25
Brady Palmer (left) ran for one touchdown and passed for another and Parker Johnson caught a touchdown pass and returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown in Cathedral’s 35-7 win at the Central Coast Section’s Mountain View St. Francis. Courtesy, Mark Tennis, Cal-Hi Sports.
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union Week 2 poll:
Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous ranking in (italics).
NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps’ and Cal-Hi Sports’ are state rankings.
RANK
TEAM/RECORD
POINTS
MAX PREPS
CAL PREPS
CAL-HI SPORTS
1.
Lincoln (2-0) 25*
295 (1)
10 (10)
51.2 (52.4)
10 (10)
2.
Cathedral (2-0) 5*
248 (2)
14 (17)
52.5 (49.6)
11 (11)
3.
Mission Hills (2-0)
225 (3)
36 (60)
39.7 (34.9)
20 (36)
4.
Granite Hills (2-0)
213 (4)
33 (39)
31.8 (30.6)
25 (30)
5.
La Costa Canyon (2-0)
185 (5)
28 (24)
43.1 (36.7)
14 (17)
6.
Carlsbad (2-0)
155 (6)
27 (28)
33.6 (32.8)
45 (On the Bubble)
7.
San Marcos (1-1)
102 (9)
95 (125)
21.8 (21.0)
NR (NR)
8.
Poway (2-0)
67 (10)
101 (113)
17.1 (14.3)
NR (NR)
9.
Mount Miguel (1-1)
58 (7)
161 (174)
25.8 (28.4)
On the Bubble (On the Bubble)
10.
El Camino (1-1)
24 (8)
94 (74)
10.0 (15.7)
NR (NR)
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Rancho Bernardo (2-0, 21 points), Torrey Pines (2-0, 19), Santa Fe Christian (2-0, 6), The Bishop’s (2-0, 5) Point Loma (2-0, 3), Imperial (2-0), Mater Dei (1-1), 2 points each), El Centro Central (2-0), University City (2-0), 1 point each.
VOTING PANEL Twenty-nine sportswriters, sportscasters, and administrators from the San Diego Section, plus Max Preps:
John Maffei (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Donald Ray Norcross, Kevin Farmer, Rick Hoff, Steve Brand (Union-Tribune correspondents)
Joe Heinz, Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez (San Diego Section)
Brandon Stone, Allison Edwards, John Carroll, Chase Izidoro (KUSI-TV)
Rick Smith (partletonsports.com)
Braden Suprenant (97.3 FM “The Fan”)
Mike Dolan (Coaching Legends)
Tom Helmantoler (Southern Conference)
Joe Evangelist, Rex Johnson, Bruce Ward (CIF Advisory Committee)
Raymond Brown (sandiegosports.net)
Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association)
Bodie DeSilva, John Kentera, Dennis Ackerman, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Eric Williams, Thomas Gutierrez, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (freelance contributors).
2025 Football Week 1: No Change From 1-6 in 2024 to 2025
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union Week 1 poll:
Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous ranking (2024) in (italics).
NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps‘ and Cal-HiSports‘ are state rankings.
RANK
TEAM/RECORD
POINTS
MAX PREPS
CAL PREPS
CAL-HI SPORTS
1.
Lincoln (1-0) 25*
295 (1)
10
52.4
10
2.
Cathedral (1-0) 5*
248 (2)
17
49.6
11
3.
Mission Hills (1-0)
225 (3)
60
34.9
36
4.
Granite Hills (1-0)
213 (4)
39
30.6
30
5.
La Costa Canyon (1-0)
185 (5)
24
36.7
17
6.
Carlsbad (1-0)
155 (6)
28
32.8
On the Bubble
7.
Mount Miguel (1-0)
117 (8)
174
28.4
On the Bubble
8.
El Camino (1-0)
85 (NR)
74
15.7
NR
9.
San Marcos (0-1)
64 (7)
125
21.0
NR
10.
Poway (1-0)
27 (NR)
113
14.3
NR
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Oceanside (0-1), Rancho Bernardo (1-0), 15 points each; The Bishop’s (1-0), Torrey Pines (1-0), 4 each; Point Loma (1-0), 2; Santa Fe Christian (1-0), 1.
VOTING PANEL
Twenty-nine sportswriters, sportscasters, and administrators from the San Diego Section, plus Max Preps:
John Maffei (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Donald Ray Norcross, Kevin Farmer, Rick Hoff, Steve Brand (Union-Tribune correspondents)
Joe Heinz, Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez (San Diego Section)
Brandon Stone, Allison Edwards, John Carroll, Chase Izidoro (KUSI-TV)
Rick Smith (partletonsports.com)
Braden Suprenant (97.3 FM “The Fan”)
Mike Dolan (Coaching Legends)
Tom Helmantoler (Southern Conference)
Joe Evangelist, Rex Johnson, Bruce Ward (CIF Advisory Committee)
Raymond Brown (sdfootball.net)
Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association)
Bodie DeSilva, John Kentera, Dennis Ackerman, Steve(Biff) Dolan, Eric Williams, Thomas Gutierrez, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (freelance contributors).
RIVALRY REVISITED
North County antagonists Oceanside and Carlsbad, 4.7 miles apart, have played every year since 1958 excepting 1964, 2002, 2008-09 and 2023-24.
After sustaining losses of 49-6 and 55-7 in 2021 and ’22, Oceanside left the Avocado League for the Valley and this year joined the Palomar.
Despite those blowout losses, the Pirates, mostly behind legendary coaches Herb Meyer and John Carroll, largely held the upper hand, building a 37-20-5 advantage over the decades.
They’ll roll again this week, Oceanside the visiting team.
TRUE GRID
Lincoln scored a surprising, at the time, 42-14 victory in Week 2 last season over Long Beach Poly and plays host to the apparently declining Jackrabbits this week.
Poly dropped its 2025 opener, 14-3, to Lawndale Leuzinger. The school which has sent more players to the NFL than any other and a power almost from the time the CIF Southern Section was formed in 1914, fell to 6-6 in 2024.
Poly has made a couple coaching changes since Raul Lara, their previously highly successful coach, left and now is head coach at Santa Ana Mater Dei.
Long Beach, which has not played here since a 13-6 victory at Mira Mesa in 2006, has a 40-15-1 record all time against San Diego Section teams, including 24-11-1 versus San Diego High, its blood rival in the old Coast League of Southern California, primarily in the first half of the 20th century.
