ARCADIA INVITATIONAL, DAY II, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025

BOYS OPEN, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

EVENT	NAME	MARK	PLACE	LEADER
Open Triple Jump	Daley, El Camino	45-3	13th	49-6, Smith, Quartz Hill
Open Pole Vault	Yarbrough, San Dieguito	15-8	7th	16-8, McGee, Camas, Washington
	Sbuttoni, St. Augustine	15-2	9T
	Suhar, Torrey Pines		9T
Open Long Jump (two flights)	Sheridan, Rancho Buena Vista	22-8 ½	8th	23-9, Francis, Rancho Santa Margarita
Open Pole Vault	Stroschine, Scripps Ranch	15-1	3rd	16-1, Hymas, Fair Oaks Bella Vista
	Von Guenther, Otay Ranch	14-7	7th
Open 4×100 Relay	Helix	:42.49	—	:41.64, Oak Hills
Open 110 High Hurdles  (multiple races)	Reese, San Marcos	:13.99	1st
	Wong, Rancho Bernardo	:14.47	6th
	Chastang, Rancho Bernardo	:14.81	17th
	Berkeley, St. Augustine	:15.11	—
Open 100 (multiple races)	Getz, Mission Bay	:10.92	—	:10.60, Gates, La Verne Damian
	Bishop, West Hills	:11.0	—
Invitational 100	Arrington, Mount Miguel	:10.32	1st
Open 800	Yarbrough, Del Norte	1:55.25	18th	1:52.08, Lee, Idaho Falls Thunder Ridge
	van Eldik Thieme, Scripps Ranch	1:58.2	—
Open 400	Slaughter, Mt. Carmel	:48.29	10th	:46.85, Kumar, Las Vegas Bishop Gorman
	Pereyra, Clairemont	:48.65	20th
	Ellis, Helix	:49.01	—
	Corbett, Otay Ranch	:49.09	—
	Campbell, Steele Canyon	:49.32	—
	Gray, Helix	:49.67	—
	Dillon, San Dieguito	:49.89	—
Open 300 Hurdles	De Hoyos, Helix	:38.88	9th	:38.01, Eminovic, Herriman Mountain Ridge, Utah
	Chastang, El Capitan	:39.19	15th
	Berkeley, St. Augustine	:40.70	—
Open 200 (multiple races)	Smoole, La Jolla	:21.96	13th	:21.20, Kumar, Las Vegas Bishop Gorman
	Burston, Helix	:22.11	17th
	Mullen, Sage Creek	:22.30	—
Open Distance Medley (4×1600)	Scripps Ranch	10:27.84	8th	10:22.25, Middletown Christian Brothers, N.J.
	Steele Canyon	10:43.07	15th
	Del Norte	10:43.78	16th
Invitational Distance Medley	Torrey Pines	10:30.73	18th	10:10.21, Clovis East
	Cathedral	10:42.84	—
Open 4×400 Relay (multiple races)	Del Norte	3:19.89	2nd	3:19.64, Irvine Northwood
	Steele Canyon	3:25.59	15th
	Sage Creek	3:32.47	20th
Seeded 4×400 Relay	Helix	3:19.93	5th	3:17.57, Chandler Hamilton, Ariz.
	Mt. Carmel	3:23.32	7th
Seeded Mile	Bowman, Sage Creek	4:10.16	1st
Seeded 800	Arnaudy, St. Augustine	1:56.86	9th	1:52.25, Nielsen, Mesa Eastmark, Ariz.
Seeded 110 Hurdles	Bailey, Mission Bay	:14.38	7th	:13.88, Hergenrader, Clovis Buchanan
Invitational 110 Hurdles	Fontenot, San Diego	:13.79	2nd	:13.59, Van Orden, Highland, Idaho
	Bryant, Ramona	:14.16	5th
Invitational 100	Arrington, Mount Miguel	:10.32	1st
Seeded 300 Hurdles	Bailey, Mission Bay	:38.62	5th	:37.67, Schneider, Thousand Oaks
	Reese, San Marcos	:44.85	9th
Invitational 200	Arrington	:20.35	1st

 

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL DAY II, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025

