1987-88: Postseason Change Means All Teams Invited
Playoffs this year moved toward an Indiana model, used by that state’s schools for decades and which was immortalized in the basketball movie/drama “Hoosiers”, starring Gene Hackman and Helix graduate Dennis Hopper in 1986. The Indiana way meant that all teams were eligible, in one division, including many with hopeless records. The San Diego Section […]
Read More1987-88: Some Say, “We Love the Trey!”
The “3” game arrived in San Diego Section gymnasiums this season. The three-point basket, which revolutionized basketball, was first used on an experimental basis at colleges in the East as far back as 1945 and was adopted by the fledgling American Basketball Association in 1967-68. The NBA got with the program in 1979-80, followed by […]
Read More1987-88: A Couple Hornets Come Close in State Championships.
One San Diego County team, Lincoln, made it to a state championship final, but there were two Hornets at the Oakland Coliseum Arena. Lincoln’s were joined by the Hornets of Calipatria, 140 miles to the East in Imperial County and since 1980 members of the San Diego Section. Scores and some recollections from the longest-ever […]
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