The Jackrabbits will meet a Lincoln team playing its first game since 2023 in Vic Player Stadium. The playing field last season was in such condition and in need of repair that the Hornets traveled to every practice and every game.
Lincoln, 12-2 and state Division I-AA champion in 2024, opened last week with a 57-29 win at Honolulu Punahou as Jordan Roa, replacing graduated quarterback and now Oregon freshman Akili Smith, completed 15 of 19 passes for 157 yards and a touchdown.
Roa also rushed for 42 yards, complementing 148 yards rushing in 14 attempts by Rashad Robinson and 79 in 16 attempts by Junior Curtis. Kainan Manna completed 6 of 8 passes for 68 yards and a touchdown. Darien Bridges caught 8 for 106 yards and Courtney Miller-Thompson 7 for 86 and a touchdown.
TRUE GRID, CON’T
Junior Keenan Ward scored 4 touchdowns on 161 yards in 11 carries and kicked three extra points and a field goal for all of La Jolla Country Day’s points in a 30-21 win over Chula Vista…Romeo Carter caught 7 passes for 236 yards and three touchdowns in Point Loma’s 42-24 win over Del Norte…Zac Benitez completed 38 of 45 passes for 456 yards and four touchdowns as Granite Hills whipped Oceanside, 45-29…Carlsbad’s Lancers reversed a 20-17, opening-game loss at Lakewood last season with a 43-0 home win over the same-named Lancers…Fallbrook snapped an 0-12 streak with a 27-24 win over Escondido…Mt. Carmel beat Westview, 43-21, as Trevor Taumoepeau passed for 340 yards and five touchdowns…Enrique Armas outscored West Hills with four touchdowns, leading Holtville to a 43-21 win…Trey Arnold passed for 412 yards and six TD’s as Mission Bay beat Kearny, 55-0….
2025 Football Week 0: Maffei Tabs Hornets and Dons as Season Gets Under Way
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 in the NFL out of Fresno State, drove his team to a 12-2 record and state Division 1-AA championship, posting a 3-2 regular-season record against such bluebloods as Long Beach Poly, Los Alamitos, Sacramento Grant and San Juan Capistrano J Serra, plus Las Vegas Arbor View.
Lincoln, which played every game in 2024 on a neutral or opponent field, is back home in Vic Player Stadium this year after repairs to the playing surface. Dunn, 106-60-1 since 2011 and 78-20 since 2017, has to replace, among others, star quarterback Akili Smith, Jr., from the team that beat Pittsburg, 28-26, for the state championship.
Lincoln has another loaded nonleague schedule that includes Honolulu Punahou, Poly, Mission Viejo, Arbor View, Los Alamitos, and Bakersfield Frontier.
Sean Doyle is 238-115 in 29 seasons at Cathedral, which was University of San Diego High when Doyle played there, before he became head coach in 1996. The Dons also are scheduled up, including games against longtime power Concord de la Salle and Chandler, Arizona; Mountain View St. Francis, Watsonville St. Francis, Granite Hills, with a Week10 Western League matchup against Lincoln.
The first 20 , according to Maffei, and how three major outlets rate them in California:
RANK
TEAM
2024 RECORD
MAX PREPS
CAL PREPS
CAL-HI SPORTS
1.
Lincoln
12-2
11
50.9
10
2.
Cathedral
9-3
20
48.4
15
3.
Mission Hills
8-3
59
33.6
37
4.
Granite Hills
11-3
35
30.4
31
5.
La Costa Canyon
10-1
29
35.4
24
6.
Carlsbad
8-4
31
31.6
On Bubble
7.
San Marcos
11-2
96
22.5
Not ranked
8.
Mount Miguel
9-3
216
24.5
On Bubble
9.
Oceanside
7-4
224
2.3
NR
10.
Helix
5-7
83
3.1
NR
11.
Poway
6-8
123
10.4
NR
12.
Rancho Bernardo
9-3
185
0.1
NR
13.
El Camino
6-6
95
14.5
NR
14.
Mater Dei
9-4
85
10.8
NR
15.
Del Norte
7-5
180
-4.8
NR
16.
Torrey Pines
5-7
114
9.9
NR
17.
The Bishop’s
7-4
236
-8.6
NR
18.
Santa Fe Christian
9-2
295
-8.6
NR
19.
St. Augustine
4-11
146
-4
NR
20.
Imperial
9-2
315
-12.5
NR
ON THE ROAD
A Triple-A Trip Ticket or Rand-McNally atlas would come in handy for a dozen or so travelers, except Lincoln, which will need a flight plan.
The Hornets will make their first trip in 35 years to Hawaii, visiting Punahou, the prestigious Honolulu school and former President Barack Obama’s alma mater.
Not close to matching the Hive’s six hours and 2,600 miles in the air, but still but still a long haul:
—Army-Navy to Las Vegas Meadows, 313 miles;
—Imperial to Phelan Serrano, 264 miles;
—Blythe Palo Verde Valley to Playa del Rey St. Bernard (replacing Francis Parker, which is downsizing to 8-Man), 243 miles;
—El Centro Central to Jurupa Valley, 168 miles;
—Horizon Prep to Helendale Careers and Exploration, 151 miles;
—El Centro Southwest to Moreno Valley Canyon Springs, 150 miles.
