A set of twins and a brother and sister produced some of the San Diego Section’s, and the state’s and the country’s, greatest performances this season.

Morgan Herbst of Carlsbad raced to a No. 2 U.S. all-time 330 hurdles clocking of :39.64 and she and her sister each logged :52.5 400 legs on the 4×400 relay team that salvaged seventh place in a San Diego Section record of 3:45 in the 105th State meet at Clovis Buchanan High.

Makenna Herbst ran the 800 meters in 2:02.28. No. 11 all-time in the U.S., and was so dominant that she had separated from the pack not long after the group passed the first turn in the state meet final.  Grace Smith of Los Angeles-area Claremont was second in 2:07.33.

Jasir Fontenot, a freshman at San Diego High, set a state meet record of :13.31 in the 110 high hurdles after running a wind-aided :13.21 in the trials.  His sister Anisa Bowen-Fontenot won her second consecutive championship in the 100 hurdles in :13.07.

GOODBYE, CAVERS

Jasir Fontenot confirmed that he will begin his sophomore year at Mater Dei in Chula Vista, transferring with his dad.  Basil Fontenot will become basketball coach at Mater Dei after serving in the same position at San Diego High.

FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT 

With Laurence Burston anchoring, Helix ran 3:11.62 while finishing seventh in a loaded field in the 4×400 relay. The Highlanders’ time was the second fastest in County history behind the 3:10.80 by Morse in 1996.

That Morse team was anchored by Laurence’s father, Lydell Burston, whose 400-meter time of :46.98 still ranks No. 2 all-time in San Diego County.

San Diego Section athletes in state top 25 are noted.  Marks followed by — are in addition to top 25:

*Junior. **Sophomore. ***Freshman.

