2016-17: Saints Rise to No. 6 in Final Cal-Hi Sports’ Ratings
Another good season of San Diego Section basketball is in the books. St. Augustine finished sixth in the final, expanded Cal-Hi Sports listing of the top 40 teams in the state and the Mission Hills girls were seventh in rankings of the top 35. The Saints (28-5) were a preseason No. 21 in the newsletter’s top 25 […]
Read More2017: Charles Sanford, Anchor of Cavers’ Great Relay Squad
Charles Sanford finished the perfect race. Etched in my memory: Edwards Stadium, Berkeley, 1963 state track meet, final event, 880-yard relay. San Diego High against the field at the end of the two-day program. Sanford and teammates Walter (Buddah) Blackledge, Gordon Baker, and Raymond Dixon, were considered one of the better entries coming into the meet with a […]
Read More2010-2017: To Our Subscribers and Passers-by
Next month, on Feb. 14 [2017], will mark the seventh year since we undertook a challenge. I wanted to write the history of San Diego County high school football. That’s where my career started and where it will end. Well, I didn’t write the history (that is almost infinite), but I gave it a shot. […]
Read More2016: Dick Coxe, 95, Coached Many Champions
There was not a track and field event in which Dick Coxe did not have expertise, but he probably preferred the grueling discipline of cross country. Friends and former athletes will honor Coxe with their recollections of the demanding, straight-shooting and compassionate mentor in a celebration of his life on Sept. 18 from 1-4 p.m. […]
Read More2016: The Grandkids
We’ve been idle since the state high school track meet and probably won’t be posting much for the next month, as our two grandsons, 13 and 12, from Connecticut have made their annual invasion. For Susie and me, this represents 4-5 weeks of never-ending activity, a veritable jailbreak every day. It seems like we are training with the SEALs. We […]
Read More2016: Siegler, Alvarado, Altice Lead Way in 98th State Meet
San Diego Section track-and-field entries placed in eight of 32 events at the 98th state track championships in Clovis Saturday. —About 26 per cent of the entries, out of 96 total at the beginning of Friday’s trials, scored points amid the 102-degree heat of Buchanan High. And with no individual champion for the first time […]
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