GIRLS OPEN, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

EVENT	NAME	MARK	PLACE	LEADER
Open Mile	Aguirre, Cathedral	4:54.59	2nd	4:53.83, Mallon, Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman
Invitational Mile	Dailey, La Jolla	4:41.92	2nd	4:41.46, Cieslak, Haverford Township, Havertown, PA.
Open 4×100 Relay (multiple races)	Steele Canyon	:47.55	2nd	:47.38, Peoria Liberty, Ariz.
	Del Norte	:48.68	—
	Sage Creek	:48.72	—
	San Marcos	:49.04	—
	Canyon Crest	:49.69	—
	Cathedral	:49.77	—
	Coronado	:54.32	—
Seeded 4×100 Relay	Carlsbad	:46.80	2nd	:46.58, L.A. Carson
Open 100 Hurdles	Nardi, Carlsbad	:14.57	3rd	:14.26, Kerr, St. Louis Cardinal Ritter
Seeded 100 Hurdles	Thomas, Grossmont	:14.07	2nd	:14.04, White, West Sacramento River City
Invitational 100 Hurdles	Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego	:13.16	1st
Open 100 (multiple races)	Scott, Steele Canyon	:12.10	—	:11.72, Anyansi, Murrieta Valley
Seeded 100	Gilhooly, Coronado	:12.04	9th	:11.58, Jones, Portland Roosevelt, Or.
Open 800 (multiple races)	Aguirre, Patrick Henry	2:12.53	5th	2:09.12, Hill, Technology
	Weaver, Helix	2:16.96	—
Invitational 800	Makenna Herbst, Carlsbad	2:05.08	1st
	Arciaga, Westview	2:10.82	6th
Open 400 (multiple races)	Hawkins, Olympian	:56.14	10th	:54.66, Whitehead, Fontana Summit
	Gonzales, Torrey Pines	:56.27	11th
	Hennigan, Westview	:56.71	18th
	Rascon, Eastlake	:57.80	—
	Donnelly, La Costa Canyon	:58.21	—
Open 300 Hurdles	Miracco, Sage Creek	:45.50	—	:42.69, Akinbile, Tucson Catalina Foothills, Ariz.
	Czyszczon, Del Norte	:46.03	—
	Reed, Mira Mesa	:46.53	—
	Gates, Point Loma	:47.97
Open Distance Medley (4×1600)	Scripps Ranch	12:26.57	6th	12:01.76, St. George Pine View, Utah
	Del Norte	12:29.12
Open 4×400 (multiple races)	Steele Canyon	3:56.72	4th	3:54.31, Dublin
	Eastlake	3:57.85	7th
	Olympian	3:59.00	9th
	Westview	4:06.36	—
	Del Norte	4:08.49	—
Open High Jump	Ortiz, El Centro Central	5-1	14th	5-9, Brinker, Ladue Horton Watkins, Mo.
Open Shot Put	Seabolt, Mt. Carmel	37-0	7th	41-4 ½, Steiner, Los Gatos
	Ford, Helix	35-3 ½	12th
Open Pole Vault	Bugayong, Rancho Bernardo	11-9	3T	12-3, Hogarth, Chandler, Ariz.
	Kaiser, Del Norte	11-3	7T
	Roznovski, Canyon Crest	10-9	13T
Open Triple Jump	O’Donnell, Cathedral	36-02	10th	38-1/4, Ahlander, Las Vegas Palo Verde
	Pasqual, Rancho Bernardo	35-1	12th
Invitational Long Jump	Estes, Canyon Crest	18-3	11th	19-10, Webster, L.B. Wilson
Invitational Pole Vault	Echsner, Del Norte	12-11	1st
	Khieu, Del Norte	12-5	5th
	Humer, Rancho Bernardo	11-11	11th
Invitational Discus	Frankel, Sage Creek	123-09	14th	159-01, Johnson, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
Invitational High Jump	Stein, Patrick Henry	5-2	11T	5-8, Laruelle, Cupertino Monta Vista

 

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL DAY I, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025

BOYS OPEN, RATED, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

EVENT	TIME	TEAM	PLACE	LEADER
Rated 4×200 Relay	1:29.36	Del Norte	5th	1:26.71, Manhattan Beach Mira Costa
	1:29.67	Mira Mesa	6th
Seeded 4×800 Relay	7:54.71	Scripps Ranch	1st
	8:04.13	Point Loma	10th
Invitational 4×800 Relay	8:05.86	Scripps Ranch	17th	7:41.54, Carmichael Jesuit
Invitational 400, 200, 200, 800 Medley Relay	3:29.19	Steele Canyon	4th	3:22.91, L.B. Wilson
Open 3200 (heat 2)	9:26.0	Castleberry, Poway	20th	9:05.39, San Mateo Nueva School

