1947: The Crowds, They Kept Coming
Hoover principal Floyd Johnson was going to hold the line. His school was the technical host for the annual game with San Diego High in Balboa Stadium and after the throngs of recent years Johnson vowed to close sales “when the 27,000th ticket is sold.” Johnson said that he did not want to revisit the […]
Read More1947: Hilltoppers Come Oh, So Close!
Although about two-touchdown underdogs, coach Bill Bailey’s San Diego Hilltoppers took a 12-0 lead into the fourth quarter of the Southern California championship game. It would not be enough. The Hillers sustained a third consecutive loss in the finals, following defeats of the 1925 and 1933 clubs. Favored Santa Monica rallied for a 13-12 victory […]
Read More2015: Week 12, Grizzlies are No. 1 and No. 3
Undefeated Mission Hills was an almost wire-to-wire, regular-season winner in the Union-Tribune writers’ poll, but the Grizzlies are seeded only third behind Helix and St. Augustine in the Open Division of the San Diego Section playoffs, which begin this week. Power ratings, introduced three years ago, base a team’s strength on a number of factors, […]
Read More2015: Champions of 19 Leagues, Take a Bow!
The regular season is finished, playoffs are about to begin, and who claimed league championships? AVOCADO EAST […]
Read More2015, Week 11: Helix Closes Gap with Grizzlies
Helix picked up 4 additional first place votes in this week’s Union-Tribune poll and now has eight, half the total of front running mission Hills, which remained No. 1 for the ninth consecutive week and moved into top 10 in the weekly Cal-Hi Sports‘ state rankings. The Highlanders, ranked 13th by Cal-Hi Sports, have trailed Mission Hills […]
Read More1975: Day Football on Saturday?
City schools experimented with a schedule of Saturday games for one week. At the same time it was revealed that the board of education had supplemented schools’ associated student body accounts with $49,000 since the ban on night games began in 1974. The school board said it hoped to determine whether parents and students would […]
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