1933 Football, Looking Back: Cavers ‘Couldn’t Lose’; Metropolitan League Makes Bow
The narrative originally was posted Oct. 20, 2016. “Power, deception, speed, coordination, all wrapped in 11 (blue and) white packages from the Border City.” Such was the observation of a Los Angeles Times reporter who witnessed San Diego High’s 27-0 victory over host Santa Barbara along with 5,000 others at Peabody Stadium in the Southern […]
Read More2025 Football Week 8: These Pointers Are Trying to Equal Their Predecessors
Three weeks ago I wrote it was “not likely” that Point Loma, standing at 4-0 for the first time since 2005, would run the regular season schedule out to a 10-0 record, with La Jolla, San Diego, and Cathedral its next three opponents. Now, in their 100th football season, dating to 1926, here are the […]
Read More2025 Football Week 7: Another Avocado League Game of the Week
Carlsbad, Avocado League champion five consecutive years from 2019-23 before being unseated by La Costa Canyon in 2024, finds itself in a four-way battle this season and with a showdown against Mission Hills this week. The Grizzlies, under interim coach DJ Zapata while Chris Hauser is sidelined by an administrative order, matched Carlsbad’s 6-0 record […]
Read More2025 Football Week 6 Maffei Madness: Some Unbeaten Clubs Will Lose
Ranks of the undefeated, 12 strong, will begin to thin this week. Three head-to-head games are on the schedule and a couple regarded once-beaten squads also will be in important contests. Game of the week is Mission Hills (5-0) against La Costa Canyon (5-0), the winner positioning itself for the Avocado League stretch drive but […]
Read More1918 Football, Looking Back: San Diego Feels Global Health Crisis
The narrative originally was posted Nov. 10, 2016. A sneeze at a military facility near Junction City, Kansas, turned into a cold that led to a fever that led to a death that led to a global pandemic. The so-called “Spanish Flu”, which is said to have first struck World War I soldiers processing in […]
Read More2025 Week 5: Success Like This 2 Decades Coming for Pointers
Point Loma is 4-0 for the first time in 20 years, since the 2005 club coached by Mike Hastings was 12-1. Can the Pointers’ run the table? Not likely, with La Jolla (3-1), San Diego (4-0), and Cathedral (4-0) the next three opponents, after a bye this week. But the ghost of Bennie Edens lives […]
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