2006: If You Can Beat Them, Join Them
Nick Pascarella delivered the cruelest rejection. The Carlsbad running back rushed for 125 yards in 12 carries and scored two touchdowns as the Lancers pulled away from Rancho Bernardo to win, 40-16. The same Rancho Bernardo which Pascarella attended and who was a member of the Broncos team that defeated the Lancers 24-21 in 2005. […]
Read More2013: Services Set for Football Legend Birt Slater
A memorial service for William (Birt) Slater, legendary Kearny High football coach, will be held in the Kearny gymnasium on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at 1 p.m. Slater, 89, passed away recently after a long illness. Slater was head coach at Kearny from 1959-76, posting a record of 134 victories, 41 losses, and 9 ties […]
Read More2013, Week 3: Leaders Continue to Hold Sway in U-T Poll
Oceanside gave up one first-place vote to Mission Hills, Poway made the top 10 after being idle in Week 1, and San Pasqual moved up. All was almost quiet on the U-T San Diego prep football front. The only significant changes took place in the “Others” category, which thinned out from a total 14 teams […]
Read More2013, Week 2: Oceanside Falls in Heat of Night
We made five big mistakes,” Oceanside coach John Carroll revealed to the U-T San Diego’s John Maffei, “and nearly every one of them was because of cramps.” In the high heat of an Oceanside evening, Carroll’s Pirates took a 39-36 lead well into the fourth quarter when a couple lapses were turned into touchdowns by […]
Read More2013: Sage Creek Football Decision Criticized
BY GARY MARSHALL The new Sage Creek High School in Carlsbad is beautiful. The back-to-back baseball/softball diamonds and tennis courts are woven into a school complex that blends smoothly into the canyon hillside. It is a tribute to our community. The facility that excited me the most was the new football stadium, with its sharply […]
Read More2013: Birt Slater, Famed Coach at Kearny & San Diego
I was informed this morning that Birt Slater, the legendary coach at Kearny and San Diego High, had passed away yesterday afternoon , Sept. 3, 2013. I hope to soon have more information to pass along.
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