SAN DIEGO VERSUS HAWAII
*Maui; **Honolulu. *!Kauai
YEAR
TEAM
SCORE
OPPONENT
SCORE
1983
Ramona
6
*@Baldwin
34
1984
Sweetwater
34
*St. Anthony
3
1985
Morse
41
*@St. Anthony
7
Sweetwater
32
*Baldwin
7
1986
Fallbrook
38
*Kahului
14
1988
Morse
63
*@St. Anthony
8
1989
Ramona
46
*St. Anthony
0
Morse
17
**@St. Louis
24
1990
Lincoln
13
**@St. Louis
44
Morse
55
**@Punahou
15
1991
Monte Vista
9
**Punahou
28
Morse
41
**Farrington
15
Bonita Vista
24
*Baldwin
25
1992
Morse
22
**@Kamehameha
15
Monte Vista
2
**@Castle
6
Orange Glen
22
**@Punahou
20
1993
Torrey Pines
32
**@Punahou
21
1994
Bonita Vista
0
**@Farrington
12
University
10
**@Damien
0
Morse
22
**@Punahou
36
Mount Miguel
0
**@Farrington
17
1995
Morse
36
**@Kahuku
36
Horizon
34
*Ka‘ahumanu
0
Orange Glen
20
**@Farrington
13
1996
Bonita Vista
7
*@Baldwin
21
Morse
27
**@Farrington
0
Torrey Pines
31
**@Punahou
14
1998
Horizon
40
*Ka’ahumanu
14
1999
Bonita Vista
41
*@Baldwin
24
Horizon
53
*Ka’ahumanu
12
2001
Kearny
0
*Ka’ahumanu
56
2003
Horizon
7
*Kahului
6
2004
Otay Ranch
35
*Pukulani Kamehameha
0
2005
Bonita Vista
37
*!@Kapa’a
0
Valley Center
45
*!@Waimea
7
West Hills
41
*!@Lijue
13
2007
Bonita Vista
7
*Lahainaluna
37
El Capitan
51
*@King Kekaulike
35
The Bishop’s
44
*Kahului
2
Valley Center
36
*@Pukulani Kamehameha
0
West Hills
37
*St. Anthony
16
Coronado
21
*!@Kapa’a
0
2008
Serra
7
*!@Lihue
28
2009
Coronado
13
*!Lihue
49
2010
La Jolla Country Day
0
@*Pukulani
Kamehameha
32
2011
Vista
7
**Punahou
19
2013
Helix
6
**Punahou
10
2014
Francis Parker
22
**Radford
20
2016
La Jolla Country Day
19
**@Iolani
27
2017
Torrey Pines
7
**@Punahou
23
Valley Center
34
*Pululani Kamehameha
0
2018
Classical
14
*!Waimea
35
2019
Orange Glen
41
Waimea
16
2023
Bonita Vista
6
**@Kalani
28
ISLAND BREEZES
Punahou is 1-2 in 2025, losing to Kapolei, 46-21, and defeating Moanalua, 44-6, and ranks seventh in Hawaii, whose schools generally have opened a couple weeks before those in San Diego… mainland clubs hold a 32-21-1 lead in the interstate rivalry…Lincoln is the 28th team from the San Diego Section to visit or host a team from the islands of Oahu, Maui, or Kauai since 1983…Morse went to the islands nine times through 1996, posting a 6-2-1 record…Don Coryell got his coaching career started with head coaching gigs at Gov. Wallace Farrington High and Punahou before his legendary stints at San Diego State and with the San Diego Chargers…Barack Obama was graduated in 1979 from Punahou, which is known as the Buff and Blue and which opened in 1842…the school is located about two miles inland from Waikiki Beach….
1950, Looking Back: As Powell Goes, So Go Cavers
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 the Southern California playoffs.
Starting halfback Darnes Johnson and tackle Ed Wallace were gone before the first scrimmage.
Johnson was the team’s leading ball carrier and a :09.8 100-yard sprinter who anchored the Hillers’ rapid 880-yard relay team in the spring. Wallace was an experienced lineman who saw playing time in 1949.
UNCLE SAM BECKONS
Halfbacks Richard Real, Paul Brooks and Mickey Hall, end Howard Simpson, and guard Calvin Rayford joined Johnson and Wallace, also literally hauled out of school and ordered to report to National Guard units at Fort Rosecrans on the Point Loma peninsula.
The Korean War erupted on June 25, 1950, when the North Korean army invaded South Korea. American ground troops aided the South Korean cause.
The seven National Guard Cavers were called to duty to help take the place of those deployed.
Maley soon learned there would be no “education deferments.” The only games the players would be playing were war games.
The players had joined the National Guard in high school partly because each earned as much as $10 for every meeting attended, a handy sum for teenagers of the era.
Active duty was expected to be in the future, after graduation.
Three-fourths of San Diego’s 880-yard relay team (from left) Darnes Johnson, Hal Espy, and Herb McClister man starting blocks for coach Bill Patten and had best time of 1:29.8. Fourth member was Frank Johnson.
Deep and fast, San Diego overcame the personnel losses and stormed through the new City Prep League to finish the regular season with an 8-0 record.
But disaster struck in game 7.
End Charlie Powell, who would be named Southern California player of the year, sustained a bruised kidney after taking a knee in his back during a 58-12 romp over Kearny, the poorest team on the schedule.
Of all the games to lose the star player in Southern California and arguably the best in the country! San Diego went into the Kearny game with an overall 29-pound average weight advantage, 184-155.
The Cavers led, 27-0, after one quarter and 58-0 after three.
Powell did not play the following week against La Jolla, the original thinking that he would be available for the opening round of the playoffs.
Medical reports soon indicated a more serious injury.
The 6-foot, 3-inch, 230-pounder, a marvelous player who excelled in 4 sports (the only athlete in school history to earn 12 varsity letters in three years) , including track and field (he held the school shot put record of 57 feet, 9 1/4 inches, for 31 years) and baseball in the spring, was declared out several days before the first-round game at Fullerton.
No mystery. No intrigue. No wait for a game-time decision.
Powell not only missed the game but also part of the basketball season.
Leaders of legendary San Diego High athletic families: Bert Ritchey (left), star of 1924-26 teams, and 1950’s Charlie Powell .
TOPPED POWELL’S FLAG TEAM
Without Powell San Diego still was favored by a touchdown over the 7-1-1 Fullerton Indians.
Without “Ness” Johnson the Cavemen still had explosion.
Frank Johnson and Harold Espy combined for 20 touchdowns. Chuck McDairmant was completing 57 per cent of his passes and had thrown for more than 800 yards.
McDairmant’s play at quarterback was a final, important ingredient. Completing his second season as starter, McDairmant’s eight-game total was 47 completions in 83 attempts for 810 yards and 12 touchdowns.
At one point during the season McDairmant was averaging 10.27 yards per pass. Evening Tribune writer Jerry Brucker was moved to compare the Hillers’ signal caller to the Los Angeles’ Rams’ Norm Van Brocklin, the NFL leader at 9.28 yards per pass.
McDairmant had been a relatively anonymous end on the Hillers’ 1948 sophomore team, but Maley moved him to quarterback the following spring and the junior-to-be won the job.
McDairmant (27 in first row) and Hillers teammates missed big Powell.
McDairmant also had some “cred”, although that term did not become a part of the social lexicon until years later.