 

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL DAY I, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025

GIRLS OPEN, RATED, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

EVENT	TIME	TEAM	PLACE	LEADER
Seeded 4×200 Relay	1:42.07	Steele Canyon	3rd	1:37.82, Phoenix North Canyon
Seeded 4×800 Relay	9:57.47	La Jolla	15th	9:14.75 Fresno Bullard
	10:23.74	Steel Canyon	18th
Invitational 4×800 Relay	9:13.22	Cathedral	6th	8:53.85, San Juan Capistrano J Serra
	9:16.10	Del Norte	9th
	9:30.83	Scripps Ranch	15th
Seeded 400, 100, 100, 200 Medley Relay	1:50.53	Steel Canyon	10th	1:46.29, Los Gatos
Invitational 400, 100, 100, 200 Medley Relay	1:48.62	Coronado	6th	1:43.20, Fullerton Rosary
Invitational 400, 200, 200, 800 Medley Relay	4:04.13	Westview	4th	3:48.83, Scotch Plains Union Catholic, N.J.
	4:07.01	La Jolla	6th
Open 3200	11:37.25	Ray, University City	—	10:40.89, Swain, Riverton, Utah
Rated 3200	11:07.38	Ramos, Point Loma	—	10:36.93, Barton, Bonneville, Utah
Seeded 3200	10:54.00	Dunajevich, Canyon Crest	—	10:18.67, Reuter, Haslet, Texas, V. R. Eaton
Seeded 4×1600 Relay	21:37.60	Canyon Crest	7th	21:03.47, Hillsborough Crystal Springs Uplands
Invitational 4×1600 Relay	20:36.84	Del Norte	4th	20:27.26, Clovis Buchanan
	20:48.34	Cathedral	5th

RISING STARS

EVENT	MARK		PLACE	LEADER
Pole Vault	10-9	Viglotti, Francis Parker	5th	11-3, Wood, Lees Summit West, Missouri
	10-3	Wells, El Camino	8th
Triple Jump	36-6 ½	Roche, Eastlake	3rd	38-3 ¾, Ali, Concord Clayton Valley
Discus	123-05	Sugimae, Canton Crest	5th	135-01, Lett, Gilbert Williams Field, Ariz.
	114-06	Ford, Helix	12th
Long Jump	17-1/2	Harper, Steel Canyon	11th	18-1 ¼, DeFlorimonte, Oakland Bishop O’Dowd

 

Bill Beane of Mt. Carmel was a star player for the Sundevils and  the first player selected in the 1980 major league draft by the New York Mets.

“Billy” Beane played five seasons in the majors and joined the Oakland Athletics as an advance scout in 1990, beginning a front office career in which today Beane is part owner of the team and was the subject of the movie “Money Ball” in 2011 starring Brad Pitt.

5/2/80

Mark Davis, the third brother to play for Hoover since 1971, homered as the Cardinals defeated Crawford, 4-3.

Mark was preceded by John and Mike Davis.  The latter went on to a nine-season major league career.

—Brian Tuller’s double scored Tony Johnson from first in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 4-3 Clairemont victory over Kearny, snapping the Komets’ seven-game Eastern League winning streak.

Tuller, who pitched a no-hitter against Bonita Vista in the Lions tournament, went the distance for the Chieftains, scattering 10 hits.

—Joe Bautista’s first-inning grand slam home run led Mar Vista to a 5-4 in over Chula Vista.

—Borrego Springs Mark Giberti pitched a no-hitter as the Rams defeated Cal Lutheran, 10-2, in the Southern League and Poway’s Tim Lund allowed one hit in a 3-2 win over Oceanside.

5/6/80

Nestor Rosas’ fourth-inning homerun was the difference in unbeaten Mar Vista’s 19^th straight win, 4-3 over Coronado.

—Home runs by Charlie Steele and Garry Harris powered Hoover to a 13-4 win over Lincoln.

—Madison’s Gene Sgambelluri pitched a no-hitter and struck out 14 in a 7-0 win over San Diego.

5/16/80

Mar Vista’s 23-game, San Diego Section winning streak ended with an 8-6 loss to Coronado.

