1957: Downey Gives Cavers Tummyache
San Diego had two teams in the Southern California finals and another poised to advance, but neither could get over the hurdle. Three losses by the area’s best, based on enrollment size, made for a  bitterly disappointing end to a difficult and unprecedented season, made uneven and often unimportant by the invasion of a virus […]
Read More1957: Different Kind of Opponent
A silent killer loomed. Discovered in February in a Southern China province, a virus that  became known as the Asian Flu hit area teams with full force several months later. The germ spread to Singapore, then was transported by U.S. Naval personnel, reaching the shores of the Pacific Coast in June. The virus spread across the […]
Read More2013: Playoffs Picture Coming Into Focus
Polls are great, but what do they mean come playoff time? First things first: Cathedral hung on to first place in the UT-San Diego basketball poll, but for the first time since the 2013 calendar the Dons were not  unanimous choices. Cathedral received 8 first-place votes after an uneven week in which it was surprised […]
Read More1989: Gene Edwards Retires, Passes Away
The Handyman set aside his tools when one job was finished and was preparing to use them in another. Gene Edwards’s 29-year run as head coach at La Jolla ended with a 27-0 victory over Clairemont. He was going to continue working for the school in a role best described as “facilities fixer-upper.” Gene had accepted […]
Read More1957-58: Shaules and Saints Lit Up the Scoreboard
January, 1958,  was  special  for Tom Shaules, for St. Augustine High, and for basketball in San Diego. That wintry month annually signals the anniversary of Shaules’ epic run through the City Prep League. The 5-foot, 8-inch senior scored a record 60 points against Crawford, led the Saints in three games in which they scored more […]
Read More2013: Army-Navy Tops No. 1 Cathedral
The UT-San Diego boys’ basketball ratings deadline came a few hours early yesterday. Â Disaster struck a little later for the No. 1, Â and No. 5 teams. Cathedral Catholic was stunned by No. 6 Army-Navy, 67-61, as 7-foot, 1-inch Cheikh (Chay) Ndiaye (En-die) dominated the shorter but quick Dons with a 25-rebound-22-point-10-blocked-shots performance in the Martin […]
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