2014: Charlie Powell, 82, San Diego Legend
Charlie Powell, the oldest and most renowned member of an iconic  San Diego family, passed away  Labor Day morning at age 82. A resident of  Altadena, Powell was in San Diego for a family function when he became ill on Friday.  He died at Scripps Mercy Hospital. “He was my big brother and I respected him so much,” […]
Read More2014 Week 1, Con’t: Helix Salvages Some Respect
Helix beat a good Ventura St. Bonaventure team, 24-20, Saturday night, but Mission Hills was beaten by Timpview of Provo, the No. 3 team in Utah, 42-28. San Diego Section teams thus finished the first weekend far  in arrears against intersectional teams. In games involving teams from the city and county, the area was 2-8 in […]
Read More2014 Week 1: Poway Steps Up, Others Step Down
I feared for Cathedral and didn’t want to battle I-5 traffic on a Friday night to get to Oceanside, so the veteran blogger took in Rancho Buena Vista at Poway and was impressed. With the winner and the loser. Poway, 4-7 in 2013 and stung by the recent loss of two potential sophomore stars, quarterback […]
Read More2014: Dunnam, Saska Among Those Passing
Farewell, old friend. Those words were heard over the summer for at least four former San Diego-area football players. Doug Dunnam,  75,  was a starting guard on the 1956 City Prep League-champion Hoover team that upset San Diego High, 20-12, before a roaring, record, overflow crowd of  9,000 persons at Hoover. Dunnam  also was a member of the […]
Read More1993: Â Vikings Coach Champion in Multiple Sports
Dick Huddleston won championships in multiple sports, as player and as coach —He was a tight end and linebacker on the 1960 Escondido team that won the first large-school San Diego Section football championship. –Huddleston coached Point Loma to the 1973 San Diego Section baseball title. And led La Jolla to the 1993 San Diego […]
Read More1930: Cougars Don’t Like Vintage Mascot
Now wait just a grape-pickin’ minute! Students at Escondido High were up in arms. They did not cotton to the term Grape Pickers or its use to describe the school’s athletic teams, although the wine-making fruit held agricultural sway in the area and the city had hosted a Grape Day Festival since 1908. The students […]
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