2014: Dunnam, Saska Among Those Passing
Farewell, old friend. Those words were heard over the summer for at least four former San Diego-area football players. Doug Dunnam,  75,  was a starting guard on the 1956 City Prep League-champion Hoover team that upset San Diego High, 20-12, before a roaring, record, overflow crowd of  9,000 persons at Hoover. Dunnam  also was a member of the […]
Read More1993: Â Vikings Coach Champion in Multiple Sports
Dick Huddleston won championships in multiple sports, as player and as coach —He was a tight end and linebacker on the 1960 Escondido team that won the first large-school San Diego Section football championship. –Huddleston coached Point Loma to the 1973 San Diego Section baseball title. And led La Jolla to the 1993 San Diego […]
Read More1930: Cougars Don’t Like Vintage Mascot
Now wait just a grape-pickin’ minute! Students at Escondido High were up in arms. They did not cotton to the term Grape Pickers or its use to describe the school’s athletic teams, although the wine-making fruit held agricultural sway in the area and the city had hosted a Grape Day Festival since 1908. The students […]
Read More2014: St. Augustine Goes Intersectional
With Frank Buncom IV leading the defense and explosive running back Elijah Preston propelling the offense, St. Augustine might have more good players than last season’s 11-2 team but could be hard pressed proving it. The Saints have stayed close to home for most of  the San Diego Section’s first 54 years, but they’re stepping out this season, with road […]
Read More2014: Intersectional Games & New Coaches
Preseason games don’t have the import of regular-season contests, which carry the prestige of potential league championships and playoff seedings, but the early intersectionals have their own realities. Do well in these games and gain ratings. Have high ratings and increase the possibility of state playoff invitations. Many intersectionals will be played the week of […]
Read More1992: Begin The Playoff Discussion With Bennie
They could have asked Bennie Edens. Writers and prep experts comprising the selection panel for The San Diego Union weekly Top 10 may well have consulted the Point Loma coach. No one could have offered more expert testimony than Bennie. The peninsula wise man coached his 38th team at the Chatsworth Boulevard enclave and lost to […]
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