GIRLS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	OTHER STATE	NAME, SCHOOL, SECTION
100	:11.65w; :11.77	Frazier, University City *	13T	:11:33	Sizemore, Fairfield Vanden, Sac-Joaquin. *
	:11.70	Gilhooly, Coronado	17th
	:11.72w; :11.91	Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad	18T
	:11.75w; :11.91	Scott, Steele Canyon ***	—
	:11.96w;  :12.20	Jayanthi, Carlsbad	—
200	:24.13w; 24.73	Gilhooly	23	:23.18	Sizemore.
	:24.28	Frazier	25th
	:24.35	Payne, Monte Vista *
	:24.43w; :24.54	Gonzales, Torrey Pines **	—
	:24.58w, :24.83	Mack, Otay Ranch	—
400	:53.92	Makenna Herbst, Carlsbad	4th	:53.23	Adams, North Salinas, Central Coast. **
	:54.47	Gonzales	9th
	:54.82	Arciaga, Westview	13th
	:55.15	Hawkins, Olympian	16th
	:55.66	Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad	—
800	2:02.28	Makenna Herbst	1st	2:07.33	Smith, Claremont, Southern. ***
	2:07.99	Dailey, La Jolla *	3rd
	2:10.82	Arciaga, Westview	21st
	2:11.45	Williams, Eastlake **	25th
	2:11.48	Miracco, Sage Creek	—
	2:11.62	Diaz, Santana **	—
	2:11.92	Hennigan, Westview *	—
1600	4:40.28	Dailey	3rd	4:35.64	Combe, Corona Santiago, Southern **.
	4:44.71	Williams, Eastlake *	8th
	4:53.20	Aguirre, Patrick Henry	—
	4:56.40	Gibson, Cathedral	—
	4:56.62	Hickey, The Bishop’s	—
3200	9:58.2	Dailey	3rd	9:48.98	Thomsen, Santa Rosa Montgomery, North Coast.
	10:12.15	Williams	7th
	10:27.88	Dunayevich, Canyon Crest	15th
	10:30.26	Aguirre, Patrick Henry	17th
	10:44.44	Gibson	—
100 Hurdles	:12.99w; :13.07	Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego	1st	:13.59	White, West Sacramento River City, Sac-Joaquin
	:13.84	Thomas, Grossmont *	5th
	:13.86w; :13.98	Mack, Otay Ranch	6th
	:14.33w; :14.75	Nardi, Carlsbad	16th
	:14.41	Miracco, Sage Creek	18th
300 Hurdles	:39.64	Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad	:1st	:40.28	Edwards, Long Beach Wilson, Southern
	:40.71	Bowen-Fontenot	3rd
	:41.37	Mack	5th
	:42.51	Garcia, Holtville **	11th
	:43.10	Echsner, Del Norte	15th
4×100 Relay	:46.26	Steele Canyon	7th	:45.21	Fullerton Rosary, Southern.
	:46.60	Carlsbad	11th
	:47.69	Coronado	—
	:47.97	Sage Creek	—
	:48.01	Olympian	—
4×400 Relay	3:45.00	Carlsbad	4th	3:36.75	Long Beach Wilson, Southern.
	3:50.12	Westview	11th
	3:52.95	Olympian	22nd
	3:53.60	Eastlake	25th
	3:56.59	Steele Canyon	—
4×800 Relay	9:02.25	Del Norte	8th	8:49.01	Corona Santiago, Southern.
	9:03.91	Cathedral	10th
	9:10.08	Scripps Ranch	14th
	9:31.39	Poway	—
	9:35.39	San Dieguito	—
High Jump	5-5	Ortiz, El Centro Central	22T	5-10	Cottrill, Newhall Hart, Southern
		Guckenberger, Sage Creek  **
	5-4	Schroeder, Otay Ranch	—
		Lopez Valenzuela, Poway **	—
		R. Frankel, Sage Creek **	—
		Cunningham, Westview **	—
Long Jump	19-6	Estes, Canyon Crest *	8T	21-1/4	Webster, Long Beach Wilson, Southern.
	19-3 ¾w; 18-3 1/4	O’Donnell, Cathedral *	14th
	18-8	Jones, Oceanside **	—
	18-7 3/4w; 17-5 ½	Harper, Santana **	—
	18-3w; 17-1 ¼	Broussard, Steele Canyon *	—
Triple Jump	39-10 ¾w; 39-4	Jones	6th	40-10 ½w; 40-5	Hatcher, Berkeley St. Mary’s, North Coast *.
	38-6	O’Donnell	24th
	37-8	Harris, Bonita Vista	—
	37-7 ¼	Harper	—
	37-3 ½	Roche, Eastlake	—
Shot Put	40-1/4	Davis, Oceanside **	23rd	50-7	Massey, Aliso Viejo Aliso Niguel, Southern *
	39-9 1/2	Ford, Helix	—
	39-7 ¼	Seabolt, Mt. Carmel	—
	37-9	Fuller-Lytle, Crawford **	—
	37-8	Christenson, Grossmont ***	—
		Price,  Crawford ***	—
Discus	148-3	M. Frankel, Sage Creek	8th	173-3	Williams, Redlands, Southern.
	128-1	Sugimae, Canyon Crest	—
	124-7	McClean, San Marcos	—
	121-5	Ford	—
	120-10	Seabolt	—
Pole Vault	13-10	Echsner	1st	13-0	Boyse, Burlingame, Central Coast
	12-9	Khieu, Del Norte *	6th
	12-8	Condiff, Canyon Crest	7th
	12-6	Humer, Rancho Bernardo	10T
	12-0	Bugayong, Rancho Bernardo	20T

