2012, Week 1: Helix Lives Up to Preseason Poll
Helix’s 28-6 victory over Eastlake on the season’s opening weekend assured the Highlanders of remaining No. 1 in the North County Times sportswriters-sportscasters poll. Helix had 13 first-place votes in the preseason poll last week and picked up seven more this week for a point total of 253. Oceanside blew out Oakdale, a Northern California […]
Read More2012: New Coaches, Realignment Change Football Map
There are at least 21 new head coaches in the San Diego Section. More could be revealed as the season, which began Aug. 24 with Calvary Christian San Diego defeating visiting Las Vegas Calvary Chapel, 37-22, opens on a full scale this week. A new league, the City, also makes a debut and changes have […]
Read More1939: Pointers’ Coach Has Scary Exit From Europe
Looking Back:Â The article originally was posted Aug. 27, 2012. War clouds across the Atlantic and a frightening moment on the high seas were what Charlie Wilson remembered most about 1939, when he was about to begin his second season as head coach at Point Loma. Wilson toured Scandinavian countries with his wife and friends […]
Read More1985: Is Vista The Best Ever?
Dick Haines would give you his opinion even if you didn’t ask for one. So the veteran coach practically shouted his response to the obvious question after the Vista Panthers defeated Helix, 35-7, for the San Diego Section 3-A championship and a 13-0 season. “Hell, yes, we’re the best team in the state!” Haines enthused. […]
Read More2012: Voters Choose Helix in North County Poll
Twenty-seven area media specialists selected Helix as the top team in the the North County Times’ first weekly San Diego Section football poll, according to Times writer John Maffei. Helix received thirteen first place votes and 245 points overall, ahead of second-place Oceanside, which had 5 first-place votes and 229 points. “The panel is comprised […]
Read More2012: History of the Metro Conference
Rick Smith recently wrote a guest article for the Metro Conference website. “The Metro Conference governs the high schools in the Sweetwater Union High School District plus Mater Dei Catholic High School compete in 18 men’s, women’s and coed sports in the CIF San Diego Section in the cities of National City, Chula Vista, San […]
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