The Mariners, whose run included four games at the end of the 1979 season, backed into the Metropolitan League championship when Southwest defeated second-place Hilltop, 3-2.

Mar Vista, 15-1 in league and 19-1 overall, earlier broke the Section record for most consecutive wins.  Oceanside won 18 in a row in 1970.

San Diego High had a 23-game winning streak as a member of the Southern Section in 1954 and streaks of 21 in 1959 and 19 in 1952 and ’57.

—Tom Katomski, Matt Nokes, Scott McKee, and Tom Weikel hit run-scoring singles and the first six Patrick Henry batters hit safely in the first inning as the Patriots defeated Kearny, 6-3, short circuiting the Komets’ attempt to clinch the Eastern League championship.

5/23/80

Regular-season play concluded in the Eastern, Western, and Metropolitan Leagues, with eight of 16 playoff berths in accounted for.

Kearny, Clairemont, and Patrick Henry (Eastern) advanced in 3-A, as did Mission Bay and University (Western), and Mar Vista and Chula Vista (Metropolitan) in 2-A.

—Joe Blas homered twice and drove in four runs as Kearny routed Morse, 23-4.  Tom Katomski pitched Patrick Henry to its ninth consecutive win, 5-2 over Point Loma.  Western League champion University lost to La Jolla, 3-2, and Clairemont, despite losing, 8-5, to Madison still finished ahead of the Warhawks.

Although losing to Mar Vista, 7-6, Hilltop qualified.  Chula Vista earned the third bid, 11-7 over Bonita Vista.

—Santana, picked to finish seventh in the nine-team Grossmont League, rode the three-hit pitching of Ray Brown as the Sultans beat Grossmont, 1-0, at El Capitan.

The win marked the first time since 1970 the Sultans had won or shared the league title.

STANDINGS

EASTERN LEAGUE

LEAGUE                       OVERALL

Team	Won	Lost	Pct.	GBL	Won	Lost	Pct.
Kearny	12	2	.857	—	17	5	.773
Patrick Henry	10	3	.769	1 ½	13	6	.684
Clairemont	9	5	.643	3	14	8	.636
Madison	8	5	.615	3 ½	11	8	.579
Point Loma	7	7	.500	5	11	9	.550
Morse	5	9	.357	7	6	14	.300
San Diego	3	11	.214	9	4	16	.200
Mira Mesa	1	13	.071	11	3	17	.150

WESTERN LEAGUE

LEAGUE                                                  OVERALL

Team	Won	Lost	Pct.	GBL	Won	Lost	Pct.
University	11	3	.786	—	15	7	.682
Mission Bay	9	5	.643	2	14	7	.667
Hoover	8	5	.615	2 ½	12	7	.632
Lincoln	8	6	.571	3	11	8	.579
Crawford	7	7	.500	4	10	10	.500
La Jolla	6	7	.462	5	10	9	.526
Serra	5	9	.357	6	7	12	.368
St. Augustine	1	13	.071	10	3	18	.143

GROSSMONT LEAGUE

LEAGUE                                                  OVERALL

Mount Miguel	12	4	.750	—	15	5	.750
Santana	12	4	.750	—	14	8	.636
El Capitan	10	6	.625	2	13	8	.619
Valhalla	9	7	.563	3	12	9	.571
Helix	9	7	.563	3	11	10	.524
Grossmont	7	9	.438	5	12	10	.545
Granite Hills	7	9	.438	5	11	10	.524
Monte Vista	4	12	.250	8	6	16	.273
El Cajon Valley	2	14	.125	10	3	16	.158

AVOCADO LEAGUE

LEAGUE                                               OVERALL

Carlsbad	9	3	.750	—	13	8	.619
San Pasqual	8	4	.667	1	14	8	.636
Escondido	6	6	.500	3	8	10	.444
San Marcos	6	6	.500	3	8	12	.400
Ramona	5	7	.417	4	5	13	.278
Oceanside	5	7	.417	4	5	15	.250
El Camino	3	9	.250	6	6	14	.300

PALOMAR LEAGUE

LEAGUE                                                OVERALL

Vista	9	3	.750	—	15	6	.714
Poway	9	3	.750	—	13	6	.684
Orange Glen	7	5	.583	2	12	8	.600
Mt. Carmel	5	7	.417	4	11	9	.550
Torrey Pines	4	8	.333	5	11	9	.550
Fallbrook	4	8	.333	5	9	11	.450
San Dieguito	4	8	.333	5	9	13	.409