BOYS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	OTHER STATE	NAME, SCHOOL, SECTION
100	:10.21	Arrington, Jr., Mount Miguel, *	3rd	:10.01	Jefferson, Concord De La Salle, North Coast * :10.20, Obimga, Torrance, Southern. *
	:10.37w; :10.62	Getz, Mission Bay	11th
	:10.48w; :10.65	Falaave, Cathedral **	—
	:10.51	Burston, Helix	—
	:10.62	Bishop, West Hills	—
	:10.66w; :10.88	Christensen, Rancho Bernardo *
200	:20.35	Arrington, Jr. *	1st	:20.79	Buchango-Babalola, S.F. St. Ignatius, Central Coast. *
	:21.37	Getz, Mission Bay	—
	:21.41w; :21.51	Burston, Helix	—
	:21.41w; :21.72	Gray, Helix	—
	:21.42 w; :22.08	Christensen, Rancho Bernardo *	—
	:21.44	Bishop, West Hills
	:21.55	Campbell, Steele Canyon ***
		Smoole, La Jolla *
400	:46.51	Arrington, Jr. *	3rd	:45.69	Stadlman, Temecula Valley, Southern; :46.32, Hunter, Anaheim Servite, Southern. ***
	:47.94	Slaughter, Mt. Carmel	25th
	:48.11	Gray	—
	:48.17	Corbett, Otay Ranch	—
	:48.20	Ellis, Helix *	—
	:48.34	Pereyra, Clairemont
800	1:50.39	Bowman, Sage Creek *	1st	1:50.45	Obando, Long Beach Wilson, Southern. *
	1:53.25	Arnaudy, St. Augustine *	24th
	1:53.94	Yarbrough, Del Norte *	—
	1:54.20	van Eldik Thieme, Scripps Ranch	—
	1:54.76	Jordan, St. Augustine *	—
	1:55.78	Xavier, Point Loma
1600	4:08.75	Bowman *	16th	4:03.32	Lott, Clovis North, Central. *
	4:10.95	Yarbrough *	—
	4:12.84	Castleberry, Poway *	—
	4:17.12	Senn, Steele Canyon	—
	4:17.32	Espinoza, Canyon Crest *	—
	4:17.52	Smith, Santa Fe Christian	—
3200	9:08.87	Wilber, Cathedral	—	8:48.57	Pretre, Atherton Menlo, Central Coast.
	9:09.07	Beighley, Mission Hills	—
	9:13.78	Castleberry, Poway	—
	9:16.69	Luecht, Rancho Bernardo	—
	9:20.81	Vestemean, West Hills	—
110 Hurdles	:13.21w; :13.31	Fontenot, San Diego	1st	:13.59w; :13.68	Buchango-Babalola. *
	:13.86	Bryant, Ramona	3rd	:13.68w; :13.72
	:13.99	Reese, San Marcos	13T
	:14.22	Bailey, Mission Bay	25th
	:14.45	Wong, Rancho Bernardo	—
330 Hurdles	:37.39	Bailey	9th	:36.50	Waring, Culver City, Southern; Rendon, Carson, L.A. City. *
	:37.75	Fontenot	10th
	:38.22	Kim, University City	22nd
	:38.29	Reese, San Marcos	25T
	:38.46	De  Hoyos, Helix	—
4×100 Relay	:41.53	Cathedral	22nd	:40.00	Anaheim Servite, Southern
4×100 Relay	:41.79	Helix	—
	:41.95	Steele Canyon	—
	:42.00	Mount Miguel	—
	:42.08	St. Augustine	—
4×400 Relay	3:11.62	Helix	7th	3:08.68	Long Beach Poly, Southern.
	3:16.49	Mt. Carmel	20th
	3:18.16	Sage Creek	—
	3:19.89	Del Norte	—
	3:20.48	Scripps Ranch	—
4×800 Relay	7:52.61	Scripps Ranch	22nd	7:33.43	San Juan Capistrano J Serra, Southern.
	7:53.55	Point Loma	25th
	7:53.73	St. Augustine	—
	7:54.71	Del Norte	—
	7:55.07	Poway	—
High Jump	6-8	Cheeks, Mission Bay **	10T	7-0	Mitchell, Antelope, Sac-Joaquin.
	6-6	Garcia, Lincoln	25T
	6-6	Stokes, Bonita Vista	—
	6-6	Scott, Blythe Palo Verde Valley *	—
	6-4	Griffin, University City	—
Long Jump	24-3	Evans-Glynn, Cathedral	7th	25-3/4	Francis, Rancho Santa Margarita, Southern.
	23-11 1/4w; 23-6	Oluwa, Mater Dei *	9th
	23-1/4	Carlisle, La Costa Canyon *	—
	22-10 ¾	Cato, Mira Mesa	—
	22-10 ¼	Daley, El Camino	—
Triple Jump	48-4	Daley	9th	51-4 1/2	Cotlage, San Bernadino Cajon, Southern
	45-7	Oluwa	—
	45-6	McGinnis, St. Augustine	—
	45-5	Cato, Mira Mesa	—
	45-3	Young, Mt. Carmel	—	69-11	Madsen, Clovis North, Central
Shot Put	52-9 ½	Gibbs, Oceanside *	—
	52-5	Gelt, San Marcos	—
	50-3 ½	Llama, Rancho Bernardo	—
	50-3	Rochet, Scripps Ranch *	—
	49-10 3/4	Roberts, El Camino *	—	211-6	Madsen
Discus	170-6	Gibbs	22nd
	163-7	Diaz, Santana	—
	159-9	Polak, Granite Hills	—
	159-0	Curry, Rancho Bernardo *	—
	158-0	Llama
Pole Vault	17-1	Anderson, University City	2nd	17-10 1/2	Muhammad, Pittsburg, North Coast.
	16-3	Yarbrough, San Dieguito	9T
	16-2	Sbuttoni IV, St. Augustine	12T
	15-9	Suhar, Torrey Pines *	17th
	15-8	Stroschine, Scripps Ranch	18T

