1948 Track: Davis Brings Hilltoppers Home Despite Cut
The 880-yard relay, a frenetic and often perilous event, provided a wild conclusion to the CIF Southern Section finals at Compton. San Diego High won the team championship, surviving rush-hour traffic and a near pileup, not unlike a wild main event of a midget auto racing card in Balboa Stadium. The Hillers’ Charlie Davis, spiked […]
Read More1938 Track: Hilltoppers Win Championships but Lose to Hoover
It was a remarkable spring. San Diego High won its first outright, state championship since 1929 and the Hilltoppers and Hoover Cardinals finished 1-2 in the team race in the CIF Southern Section finals. It stood to reason that since San Diego also was team champion in the five-star Southern Counties’ meet at Huntington Beach […]
Read More2018: Ray DeBolt Earned “First” Distinction
Ray DeBolt of Granite Hills, a new school at the east end of Madison Avenue in El Cajon, won the San Diego Section mile championship on May 27, 1961. The victory gave DeBolt, who passed away in the recent months in Reno, Nevada, at age 75, the distinction of being the first section champion in […]
Read More2018: Hickey Ends Gold Medal Drought and Will Return
Some of the best performances by San Diego Section athletes at the 100th state track championships last week at Clovis Buchanan were provided by those who should be back for another shot in 2019. Alysha Hickey, second in the high jump at 5 feet, 8 inches, and the first area champion since 2015 with a […]
Read More2018: Jackson Seeks Double at State Meet
The San Diego Section has not had an individual champion in the state meet since 2015 or a double winner since 2012. Eastlake’s Jalyn Jackson has a chance to reverse the trend this week in the 100th championships at Clovis Buchanan High. Jackson, fourth in the long jump and second in the triple jump in […]
Read More2018: Brown Now Tied for Third on 1600-Meter List
There still are a couple weeks before league trials for most San Diego Section athletes, but distance runners are setting themselves up for the big meets in May. McKenna Brown of La Costa Canyon was beaten by Mariah Castillo of Saugus in a hot 1600-meter race in the Mt. San Antonio meet at El Camino […]
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