2016: The Grandkids
We’ve been idle since the state high school track meet and probably won’t be posting much for the next month, as our two grandsons, 13 and 12, from Connecticut have made their annual invasion. For Susie and me, this represents 4-5 weeks of never-ending activity, a veritable jailbreak every day. It seems like we are training with the SEALs. We […]
Read More1919: Coronado Flexes, Hilltoppers Up, Down
San Diego High continued to transition to mediocrity from the championship squad of three seasons before and tiny Coronado mixed with the big boys. Bryan (Pesky) Sprott and five members of the Hilltoppers’ nationally-acclaimed 1916 team now were leading the University of California’s powerful squad and coach Clarence (Nibs) Price was on the Bears’ football […]
Read More2016: Siegler, Alvarado, Altice Lead Way in 98th State Meet
San Diego Section track-and-field entries placed in eight of 32 events at the 98th state track championships in Clovis Saturday. —About 26 per cent of the entries, out of 96 total at the beginning of Friday’s trials, scored points amid the 102-degree heat of Buchanan High. And with no individual champion for the first time […]
Read More2016: Locals Have Hopes in 98th State meet
Do well in the section finals. Get to the state meet. Qualify in the Friday trials. Rest up for the finals. Finish in the top 5 Saturday. Get a “PR”*. Score a point or more and earn a medal. Maybe finish first. That’s the season goal. Ninety-six San Diego Section entrants, less a few because of those […]
Read More1957: Cook’s and Cavers’ Great Day
Roscoe Cook, Bobby Staten, Willie Jordan, and Charles (Sugar Jet) Davis comprised a swift foursome of San Diego High athletes who surprised the field and brought home a Southern California track championship. The biggest surprise was by Cook, who entered the season as the most important and accomplished of the quartet. Some background: Cook was […]
Read More1925: Santa Ana Ploy Almost Derailed Saunders and Hilltoppers
Competition and controversy were different words with different meanings, but they blurred in the far-flung Coast League, whose fratricidal members regularly accused their brethren of academic or residential mischief. San Diego High was on the receiving end of a far-out allegation that threatened to stop one of the best teams in school history. Senior Captain Russ Saunders, […]
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