105^TH  STATE FINALS, @CLOVIS BUCHANAN HIGH

BOYS

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Burston	Helix	:10.90	9th
800	Bowman	Sage Creek	1:52.55	8th
110 Hurdles	Fontenot	San Diego	:13.21w	1st
300 Hurdles	Bailey	Mission Bay	:39.15	9th
3200	Wilber	Cathedral	9:15.96	14th
	Luecht	Rancho Bernardo	9:18.26	16th
	Beighley	Mission Hills	9:34.26	18th
4×400 Relay		Helix	3:11.62	7th
4×800 Relay		Scripps Ranch	7:54.53	13th
		Point Loma	7:59.65	16th
High Jump	Cheeks	Mission Bay	—	9T
Long Jump	Evans-Glynn	Cathedral	22-3 ¼	10th
Triple Jump	Daley	El Camino	47-3 ¼	6th
Discus	Gibbs	Oceanside	170-06	9th
Pole Vault	Sbuttoni IV	St. Augustine	16-0	6th
	Anderson	University City	15-8	9th
	Yarbrough	San Dieguito	15-2	12th

GIRLS 

105^TH STATE FINALS, @CLOVIS BUCHANAN HIGH

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
400	Gonzales	Torrey Pines	:54.98	6th
	Hawkins	Olympian	:56.51	8th
800	Makenna Herbst	Carlsbad	2:02.28	1st
1600	Dailey	La Jolla	4:42.30	3rd
100 Hurdles	Bowen-Fontenot	San Diego	:13.07	1st
	Thomas	Grossmont	:13.84	4th
300 Hurdles	Morgan Herbst	Carlsbad	:39.64	1st
	Bowen-Fontenot		:40.88	3rd
	Mack	Otay Ranch	:41.81	5th
	Garcia	Holtville	:42.88	9th
4×100 Relay		Steele Canyon	:46.40	3rd
4×400 Relay		Carlsbad	3:44.998	4th
4×800 Relay		Del Norte	9:02.24	7th
		Cathedral	9:03.91	10th
Long Jump	Estes	Canyon Crest	17-6 ¾	11th
Triple Jump	Jones	Oceanside	39-2	4th
Shot Put	Davis	Oceanside	39-1¼	9th
Pole Vault	Echsner	Del Norte	12-10	1st
	Humer	Rancho Bernardo	11-8	7T
	Khieu	Del Norte	—	9T

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GIRLS 

105th STATE TRIALS, @Clovis Buchanan High

Non-qualifiers places noted with —.  Places determined by times in events with more than one heat.

