1947, Looking Back: A Vote for Point Loma As No. 1
The narrative originally was posted on Nov. 16, 2012. Coach Les Cassie’s Hoover Cardinals were within nine outs of a berth in the Southern California finals. San Diego High was San Diego High, reliably formidable. But Don Clarkson’s Point Loma Pointers may have been the best team of all. The Pointers won the prestigious Pomona […]
Read More1944 Track & Baseball: Hoover (Track), San Diego, Hoover, and Sweetwater (Baseball) Are First
Baseball and track and field continued to feel the effects of the World War II with shorter seasons and limited participation. Teachers and students were answering the call from Uncle Sam and leaving for the military. Allied forces continued to fight fierce battles in Europe and the Pacific. No official count of the number of […]
Read More1945 Baseball: School, Military, Jobs, Money Affect Students
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 […]
Read More1980 Baseball: Mt. Carmel Star Starred as Baseball Executive
Bill Beane of Mt. Carmel was a star player for the Sundevils and the first player selected in the 1980 major league draft by the New York Mets. “Billy” Beane played five seasons in the majors and joined the Oakland Athletics as an advance scout in 1990, beginning a front office career in which today […]
Read More1937 Baseball: Morrow and Hilltoppers Win Another Championship
San Diego High defeated Excelsior Norwalk in the championship game of the Southern Section playoffs in what was almost becoming routine. The 16-8 victory at the Lane Field home ballpark of the Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres was the seventh since Mike Morrow became coach in 1927. Th Hilltoppers (20-4), also known as Hillers […]
Read More1979 Baseball: Hats Off! Hilltop, Metropolitan League
The long game ended the longest wait in the 18-season history of the San Diego Section. Hilltop’s 3-1 victory over Vista in the 17-inning 2-A finals marked the first year that a team not from the Eastern, Western or Grossmont leagues had won the title. Championships had been won by Eastern League schools Hoover (4), […]
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