2014 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: 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 […]
Read More2014: St. Augustine Goes Intersectional
With Frank Buncom IV leading the defense and explosive running back Elijah Preston propelling the offense, St. Augustine might have more good players than last season’s 11-2 team but could be hard pressed proving it. The Saints have stayed close to home for most of the San Diego Section’s first 54 years, but they’re stepping out this season, with road […]
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