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Frazier	University City	:11.77	—
	Gilhooly	Coronado	:11.82	—
	Scott	Steele Canyon	:11.94	—
200	Gonzales	Torrey Pines	:24.64	—
	Payne	Monte Vista	:24.73	—
	Frazier	University City	—	—
400	Hawkins	Olympian	:55.23	8th
	Gonzales		:55.26	9th
	Arciaga	Westview	:55.42	—
800	Makenna Herbst	Carlsbad	2:09.34	3rd
	Diaz	Santana	2:12.46	—
	Miracco	Sage Creek	2:12.52	—
1600	Dailey	La Jolla	4:51.14	6th
	Gibson	Cathedral	5:03.22	—
	Hickey	The Bishop’s	5:09.82	—
100 Hurdles	Bowen-Fontenot	San Diego	:13.22	1st
	Thomas	Grossmont	:14.04	6th
	Mack	Otay Ranch	—	—
300 Hurdles	Morgan Herbst	Carlsbad	:40.68	2nd
	Bowen-Fontenot		:41.22	3rd
	Mack		:41.37	4th
	Garcia	Holtville	:42.68	7th
4×100 Relay		Steele Canyon	:46.26	2nd
		Coronado	:47.71	—
		Sage Creek	:47.79	—
4×400 Relay		Carlsbad	3:45.54	5th
		Westview	3:50.12	—
		Olympian	3:53.88	—
High Jump	Ortiz	El Centro Central	5-4	—
	Murphy	Coronado	5-0	—
	Cunningham	Westview	5-2	—
	Guckenberger	Sage Creek	—	—
Long Jump	Estes	Canyon Creek	18-11 ½	4th
	O’Donnell	Cathedral	17-9 ½	—
	Jones	Oceanside	17-7 1/2	—
	Harper	Steele Canyon	17-4 ¾	—
Triple Jump	Jones		38-10 ¼	8th
	O’Donnell		37-2 ½	—
	Harper		36-1/4	—
Shot Put	Davis	Oceanside	40-2	11th
	Seabolts	Mt. Carmel	37-6	—
	Ford	Helix	35-7 /1/4	—
Discus	Frankel	Sage Creek	132-09	—
	McClean	San Marcos	116-0	—
	Sugimae	Canyon Crest	113-10	—
Pole Vault	Echsner	Del Norte	12-4	1T
	Khieu	Del Norte	12-0	3T
	Humer	Rancho Bernardo	12-0	9th

105^th STATE TRIALS, @CLOVIS BUCHANAN HIGH

Non-quallifiers noted with —.  Places determined by times in events with more than one heat.

BOYS

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Burston	Helix	:10.51	7th
	Getz	Mission Bay	:10.75	—
	Falaave	Cathedral	—	—
220	Burston		:21.51	—
	Mullen	Sage Creek	:21.92	—
	Bishop	West Hills	:22.02	—
400	Ellis	Helix	:48.64	—
	Slaughter	Mt. Carmel	:48.67	—
	Corbett	Otay Ranch	:48.74	—
800	Bowman	Sage Creek	1:50.82	2nd
	Fredrickson	Mt. Carmel	1:56.81	—
	Xavier	Point Loma	1:57.25	—
1600	Yarbrough	Del Norte	4:10.95	—
	Castleberry	Poway	4:12.84	—
	Senn	Steele Canyon	4:19.66	—
110 Hurdles	Fontenot	San Diego	:13.31	1st
	Bryant	Ramona	:13.72	3rd
	Bailey	Mission Bay	:14.43	—
300 Hurdles	Bailey		:37.39	5th
	Kim	University City	:38.70	—
	de Hoyos	Helix	:39.08	—
4×100 Relay		Helix	:41.84	—
		St. Augustine	:42.64	—
		Steele Canyon	:43.44	—
4×400 Relay		Helix	3:12.44	6th
		Mt. Carmel	3:16.69	—
		Sage Creek	3:19.31	—
High Jump	Cheeks	Mission Bay	6-6	8T
	Harris	Madison	—	—
	Scott	Blythe Palo Verde Valley	—	—
Long Jump	Evans-Glynn	Cathedral	23-1 ¾	5th
	Oluwa	Mater Dei	22-9 ¼	11th
	Carlisle	La Costa Canyon	22-1 ¼	—
Triple Jump	Daley	El Camino	48-4	2nd
	Cato	Mira Mesa	44-11	—
	Oluwa		42-5 1/2	—
Shot Put	Gibbs	Oceanside	52-8 ¾	—
	Roberts	El Camino	47-11 ¼	—
	Adair	Steele Canyon	45-7 ¼	—
Discus	Gibbs		169-6	10th
	Curry	Rancho Bernardo	159-0	—
	Diaz	Santana	153-11	—
Pole Vault	Anderson	University City	15-10	1st
	Yarbrough	San Dieguito		6th
	Sbuttoni IV	St. Augustine	15-6	10T
	Suhar	Torrey Pines	15-0	15T

 

World War II was almost over (Victory in Europe was declared in May) and CIF travel restrictions for high school teams virtually had ended, but calls to the colors and other dynamics continued.

