2015: Rick (Red) Hill, Longtime San Diego Sports Figure
Richard Morgan Hill, 62, passed away recently at Grossmont Hospital. Few people would recognize the name.  He preferred being called Rick but was even better known to a couple generations of fans and media around here as “Red” Hill. Helix High  coach Mike Muirhead introduced me to this Tom Sawyer-looking teenager  in 1970, when I still was covering high […]
Read More2015, Week 8: Mission Hills Takes Over North County
Wither, Oceanside? The 45-0 loss to Mission Hills last week shook the foundation of the dynastic program at the school overlooking the intersection of old U.S. 101 and Interstate 5. It’s one thing to get blown out, but even in losses the Pirates have usually managed to score. Their dominance in  the  North County, though being challenged the last […]
Read More2015: Week 7, Real Racing To Begin
Nonleague and intersectional games just about out of the way, 16 of the San Diego Section’s 19 leagues swing into action this week. The Eastern, Metro Pacific and Metro South Bay tee up next week. El Camino, 5-0, for the first time since 2000 in the days when Herb Meyer had the Wildcats on an 18-game […]
Read More2015: Website Readers Are Correct About NFL
Two readers of our website looked at our table showing  13 San Diego Section high school graduates in the NFL and found a couple glaring errors. The NFL list of 1,696 players also included safety Tony Jefferson of Eastlake and kicker Jason Myers of Mater Dei, which we missed. We also were alerted  to Larry Warford, but Warford […]
Read More2015: Poll Unchanged 1 Through 7
Glacier-like movement in the Union-Tribune Top 10 continued this week with small action taking place in the bottom rungs. Many teams are observing byes as league play edges onto the stage.  Almost all  will be so engaged in a couple weeks. St. Augustine’s home game against Vista Murrieta represents one of the few intersectionals remaining.  The Saints dropped a […]
Read More2015: 13 From Here on Opening Rosters
Helix is one of 12 schools in the country with at least 4 alumni players who made 2015 opening-day rosters in the NFL. Thirteen San Diego Section graduates were active, down from the 16 of 2013, the last year we published this information from the NFL Communications Department. Reggie Bush, Levine Loiolo, Alex Smith, and Jamar […]
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