2013: 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.
Read More2013, Week 2: Oceanside Remains No. 1.
Oceanside, unapproachable in the first half and approachable in the second half of a 47-28 win over St. Augustine, picked up additional support in this week’s UT-San Diego prep football poll. The Pirates, who led 28-0 at halftime against the Saints, will need all hands on deck for all four quarters this week when they […]
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