1958: Jackrabbit Fever Strikes Mighty Cavemen
San Diego High fell with a resounding thud in quarterfinals of the Southern Section playoffs. A 26-18 loss to old nemesis Long Beach Poly in Balboa Stadium was surprising in its decisiveness, devastating in its finality. Especially for coach Duane Maley, who announced his intention to retire from coaching and go into administration at the […]
Read More2016: Week 14: Top Rated Teams Meet in Finals
The CIF power ratings are holding up fairly well as the final round of San Diego Section play takes place Friday and Saturday at Southwestern College. The two highest power rated clubs will meet in the Open Division and in D-1 and D-3. Winning teams will progress to a variety of divisions in a Southern […]
Read More2016: Kennedy, Galindo, Cunningham Pass
First athletes and then coaches, each experience leaving a lifetime of memories. BOBBY KENNEDY The San Diego State graduate was head baseball coach at Chula Vista from 1957-82, his teams winning six Metropolitan League titles, earning 19 playoff appearances, and compiling an overall record of 329-266. Kennedy also was a championship softball player, almost to […]
Read More2016 Week 13: Ratings Show Some Power
Power ratings honcho John LaBeta can look at the semifinals pairings in this week’s San Diego Section playoffs and feel pretty good, if not vindicated, about the controversial seedings process. History has not recorded a season in which all teams and coaches involved were happy with the results, be they computer generated or by the human […]
Read More1918: San Diego Feels Global Health Crisis
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 and out of Camp Funston on the Fort […]
Read More2016 Week 12: Not All Happy With Playoff Picture
The sportswriters and broadcasters and CIF power ratings maven John LaBeta have spoken and there is some agreement. Cathedral, Rancho Bernardo, and Helix, 1-2-3 in The San Diego Union final regular-season poll, are the top three seeds in the Open Division playoffs, which begin Nov. 18 with quarterfinals play. But there were some surprises and shock […]
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