1979: Eighteen Hours Later Komets Emerge as Winners
Kearny High and Point Loma kicked off at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 26, 1979, and the Komets clinched a 9-6 victory on Oct. 27, 1979, about 18 hours later. Five seconds remained on the clock when the Komets’ Jim Goosens attempted the first field goal of his life and booted a 25-yard placement that sent […]
Read More1956: Then and Now for Hoover’s Engle
A stunning, 20-12 victory over archrival San Diego High brought back a flood of memories to Hoover coach Roy Engle. —That hazy afternoon in Balboa Stadium in 1935 when Engle drove the Cardinals to a fourth-quarter, 7-6 victory over San Diego. —Engle, the senior ball carrier, gaining the final 25 yards in three carries in […]
Read More2015: Ron Dargo, Ace of Crawford Staff
Ron Dargo, 69, who pitched Crawford High to the 1962 San Diego Section baseball championship, passed away recently at his home in Spring Valley. Dargo, a lefthander, and  John Allison, who pitched from the right side, led a late-season Colts playoff push after they finished second to San Diego in the Eastern League race. The […]
Read More1953: Avocados And New Schools
Lincoln and Mission Bay took their first, tentative steps. St. Augustine continued to push for league affiliation. North County schools wanted to be closer to home. Army-Navy and Brown Military didn’t want to be left out. Such was the landscape, which promised to  change.  Joe Rindone, principal of Chula Vista High and president of the CIF Southern Section […]
Read More2015: Billy Casper’s Mark as Chula Vista Student
Billy Casper, who passed away recently at age 83, was not only a Hall of Fame golfer as a professional but  also made his mark as a student  at Chula Vista High. Casper was runner-up as a sophomore, champion as a junior, and runner-up as a senior in the CIF Southern Section golf championships from […]
Read More1972: Can’t Make This Up…Football Locked Out by Pro Basketball
Several Eastern League schools found themselves unable to access a favored playing site, by the San Diego Conquistadors. Yes, those Q’s, the American Basketball Association professional team located here. The preps, in keeping with years of tradition, thought Aztec Bowl was reserved for them for games Oct. 13, 20, and 27. Trouble was those were […]
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