2013: Girls’ All-Time Best Performances

100m

11.43 Jasmine Gibbs El Camino 2012
11.51 Gail Devers Sweetwater 1984
11.56 Jackie Thompson Lincoln Prep 1973
11.61 Monique Henderson Morse 2000
11.65 Jolanda Diego El Camino 2004
11.69 Jenna Puterbaugh Santa Fe Christian 2010
11.71 Tenille Stoudenmire Rancho Bernardo 2009
11.84 Akiba McKinney Monte Vista 1995
11.84hc (11.7y) Judy Reed Crawford 1978
11.87 Alicia Lowery Morse 2003
11.89 Kortney Ross Westview 2010
11.9 Tashia McKinney Monte Vista 1990
11.92 Angela Sullivan Serra 1991
11.93 Velisa Harris Morse 1983
11.94hc (11.8y) Vicki Belser Vista 1977
11.94hc Chris Herring Morse 1978
11.94hc Janice Wiser La Jolla 1978
11.96 DeCola Groce Morse 1997
11.97 Ellen Jones Mt Miguel 1981
11.98 Miche Scott El Camino 2012
11.98 Sparkle Anderson Serra 2003
11.99 Zakirrah Beverly USDHS 2001
11.99 Kunesha Miller Morse 1994
12.03 Kim Matthews Morse 1987
12.04 Mandy Ross Christian 2006
12.04h April Freow Morse 1985
12.04h Charlotte Zepherin Morse 1980
12.06 Chris Cooksey Hoover 1981
12.08 Ashley Rhodes Mt Miguel 1986
12.09 Alexis Ferebee Mission Bay 2012
12.09 Yolanda Fitch Morse 1987
12.09 Angela Kimmey University City 1989
12.1 Rashauna Amos E.C. Southwest 2004
12.1 Aja Wheeler University City 2005
12.1 Suzie Acolatse Mission Hills 2012
 

