2013, Week 4: Still Oceanside and Mission Hills at Top
Oceanside (24), Mission Hills (6), and San Pasqual (1) all received first-place votes in balloting after for the Week 4 CIF San Diego Section football poll. Ramona, at 9, and Carlsbad, at 10, are new to the top 10. Team/1st Place Votes in ( ) 2013 Record Points* Last Week 1 Oceanside (24) 2-1 301 1 […]
Read More2013, Week 4: Freeman Joins Imperial Icons Arnaiz, Thomas
Royce Freeman is about to become the most famous Imperial High athlete and eventually perhaps its most notable alumnus. Freeman ran for 315 yards and 4 touchdowns in a 42-21 victory over Sweetwater and is nearing the San Diego Section career rushing record. Freeman has 5,638 yards. Rickey Seale of Escondido set the record in […]
Read More2006: If You Can Beat Them, Join Them
Nick Pascarella delivered the cruelest rejection. The Carlsbad running back rushed for 125 yards in 12 carries and scored two touchdowns as the Lancers pulled away from Rancho Bernardo to win, 40-16. The same Rancho Bernardo which Pascarella attended and who was a member of the Broncos team that defeated the Lancers 24-21 in 2005. […]
Read More2013: Services Set for Football Legend Birt Slater
A memorial service for William (Birt) Slater, legendary Kearny High football coach, will be held in the Kearny gymnasium on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at 1 p.m. Slater, 89, passed away recently after a long illness. Slater was head coach at Kearny from 1959-76, posting a record of 134 victories, 41 losses, and 9 ties […]
Read More2013, Week 3: Leaders Continue to Hold Sway in U-T Poll
Oceanside gave up one first-place vote to Mission Hills, Poway made the top 10 after being idle in Week 1, and San Pasqual moved up. All was almost quiet on the U-T San Diego prep football front. The only significant changes took place in the “Others” category, which thinned out from a total 14 teams […]
Read More2013, Week 2: Oceanside Falls in Heat of Night
We made five big mistakes,” Oceanside coach John Carroll revealed to the U-T San Diego’s John Maffei, “and nearly every one of them was because of cramps.” In the high heat of an Oceanside evening, Carroll’s Pirates took a 39-36 lead well into the fourth quarter when a couple lapses were turned into touchdowns by […]
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