1954: “A Play That Will Live in Infamy”
Hoover principal Floyd Johnson was thinking of making a change when he met with football coach Bob Kirchhoff before the 1954-55 school year. Johnson was dissatisfied. A 1953 season that began with much promise was sullied by a 4-4-1 finish that included a 39-0 loss to rival San Diego High. Johnson would retire after the […]
Read More2004: Another Championship Run for Oceanside
John Carroll got some good news the day before his Oceanside Pirates were to meet Carlsbad for what would be the title-deciding game in the Avocado League. Coach John McFadden of Eastlake called Carroll and told the Oceanside mentor that Eastlake had used an ineligible player in the 23-19, season-opening victory over the Pirates. Instead […]
Read More2013: Pat Shea, 73; Mission Bay and Chargers
Pat Shea, a starting right guard on the San Diego Chargers’ 1963 American Football League championship team and a legendary Mission Bay High athlete, passed away in Encinitas recently at age 73. Shea won the 1958 CIF Southern Section heavyweight wrestling championship for the Buccaneers and was the ’58 City Prep League track championships shot […]
Read More2003: Havana, Si!
It was a San Diego Section football season, at once heart-warming and heart-breaking. —Two teams played a game in Havana, Cuba. —The “Cedar” fire, which began in the Laguna Mountains and threatened to burn to the ocean, destroyed hundreds of homes and killed 15 persons. —Legendary coach Herb Meyer of El Camino retired after 45 […]
Read More2013: NFL Goes For Highlanders, Mavericks
Helix and La Costa Canyon are among 17 U.S. high schools to have two players selected in the 2013 National Football League draft. Chandler, Arizona, led all high schools with three. Boise State defensive back Jamar Taylor, in Round 2 by Miami, and Stanford tight end Levine Toilolo, in Round 4 by Atlanta, represented Helix. […]
Read More1959: East and West San Diego
A town divided. The City Prep League, founded in 1950, and which followed a smaller, 1930-32 alignment of the same name, was history. Hoover, St. Augustine, San Diego, Lincoln and Crawford, schools located east of U.S. 395, became part of the new Eastern League. Point Loma, Mission Bay, La Jolla, Kearny, and Clairemont, schools west […]
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