1983-84: A Titan Was Emerging in Poway
The future was almost now for Poway. Coach Neville Saner’s starters included three sophomores, Dominick Johnson, Judd Buechler, and Andy Byrne, and junior John Colborne. The young Titans posted a 21-5 record and won the San Diego Section 3-A championship but were sidelined, 79-60, by Riverside John North in the Southern California Regional. They would […]
Read More1982-83: Girls Play for Title Before Season Begins
The girls were playing for a state playoff berth for the first time… …before the start of their regular seasons. That’s because the regular season still was in the spring in the San Diego Section, while the rest of California (and most other places where there is a court and a ball) plays basketball in […]
Read More1982-83: Falcons’ Dudley Played 25, Count ‘Em, Years
Torrey Pines’ 6-foot, 11-inch Chris Dudley was among the San Diego Section’s leading scorers with 438 points and a 16.8 average. A fine season and a productive four years at Torrey but not a blueprint for the future. The future stretched…and stretched. Dudley went on to play four years at Yale University and then embarked […]
Read More1982-83: It Happened in Hoops This Season
The game still was played from December until early March, but San Diego Section basketballers seemingly were playing more and scoring more. Ninety points, once considered elite, had become almost routine. 100 points no longer was surprising. There were more highs than lows but some stunning legislative moves captured the headlines, as usual caused by […]
Read More1982-83: Morse is Out of Playoffs And Then Back In
There would be state basketball playoffs this season and Morse liked its chances to represent the San Diego Section. Ray Epton, whose 25.0 average at Madison in 1981-82 was highest in the San Diego Section, had transferred to the school on Skyline Drive, where Epton joined 6-foot, 7-inch preseason all-America Lawrence West, 6-6 Shawn Bell, […]
Read More1981-82: Zarecky Thought He’d Seen it All
“I’m confused,” said Sweetwater coach Gary Zarecky. “I’m baffled,” continued the Red Devils mentor. Zarecky also could have noted that he also was dumfounded or even stunned. Sweetwater had just beaten Castle Park, 94-10. Zarecky could have 1, in a Metropolitan Mesa League game, which followed an earlier, 106-37 Sweetwater rout of the Trojans. What […]
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