2015 Week 16: Helix Sweeps Final Football Poll
After losing their first game, 23-19, to Scottsdale Chaparral, the Helix Highlanders fell from their first-place position in the Union-Tribune‘s  opening football poll but unanimously regained the top spot in the final week of the poll following their 44-30 win against St. Augustine in the San Diego Section Open Division championship game. The Saints  finished second and Mission Hills, […]
Read More2015 Week 16: Six Go For Southern California Titles
Helix defeated St. Augustine, 44-30,  in a terrific Open Division championship game before a standing-room crowd of at least 10,000 persons at Southwestern College and six San Diego teams qualified for Southern California championship play. It’s a brave new world in the state CIF. Teams will compete in 13 divisions Dec. 11-12 and 50 teams will […]
Read More2015: Little League Legend Joe Schloss, 88
Joe Schloss, who  operated a North Park sporting goods business for 69 years and coached the same Little League team for 59 seasons, passed away  at age 88. Schloss, a 1944 graduate of San Diego High, coached a legion of youngsters for the North Park Little League and both of his sons spent many years in sports. […]
Read More2015: Saints’ Victory Felt in Statewide Poll
St. Augustine’s rout of Mission Hills in the San Diego Section semifinals created a seismic response in the state top 25 rankings as selected by Cal-Hi Sports. The Saints jumped from On-The-Bubble status to 21st in this week’s poll and Helix, their Open Division championship-game opponent Saturday at 7 p.m.  at Southwestern College, vaulted from No. 11 […]
Read More2015 Week 15: Coronado Scores in D-V
Thanks to the numerous opportunities for playoff participation, Coronado, a third-place finisher in the Central League,  is celebrating its third San Diego Section championship today. The Islanders topped Crawford of the Manzanita League, 21-7, at Southwestern College last night for the Division V title, their first since coach Dave Tupec’s team won back-to-back championships as members […]
Read More2015 Week 15: Down Goes Mission Hills
You could hear the gasps of shock from the North County denizens who worship at the shrine of the Mission Hills Grizzlies. St. Augustine ran away from coach Tim Hauser’s team, 48-14,  as Elijah Preston rushed for 236 yards and three touchdowns before a crowd of about 6,000 at Mesa College in the San Diego […]
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