200m

23.08 Jackie Thompson Lincoln 1973
23.16 Monique Henderson Morse 2001
23.56 Jolanda Diego El Camino 2004
23.7 Jenna Puterbaugh Santa Fe Christian 2010
23.88 Jasmine Gibbs El Camino 2012
23.93 Tenille Stoudenmire Rancho Bernardo 2009
24.06 Kim Matthews Morse 1987
24.11 Shakara Lott University City 2005
24.14hc (24.0y) Judy Reed Crawford 1978
24.21 Angela Sullivan Serra 1991
24.33 Lana Garner Morse 1996
24.34hc (24.2y) Janice Wiser La Jolla 1974
24.43 Allison Dring Mt. Carmel 1990
24.44hc (24.3y) Vicki Belser Vista 1976
24.46 Nastassja Hall RBV 2000
24.49 Kunesha Miller Morse 1994
24.49 Alexis Hernandez Mt. Carmel 2012
24.51 Akiba McKinney Monte Vista 1995
24.52 Vanessa Houston Hoover 2009
24.54hc (24.4y) Danita Young Crawford 1978
24.54 Vanessa Bobo Morse 2005
24.60c Ellen Jones Mt Miguel 1981
24.62 DeCola Groce Morse 1997
24.63 Monica Henderson Morse 1990
24.64 Zikarrah Beverly USDHS 2001
24.66 Mandy Ross Christian 2006
24.66 Karly Zlatic La Jolla 2012
24.69 Jonette Smiley Serra 2001
24.69 Velisa Harris Morse 1983
24.71 Angela Kimmey University City 1990
24.72 Casey Loveland Granite Hills 1996
24.74h Lauren Russell Mt. Carmel 1982
24.74h Nikki Majsterski Serra 2009
24.75 Taylor Larch-Miller Torrey Pines 2012
24.75 Tashia McKinney Monte Vista 1990
24.77 Janie James Helix 2005
24.78 Rashauna Amos E.C. Southwest 2004
24.82 Shani Freeman Crawford 1990
24.83 Ciera Ray Fallbrook 2000
24.84h Diana Turner Fallbrook 1981
24.87 Estelle Jackson Morse 1981
24.87 Katina Bugg Henry 1990
24.87 Alexis Ferebee Mission Bay 2012
24.92h Atiba Green University City 1996
24.93 Aja Wheeler Universiy City 2005
24.94 Lauren Kodama Westview 2006
24.94hc (24.8y) Tracy Scott Crawford 1979
400m 50.74 Monique Henderson Morse 2000
53.53 Janice Wiser La Jolla 1974
54.05 Shakara Lott University City 2005
54.09 Lana Garner Morse 1996
54.29 Allison Dring Mt. Carmel 1990
54.37 Janie James Helix 2005
54.79 Charlotte Zepherin Morse 1980
55.19 Shani Freeman Crawford 1989
55.42 Alexis Hernandez Mt. Carmel 2012
55.63 Vanessa Houston Hoover 2009
55.72 Melissa Mongiovi West Hills 2012
55.75 Whitney Schumucker La Jolla 2001
55.82 Lesley Noll Mt Carmel 1985
56.04h Kelly McCann La Costa Canyon 2002
56.04hc (56.2y) Tracy Baker Monte Vista 1982
56.14h Amy Jones Henry 1981
56.16 Karly Zlatic La Jolla 2012
56.17 Yolanda Fitch Morse 1986
56.22 Corryn Barney Henry 2011
56.27 Gail Devers Sweetwater 1982
56.43 Mandy Ross Christian 2006
56.46 Miriam White Southwest 1985
56.54h Karen Nielsen Valhalla 1984
56.59 Sabrina Edge RBV 1996
56.64 Amy Taylor Rancho Bernardo 1998
56.65 Jasmine Winfield Oceanside 2002
56.67 Tracy Baker Monte Vista 1985
56.67 Starla Henderson Morse 1998
56.72c Tenille Stoudenmire Rancho Bernardo 2008
56.73 Katina Bugg Henry 1990
56.74 Nastassja Hall RBV 2001
56.84 Jasmine Askew Scripps Ranch 2010
56.87 Jasmine Chukwueke Scripps Ranch 2006
56.94hc (57.1y) Helen Fulton Bonita Vista 1977
56.94 Lakenya Simon-West Grossmont 2005
56.95 Aroline Neal RBV 1998
56.99 Naomi Mattos Fallbrook 2001
57.04 Denisha Bryant Mt Miguel 2002
57.04hc (57.2y) Vanessa Thompson San Diego 1976
800m 2:08.0 Lesley Noll Mt Carmel 1985
2:08.5 Laura Chapel University City 1986
2:08.7 Jenna Timinsky San Dieguito 2002
2:09.1 Darcy Arreola Grossmont 1985
2:09.1 Charlotte Kuzminsky Canyon Crest 2011
2:09.4 Whitney Schmucker La Jolla 2002
2:09.9 Alli Billmeyer Torrey Pines 2010
2:10.1 Denise Upsher Torrey Pines 1986
2:10.5 Kelly McCann La Costa Canyon 2003
2:11.0 Carina Gillespie Otay Ranch 2012
2:11.1 Gail Devers Sweetwater 1982
2:11.8 Camille Dredge Torrey Pines 1999
2:12.0 Robin Eager Vista 1985
2:12.1 Ashlyn Dadkhah Torrey Pines 2012
2:12.14c (2:12.0) Kristina Hand Fallbrook 1988
2:12.2 Elizabeth Apgar Lincoln 2009
2:12.24hc (2:12.8y) Beth Howell San Dieguito 1975
2:12.24c Melanie Hand Fallbrook 1992
2:12.3 Nihal Kayali La Jolla 2009
2:12.4 Allison Hall Rancho Bernardo 2002
2:12.5 Amonica Phipps Morse 2001
2:12.6 Holly Neshat Scripps Ranch 2012
2:12.6 Sammy Silva Our Lady of Peace 2009
2:12.7 Cassie Atkinson El Capitan 2004
2:12.8 Natalie Neshat Scripps Ranch 2012
2:12.8 Tracy Baker Monte Vista 1983
2:13.0 Dani Schuster Torrey Pines 2003
2:13.3 Kristi Bache USDHS 1988
2:13.4 Amanda Post Cathedral 2010
2:13.44hc (2:14.0y) Nel Griffith Henry 1980
2:13.5 Charity Stowell Mt Carmel 1990
2:13.5 Amanda Moore Torrey Pines 2006
2:13.7 Susan Scott Mt Carmel 1991
2:14.0 April Montgomery Helix 2003
1600m 4:41.7 Alli Billmeyer Torrey Pines 2011
4:42.8 Darcy Arreola Grossmont 1986
4:45.5 Tina Allen Santana 1982
4:46.0 Kira Jorgensen Vista 1987
4:47.7 Sammy Silva Our Lady of Peace 2009
4:48.2 Kelly Lawson La Costa Canyon 2011
4:49.5 Erin Menefee Mt Carmel 2010
4:49.5 Laura Chapel University City 1986
4:49.6 Molly Grabill Rancho Bernardo 2010
4:50.8 Milena Glusac Fallbrook 1993
4:52.3 Erin Gillingham Torrey Pines 2009
4:52.4 Claire Rethmeier San Pasqual 2004
4:53.2 Emma Abrahamson La Costa Canyon 2012
4:53.4 Megan Morgan Torrey Pines 2010
4:53.66c Kristi Bache USDHS 1988
4:54.2 Desiree Davila Hilltop 2000
4:54.2 Dani Schuster Torrey Pines 2002
4:54.24c (4:55.7y) Cheryl Flowers Valhalla 1977
4:55.1 Julie Ott USDHS 1997
4:55.7 Anne Charles Canyon Crest 2012
4:55.7 Jenna Timinsky San Dieguito 2002
4:56.04h Julie Bates Mira Mesa 1984
4:56.2 Jennifer Sheflo Poway 1984
4:56.2 Caitlin Krol Cathedral Catholic 2012
4:56.2 Claire Becker Bonita Vista 1993
4:56.2 Katy Andrews La Costa Canyon 2006
4:56.4 Julie Komosinski Torrey Pines 1999
4:56.8 Jessie Ooms University City 2003
4:57.5 Brianna Miller Carlsbad 2012
4:57.54c Nihal Kayali La Jolla 2009
4:57.6 Lorin Scott San Pasqual 2004
4:57.7 Lindsay delaMontaigne Rancho Bernardo 2005
4:57.8 Bre Schofield Carlsbad 2007
4:57.9 Sandy Blakeslee Vista 1983
4:58.1 Julia Yang Westview 2012
4:58.3 Savannah Vasquez Mission Hills 2010
4:58.9 Shanna St. Laurent RBV 2008
4:58.9 Sariah St. Laurent El Camino 2004
4:59.2 Tricia Mattson Fallbrook 1997
4:59.3 Marie Raffray San Dieguito 2003
4:59.3 Stephanie Fedorchak Fallbrook 1984
4:59.4 Savannah Vasquez Mission Hills 2009
4:59.5 Shanoah Souza La Costa Canyon 2011
4:59.6 Jessy Hansen University City 2012
4:59.8 Ashlyn Dadkhah Torrey Pines 2009
3200m 10:18.9 Alli Billmeyer Torrey Pines 2011
10:19.2 Molly Grabill Rancho Bernardo 2011
10.24.23 Kira Jorgensen Vista 1987
10:24.6 Milena Glusac Fallbrook 1991
10:24.9 Emma Abrahamson La Costa Canyon 2011
10:25.97c Claire Rethmeier San Pasqual 2004
10:27.7 Shanoah Souza La Costa Canyon 2011
10:29.6 Aimee Trujillo Poway 2011
10.29.70 Megan Morgan Torrey Pines 2010
10:31.1 Betsy Chadwick Mira Mesa 1981
10:32.6 Sandy Blakeslee Vista 1983
10:36.1 Darcy Arreola Grossmont 1986
10:36.3 Courtney Baird Helix 1999
10:36.6 Katy Andrews La Costa Canyon 2007
10:36.8 Julie Manson Rancho Bernardo 2000
10:38.0 Nicole Nugent Torrey Pines 1987
10:38.2 Sammy Silva Our Lady of Peace 2009
10:40.1 Maureen Winner Torrey Pines 1984
10:40.3 Desiree Davila Hilltop 2001
10:40.8 Kelly Lawson La Costa Canyon 2012
10:41.64 (10:44.6y) Carol Keller Helix 1977
10:41.4 Tina Allen Santana 1982
10:41.7 Shelly Lachel Monte Vista 1981
10.42.7 Julie Ott USDHS 1997
10:43.2 Mira Hornbacher RBV 1989
10.43.8 Lori Giacinti USDHS 1997
10:44.74hc (10:47.7y) Cheryl Flowers Valhalla 1979
10:45.4 Ashlyn Dadkhah Torrey Pines 2012
10:45.5 Melissa Keim San Pasqual 1993
10:46.6 Ellie Abrahamson La Costa Canyon 2012
10:46.94hc (10:49.8y) Teri Brown San Pasqual 1979
10:46.8 Sheree Shea University City 2009
10:47.3 Loretta Kilmer Ramona 2001
100 Hurdles (33’) 14.13 Danielle Littleton Vista 2009
14.27 Taylor Larch-Miller Torrey Pines 2012
14.28 Jessica Eggleston El Camino 2003
14.32 Gail Devers Sweetwater 1984
14.33 Laiah Blue Granite Hills 2004
14.35 Erin Blunt San Pasqual 1992
14.38 Devin Collins Granite Hills 2011
14.49 Andria Booker El Camino 1998
14.5 Joniece Ervin Oceanside 2012
14.52 Shakira Thompson Helix 2005
14.54 Kim Dill Poway 1990
14.62 Melissa Barnum Rancho Bernardo 2009
14.62 Tamika Brazzel El Camino 2011
14.69 Alishia Carter Rancho Bernardo 1998
14.73 Iesha Iwobe Oceanside 2010
14.76 Alyssa Chang Otay Ranch 2012
14.77 Sydney Magdalena Olympian 2012
14.78 Tanisha Johnson Helix 2002
14.8 Susanna Marshall Canyon Crest 2008
14.82 Latanya Agurs Grossmont 1998
14.86 Katie Coin Rancho Bernardo 2000
14.93 Meggie Afenir Escondido 2003
14.93 Tia Knight Steele Canyon 2011
14.96 Morgan Rehm San Pasqual 2011
14.99 Bahed Hernandez Mt Carmel 1996
15.02 Hayley O’Brien Valhalla 2009
15.03 Kiesha Porter Mira Mesa 1994
15.05 Carli Lloyd Fallbrook 2005
15.09 Morgan Rehm San Pasqual 2012
15.09 Charay Savage Otay Ranch 2006
15.16 Ashleigh Davis El Camino 2003
15.17 Lisa Shepard Orange Glen 1993
15.17 Maggie Escudero El Capitan 1999
15.18 Kortney Ross Westview 2009
15.18 Lindsey Peck La Costa Canyon 2011
15.19 Kori Joiner Rancho Bernardo 1994
15.24 Carlene Jones Morse 1994
15.24 Samantha Stephens RBV 2006
15.24 Kimberly Gossmeyer Steele Canyon 2009

