1954: Cavemen Come of Age
Duane Maley, his voice hoarse and body soaked from an impromptu shower by the coach’s shouting, celebrating players, stood amid the bedlam of the San Diego High sideline in Balboa Stadium. “My kids played the best football game I’ve ever seen,” said Maley after the gritty, 7-0 victory over the 7-0 Hoover Cardinals in perhaps […]
Read More1954: Coronado’s Fallen Officer
Frank Greene had spent much of his life around a football field or in law enforcement when he was shot and killed at age 43 on Oct. 12, 1954. Greene set the standing California high school record of 80 points in one game when he scored 11 touchdowns and 14 points after in a 108-0 […]
Read More1954: “A Play That Will Live in Infamy”
Hoover principal Floyd Johnson was thinking of making a change when he met with football coach Bob Kirchhoff before the 1954-55 school year. Johnson was dissatisfied. A 1953 season that began with much promise was sullied by a 4-4-1 finish that included a 39-0 loss to rival San Diego High. Johnson would retire after the […]
Read More2013: Kenny Hale, 90, Played and Coached Basketball
Kenny Hale, one of the last surviving members of San Diego State’s 1940-41 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics basketball championship team, passed away at age 90. A 1938 San Diego High graduate, Hale eventually went into coaching and had winning records at Hoover and Mission Bay. Led by superstar Bill McColl, Hoover was 20-8 in […]
Read More2004: Another Championship Run for Oceanside
John Carroll got some good news the day before his Oceanside Pirates were to meet Carlsbad for what would be the title-deciding game in the Avocado League. Coach John McFadden of Eastlake called Carroll and told the Oceanside mentor that Eastlake had used an ineligible player in the 23-19, season-opening victory over the Pirates. Instead […]
Read More2013: Some Locals Stood Out at Clovis
San Diego Section athletes in both genders stepped up in the Saturday finals of last week’s state track and field championships. The college-like campus at Clovis’ Buchanan High was a wonderful venue for the 95th Boys’ championship and 40th Girls’ meet and drew more than 17,000 persons over two days. Saturday’s finals began under a […]
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