By the 1944-45 school year San Diego High enrollment had dropped to 2,694 students, with 750 graduates, down from a high of 851 and enrollment of 3,316 in the September 1941-June 1942 period, according to Don King’s Caver Conquest, athletic history of the school.

Students were leaving early and joining the military, or just leaving for jobs, many amid wartime financial challenges.

San Diego and Hoover held sway on the diamond.  The Cardinals won 2 of 3 rivalry games and the City Series with the Hilltoppers, who were led by future major leaguer Jack Harshman.

Harshman hit .370 and signed a professional contract with the San Diego Padres.  He would  hit as many as 40 home runs in one minor league season but eventually transitioned to the pitcher’s mound.

The move resulted in Harshman’s posting a record of 69 victories against 65 losses in parts of 10 seasons with five teams, with records of 14-8 in 1954 and 15-11 in 1956 with the Chicago White Sox. He once threw 245 pitches in a 16-inning, 1-0 White Sox victory.

Harshman also pinch hit.  The lanky (6-foot, 2 inches, 175 pounds) slugger hit 21 home runs in his big league career.

3/31/45

Pitcher Bob Peterson and first baseman Jack Harshman were selected to the Pomona 20-30 Rotary Club all-tournament team.

The Hilltoppers won 3 of 4 games but El Monte was the tournament champion.

4/1/45

Jack Harshman hit two triples but San Diego  dropped an 8-4 decision to the Naval Air Station team at Navy Field.

4/3/45

A game in which there were more combined errors, 13, than hits, 10, saw Point Loma and St. Augustine struggle to a 9-9 tie at Golden Hill Playground.

4/6/45

Phil Adams’ pinch-hit single in the seventh inning robbed Hoover’s Dick Barnes of a no-hitter in the Cardinals’ 8-0 victory over Point Loma.

 4/10/45

John Hatz collected three hits and Sweetwater, which scored four runs in the first inning, won a nonleague game at Point Loma, 6-1.

—Brown Military dropped an 8-5 decision to the visiting San Diego High junior varsity.

4/13/45

Hoover opened the Victory League season at Sweetwater with a 5-1 victory.

Starting Cardinals pitcher sophomore Ken Clary singled in the fourth inning, followed by walks to Marty Gaughen and Bill Paul, and George Caswell’s single and a Sweetwater error that led to three runs.

—Point Loma’s Charlie Harris pitched a no-hitter and Point Loma swamped Vocational, 24-0, in a game called after seven innings.  The losers did not help themselves with 13 errors.

—San Diego High hit the road for the first time since 1942 and defeated Redondo Beach Redondo Union, 13-2, on five hits, aided by three Seahawks errors, eight walks, and four hit-batsmen.

San Diego’s trip included next-day victories of 21-5 over Inglewood and 5-4 over Lawndale Leuzinger.

4/16/45

St. Augustine was defeated by the Hoover junior varsity, 4-1, at University Heights playground.

4/17/45

Pete Corona of the San Diego JV threw a no-hitter as the Hilltoppers defeated the Point Loma varsity and Charlie Harris, 1-0.

4/19/45

Ken Clary scattered three hits and Hoover moved to 2-0 in the Victory League with a 15-1 rout of host Point Loma.

4/20/45

Redondo Beach Redondo returned the favor by being the visiting team in a rare doubleheader.  Dick Barnes’ four hitter stopped the Seahawks in Hoover’s 3-2 victory in the afternoon on the Cardinals’ diamond.

Possibly fatigued and out of sorts, Redondo moved over for an evening game in Balboa Stadium, where San Diego High scored nine runs in the first inning and needed only six hits, plus 17 bases on balls and five Seahawks errors, to send the Los Angeles team home a 14-0 loser.