300  Low Hurdles

42.26 Gail Devers Sweetwater 1983
42.62 Joniece Ervin Oceanside 2012
42.69 Erin Blunt San Pasqual 1991
42.75 Taylor Larch-Miller Torrey Pines 2012
43.04 Tanisha Johnson Eastlake 2000
43.44 Kelli Hancock La Jolla 2012
43.63 Tamika Brazzel El Camino 2012
43.67 Devin Collins Granite Hills 2011
43.82 Laiah Blue Granite Hills 2004
43.82 Catie Coin Rancho Bernardo 2000
43.86 Audrey Pound Poway 2001
43.94 Shannon Proffer Santana 1990
43.96 Michelle Outlaw Lincoln 1986
44 Janet Duffy Mt Carmel 1984
44.3 Danielle Littleton Vista 2009
44.3 Jessica Eggleston El Camino 2003
44.3 Nastassja Hall RBV 2002
44.44 Kim Dill Poway 1989
44.44h Cassandra Tyson Mt Carmel 1989
44.45 Morgan Rehm San Pasqual 2012
44.46 Carrie Vickery El Capitan 1995
44.47 Carlene Jones Morse 1993
44.51 Bryeanna Barmer Helix 2000
44.56 Sharita Thompson Helix 2006
44.53 Wendy Edelen Crawford 1981
44.59 Stacy Thompson Morse 1988
44.6 Kiesha Porter Mira Mesa 1994
44.6 Tisha Matthews El Camino 1998
44.64 Unika Smith Lincoln 2000
44.69 Marline Estell Mission Hills 2011
44.74 Monique Van Steele Canyon 2011
44.8 Cathy Stark San Pasqual 1989
44.81 Sydney Magdalena Olympian 2012
44.83 T’Shara Hicks University City 2004
44.85 Jessica Garcia Rancho Bernardo 2012
44.9 Julie Cartere Southwest 1982
44.9 Erin DeHahn Hilltop 1999
44.91 Annie King La Jolla 1981

400m Relay

45.94c (46.14y) Crawford 1977
46.35 Morse 2001
46.42 El Camino 2003
46.44 Morse 2000
46.44 Morse 1996
46.68 Morse 1998
46.78 Morse 1994
46.82 El Camino 2004
46.89 Morse 1987
46.99 Morse 1995
47.00c (47.20y) Crawford 1978
47.03 El Camino 2002
47.06 Poway 2008
47.12 Morse 1989
47.29 Morse 2005
47.31 Torrey Pines 2012
47.33 Morse 1991
47.38 Morse 2003
47.41 Morse 1982
47.45 Morse 1985
47.48 Morse 1997
47.54 Morse 1999
47.59 University City 2005
47.6 Helix 2002
47.62 El Camino 2000
47.65 Lincoln 1998

1600m Relay

3:49.12h Morse 1996
3:49.27c (3:50.47y) Crawford 1981
3:49.7 Mt Carmel 1991
3:50.7 Torrey Pines 2012
3:50.73c (3:51.93y) Crawford 1978
3:50.81c (3:52.01y) Morse 1981
3:51.4 Morse 1999
3:51.7 La Jolla 2012
3:52.2 San Pasqual 1991
3:52.3 Carlsbad 2012
3:52.3 Morse 1993
3:52.54hc (3:53.6y) Crawford 1977
3:52.7 Morse 2001
3:53.1 San Pasqual 1992
3:53.1 La Costa Canyon 2005
3:53.4 Morse 1997
3:53.4 Mt Carmel 1992
3:53.6 University City 2004
3:53.84h Mt Carmel 1990
3:54.0 Mt Carmel 1989
3:54.1 Mt Carmel 2009
3:54.3 Mt Carmel 1985
3:54.4 Morse 1991

High Jump

6-1 3/4 Sue McNeal Carlsbad 1979
5-11 Whitney Sisler La Costa Canyon 2007
5-10 1/4 Jamie Klages Coronado 2005
5-10 Lynn Patrick Serra 1988
5-9 Danielle Bryan El Camino 2012
5-9 Lisa Underhill RBV 1997
5-8 Lindsay Whetstine Mt Carmel 2005
5-8 1/4 Chris Remmling San Dieguito 1976
5-8 1/5 Karyn Armstrong Torrey Pines 1988
5-8 1/6 Sara Macey Vista 2008
5-8 Jackie Anderson Mt Miguel 1986
5-9 Christy Kurras Poway 1988
5-7 1/2 Cindy Gilbert Oceanside 1974
5-7 Denise Parker Hoover 1964
5-8 Gabby LeClaire Monte Vista 1981
5-9 Kim Reed Valhalla 1984
5-10 Bonnie Zabinsky Valley Center 2004

Pole Vault

13-6 Kortney Ross Westview 2010
13-3 Tracy O’Hara Rancho Bernardo 1998
13-2 McKenzie Johnson Clairemont 2012
13-1 Mimi Lian Rancho Bernardo 2012
13-0 Emily Mattoon Rancho Bernardo 2007
12-9 Kate Mattoon Rancho Bernardo 2005
12-8 1/4 Kathleen Donoghue Rancho Bernardo 1999
12-3 Emily Mendoza Poway
12-4 Janea Russ Granite Hills 2002
12-5 Molly Pascarella Rancho Bernardo 2001
12-6 Joanna Burkhart Oceanside 2006
12-2½ Natalie Dennison Rancho Bernardo 1999
12-2 Kaitlin McCallum LJCD 2012
12-1 Ama Navidi Rancho Bernardo 2003
12-0 Erin Asay Sweetwater 2001
11-9 Eva Tanner Grossmont 2002
11-10 Kylene Nixon Poway 1997
11-11 Dana Hoolko La Jolla 2005
12-8 Julie Stuart Grossmont 1998
12-9 Riley Hasche Point Loma 2011
12-10 Michelle Negrete Steele Canyon 2012
12-7 Brittany Hamilton Granite Hills 2008
12-8 Jenny Liu Rancho Bernardo 2004
12-9 Rebecca Adams Rancho Bernardo 2003
12-10 Becky Gausepohl Fallbrook 2003
12-11 Kara Filopowski Valhalla 2003