The Horace Mann Junior High team of McDairmant, Terry Heselius and Bruce Dietrick had won the three-man City touch football championship by defeating the Memorial triumvirate of Powell, Espy, and Darnes Johnson.
NATIONAL ANTHEM, THEN NO GAME
Powell was arguably the greatest all-around athlete from this area.
The loss of Powell was just one of Maley’s concerns. The coach was uneasy before the 8 p.m. Friday kickoff at Fullerton High. A dense fog was rolling in, blanketing much of Orange County.
Players on both teams were ghost-like figures in a surreal pregame warmup, rhythmically appearing and disappearing.
“I couldn’t see the holder or the kicker I was snapping the ball to,” remembered center Fred Thompson, looking back years later on one of his most disappointing experiences.
To Maley’s almost disbelief, the stadium public address announcer declared a weather postponement, the first in CIF Southern Section playoff history, after the national anthem.
The Cavers were forced to spend the night in Fullerton.
“It was crazy, the way the coaches worked it out,” said Thompson.
“There must have been forty-five or fifty players who made the trip. They had us spread out all over Fullerton. I spent the night with 5 or 6 other players in the fire station. I slept on a cot. We were awakened every time there was any activity by the firemen.”
THE LONG WAIT
A long morning wait on Saturday preceded the 2 p.m. kickoff. Forces seem to be working against the Cavemen.
And why, with an 8-0 record, was Maley’s squad the visiting team? Against an opponent that had a loss (19-0 to South Pasadena) and a tie (0-0 with Whittier) before winning six in a row?
With an oddly timed coin toss nine days before the game to determine where the teams would meet, especially since Fullerton still had a regular season game on its schedule?
Conspiracy theorists cited another example of perceived CIF Southern Section bias. The Southern Section numbered more than 200 schools, the great percentage of which were at least 100 miles north of San Diego, the so-called “Border Town”.
Fullerton proved a tough, worthy opponent.
Expected to grind it out and try to maintain ball-control, the Indians struck twice with touchdown passes in the third quarter after a 6-6 deadlock in the first half. San Diego answered with touchdowns each time but a missed extra point in the fourth quarter left the Cavers short.
Final score, 20-19.
Powell actually stayed in game long enough to score a third-quarter touchdown.
WHAT ELSE?
Had the Hillers made the conversion and the game ended 20-20, San Diego would have advanced to the semifinals of the 10-team bracket, having more first downs than Fullerton. That CIF rule would come into play again in 1955, when the Cavers met Anaheim in an epic semifinal playoff.
The last indignity came late in the game. An apparent 15-yard touchdown run by Frank Johnson that would have put the San Diego in front, 25-20, was erased because of a rarely called rule infraction.
A San Diego lineman was penalized because his foot was lined up inside the foot of the lineman next to him.
“We had scored and I had my hand up to signal for the huddle (for the extra point),” Thompson recalled. “Then I heard the referee scream, ‘Illegal formation!’ I had no idea what was going on. I saw the referee go over to the sideline to explain the penalty. Maley was beside himself.”
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
Front sports page of newspaper said it all as growing city consolidated school teams.
Hoover principal Floyd Johnson, the San Diego representative on the CIF Southern Section executive committee, was in Los Angeles in February, 1950, for a weekend meeting at which the new San Diego City Prep League was formed and the Metropolitan League was realigned.
The City League would consist of San Diego, Hoover, and Grossmont, holdovers from the Coast League; and La Jolla, Point Loma, and Kearny, former Metropolitan League entries.
Metro membership went to Sweetwater, Chula Vista, Coronado, Oceanside, Escondido and Mar Vista, which became the 22nd County school, opening its doors with a temporary campus near the Brown Field air station.
The Southern Prep presented the same lineup as in 1949. Mountain Empire, in distant Campo, was given a “passive” membership. Its representatives would attend league meetings and the Redskins would abide by SPL rules, but they played a limited league schedule.
Brown Military also remained in the SPL but would not play San Dieguito.
St. Augustine, as usual, was not a factor, wearily traipsing to and from schools in the far-flung, Los Angeles-dominated Southland Catholic League.
The Saints would mount a strong campaign for admittance to a San Diego league later in decade.
And what a decade it would be! From 1950-59 San Diego High was 85-15, the best record of any school in California. More significant, 10 new schools were welcomed as San Diego County nudged toward a divorce from the Southern Section.
BALLOT SUCCESSFUL
One of the new schools would be Helix, which was scheduled to open in September, 1951, with split sessions at Grossmont while the Highlanders’ facility was constructed.
East County voters in November, 1950, overwhelmingly passed a bond issue for $1.9 million that financed what was then known as the “University Avenue High school.”
The Helix address became 7323 University Avenue in La Mesa.
MUSTANGS ROAM WITH REID
San Dieguito was more fortunate than the San Diego Cavemen in the Minor Division playoffs.
Riding the heavyweight thrusts of Bud Reid, who finished the season with 16 touchdowns, the Mustangs defeated Metropolitan League co-champ Escondido, 13-0, then followed with wins at Brawley, 33-20, and over Palm Springs, 12-0.
Bud Reid, outrunning Escondido defenders, was San Dieguito’s touchdown man.
Mustangs supporters were only slightly assuaged. They continued to be miffed at what they saw as disrespect for the school’s athletic program and lack of consideration when the re-leaguing of the 21 San Diego County schools took place earlier in the year.
San Dieguito wanted to sit at the big table, in the Metropolitan League, but was consigned to the weaker Southern Prep League.
Mar Vista, located in the supposedly more geographically suited South Bay and opening in September, 1950, would give the Metropolitan League its desired six teams, although Mariners games wouldn’t count in the league standings the first year.
San Dieguito, in the north San Diego County Encinitas community, claimed its second straight SPL title with a 4-0 record and outscored league rivals Army-Navy, Ramona, Fallbrook, and Vista, 142-19.
The Mustangs would join the Metro League in 1951.
HOW GOOD WERE POWELL AND CAVERS?
It’s no surprise Charlie Powell was the Southern California player of the year despite playing only 6 1/2 games and, with Powell healthy, the Cavers arguably were one of the top teams in the state.
Powell played running back, pass-catching end, and defensive end and could turn a game either way.