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE

LEAGUE                                                  OVERALL

Mar Vista	17	1	.944	—	21	1	.955
Hilltop	12	6	.667	5	16	7	.696
Chula Vista	11	7	.611	6	14	8	.636
Sweetwater	9	9	.500	8	10	10	.500
Montgomery	9	9	.500	8	9	11	.450
Coronado	8	10	.444	9	11	11	.500
Marian	8	10	.444	9	8	10	.444
Bonita Vista	8	10	.444	9	8	12	.400
Southwest	7	11	.389	10	8	12	.400
Castle Park	1	17	.056	16	1	19	.050

5/27/80

SAN DIEGO SECTION PLAYOFFS

QUARTERFINALS

3-A

El Capitan 2, @Kearny (17-6) 0.

An error, balk, walk, and single by John Ramirez loaded the bases, and another walk to Tate Velau forced in a run in the top of the third inning that was the difference.

Vaqueros pitcher Jim Kurzinger gave up five hits, including two by Komets pitcher Billy Eggert, who allowed four hits and struck out 11.

Vista (15-7) 1, @Mount Miguel 5.

Rick Bighames and Tom Toledo homered for the Matadors.

Patrick Henry 2, @Santana (14-9) 0.

Mike Fazekas’ six-hit pitching led the Patriots to their 10^th consecutive win.

Clairemont 5, @Poway (13-7) 1.

Doug Fess tripled twice and Chieftains pitcher Mike Weinbrecht struck out 10.

2-A

San Marcos (14-9) 3, @Mar Vista 10.

Doug Reynolds hit a grand slam home run and Regan Owen added a two-run clout in the Mariners’ nine-run first inning.

San Pasqual (14-9) 3, @Hilltop 9.

The Lancers broke the extra-innings tie with six runs in the eighth.

Chula Vista (14-9) 1, @University 3.

Carlsbad (13-9) 6, @Mission Bay 8.

Mike Burrows went all eight innings for the Buccaneers, was 3 for 5 at the plate, and singled in the winning run.

5/29/80

SEMIFINALS

3-A

Patrick Henry 10, @Clairemont 4 (15-9).

Trailing, 4-2, the Patriots exploded for six runs in the sixth inning.

El Capitan 7, @Mount Miguel 6 (16-6).

2-A

Mission Bay 4, @Mar Vista 2 (22-2).

Mission Bay coach Dennis Pugh surprised by giving the ball to John Henderson instead of ace Art Rodriguez, and Henderson, who had not made a start this season and had appeared only twice in relief, survived a shaky first inning and pitched a complete game.

Pugh thought Henderson’s sidearm delivery and variety of “junk stuff” would work.  “I wanted to give them something they’ve hadn’t seen yet,” said Pugh.

“Besides,” the coach added, “we’re a better team defensively with Art at shortstop.”

Hilltop 2 (16-6), @University 3.

1-A

Army-Navy 4, @Borrego Springs, 11.

Santa Fe Christian 3, @Mountain Empire 9.

The Redskins’ Bob Price gave up two hits and struck out 10.

5/31/80

CHAMPIONSHIPS

3-A

Patrick Henry (16-6) 10, El Capitan (15-9) 4, @University San Diego.

The Patriots, hitless through 5 1/3 innings, exploded for nine runs in the sixth.

“I guess the sixth is a good inning for us,” said Patriots coach Bob Imlay, recalling a similar outburst in the semifinals two days before.

Tony Sharamitaro led off with a triple, Scott McKee doubled, and Rodney Ellis added a two-run single.

Greg Perry relieved starter Jim Kursinger and was on the mound for seven more runs, with the Vaqueros’ third error and a passed ball contributing.

The win, behind Mike Fazekas’ six-hit pitching, was Patrick Henry’s 13^th in a row.

2-A

University (18-7) 4, Mission Bay (16-8) 3, @University San Diego.

Both pitchers, Mike Correia for the Dons and Mike Burrows for Mission Bay went the entire 13 innings.

Correia’s single drove in the deciding run after Burrows had almost worked out of a bases-loaded jam with two force outs at home plate.

Correia had worked a complete-game seven innings in the quarterfinals, added 1 1/3 innings in the semifinals and finished the week with 21 1/3 innings pitched.