Long Jump

20-11 Jasmine Gibbs El Camino 2012
20-7 Gail Devers Sweetwater 1984
20-6 1/2 Akiba McKinney Monte Vista 1997
20-5 Amy Littlepage Mt Miguel 1993
19-9½ Miche Scott El Camino 2012
19-7 Jessica Eggleston El Camino 2003
19-6 1/2 Andria Booker El Camino 1998
19-4 Nichelle Strahan Mt Miguel 1986
19-4 Latanya Canada Castle Park 1987
19-3 1/2 Debbie Wilford Castle Park 1977
19-2 Tamika Brazzel El Camino 2012
19-1 1/4 Jewell Lovelady Crawford 1977
19-1 Laura Stowe Torrey Pines 1987
19-1 LaRonda Hite Lincoln 1997
19-0 1/2 Michelle Outlaw Lincoln 1987
19-0 1/4 Jackae Bridges Mater Dei Catholic 2009
19-0 Sparkle Anderson Serra 2003
19-0 Nastassja Hall RBV 2002
18-11 3/4 Melinda Forest Mt Miguel 1993
18-11 1/2 Jessica Thomas El Camino 2000
18-10 3/4 Kim Huey Santa Fe Christian 1985
18-10 3/4 Nedra Dillon Mission Bay 1989
18-10 1/4 Chris Mose El Cajon 1981
18-10 Rochelle Johnson Henry 1989
18-10 Carlene Jones Morse 1994
18-10 Kasey Kearin Rancho Bernardo 2006
Triple Jump 41-8 1/4 Jackie Anderson Mt Miguel 1987
41-1 Tamika Brazzel El Camino 2012
40-11 1/2 Andria Booker El Camino 1998
40-8 3/4 LaFrania West Grossmont 1988
40-6 3/4 Rochelle Johnson Henry 1989
40-6 1/4 Tamieka Porter Orange Glen 1993
40-4 Amy Littlepage Mt Miguel 1993
40-4 Sparkle Anderson Serra 2003
39-9 1/4 Jessica Eggleston El Camino 2002
39-7 Tamara Espinoza Hilltop 1997
39-6 Gail Devers Sweetwater 1984
39-4 1/2 Heather Leidle RBV 2005
39-2 1/4 Shadesia Pearman Mt Miguel 1993
39-2 Stacy Thompson Morse 1988
39-1 1/4 Sherita Williams El Camino 1997
39-1 Kasey Kearin Rancho Bernardo 2006
39-0 3/4 Iesha Iwobe Oceanside 2010
39-0 1/2 Latanya Agurs Grossmont 1998
38-11 Kathy Sorenson Hilltop 1994
38-8 3/4 Adrienne Farrington Rancho Bernardo 1998
38-8 1/2 Alexandria Young Mater Dei 2011
38-8 Tayler Williams Escondido 2008
38-7 Katina Harrison Mt Miguel 1991
38-6 1/4 Shirley Anku RBV 1997
38-5 Shaniqua Reddick Oceanside 2009
38-3 3/4 Angela Sims El Camino 1990
38-3 1/2 Casey Whyte San Pasqual 1996
38-1½ Monique Van Steele Canyon 2012
38-1 1/4 Charay Savage Otay Ranch 2006

Shot Put

49-6 Kathy Devine Mission Bay 1974
46-10 1/2 Aiga Marie Taumua Sweetwater 2001
45-10 1/4 Breanna Jemison Carlsbad 2011
45-0 3/4 Tracy Crawford Southwest 1986
44-9 Carrie Johnson Fallbrook 2002
44-0 Raeanna Makihele San Marcos 2002
43-10 1/4 Laura Hughes Orange Glen 1988
43-10 Jakayla Daniels El Camino 2012
43-8 1/2 Candace Hill Hoover 1999
43-7 Brandy Dyer Vista 2008
43-6 Jennifer Bingham Steele Canyon 2009
43-2 1/2 Kartsi Leppaluoto Madison 1986
43-2 1/4 Kristina Mataafa Orange Glen 1992
43-2 Fernanda deOliveria Henry 1993
43-1 3/4 Jennifer Viavia Madison 1988
43-1 1/4 Uia Tupuolo Vista 2004
42-11 1/2 Susan Compton Marian 1980
42-10 1/2 Dereka Winters El Camino 2005
42-8 1/4 Mulu Tosi Morse 1989
42-7 Nneka Anyanwu Westview 2011
42-5 1/2 Mariah Counts Poway 2011
42-3 Michelle Campbell Crawford 1987
42-2 1/4 Amanda Phelps El Camino 2008
42-2 Amber Hood Morse 2001
42-1¼ Rachel Alesi Christian 2012
41-10 Vanessa Sierra El Capitan 2012
41-10 Emily Aragon Escondido 2009
41-9 Whitney DeWeese RBV 2004
41-8 3/4 Liz Mueller Vista 1980
41-8 1/4 Fran Hunkin Vista 2004
Discus 162-0 Lori Parker Ramona 1986
158-3 Alexa Evans West Hills 2011
156-2 Tracy Crawford Southwest 1986
152-8 Candace Hill Hoover 2000
151-1 Kristina Mataafa Orange Glen 1992
149-2 Rachel Alesi Christian 2012
148-11 Breanna Jemison Carlsbad 2012
148-4 Alexa Evans West Hills 2010
147-9 Susan Compton Marian 1980
146-8 Cissy Laughlin Torrey Pines 1981
146-8 Jessica Byrne Ramona 1998
146-7 Terri Mann Pt Loma 1986
146-0 Dereka Winters El Camino 2005
145-9 Jakayla Daniels El Camino 2012
145-1 Daniella Thu Monte Vista 2005
144-5 Whitney DeWeese RBV 2003
144-4 Christine Oleksow Monte Vista 1989
144-3 Scia Maumausolo Mt Carmel 1992
143-8 Carrie Johnson Fallbrook 2001
143-5 Brandy Dyer Vista 2007
143-4 Nneka Anyanwu Westview 2010
142-7 Liz Mueller Vista 1980
142-6 Jameena Hunt Morse 2006
142-4 Jackie Turpin Santana 2002
142-4 Christina Magana Fallbrook 1996
142-1 Katrina Crouch El Capitan 1997
141-9 Whitney DeWeese RBV 2002
141-8 Eric McGrath Eastlake 1997
140-11 Breanna Makihele San Marcos 2002



2013: Girls’ San Diego Section Records

100m 11.43 Jasmine Gibbs El Camino 2012
200m 23.16 Monique Henderson Morse 2001
400m 50.74 Monique Henderson Morse 2000
800m 02:08.0 Lesley Noll Mt. Carmel 1985
1600m 4:41.71 (n) Alli Billmeyer Torrey Pines 2011
3200m 10:18.9 Alli Billmeyer Torrey Pines 2011
100H (30’) 13.41 Gail Devers Sweetwater 1984
100H (33’) 14.13 Danielle Littleton Vista 2009
300H 42.26 Gail Devers Sweetwater 1983
4x100m 45.94* Young,  Reed, Gaston, Lovelady Crawford 1977
4x400m 3:49.12h Rankin, Henderson, Groce,  Garner Morse 1996
High Jump Whitney Sisler La CostaCanyon 2007
Pole Vault 13-6 Kortney Ross Westview 2010
Long Jump 20-7 Gail Devers Sweetwater 1984
Triple Jump 41-8¼ Jackie Anderson Mount Miguel 1987
Shot Put 46-10¼ Aiga Marie Taumua Sweetwater 2001
Discus 162-0 Lori Parker Ramona 1986

Legend
(n) Non-winning mark.
(h) hand time converted

(*) Converted to metric time from yard time
NOTE: All section records must meet National Federation guidelines




2013: Mission Hills Our Choice in Preseason Poll

Chants of “We’re number one!” followed by “Why aren’t we number one?”  will be heard in a few days when UT-San Diego’s first football Top 10 will signal that games are just days away.