Powell towered over L.A. Rams halfback Glenn Davis and ex-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Frankie Albert when Powell received player-of-year award at Helms Athletic Foundation office in Los Angeles.
The tall, graceful Powell astounded the crowd of more than 8,000 in Bakersfield by running down and making an open field tackle on halfback Hal Morgan, a 49-seconds quarter-miler and one of the fastest athletes in the San Joaquin Valley.
Morgan, who gained 40 yards on the play and reached the Cavers’ 10-yard line, was injured on the tackle and did not return. Powell also ran for a first down with a bad snap from punt formation.
The Cavers had brought the game to the 6-0 Bakersfield Drillers, scourges of the CIF Central Section, after a five-hour bus ride.
Hal Espy scored on the first play of the game with a 72-yard dash. San Diego held Bill Fanning, the Drillers’ leading rusher, to 19 yards and the Cavers eased to a 19-7 victory over coach Homer Beatty’s club, which was averaging 32.3 points and wreaking havoc from Fresno to the Grapevine on U.S. 99.
Powell was all over the field in win against San Joaquin Valley power.
As Bakersfield Californian writer Eddie Lopez noted, “Never before in all six of their previous games have the Drillers faced such dazzling speed, beefy forwards, and devil-may-care gambling as illustrated by the visiting Cavers.”
PRINCIPALS, BUTT OUT!
Local observers generally were pleased with the alignment of the new San Diego leagues, with some reservations. Evening Tribune sports editor George T. Herrick did not like the idea that league games were scheduled by draw, coordinated by school principals.
Herrick suggested coaches would have done a better job. The schedule “pitted traditional teams against each other too early in the year,” said Herrick, who pointed out that every city school except La Jolla claimed its lowest attendance in several years at home games.
Particularly galling, said Herrick, was the scheduling of San Diego and Hoover in the league opener at Aztec Bowl as a Hoover home game. The game drew 10,000 in the 11,500-seat stadium at San Diego State, not far from the Hoover campus. Attendance was half that of the 1949 game at Balboa.
City League officials, when announcing the schedule, indicated they wanted to minimize traditional rivalries. Point Loma and La Jolla, old antagonists from the Metro League, also were paired in a City League opener.
Evening Tribune writer Jerry Brucker reported that CPL bosses felt the San Diego-Hoover game had gotten “too big” and needed to be deemphasized.
Tradition also took a back seat when San Diego High’s acclaimed Sergeanettes did not perform. A new rule prohibited the band and drill teams of visiting schools from participating in pregame or halftime ceremonies.
Famed cartoonist Willard Mullin contributed cover to 1950 carnival program.
WEST WINS 12TH CARNIVAL
The pageantry and precision of ancillary groups was appreciated by the official crowd of 20,526 persons which turned out for the 12th annual City Schools football carnival.
The West of San Diego, Point Loma, and La Jolla, defeated the East of Kearny, Hoover, and Grossmont, 18-8 in a perfect, East-West geographical alignment of three, 15-minute quarters.
Point Loma’s Marshall (Scooter) Malcolm returned a kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown against Grossmont and La Jolla’s Oscar Ruiz scored two touchdowns against Kearny. San Diego and Hoover were scoreless.
HONORS
Powell was joined in the all-Southern California lineup by halfback Frank Johnson and tackle Terry Heselius, teammates who made the third team; Coronado halfback Harry Sykes, who earned second team honors, and Point Loma halfback Marshall (Scooter) Malcolm, a third team choice.
Future San Diego State and Chargers assistant coach and St. Louis Cardinals head coach Jim Hanifan of Covina was Powell’s accompanying first-team end. Guard Jack Menotti of Santa Monica, later the head coach at Madison and Ramona, earned second-team honors.
LIGHTS, FINALLY
Hoover at last introduced its new lighting system as 4,500 showed to watch the Cardinals tie San Bernardino, 14-14.
New lights had been purchased in time for the 1949 campaign but were late arriving and the Cardinals played the ’49 schedule on the road.
La Jolla installed new lights at Scripps Field on campus. Point Loma erected concrete bleachers, and Kearny acquired land to enlarge its athletic plant.
COACHES DISSED
The Breitbard Athletic Foundation announced that a “San Diego Board of Football” had been formed. Writers Gene Earl and John McDonald of TheUnion; Jerry Brucker and Tom Stansberry of the Tribune, and F.W. (Bill) Whitney of the Breitbard Foundation would select the all-City and all-Metropolitan League teams.
Coaches would be asked only to fill out ratings cards on opponent players the Monday following games. The writers would analyze and make choices, supposedly removing selection politics and coaching agendas.
WELCOME TO COACHING, COACH
Head coach Gerry Spitler summed up the first season at Mar Vista:
“A few weeks ago we were greeted by thirty-five boys, five of whom lettered in junior varsity football at Chula Vista; a practice field full of rocks, and a coaching staff (Bob Ganger, baseball, and Don Smith, basketball) new to the game.”
Players walked the field before the first practice, picking up rocks and using their helmets as buckets. A student contest resulted in the naming of the school and its teams (Mariners) and colors (green and gold).
Mar Vista students attended classes at the abandoned Naval Air Base at Brown Field near the U.S-Mexico border while the new school was being constructed.
The stars were out in Balboa Stadium gridfest.
Sweating through an opening-game, 26-0 loss at Corona, Spitler declared, “The first quarter was the longest in my life!” Mariners players committed numerous penalties resulting in a 49-minute opening period.
WITHER BREITBARD GAME?
The summer’s second annual College Prep game, matching all-Los Angeles against all-Southern California, was won by the L.A. City team, 27-7, before an estimated 15,000 in Balboa Stadium.
Several days later game founder Bob Breitbard told the Evening Tribune‘s George T. Herrick that there would not be a third game between recent high school graduates. The popular contest had been a financial loser, said Breitbard.
Foundation executive director Leo Callan went before the city council in January, 1951, revealing that the 1950 game lost $1,100.
Callan, advancing Breitbard’s wish that the game be saved, sought a break in the rental fee for Balboa Stadium and also announced that a group in Los Angeles wanted the game if Breitbard bailed.
La Jolla’s Sid Davis scored the losers’ only touchdown with an 88-yard kickoff return in the last minute.
TRUE GRID
Walt Harvey, flanked by Omar Ruiz (left) and Ted Christiansen became head coach at La Jolla.