“I feel this is the last game I’m going to want to pitch for a long time,” Correia told Linda Murphy of The San Diego Union. “I told coach I probably couldn’t pitch the next inning.”

The win was coach Dick Serrano’s second championship in three years and Correia closed with a 14-1 record.

1-A

Mountain Empire (10-3) 4, Borrego Springs (9-4) 3, @Imperial High.

The Redskins’  second straight title was achieved without a base hit in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Tom Harkness was hit by a pitch.  A base on balls and a fielder’s choice moved Harkness to third.  He scored on a passed ball.

Dan Mady’s two-run single in the fourth tied the score after Borrego took a 3-1 lead in the third on Paul Giberti’s double and Jim Streit’s two-run single.

San Diego High defeated Excelsior Norwalk in the championship game of the Southern Section playoffs in what was almost becoming routine.

The 16-8 victory at the Lane Field home ballpark of the Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres was the seventh since Mike Morrow became coach in 1927.

Th Hilltoppers (20-4), also known as Hillers and Cavers or Cavemen, had several standouts, including one who would star for the PCL Padres.

Sophomore pitcher Al Olsen signed with the Padres after graduation in 1939 and was an essential member of the team’s starting rotation for most of the next 13 years.

3/31/37

John (Red) Keogh pitched the season’s first no-hitter, a 2-0 St. Augustine triumph over Point Loma at University Heights playground. Keogh struck out 14 and walked three and no runner advanced beyond second base.

—Hoover’s six errors that led to two unearned runs allowed Sweetwater to edge the visiting Cardinals, 4-3.

4/21/37

Charlie Strada of St. Augustine caught a fly ball in right field and threw to first base to double up a Naval Air runner. First baseman Claude White then completed the season’s first triple play with a throw to shortstop Bob Menke, who tagged a second Naval Air runner for the third out.

Joe Rinder was 3 for 3 for the Saints, who won, 12-3.

—Les Cassie scattered 10 hits and the San Diego State Freshmen topped Escondido, 12-5, on the Aztecs’ diamond.

—Cliff Bashore gave up four hits and Grossmont defeated visiting Point Loma, 5-1.

4/23/37

Long Beach Wilson created a three-way tie with Alhambra and San Diego for first place in the Coast League when the Bruins struck 11 base hits off three San Diego pitchers and defeated the traveling Hillers, 8-1.

—Hoover claimed its first Coast League victory with a two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat Santa Ana, 8-7.

The visiting Saints took advantage of Cardinals ace Del Ford, who retired with a sore arm in a three-run fourth inning, and led, 7-3, before Hoover scored three runs in the eighth, setting up its clinching rally. Del Ballinger, who relieved Ford, was the winning pitcher.

—Charlie Strada homered and tripled and drove in five runs, and Ed Vitalich survived a couple homers and 10 hits as St. Augustine outscored Sweetwater, 11-7, with a 15-hit attack on the Red Devils’ diamond.

—Don Galindo struck out 15 Oceanside batters, allowed two hits, and Escondido shut out the Pirates, 14-0.  The Cougars had 13 base hits, including home runs by Morgan Finney and Willie Reyes.

4/26/37

Two-year letterman first baseman Dick Mitchell was elected captain of the Hoover team, coach Wofford (Wos) Caldwell announced.

—Del Ballenger surrendered one hit, a bases empty home run by Red Keogh in the fourth inning, and contributed a home run as Hoover beat St. Augustine, 10-1, on the Cardinals ‘diamond.

4/28/37

Track star and baseball pitcher Jerry Soule struck out 13 and was supported by two singles and a home run by first baseman Carl Reed and three singles and a triple by Elvard Walden in La Jolla’s 10-4 win over visiting Oceanside.

4/30/37

Bill Hutchinson’s grand slam home run and Art Davis’ effective pitching resulted in an 11-2 win, Mountain Empire over guest Ramona.

—Don Galindo, with 17-hit support, pitched Escondido to a 12-6 win over nonleague visitor Compton.

—Jack Lange had two doubles and a single and Del Oliver, who relieved Del Ballenger in the ninth inning, was the winning pitcher after Hoover scored two runs in the 10^th at Alhambra for a 6-4 Coast League victory.

5/1/37

Attendance was 1,200 persons at Lane Field, home of the Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres, and the Hilltoppers, behind lefthander Al Olsen, defeated Long Beach Poly, 9-2.