With a little help from UT-San Diego’s John Maffei, who emailed  his annual request with some brief team rundowns a few weeks ago, here goes:

(2012 records in parenthesis)

2013

Team

2012

1

Mission Hills (7-4-1)

5

2

Oceanside (12-1)

1

3

Cathedral (0-11)*

9

4

St. Augustine (10-3)

8

5

Helix (10-2)

6

6

Poway (10-3)

2

7

Madison (14-1)

4

8

San Pasqual (7-5)

nr

9

Ramona (8-5)

nr

10

Del Norte (6-6)

nr

*8-3 without forfeits.

WHY THE GRIZZLIES?

Coach Chris Hauser’s San Marcos-based team struggled early last year with a killer schedule but it brings back 10 starters, including veteran presence at quarterback, running back, wide receiver, and placekicker.Mission Hills logo

The Grizzlies won the summer’s North County passing tournament, defeating Oceanside, and believe they have at least four Division-I prospects.

EARLY DELIGHTS

Some teams have lined up impressive, outside  opposition, led by Oceanside’s monster nonleague schedule: @St. Augustine (Mesa College), Gardena Serra, Temecula Chaparral, Poway, and @Mission Hills.

Cathedral will be host school to four other San Diego teams as part of the Under Armour “Brothers in Arms” classic involving more than 40 teams nationally, with games in California, Maryland, and Louisiana.

Play begins Aug. 29 and extends through the weekend.

Games at Cathedral:

Eastlake versus Chandler Hamilton of Arizona.

Mission Hills versus Phoenix Desert Vista.

Helix versus Honolulu Punahou.

Vista versus Whittier La Serna.

Cathedral versus Sandy of Jordan, Utah.

Gardena Serra versus Corona Centennial.

Helix  takes on the legendary Buff ‘n Blue of Honolulu Punahou, one of the country’s top teams and one with a legendary history.  Punahou already owns a 24-14 victory over Honolulu Mililani.

The two Arizona schools are among the best in that football-fertile state.  Cathedral will play a team that was No. 1 in Utah with a 12-1 record in 2012 and Vista, hoping to rebound from a 2-8 record that was the Panthers’ worst since 1988, meets the defending Del Rio League champion from the Southern Section.

QUICK KICKS–Del Norte may be ready to make a run in  its fourth season, having  improved from 2-8 in 2010, to 4-7 and 6-6…the Nighthawks return 16 starters, including their quarterback and a 1,200-yard rusher…Del Norte is in its third season under coach Leigh Cole…Helix should be very good but pundits in the foothills say the Highlanders are a year away from doing  big things…Cathedral returns nine starters and newcomers from a 10-0 junior varsity squad…Madison’s defending state Division III champions will be one of the most watched clubs…the Warhawks lost a lot but 11 starters are back and so is quarterback Kareem Coles…Brawley will get contributions from a 10-0 JV team and 11 starting veterans…

 

 




2005: A Double What? Forfeit (Both Teams!)

Game officials came under fire.

A brawl between Helix and Mount Miguel resulted in a referee’s suspension and  “double forfeit”.

Playoff divisions increased.

At least two programs were rocked by ineligibility.

WEAK SHALL INHERIT

The San Diego Section playoffs became five divisions, marking the first expansion of the postseason since a fourth division was added in 1979.

Lousy teams with no chance of winning prevailed again.

In 1959, the last year San Diego was in the CIF Southern Section, there were playoff  brackets of 16 teams each in the upper and lower divisions and eight teams in the Small Schools.

Five of the of the 29 schools in San Diego County, including San Diego, Chula Vista, Mar Vista, Kearny, and Ramona, comprised 14.5 per cent of the Southern Section’s 40 postseason spots. There were about 300 schools from Atascadero south.

You had to earn your way into the playoffs.

San Diego and Ramona won championships, which meant a lot, but so did just making the playoffs.

Carlsbad’s Antwan Dawson shook off the shirttail tackle attempt by Torrey Pines’ Robby Collins and completed 90-yard touchdown run in Lancers’ 17-6, Division I championship game victory.

COME ONE, COME ALL

Fifty-seven of 88 San Diego Section teams, almost 65 per cent of schools playing football and not including those in eight-man leagues, were included in the new, five-division alignment.

Eastern bloc countries would approve of this form of socialism.

MEYER’S MANDATE

“Teams could finish 8-1 or 9-1 and if they didn’t win the league, there was no second chance,” remembered El Camino coach Herb Meyer to Steve Brand of The San Diego Union . “That was bad, but so is having teams in with sub-.500 records which lose their first games, fifty to nothing.’

Meyer pointed out that 21 of his 23 El Camino playoff teams won their first playoff games because he wouldn’t consider participating if he didn’t think his teams could at least win one game.

In 1998, when Meyer needed one victory for career number 300 the El Camino coach stunned the playoff committee by announcing he would not submit his 3-7 team for consideration.

Thirteen teams with 3 or fewer victories sought berths at this year’s playoff selection meeting.  Six were allowed in.

Playoffs this year  included first-round scores of 64-0, 50-14, and 56-26 in Division II, 42-14, in D-I, 47-14 in D-III, and 58-6 in D-IV.

Coronado, a D-IV squad with a 7-3 record, was whacked in the first round in another game that ended with a 58-6 score.  There  was a 48-0, D-V semifinal round blowout.

Westview, 3-7 in the regular season, made it to the second round and lost in D-III to Brawley 56-14 after trailing, 35-0, at halftime.

Quarterback Lucas Shaw (11) and lineman Matt Passwaters were glum observers as St. Augustine rolled to 17-7 win in D-III championship game over Point Loma.

WEBB SPINS

Two of the four expansions of playoffs came when Kendall (Spider) Webb was San Diego Section commissioner.

“Those who wanted one true champion didn’t like it, but the majority felt it was an opportunity for more schools to compete,” said Webb, who began running long-distance races after retirement.

Webb said one of the unexpected results of expansion was revenue, but added, “I can honestly say that I don’t remember potential expansion based on revenue.”

Section commissioner Dennis Ackerman pointed out that “as football goes, the budget goes.  Because of football we were able to gross $500,000 last year.”

Otay Ranch’s Deraun Deadwiler was surrounded by Hilltop defenders but escaped and raced 83 yards for touchdown in the Mustangs’ 35-14 victory.

DREADED ADMINISTRATIVE GLITCH

Mission Hills, a rising team in only its second season, forfeited four victories for using at least two players who were residentially ineligible.

