1996: Essence of the Game
Virtues and moments that identify high school football: Overflow crowd of more than 4,000 at San Pasqual High, under Friday night lights, for neighborhood bragging rights. Tom Kirovski carried the ball on 24 of San Pasqual’s 28 second-half possessions and gained 155 of his game total of 173 yards as the Eagles defeated Orange Glen, 28-17, in the […]
Read More2014 Week 11: Revenge of the Cardinals
What a difference 70 years makes. Jerry Ralph’s speedy, competitive Hoover Cardinals took a 63-0 halftime lead and then called off the jam, activated the running clock, and ran out the game against former arch rival San Diego. The 63-point victory gave Hoover the City League championship and its first outright league title since Roy Engle’s 1963 […]
Read More2014 Week 11: It’s Helix’ Turn to Scratch Head
A panelist who voted for Helix as the No. 1 team in the UT-San Diego top 10 in the last two polls apparently was dissatisfied and cast his vote for Oceanside this week. Helix’ 56-10 victory over Grossmont last week seemingly was not impressive enough when compared to Oceanside’s 35-6 win over La Costa Canyon. Oceanside is 9-0 but had seen first-place […]
Read More1995: Bennie Burns as Monte Vista Begins Title Run
Bennie Edens was pissed. “I don’t appreciate being embarrassed,” Edens heatedly responded to a question from Paula Mascari-Bott of the Union-Tribune. “Playing your starters in the fourth quarter, it’s poor sportsmanship,” steamed Edens. “I’ve been coaching forty-one years and I’ve never embarrassed anyone when they’re that far behind. That’s wrong.” The Pointers had just finished […]
Read More2014 Week 10: Fallbrook Fells Foes
Give it up for Fallbrook! The Warriors claimed their first league title since 2003 this week with a 31-6 victory over Orange Glen. The Valley League championship might also get the Warriors more than a cursory look from area observers. Quietly, almost surreptiously, Fallbrook has crept to a 7-2 record but hasn’t received one vote of a […]
Read More2014 Week 10: Oceanside Slips in Cal-Hi Top 25
Oceanside dropped from sixth to seventh in Cal-Hi Sports‘ weekly State Top 25. The 8-0 Pirates, driving toward their first undefeated regular season since 2009, are joined among the state’s elite by Cathedral, which moved up to 22nd from 23rd, and Helix, which gained to 24th from 25th. It’s been noted that Oceanside has not […]
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