Olsen gave up five hits and Dave Curtis and Jess Meyers each had two hits and Chet Kehn walked four consecutive times.

San Diego’s victory set up a one-game playoff in four days with Long Beach Wilson, with the Coast League title on the line. The teams tied for first, each with a 4-1 record.

5/4/37

Cliff Bashore pitched Grossmont to a 4-1 victory in the season’s final Metropolitan League game, tying the Foothillers with La Jolla and Oceanside, behind champion Escondido.

5/5/37

Al Olsen won his second straight critical game, striking out 13 and pitching a seven-hit, 8-3 win over Long Beach Wilson in City Stadium and giving San Diego the Coast League’s playoff berth.

—Ed (Zip) Vitalich improved his record to 6-1 and, aided by Joe Rinder’s double and triple, set down the Navy Hospital team, 6-2, although the medics reached Vitalich for 11 base hits.

5/7/37

San Diego defeated Placentia Valencia, 26-1, in a first-round, Southern Section playoff in the community near Fullerton in Orange County.  Manny Fernandez and Dave Curtis hit home runs and Chet Kahn pitched.

Game information in The San Diego Union originally incorrectly reported a 7-2 San Diego victory and a Hilltoppers’ advance into the playoff finals.

5/8/37

Escondido sent Santa Monica home with an 8-0 playoff victory over the visiting Vikings.  Don Galindo won his 12^th game without defeat.  Don and his brother Ursulo each had three hits in four times at bat.

—CIF commissioner Seth Van Patten notified San Diego coach Mike Morrow by telegram that the Hilltoppers’ next opponent would be Calexico at a site to be determined.

5/12/37

Announcing that because one of its players had been hospitalized with an illness, Calexico pulled out and forfeited its quarterfinals playoff game to San Diego.

CIF commissioner Seth Van Patten turned to Blythe Palo Verde Valley. The free-lance school, 220 miles away, on the Arizona border, had petitioned Van Patten for inclusion in postseason play after posting a 5-1 record. Unattached teams had to win three of five games to be eligible, according to CIF rules.

—St. Augustine completed its season with a 10-7 won-loss record and 6-1 victory over Sweetwater at Golden Hill Playground.  Ed (Zip) Vitalich’s three-run home run was supportive of the 11-strikeout, four-hit pitching by John (Red) Keough.

5/20/37

A day earlier than expected, because of a City Stadium schedule conflict with an 11^th Naval District track meet the next day, Blythe took the field against San Diego and went the way of Valencia, 25-3.

San Diego battered Yellowjackets pitcher Eunice Johnson for 19 hits in seven innings of a game that was called after eight innings. The Hillers, leading, 8-0, struck for 13 runs in the fifth inning.

“Blythe knew it was in trouble in the second inning when its catcher nailed his own pitcher (in the back) while trying to throw out a base stealer,” wrote Don King in Caver Conquest, the athletic history of San Diego High.

—Fallbrook’s 16-hit attack overwhelmed Ramona, 9-3, on the Bulldogs’ diamond and gave the Warriors the Southern Prep League championship.

5/26/37

Escondido coach Harry Wexler said he would not play San Diego in a semifinals playoff in City Stadium, next to the San Diego High campus and seemingly tailor-made for the sluggers on San Diego coach Mike Morrow’s squad.

Gamesmanship was in play and Escondido was feeling its oats with a 17-0 record against high school competition and a 10-3 win over the Hilltoppers in the Pomona tournament in March.  San Diego found itself in an elimination game against a team from what it considered the inferior (in comparison to the Coast) Metropolitan League.

Morrow then declared that he would not take his team north to play a game on the Cougars’ diamond.

San Diego Padres owner Bill Lane ended the need for CIF commissioner Seth Van Patten to intervene when Lane made Lane Field available.

Wexler sent pitcher Don Galindo, who had posted a 16-0 record, to face Morrow’s nominee, sophomore Chet Kehn.

A memorable battle ensued with the teams tied, 2-2, after nine innings.

San Diego won, 3-2, when Mel Skelley’s pinch hit single, a line drive to leftfield, scored Al Olsen with the winning run in the bottom of the 10th.

Kehn gave up six hits and was touched for two unearned runs in the first inning.  Kehn and the Hilltoppers avoided disaster in the sixth after John Filippi dropped Fred Valanzano’s fly ball to left field.