Compton, trailing, 14-6, in the third quarter, defeated Fullerton 26-14 for the Southern Section championship… San Diego won its opening game 14-2 over Long Beach Poly before 9,000 at Long Beach Veterans’ Memorial Stadium in a renewal of a preeminent Southern California rivalry…the Cavers and Jackrabbits met 30 times between 1910 and ’41 but they had not played since 1944…La Jolla, under new coach Walt Harvey, and Point Loma, led by the veteran Don Giddings, proved to be able replacements for teams from the Coast League…Point Loma beat Hoover and hung in against San Diego… Hoover played Glendale, Arizona, and San Diego played Glendale, California… the Cavers averaged almost 11 yards a carry and hammered Glendale with 323 yards on the ground… Frank Johnson had 151 yards in 9 carries, Eddie Duncan 79 in 8, and Hal Espy 88 in 6…Powell ran 63 yards on an end-around for a touchdown and scored on pass plays of 27 and 69 yards in the 33-21 victory over Point Loma…the Kearny Komets scored only 21 points and were 0-5 in the City League, prompting criticism of their inclusion in the new lineup…head coach Hal Smith was a one-man staff…he did not have an assistant coach…Hoover had two players named Bill Reed, one a guard, the other a fullback, no relation…with two touchdown passes to Hal Espy against Fullerton, San Diego’s Chuck McDairmant finished with 14 in nine games…St. Anthony forfeited to St. Augustine after discovery that the Long Beach school had scheduled Newport Harbor on the same night… fiery Hoover coach Bob Kirchhoff promoted several sophomores to the varsity and slashed the number of players dressing for home games after successive losses to San Diego and Grossmont… part of the Cardinals’ problem was a season-ending shoulder injury to halfback Don Bonatus, one of the area’s best… led by fullback Jim Frankson, Sweetwater outgained Escondido 390 yards to 90 and lost, 12-6…Lee Bogle’s team at Grossmont was known as Bogle’s Boogiemen…Harry Sykes of Coronado scored a touchdown in the final game against Montebello and finished with 100 points, seventh highest total in County history…champion San Dieguito gridders, their dads, and sundry Encinitas businessmen consumed more than 100 pounds of turkey at the Del Mar Jockey Club…players received gold footballs and heard from former Navy all-America Slade Cutter….
1981 Track: El Cajon Valley Jumper Lone State Champion
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 state long jump at 18-10 ½, an improvement of two feet over her junior year and a foot over her trials qualifying mark of 17-9. She had a best of 16-10 1/2 in 1980.
Despite no gold medals there were all-time County efforts by other San Diego Section entries.
Betsy Chadwick of Mira Mesa was fourth in the 3,200 meters in 10:31.07, but bettered the converted-to-meters 10:41.04 by Helix’ Carol Keller, who had run 10:44.06 in the two-mile in 1977.
The Crawford girls team of Shawn Lawson, Raenell Taylor, Leslie Johnson, and Tracy Scott finished sixth but set a mark in the 4×400 relay with a time of 3:49.27, topping the 3:50.8 by Crawford in 1978.
El Camino’s Bruce Mitchell, third in the 300 low hurdles in a County record :36.39 in the trials, was third in the final in :36.67. Wendy Edelen of Crawford’ was 13th in a trials heat but her :44.53 was a County record in the 300.
Poway’s Ken Brajevich would have been the first to shade 14 seconds in the 110 high hurdles but was disqualified for a lane violation in the trials. Brajevich covered the distance in :13.9 but was jostled by a runner next to him and pushed out of his lane.
5/1/81
Kevin Shields of San Diego ran :09.81 and :22.40 in the 100 and 220 in the 10th Orange Glen Invitational.
C.J. Roberson of Serra won the 440 in :49.19 and anchored the Conquistadores to a :42.78 victory in the 440 relay, edging Shields and San Diego, which ran :42.91.
Valhalla’s Rob Avant set a meet record of 14 feet, 6 inches, in the pole vault and Fallbrook’s Jack Eaton increased his County best in the discus to 164-11.
Other season bests were by Helix’ Stan Aguilar, 9:22.69 in the two mile, and Castle Park’s Matt Johnson, 1:57.99 in his first 880 race of the year.
5/7/81
Berrett Francis of Vista cleared 6-8 in the high jump in Vista’s 97-38 dual meet win over Torrey Pines. Francis’ jump was No. 11 all time in San Diego County.
–La Jolla’s Steve Csorba took the County lead with a 170-foot discus whirl against Lincoln.
5/12/81
PALOMAR LEAGUE TRIALS, @MT. CARMEL
Ken Brajevich of Poway set the pace with a :14.5 effort in the 110-meter high hurdles and :38.7 in the 300 lows.
Keith Kartz of San Dieguito hurled the shot 54-2, leading Jack Eaton of Fallbrook, who reached 54-0.
GROSSMONT LEAGUE TRIALS, @MONTE VISTA
Allan Durden of Helix doubled with a :15.8 clocking in the 120-yard high hurdles and :39.5 in the 300 lows.
EASTERN LEAGUE TRIALS, @SAN DIEGO STATE.
Patrick Henry’s Steve Brown won a 400-meter heat in :49.6. Drake Jarrett of Kearny won a heat in :49.5. Tracy Scott of Crawford doubled in the girls 110 hurdles (:14.7) and 200 (:25.1).
WESTERN LEAGUE TRIALS, @MESA COLLEGE.
Serra’s C.J. Roberson had the day’s best mark, :49.4 in the 440.
AVOCADO LEAGUE TRIALS, @ESCONDIDO.
Nick Kuretich of San Pasqual raced to :10.1 and :22.2 victories in the 100 and 220-yard dashes.
METROPOLITAN LEAGUE TRIALS, @MAR VISTA.
Discus specialist Susan Compton of Marian won her 100-yard heat in :11.8.
5/15/81
EASTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @SAN DIEGO STATE.
Kearny’s Paul Day won the 100 meters in :10.7 and 200 in :21.9.
—Moore of Mira Mesa won a virtual dead heat 800 meters in 1:54.8 from David Thoman of Point Loma, who clocked 1:54.9.
—Tracy Scott of Crawford doubled with :14.7 in the 100 hurdles and :25.1 in the 200 and then shared her triple with teammates as she anchored the Colts to a :48.2 win in the 4×100 relay over Morse (:48.3).