4/24/45

Ken Clary pitched Hoover to a 3-1 victory over San Diego in Balboa Stadium in the first of the three-game City Series.

Clary was gifted with two runs from third-inning wild throws by the Hilltoppers and kept them off the scoreboard until the bottom of the ninth inning after Hoover scored in the top of the inning.

Clary gave up for hits, one more than losing pitcher Harry Ohlson.

4/25/45

A six-run fifth inning propelled Sweetwater to a 10-6 win over the visiting San Diego junior varsity.

4/26/45

Point Loma and Vocational felt the wrath.  San Diego clobbered the Pointers, 25-1, and Sweetwater scored a 20-0 rout of the downtown school.

—St. Augustine was beaten again by a junior varsity, San Diego’s, 8-7.

5/1/45

Dick Barnes struck out 13 and gave up six hits and Hoover beat Sweetwater, 6-5. George Caswell’s single scored Ken McCoy with the winning run in the last of the seventh inning after McCoy singled and stole second base.

—Point Loma scored seven runs in the seventh inning and took St. Augustine, 12-6, in a game that had almost as many errors (14) as base hits (16). Point Loma made fewer (6) and overcame a 5-3 deficit.

5/2/45

Malin Burnham’s two hits led Point Loma to an 8-4 win at Brown Military.

5/3/45

Jack Harshman had two hits and Harry Ohlson struck out 12 and San Diego moved into a tie with idle Hoover for first place in the Victory League when the Hilltoppers beat Sweetwater, 10-0, for a 3-0 record.

—Lawndale Leuzinger was supposed to travel South but would forfeit games to Hoover and San Diego the following week.

5/4/45

The San Diego Junior Varsity was a rude guest, whacking the Point Loma varsity, 12-2, on the strength of a 10-run eighth inning.

—Six errors doomed St. Augustine in an 11-3 loss to Los Angeles Cathedral at University Heights playground.

5/8/45

Bob Turley allowed three hits and Point Loma defeated visiting St. Augustine, 12-2.

5/10/45

Sweetwater’s 6-1 victory at Point Loma clinched third place in the final Victory League standings.  The Red Devils finished with a 2-2 league record to the Pointers’ 1-3.

5/11/45

San Diego, trailing, 6-4 entering the top of the ninth inning, scored two runs to tie and three more in the 10^th inning to defeat Hoover, 9-6, on the Cardinals’ field and even the City Series at 1-1.
Jack Harshman was 4 for 4 and Bob Peterson 4 for 5 as the Hilltoppers reached Cardinals ace Dick Barnes for 16 hits.

5/17/45

The Hoover junior varsity outlasted the St. Augustine varsity, 10-8, at University Heights playground.

5/18/45

Awaiting their City Series-deciding game next week, the Hoover and San Diego squads each played host to  the Imperial Valley All-Stars in separate afternoon-evening games.

Hoover won the sunshine contest, 16-3.  San Diego won, 6-1, under the lights.

Ken Clary and Jimmy Gleason divided pitching assignments for Hoover, holding the visitors to five hits in the seven-inning contest. Redbirds Don Brorson and George Caswell each homered and tripled.

Jack Harshman hit a home run and Harry Ohlson and Carl Hurlbach stopped the desert entry on three hits hours later in Balboa Stadium.

5/23/45

Centerfielder Dick Barnes had three hits and drove in four runs and Hoover defeated San Diego, 7-5, for a 2-1advantage in the three-game City Series, clinching city bragging rights and the Victory League championship for the Cardinals.

San Diego’s Jack Harshman hit a two-run, 400-foot home run over the rightfield wall in the top of the first inning at Lane Field, where an estimated 2,500 persons attended.

The Hilltoppers led, 3-0, after Harshman’s clout but Hoover scored a run in its half of the first and was in front, 4-3, after three innings.

San Diego took a 5-4 lead in the sixth inning, but the Cardinals scored two in the seventh and one in the eighth.

Ken Clary went the distance for Hoover, surrendering 10 hits.  Shortstop Victor Salazar and second baseman Bob King had two hits each for the Hillers.