1959: Duane Maley Bows Out
This wasn’t the expected route of Duane Maley’s farewell tour. San Diego High was 0-2 for the first time in 46 years. Maley also was steaming at The San Diego Union sportswriter Jerry Magee and Maley’s boss, principal Lawrence Carr, was steaming at Maley. Blunt and outspoken, Maley didn’t realize that reporter Magee was going […]
Read More1959: “Birt, Are You Crazy?”
Birt Slater’s sanity was in question. Why would the handsome, charismatic Slater take the head coaching job at Kearny (three winning years in 15 seasons, all-time record, 45-66-7), when he could have had the San Diego High job when Duane Maley retired? The answer wasn’t nearly as simple, but Slater eventually created his own powerhouse […]
Read More2013: Komets’ Hall of Fame Recognizes Ed Imo, Others
Ed Imo is going into the Kearny Hall of Fame on Saturday, April 13, in a tribute most fitting for the anchor of perhaps the finest team in school history. After a 6-6 tie with Sweetwater in the opening game, Kearny rolled to 12 consecutive victories and the San Diego Section championship. Don Norcross was […]
Read More1959: St. Augustine Gets a Track and Field Home
One of St. Augustine’s vagabond teams finally was getting a home. A 330-yard track and field oval would provide the Saints a facility for dual-meet, track-and-field competition beginning in 1960. Football and baseball would still have to travel to games. Basketball teams had a home since a gymnasium/auditorium was constructed in time for the 1951-52 […]
Read More2013: Coach Ray Baksh, 80
Ray Baksh, 80, who coached football at Helix, La Jolla, and St. Augustine and lived with an entrepreneurial spirit, passed away in San Diego. Baksh was a graduate of Imperial High and is in the Imperial High football Hall of Fame. A Marine Corps veteran and San Diego State graduate, Ray and his wife Virginia, […]
Read More2013: West Hills Ace (Not Song) Rolls at Arcadia
A West Hills athlete dominated Saturday in the Arcadia Invitational, but it wasn’t state-leading discus thrower Brenden Song. Sophomore Melissa Mongiovi, running in the afternoon seeded session, blew out a :55.28, for the overall first-place finish in the Girls’ 400-meter run. The best the invitational runners could do in the evening was :56.18. Song, who […]
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