The San Diego Section passed a rule at the end of the last school year that teams with three forfeits would automatically be disqualified from playoff consideration.

The Mission Hills principal lobbied:  “These were extreme, extenuating circumstances and we feel our athletes should not be punished,” he said.

No dice.

The Grizzlies finished with an adjusted,  4-6 record and did not get a playoff invite.

DREADED ADMINISTRATIVE GLITCH, CONT.

Ackerman and Metropolitan Conference commissioner Carlton Hoggard were in agreement that Castle Park had used an ineligible player and would forfeit its Mesa League championship and berth in the playoffs.

If the forfeits held up, Castle Park would go from an 8-2 record to 2-8.  The player originally had been at Castle Park, transferred to  Sweetwater, then returned to Castle Park.

Sweetwater officials took blame  for the paperwork goof and Castle Park thought it was clean, but the CIF found Castle Park at fault for “not uncovering the eligibility concerns” and for allowing the player to participate in six games.

The player’s mother hired a lawyer, who went to court.  The issue dragged on the week of the playoffs’ first round before a Superior Court judge ruled in favor of the player.

The Trojans sent Montgomery packing 48-14 in the D-III first round, then were upset by El Cajon Valley 56-32 in the quarterfinals.

West Hills’ David Hernandez dove, grabbed the shoe tops of Augie Williams in the Grossmont backfield, and made tackle, but Foothillers beat Wolf Pack, 24-14.

HELIX TO CIF:  THANKS BUT NO THANKS

A bracket of 14 teams was created for the II playoffs, but only 13 representatives of eligible squads showed for the playoff seeding meeting at the San Diego Section office.

Helix informed commissioner  Dennis Ackerman that it was not interested in being in the postseason after having been a participant every year but one since 1977.

The Highlanders  took the playoffs seriously.  They felt unqualified after posting a 2-7-1 record.

Mar Vista (3-7) and  El Centro Southwest (3-7) also did not attend the seeding meeting.

FROM THE ASHES

Abraham (right) and Muhammad made their marks at El Cajon Valley
Abraham (right) and Muhammad left their marks at El Cajon Valley.

With Helix on hiatus, El Cajon Valley and Valhalla,  two unlikely neighbors from the foothills, each rose like some helmeted phoenix.

El  Cajon Valley, with 5 playoff appearances in 51 seasons, beat top-ranked Mira Mesa, 26-21, in the semifinals and a earned a meeting with Oceanside in the D-II championship.

Abraham Muheize, who quarterbacked the Braves from a spread formation and took the snap eight yards behind the center, set a Section passing record with 4,050 yards, a state record for  total offense, 5,203 yards (including 1,253 rushing), and  a section record with 591 total yards in one game.

The Braves’ 11-2 record entering the finals was best in school history, surpassing the 10-2 of the 1997 team, on which Muheize’s brother Muhammad, now a Braves assistant coach, was a member.

It was a great run, but the Braves fell short, 31-21 to Oceanside.  The Pirates’ Mario Gonzales rushed for 188 yards in 28 carries and coach John Carroll’s defense kept Muheize on the run all evening, limiting Abe to 215 yards passing and minus 6 yards rushing in 8 attempts.

Valhalla, three winning seasons in 31, averaged 41 points a game, many furnished by running back Garen Demery, and fashioned a 9-1-2 record.

The Norsemen reached the playoff quarterfinals before losing a  thriller to St. Augustine, when the Saints’  Chris Forcier passed for a touchdown on the final play of the game, then passed for a two-point conversion to win, 49-48.

Dons’ Sumler ran for almost a mile in career but was slowed by Saints.

The Saints then won a D-III semifinal battle, 23-6 over arch rival Cathedral, shutting down, for the most part, the Dons’ Demetrius Sumler, who rushed for 81 yards in 17 carries but finished with the all-time San Diego Section career rushing record of 5,630 yards.

The Saints defeated Point Loma, 46-14, in the finals,  ending the Pointers’ winning streak at 12 in a row.

LOCK THE DOOR, PLEASE

Carlsbad was in the process of a 17-3 victory over Cathedral when a thief  or thieves entered the Lancers’ coaching office and stole a $600 camera.

“I guess they knew we were all on the sideline,” Lancers coach Bob McAllister told Terry Monahan of the North County Times.

The camera included tape from a junior varsity game earlier in the day.

“Maybe one of the doors didn’t lock when someone walked out,” said McAllister.  “Someone must have really wanted that JV tape.”

McAllister jested that “somebody took their life in their own  hands, because no one touches anything on Rudolph’s desk, not even me.”

The camera disappeared from the working area of assistant coach Dave Rudolph.

Marian (dark jerseys), two seasons removed from  13-0 record and championship, fell to 0-5 in 55-0 loss to Brawley.

AVOCADO-PALOMAR LEAGUE THUNDER

Knock-down North County football at its best was order of the week when Rancho Bernardo overcame Carlsbad, 24-21, in a battle of Top 10 teams.

Ryan Schmitz of the winning Broncos was involved in a play he’ll never forget. Schmitz struck a 42-yard field goal with six seconds left to deliver the victory for coach Ron Hamamoto’s Broncos.

Rancho Bernardo, remaining undefeated (5-0) and ranked No 1, trailed the Lancers (3-2), 21-0 in the second quarter.

FAST FORWARD

Bonita Vista's Starr Fuimano felt the force of North County power in Carlsbad's 34-0 win in semifinals.
Bonita Vista’s Starr Fuimano felt  force of North County power in Carlsbad’s 34-0 win in semifinals.

Rancho Bernardo finished the season with an 8-3 record, eliminated by Vista, 20-0, in the first round of the playoffs. Bob McAllister’s Lancers won their next eight, closing at 11-2 with a 12-6 victory over another North County heavyweight, Torrey Pines, in the D-1 final.

TURNABOUT

The tables moved in another direction for Rancho Bernardo.

Trailing, 13-7, with 30 seconds remaining, Torrey Pines receiver Michael Lambesis lost the ball on the one-yard line when he tried to stretch into the end zone.

Connor Bird of the Falcons recovered Lambesis’ fumble in the endzone for a Torrey Pines touchdown  and Bill Bennett toed the extra point for a 14-13 victory, sending ‘Bernardo to its first loss after 5 victories.

“I knew I had to get his back,” Bird said of teammate Lambesis.  “I  knew I had to get in there and back him up.”

Burke endured many emotions during Torrey Pines' battle with Rancho Bernardo.
Burke endured many emotions during Torrey Pines’ battle with Rancho Bernardo.

As Falcons coach Ed Burke said to writer Kevin Gemmell:  “This was a gutsy win against a great Rancho Bernardo team. They hammered us all night, but in the clutch, clutch players make clutch plays.”

MADISON COACH MIFFED

Mission Bay’s Kenny Mayfield appeared to many observers as having been stopped on the Madison goal line.  Officials ruled a touchdown.

Madison coach Rick Jackson got an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for charging the field.  “Tell me I shouldn’t feel that way?” Jackson screamed at an official.  “I just want a fair game called.  You guys, that was just wrong.”

