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 […]
Read More1981 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 […]
Read More1922, Looking Back: Student Gives Newspaper Inside Scoop
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 […]
Read More1947, Looking Back: A Vote for Point Loma As No. 1
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 […]
Read More2023 Week 15B: State Regional Playoffs, At a Glance
San Diego Section teams in bold. Columns 4, 5, and 6 are prep outlets’ ratings of opponents. DIVISION TEAM OPPONENT CAL-PREPS.COM MAX PREPS CAL-HI SPORTS I-AA Granite Hills (12-0) @Mission Viejo (11-3) 65.9/69.7 7/5 6/12 I-A St. Augustine (10-4) Ventura St. Bonaventure (11-3) 46.4/51.4 39/31 43/29 III-AA Del Norte (11-1) Lake Balboa Birmingham (11-2) 32.2/33.0 […]
Read More2022-23 Week 11: Hat’s Off! 42 Boys’ and Girls’ Champions
The leagues and teams sometimes are different and some teams play football in one league and basketball in another. Some teams don’t play football and some of these leagues don’t offer football. MaxPreps ranks any team in California that provides information and Max’s information is not always complete. Cal-Hi Sports rates from 1 to 25 […]
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