1983: Red Devils and Red Alerts
An outstanding run by Sweetwater, starting in the 1960s, actually was just beginning. The Red Devils went 12-1, won a championship for the first time since 1972 and launched a 36-game winning streak. They would claim another title in 1985 and posted an ’80-’87 record of 80 wins and 11 losses, 73-9-2 under coach Gene Alim. Starting […]
Read More2015, Week 10: Komets Come Out of Coma
Business has picked up at Kearny, where the Komets have won three in a row and can finish the regular season with their best record since 2011. Takoda Browne, who has scored touchdowns by running, receiving, kickoff, punt, and pass interception returns, and two-point conversion attempts, leads the San Diego Section with 23 touchdowns and 142 […]
Read More2015: State Division Rankings Improve for Locals
Action above, including Long Beach Poly’s 52-6 loss to Concord De La Salle, has resulted in Mission Hills and Helix getting another boost in Cal-Hi Sports newsletter’s unofficial, weekly state rankings by division. Mission Hills is 10th and Helix 11th in Division I, partly because Poly dropped from eighth to 13th. The Grizzlies and Highlanders were 12th […]
Read More1984: In Search Of a Better Life
Losing had become an unshakable habit for Coronado. It had come to this for the Islanders: Point Loma essentially begged them to play a scheduled game. Outscored, 104-0, in the season’s first four games, down to maybe 17 able-bodied players, and facing a strong city school, Coronado was thinking long and hard about exposing its athletes to […]
Read More1973: Back to the Future
Sixteen teams, divided by two upper and lower brackets made for the largest postseason in San Diego Section history. What had gotten into the CIF bosses? They had repeatedly recited the dubious mantra that the playoffs made the season too long and were a “major” reason for bolting the Southern Section. To win a Southern […]
Read More2015, Week 9: Move Over, Dick Haines
Valley Center’s Rob Gilster can tie Dick Haines this week for ninth place among the winningest coaches in San Diego Section history. The 32-21, Valley League victory over Fallbrook last week was Gilster’s 193rd. The veteran mentor moved from 11th to 10th place earlier this season when he passed Carl Parrick with victory No. 191. Gilster is second to the 203 […]
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