Jackson was quiet when the officials possibly erred in Madison’s favor in the fourth quarter, when the underdog Buccaneers were hanging in, trailing the Warhawks only 10-7.

ANOTHER BEEF WITH OFFICIALS

Madison’s Brandon Grimsley took a handoff at his 34-yard line on third and eight with about seven minutes remaining in the game.

Grimsley did what he was taught to do.

Grimsley ran laterally to  the Mission Bay sideline, where he was met by a host of defenders.

Despite appearing to be tackled, Grimsley did not hear a whistle and didn’t stop, racing  untouched for a 66-yard touchdown that pretty much iced the game.

“…one of the strangest plays I’ve ever seen,” Mission Bay coach Willie Matson said to Jon Gold of The San  Diego Union.  “Running back comes up the sidelines, gets hit and the linebacker wraps his arms around him, but there’s no whistle.”

Matson told the reporter that a Buccaneers defender “hesitated, held up and let him go and there still was no whistle.  (Grimsley) took off running, like he should have.”

“Ever since Pop Warner,” said Grimsley, “I’ve been told to keep my feet moving, keep my feet moving.”

POWAY COACH PEEVED

A pass interference penalty against Poway was pivotal in La Costa Canyon’s 27-25 victory, decided on Briton Forester’s 33-yard field goal with eight seconds left.

The infraction placed the ball on Poway’s 16-yard line.

“If there was something outrageous, I didn’t see it,” said Titans coach Damian Gonzalez. “I saw two kids going for the ball.  It’s heartbreaking when it comes down to an official and they take the game out of the hands of the kids.”

La Costa Canyon’s Cole Ducey quarterbacked the winning, 10-play, 80-yard drive with 5 pass completions in six attempts.

You can’t see him, but Cathedral’s Demetrious Sumler had just scored a touchdown and was appreciated by his teammates. First game at Dons’ new stadium resulted in 28-17 win over Steele Canyon.

HAVE WE MET?

Calexico defeated San Diego 27-12 in the opening game.

The victory “avenged” a Bulldogs defeat…to San Diego’s 1916 team that went 12-0.

Coach Clarence (Nibs) Price’s Hilltoppers defeated the Imperial Valley entry 55-0 in the Southern California playoffs, 89 years before.  The teams had not played since.

ANOTHER RARE INTERSECTIONAL

Point Loma coach Mike Hastings was in need of a game after an opponent pulled out.

Hastings hooked up with Los Angeles Jefferson, which opened in 1916 and  for decades boasted one of the country’s premier basketball and track and field programs.

Not football.

The Democrats made their first visit to San Diego and were sent home with a 48-7 defeat by Hastings’ Pointers, who advanced to the D-III finals before losing, 17-7, to St. Augustine and finishing with a 12-1 record.

FAREWELL, UNI!

The University of San Diego High, whose campus across Linda Vista Road from the University of San Diego almost seemed an afterthought for 48 years, was moving to a campus that colleges would envy.

The Dons became Cathedral Catholic High this year on 45 acres (compared to 7 at Uni) in Carmel Valley near Del Mar, with a gorgeous football stadium the focal point.

“It will be nice not having to take a bus ride,” said 11th-season coach Sean Doyle, referring to years of traveling to “home” and away games.  The Dons played mostly JV games at their old campus.

“If we want to run laps, we have a track,” said Doyle.  “If we want to run stairs, we have a stadium (capacity, 4,000).  We’ll leave the locker room and walk seventy yards to the field.  The home crowd will really be at home.”

The move didn’t reflect in the won-loss record.  The Dons were 10-2 and reached the Division III semifinals in 2004.  They were 8-4 this year, again advancing to the semifinal round.

Carlsbad defense swarmed Torrey Pines quarterback Hunter Wanket (11).

STEPPING UP

La Jolla Country Day elevated from 8-man to 11-man, aligning in the Pacific League, which numbered the San Diego Section’s five smallest 11-man schools.

The Torreys went from 11-1 in the 8-man Citrus League to 10-2 in the 11-man Pacific, reaching the IV finals before losing to Christian, 35-0.

As an example of their aspirations, the Torreys unveiled an all-weather synthetic turf field. They had installed lights in time for the 2004 seaason.

BIGGER…BUT BETTER?

Savage was headed for UCLA for football and track.
Savage was headed for UCLA for football and track.

At least 18 players weighed in at 300 pounds or more this season, distinguished by Morse’s 335-pound Darius Savage, an athletic senior who also won the state discus championship the previous spring and who has the County record at 212 feet, 1 inch, and is second with a 66-3 1/2 shot put,

Torrey Pines coach Ed Burke made a cogent observation:  “There are 300-pound football players and 300-pound students.

“There is no advantage if the 300-pounder doesn’t have quick feet,” added Burke, citing the most important separator between player and student.

Dustin Sill of Santana taxed the Toledo scale at 420 pounds.  Two others were over 340.

DUSTUP RESULTS IN DOUBLE FORFEIT

Helix was leading Mount Miguel 30-6 when a fight broke out and the game was called with 2:15 remaining.

Players from each bench entered the fray.  The game referee attempted to restrain a Helix player, who broke free from the grasp of the official, who threw a football that hit another player and a coach.

The referee was suspended for the remainder of the season and expressed regret, saying his action “…was significantly inappropriate.”

The Grossmont League then created outrage at Helix by ruling a double forfeit, probably the first in the history of San Diego County football.

“It’s an atrocity!” shouted Highlanders coach Donnie Van Hook, who said tension began building before the kickoff when a Mount Miguel player jumped on the Helix logo at the 50-yard line.

A total of 18 players from both teams and a Mount Miguel assistant coach were suspended for at least one game.

Three Helix players stayed home when the Highlanders went to Eastlake, where they lost, 24-14.  A 17-year-old La Mesa youth was shot during the week and police and school officials decided the players should not attend the game because of possible gang action.

Van Hook stressed that the three players did not have gang affiliations.

TRUE GRID

Fallbrook returned 40 seniors from the 0-11 team of 2004 and improved to 5-6…El Camino returned 15 starters from the 2-8 squad of ’04 and went 2-8 again…an up-and-coming quarterback was Ryan Lindley at El Capitan…Lindley threw for almost 3,000 yards on the Vaqueros’ 8-2 junior varsity team in ‘04…Scripps Ranch’s 3-0 start was the best since the school opened in 1994…the Falcons went to 5-0 before losing…Santana, which started 5-0 in ’04, then flattened out to 6-4, went to 5-0 at the beginning of this season but sagged to 5-6…Brent Arthur, Rancho Buena Vista backup quarterback, sustained a compound fracture of his wrist and the game was called with eight minutes remaining, RBV leading Marian Catholic 42-14…Brawley served up a seventh consecutive shutout, tying a San Diego Section record, when it blanked Blythe Palo Verde Valley, 47-0…Trailing, 7-3, after three quarters, Francis Parker finally wore down Christian and won the D-V title game, 16-7…”We weren’t playing Francis Parker football,” said tackle Tyler Mabry of Parker’s slow going…the Lancers finished 12-1…Hoover snapped a 10-game losing streak to Morse, dating to 1968…the 9-0 victory helped propel Mike Wright’s Cardinals to a 6-5 season, their first above .500 since 2000….

