2014: Helix 15th in State Top 25
A come-from-behind-win against a ranked team from the Southern Section resulted in coach Troy Starr’s Helix Highlanders landing 15th in Cal-Hi Sports‘ Â State Top 25 this week. Oceanside is 16th, Mission Hills 21st, and St. Augustine is “On the Bubble”. Â El Capitan is third in Southern California in Division III, and Christian third in D-IV. […]
Read More2014: 1956 Game Film, Visit With Hoover’s Baranski
Thanks to Hoover  alumnus and  school historian Chuck Hansen, we were able to  acquire footage of Hoover’s celebrated football victory over San Diego in 1956, plus a 1992 televised interview with the late Walt Baranski, a star on that Cardinals team. Baranski, who was slowed by  a progressive, crippling disease and  passed away at age 69 in 2008, […]
Read More2014 Week 2: Highlanders Command Poll
Three more big intersectional battles loom for San Diego Section teams at Oceanside this week, testing Helix’s and Oceanside’s standing in the weekly UT-San Diego poll. The second week of Honor Bowl games at Oceanside will match No. 1 Helix and Loomis Del Oro and No. 2 Oceanside and Mission Viejo on Friday.  Cathedral will meet Westlake Village Oaks […]
Read More2014: Charlie Powell, 82, San Diego Legend
Charlie Powell, the oldest and most renowned member of an iconic  San Diego family, passed away  Labor Day morning at age 82. A resident of  Altadena, Powell was in San Diego for a family function when he became ill on Friday.  He died at Scripps Mercy Hospital. “He was my big brother and I respected him so much,” […]
Read More2014 Week 1, Con’t: Helix Salvages Some Respect
Helix beat a good Ventura St. Bonaventure team, 24-20, Saturday night, but Mission Hills was beaten by Timpview of Provo, the No. 3 team in Utah, 42-28. San Diego Section teams thus finished the first weekend far  in arrears against intersectional teams. In games involving teams from the city and county, the area was 2-8 in […]
Read More2014 Week 1: Poway Steps Up, Others Step Down
I feared for Cathedral and didn’t want to battle I-5 traffic on a Friday night to get to Oceanside, so the veteran blogger took in Rancho Buena Vista at Poway and was impressed. With the winner and the loser. Poway, 4-7 in 2013 and stung by the recent loss of two potential sophomore stars, quarterback […]
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