Crawford also edged Morse in the 4×400 baton race, 3:51.1 to 3:55.3.
WESTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @MESA COLLEGE
Sal Moceri of University set a meet record with a 163-foot, 9-inch discus throw.
Kevin Shields of San Diego won the 100 in :10.8, 200 in :22.2, and ran a leg on San Diego’s :42.8 victory in the 4×100 relay.
METROPOLITAN LEAGUE FINALS, @MAR VISTA.
Cordova of Sweetwater set a meet record of 161-5 in the discus, bettering the 150-6 by LeSage of Chula Vista in 1977.
The 9:22.2 two-mile run by Andy Morabe of Bonita Vista topped the 9:36.8 by Doane of Bonita Vista in 1978.
Susan Compton of Marian was a double winner, 38-10 ¾ in the shot put and 133-4 in the discus.
GROSSMONT LEAGUE FINALS, @MONTE VISTA.
Antonio of Grossmont posted a double, :10.1 in the 100 and :22.1 in the 220. Helix’ John Seeman also won a tough double, 1:56.3 in the 880 and 4:24.4 in the mile.
Helix Allan Durden won the 300 low hurdles in :38.9.
Mount Miguel’s Ellen Jones had a :11.1 and :25.4 double in the 100 and 220.
PALOMAR LEAGUE FINALS, @MT. CARMEL.
Ken Brajevich tripled, 110 high hurdles in :14.3, 300 lows in :38.4, and long jump at 22-9 1/2.
Vista’s Berrett Francis high jumped 6 feet, 8 inches.
Rhonda Whitlow of Vista was first in the girls 100 hurdles in :15 and 300 hurdles in :45.5.
AVOCADO LEAGUE FINALS, @ESCONDIDO.
Bruce Mitchell of El Camino ran a hand-timed :14.0 in the 120-yard high hurdles, which would be a County record but with no wind-gauge clarification.
A trio of Lincoln runners, David Edwards, Ted Scales, and Marian Franklin recorded :14.1 clocking years earlier.
Mitchell also doubled back with a :38.0 win in the 330-yard lows.
Liz Pew of San Marcos was a double winner in the girls’ hurdles, :14.5 in the 100 and :47.8 in the 300.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINALS.
Santa Fe Christian swept the team championships with 113 points in the boys and 55 in the girls
5/23/81
SAN DIEGO SECTION FINALS, @MT. CARMEL.
Terrie Brown, San Pasqual’s champion in the girls’ 3,200 meters, could attest to the old saw about truth being stranger than fiction.
Steve Brand of The San Diego Union captured the moment:
“Brown, the defending 3,200-meter champ, worked her way into contention with three laps remaining, raced past Monte Vista’s Sheli Lachel with two laps left and, much to the confusion of everyone, stopped with 400 meters to go.
“By the time Brown realized the race wasn’t over, Lachel had shot past …but Brown again took off in pursuit, caught Lachel with 100 meters remaining and then matched her stride for stride to win in a meet record 10:57.48.
“Lachel, competing for the first time in over a month with a heel stress fracture, was given a 10:58.17.”
Brown, excited and slightly embarrassed, declared, “I gotta go back to kindergarten and learn my numbers.”
Terrie’s “most popular victory” came on a day when two County records and 13 Section bests for 1981 were set.
Crawford, with a 3:55.68 win in the mile relay, won the Girls’ title, outpointing Morse, 51-49. Helix won the Boys’ championship with 53 points to Serra’s 40.
Three in each event qualified for the state meet the following week.
BOYS
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
100
Shields
San Diego
:10.57
Day
Kearny
:10.85
Davis
Mount Miguel
:11.03
200
Shields
:21.5w
Day
:22.88
Johnson
Sweetwater
:22.15
400
Roberson
Serra
:49.80
Lane
Mt. Carmel
:49.87
Phelps
Crawford
:50.25
800
Russell
San Pasqual
1:55.25
Kindsfather
Grossmont
1:56.69
Seeman
Helix
1:56.77
1600
Seeman
4:18.29
Morabe
Bonita Vista
4:20.61
Russell
San Pasqual
4:25.87
3200
Aguilar
Helix
9:25.87
Vega
Chula Vista
9:26.75
Brownsberger
Valhalla
9:30.87
110 High Hurdles
Mitchell
El Camino
:14.43
Smith
Serra
:14.53
Brajevich
Poway
:14.87
300 Low Hurdles
Mitchell
El Camino
:37.16
Durden
Helix
:37.94
—
San Marcos
:38.95
4×100 Relay
Shields, Pullens, Taylor, LeBlanc
San Diego
:42.52
Mira Mesa
:42.88.