Despite loss to Oceanside, El Cajon Valley’s Abraham Muheize set five San Diego Section passing records and one state record. When not running, Muheize passed for 4,050 years this season.

 

 

 

 




1954: Bulldogs’ Bite Felt in Foothills

Ramona High, in business since 1894 but sans football until 1938, was emerging.

Nestled at 2,200 feet between Mount Woodson and Iron Mountain in San Diego’s East County, the Bulldogs had quietly plugged along in relative mediocrity for 15 years, save for the 6-1 season of Charlie Snell’s 1940 squad.

Ramona suddenly posted a 7-0 record under new coach Glenn Forsythe this season, steamrollering through a variety of competition that included teams from the  Southern Prep League and earning a name among Southland small schools.

The Bulldogs were unscored upon until the final game, when they posted a 26-13 victory over a first-year Mission Bay varsity that had played a mostly junior varsity schedule.

Forsythe was a quiet Midwesterner who didn’t raise his voice.

“He was one of the finest men and finest coaches I have known,” said David Farmer, a 1956 graduate who went on to a long and distinguished career in journalism.

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

Forsythe was “so modest and soft spoken that you had to strain to hear him, whether on the field, in the classroom, or in a school assembly,” Farmer remembered.

ErnieTrumper was Bulldogs standout.
Ernie Trumper was Bulldogs standout.

The Bulldogs heard their coach.

Among  victories were routs of 51-0, 47-0, and 45-0 over league rivals Brown Military, Army-Navy, and Mountain Empire, respectively.

Statistics were missing from two early-season wins, 13-0 over San Juan Capistrano and 6-0 over Imperial, so the exploits of Ronnie Blakeley and Ernie Trumper are only partially known.

1-2 TOUCHDOWN PUNCH

Blakeley was at least the second highest scorer in the County with 12 touchdowns and 72 points in five games, including 6 touchdowns against Brown Military.

Trumper followed Blakeley with  10 touchdowns and 60 points in five games. Hoover’s John Adams led area runners with 108 points in 10 games.

The Bulldogs qualified for the Southern California small-schools playoffs but did not participate.

The Bulldogs were entering an era that still resonates in the Ramona Valley. They would make even more explosive statements beginning in 1955.




1954: South Bay Dynasty

Chet DeVore was thinking of  an earlier, distant journey and a notion called  the “Spin T”.

“We expect a tough game from an aggressive, well-coached team,” DeVore said of coach Gus Headington’s 10-1 El Centro Central squad and its uniquely designated offensive formation, “but we took one, long ride home with a beaten team this year and we don‘t plan to do it again.”

The Chula Vista Spartans had dropped their opening game, 13-6, at Torrance.

Now the blue-and-white-clad Spartans  would meet the blue and white Spartans of “The High,”  the locals’ designation for Imperial Valley’s oldest school.

At stake:  championship of the CIF Southern Section Southern division (small schools). Chula Vista was trying to repeat after a 12-6 victory over Brawley in the 1953 finals.

DeVore chalk talked with quarterback Bob Franklin (center) and fullback Billy Lancaster fore game with Central.
DeVore chalk talked with quarterback Bob Franklin (center) and fullback Billy Lancaster before championship game,

DeVore was prescient.

Although they trailed 6-0 at the end of the first quarter, the visitors rolled to a 34-12, fourth-quarter advantage and cruised to a 34-19 victory.

Spin T or no Spin T.

Defensive end Larry Armbrust kept constant pressure on Central quarterback Larry Shaw, interrupting Shaw’s timing in the formation, which called for the quarterback to take the ball under center, then wheel and effect a spinning move before giving the ball to a predetermined ball carrier.

Shaw faced further grief from Chula Vista defenders Larry Erwin, Wayne Cassity, Carroll Clowers, and Bob Erwin.

The victory was Chula Vista’s 11th in a row since the opener.

Defeats were becoming few and far between at Chula Vista.

The Spartans’ record since the last two games of DeVore’s first season in 1951 was 33-2. They had not lost since the 1952 playoffs.

I DARE YOU

Teams throughout the country had been leaving the single and double wings and installing various T formations in the last few years.  Chula Vista ran the ground-chewing Split T favored by college powerhouse Oklahoma and others.

McLean, scoring against St. Augustine, was threat from anywhere on field.

Grossmont  coach  Phil Morell was so sure Chula Vista would not pass that the Foothillers’ mentor sent his team out with a nine-man defensive line before a crowd of 4,650 at Helix that included a large group of Spartans’ supporters.

Chula Vista’s running game did not suffer.

Jim McLean ran 61 yards for a touchdown on the Spartans’ third play and 91 yards for a score on Chula Vista’s next possession.

McLean’s 180 yards in 7 carries averaged 25.7 per attempt. Jim Damron added 35- and 59-yard touchdowns runs and Don Schmautz raced 58 yards for a score.

Chula Vista ran off with its third straight Metropolitan League championship, 31-14.

SPARTANS OWN THIS AWARD

Larry Armbrust and Larry Erwin were named linemen of the week and fullback Don Schmautz and halfback David Erwin were backs of the week  after the Spartans dismissed Sweetwater 41-7 in the final-regular season game.

No surprise there.

Spartans Vernon Sanna, Carroll Clowers, and Bob Lusky had been previous linemen of the week and Dave Erwin, player-of-the-year Bob Franklin, and Jim McLean had won back-of-the-week awards chosen by The San Diego Union.

“We like to think we have eleven good players, not just one or two great ones,” said DeVore.

CAN’T SHAKE THEM

Oceanside couldn’t beat Chula Vista when the Pirates had the great C.R. Roberts and were in the Metropolitan League with their rivals 50 miles down U.S. 101.

Roberts was gone this year, but so was Oceanside.  What goes around doesn’t always come around.

The Pirates moved into the new Avocado League this season  but were forced to play Chula Vista in a first-round playoff.

Chula Vista eliminated John Simcox’s team, 32-7.

JACK AND THE ARGONAUTS

A semifinal game with Garden Grove proved a pesky challenge, for awhile.

The usual overflow crowd of 5,000 at the Spartans’ stadium sat through 125 yards in penalties, six fumbles and five pass interceptions by both teams.

The Argonauts’ Jack Hart, who played left halfback in a Split T formation, moved to tailback when the visitors went to a spread formation.

Hart was a nettlesome presence when he ran and passed the Orange County squad to a 6-0 lead in the second quarter.  The

Quarterback Bob Franklin was Metropolitan League player of the year.

Spartans solved Hart’s code thereafter, intercepting four of his passes.

Chula Vista was leading 19-6 in the third quarter when the visitors’ Jim Dunivin executed a hidden ball play. Dunivin appeared to fake a handoff to Don Hosmun then roll and seemingly look for a pass receiver.

Hosmun kept the ball and ran 50 yards for a score as Spartans defenders pursued Dunivin.  The touchdown etched a final score of 19-13 favoring Chula Vista.

COMPETITION UPGRADE

With two straight championships the Spartans would look for a bigger challenge in 1955.  They would be moving into the playoffs major division.