Serra
:43.01
4×400 Relay
Payne, Robinson, Carter, Brown
Patrick Henry
3:25.21
Serra
3:25.97
Mt. Carmel
3:26.07
High Jump
Francis
Vista
6-8
Martin
Serra
6-4
Sams
Crawford
6-2
Long Jump
McClendon
University
23-7 1/2
Lockett
Lincoln
22-11 1/2
Scott
Clairemont
22-10
Triple Jump
Gather
Mount Miguel
47-10 3/4
Osborne
El Cajon Valley
47-9
McClendon
46-8 1/2
Shot Put
Mason
Castle Park
59-3 1/2
Ervin
Fallbrook
56-1
Kartz
San Dieguito
55-1
Discus
Moceri
Mission Bay
162-2
Eaton
Fallbrook
160-8
Kartz
157-2
Pole Vault
Nelson
Helix
14-0
Avant
Valhalla
14-0
Vavra
Valhalla
13-9
GIRLS
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
100
Jones
Mount Miguel
:12.07
Cooksey
Hoover
:12.28
Jackson
Morse
:12.32
200
Jones
:24.64
Jackson
Morse
:24.87
Scott
Crawford
:24.98
400
Jones
Patrick Henry
:57.97
Cottingham
Morse
:58.64
Panno
San Pasqual
:59.00
800
Hawkes
San Dieguito
2:16.7
Dibos
Helix
2:16.7
Gartner
Fallbrook
2:16.8
1,600
Allen
Santana
5:05.55
Chadwick
Mira Mesa
5:08.45
3,200
Brown
San Pasqual
10:57.48
Lachel
Monte Vista
10:58.17
Chadwick
11:12.03
100 Hurdles
King
La Jolla
:14.65w
Pew
San Marcos
:14.67w
Scott
Crawford
:14.77w
300 Low Hurdles
Edelen
Crawford
:44.77
King
:44.91
Pew
:45.29
4×100 Relay
Wade, Pippins, Cottingham, Jackson
Morse
:47.99
Vista
:48.75
Crawford
:49.01
Mile Relay
Lawson, Johnson, Taylor, Scott
Crawford
3:55.68
Fallbrook
4:00.85
Morse
4:01.79
High Jump
LeClair
Monte Vista
5-7
Thomas
Mission Bay
5-5
Irving
Crawford
5-3
Long Jump
Mose
El Cajon Valley
18-4 3/4
Lawson
Crawford
18-4 3/4
Dixon
Mira Mesa
18-2 3/4
Shot Put
Poulin
Vista
39-8 1/4
Johnson
Valhalla
38-4 1/4
Hiatt
Poway
38-4 1/4
Discus
Compton
Marian
137-9
Laughlin
Torrey Pines
131-9
Poulin
129-10
6/5/81
63rd STATE BOYS TRACK TRIALS, @NORWALK CERRITOS COLLEGE
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
PLACE
100
Shields
San Diego
:10.57w
6th
Davis
Mount Miguel
:10.58w
7T
Day
Kearny
:10.64w
14th
200
Day
:21.43
4th
Shields
:21.58w
8th
Johnson
Sweetwater
:22.24
15th
400
Lane
Mt. Carmel
:49.38
—
Roberson
Serra
:50.10
—
Phelps
Crawford
:51.16
800
Thoman
Point Loma
1:55.89
—
Kindsfather
Grossmont
1:58.76
—
Sevier
Valhalla
1:59.50
—
1600
Seeman
Helix
4:10.09
2nd
Morabe
Bonita Vista
4:16.25
14th
Russell
San Pasqual
4:17.15
15th
110 Hurdles
Mitchell
El Camino
:14.55w
11th
Smith
Serra
:14.58
13th
Brajevich
Poway
DQ, lane violation
—
300 Hurdles
Mitchell
:36.39
3rd
Brajevich
Poway
:37.09
8th
Durden
Helix
:38.00
—
4×100 Relay
Shields, Taylor, Pullens, LeBlanc
San Diego
:42.38
10th
M. Martin, J. Martin, Wells, Roberson
Serra
:42.99
—
Jose, Howard, LePrath, McCraw
Mira Mesa
:43.26
—
4×400 Relay
Payne, Robinson, Carter, Brown
Patrick Henry
3:22.53
—
Abutin, Elder, Bromma, Lane
Mt. Carmel
3:25.41
—
Serra
—
—
High Jump
Francis
Vista
6-4
—
Sams
Crawford
6-2
—
J. Martin
Serra
—
—
Long Jump
Scott
Clairemont
24-0
4th
McClendon
University
22-6 ¼
12th
Lockett
Lincoln
22-5 ¼
13th
Triple Jump
McClendon
44-11
—
Shot Put
Mason
Castle Park
57-4 ¼
11th
Kartz
San Dieguito
51-11 `1/2
—
Erin
Fallbrook
51-4
—
Discus
Eaton
Fallbrook
157-8`
—
Moceri
Mission Bay
155-5
—
Kartz
150-7
—
Pole Vault
Nelson
Helix
14-4
1T
Avant
Valhalla
14-0
12T
Vavra
Valhalla
—
—
EIGHTH GIRLS STATE TRACK TRIALS, @NORWALK CERRITOS COLLEGE
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
PLACE
100
Jones
Mount Miguel
:11.97
10th
Cooksey
Hoover
:12.05
13th
Jackson
Morse
:12.11
—
200
Jones
:24.90
10th
Scott
Crawford
:25.16
15th
Jackson
—
—
400
Jones
Patrick Henry
:56.58
6th
Cottingham
Morse
:58.68
—
Panno
San Pasqual
1:01.43
—
800
Hawks
San Dieguito
2:16.18
12th
Gartner
Fallbrook
2:17.14
17T
Dibos
Helix
—
—
1600
Allen
Santana
5:00.72
9th
Rowlett
El Capitan
5:04.35
12th
Blakesley
Vista
5:06.10
14th
100 Hurdles
Scott
Crawford
:14.44
11th
Pew
San Marcos
:14.95w
—
King
La Jolla
:16.03
—
300 Hurdles
Edelen
Crawford
:44.53
13th
King
:45.52
—
Pew
:45.88
—
4×100 Relay
Wade, Pippins, Cottingham, Jackson
Morse
:48.33
10th
Johnson, Scott, Taylor, Edelen
Crawford
:48.70
12th
Vista
DQ
—
4×400 Relay
Jackson, Pippins, Cottingham, Wade
Morse
3:50.81
6th
Lawson, Taylor, Johnson, Scott
Crawford
3:52.22
8th
Keegan, Gartner, Taylor, Reno
Fallbrook
3:57.01
12th
High Jump
Le Clair
Monte Vista
5-6
5T
Thomas
Mission Bay
Irving
Crawford
5-0
—
Long Jump
Mose
El Cajon Valley
17-9 ½
6th
Lawson
Crawford
17-7 ¾
9th
Dixon
Mira Mesa
17-6 ¾
10th
Shot Put
Johnson
Valhalla
36-7 ¾
—
Poulin
Vista
35-10 ½
—
Hiatt
Poway
34-6
—
Discus
Laughlin
Torrey Pines
146-8
4th
Compton
Marian
143-8
7th
Poulin
Vista
130-6
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6/6/81
63RD BOYS STATE FINALS, @NORWALK CERRITOS COLLEGE
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
PLACE
100
Shields
San Diego
:10.89
5th
Davis
Mount Miguel
:11.07
7th
200
Shields
:21.58
5th
Day
:22.08
9th
1600
Seaman
Helix
4:12.40
6th
3200
Aguilar
Helix
—
—
Vega
Chula Vista
—
—
110 Hurdles
Mitchell
El Camino
:14.85
9th
300 Hurdles
Mitchell
:36.67
3rd
Brajevich
Poway
:37.14
7th
Long Jump
Scott
Clairemont
22-8 ½
6th
Pole Vault
Nelson
Helix
14-2
7th
EIGHTH GIRLS STATE FINALS, @NORWALK CERRITOS COLLEGE