Filippi recovered and the Cougars’ Ursulo Galindo, trying to score from second base, was thrown out, Filippi to Jared (J.W.) Scudder to catcher Jess Meyers.

6/5/37

The championship game at Lane Field was anti-climactic following the dramatic win over Escondido. The Hilltoppers trailed early to the Norwalk Excelsior Pilots, who took a 5-4 lead after four innings. Aided by 16 bases on balls, San Diego totaled 11 hits in a 16-8 victory.   J.W. Scudder Chet Kehn, Stanley (Wes) Sharp, and John Filippi each had two hits.

GIRLS

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

DIVISION II

SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2 P.M.

7 Rancho Bernardo 37 (26-8), vs. 1 Caruthers, Central 56 (26-6), @Sacramento Golden 1 Center.

D-III

FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2 P.M.

5 Mater Dei 38 (21-14), vs. 3 Kentfield Marin Catholic, North Coast 48 (26-11), @Sacramento Golden 1 Center.

REGIONAL FINALS

TUESDAY, MARCH 11

D-II

7 Rancho Bernardo 35 (26-7), @1 Porterville Monache, Central, 25 (25-9).

D-III

5 Mater Dei (21-13) 51, @2 Woodland Hills El Camino Real, L.A. City, 38 (16-15).

San Diego and Hoover were not factors in the Coast, Southern Section, and state meets, while Coronado sprinter-hurdler John Fawcett led a strong showing by athletes from the Metropolitan League.

Fawcett set a County record in the 440-yard dash and La Jolla’s Jerry Soule and Jim Tripp and Oceanside’s Bill Huntales were among the best in Southern California.

4/2/37

Clyde Yakel won the 100-yard dash in :10.2 and anchored Hoover to a 1:32.5 victory in the 880 relay, but San Diego took nine of 13 events and scored a 70-43 victory in the teams’ first dual meet as Coast League opponents. Bob Logan high jumped 6-1 1/8 for the winners.

—Jim Tripp was a triple winner in La Jolla’s 61-47 dual meet victory at Sweetwater, winning the 100 in :10.1, 220 in :23, and long jump at 22 feet, 7 inches.

4/6/37

San Diego geared for its big meet later in the week versus Long Beach Wilson with a 64-49 win over visiting Santa Ana. Best marks for the Hilltoppers were Bob Logan’s 6-foot high jump and Bill Vogt’s 12-foot pole vault.

4/8/37

Bob Beckus and Chuck Skidmore tied for first in the 880 in 2:05.3, but Hoover dropped a 63-50 Coast League dual at Santa Ana.

4/9/37

Visiting Long Beach Wilson won nine of 12 events and defeated San Diego, 62-51, virtually assuring the Bruins of the Coast League dual meet championship.

Ed Becker won the shot put competition from Wilson’s heralded Norman Standlee (pre-meet best 50-11) by hurling the 12-pound ball 51 feet, 1 ½ inches, breaking the San Diego school record of 50-10 ½ by Ben Sohn in 1936.

Bob Logan high jumped 6-1 1/2 and Charlie Bell took the broad jump at 22-2 ¼ for other victories by the Hilltoppers.

—Bill Huntales tripled for Oceanside, winning the 100 (:10), 220 (:23) and broad jump (21-11) in what was described as an invitational meet including Metropolitan League teams on the Pirates’ oval.

Oceanside scored 42 points, followed by Coronado (32), La Jolla (27), Escondido (14), and Sweetwater (13).  Point Loma and Grossmont did not participate.

Coronado 440 standout John Fawcett ran :14 in the 120-yard low hurdles and La Jolla’s Jerry Soule won the high jump at 5-11 and 70-yard high hurdles in :09.5.

4/13/37

Bob Hodges and Art Laret scored a combined 24 points and Alhambra defeated coach Glenn Broderick’s host San Diego squad, 68-45.  Laret also nosed out the Hillers’ Herman (Bub) Gatewood as the Moors won the 880-yard relay in 1:32.

San Diego’s Ed Becker hurled the shot 49 feet, 1 inch, Bob Logan cleared 5-11 in the high jump, and Bill Vogt pole vaulted 12 feet.  Louie Pritchard tied for first with an Alhambra runner in a 4:51.1 mile.

—John Fawcett’s :10.2 first place in the 100 led the Coronado varsity to a 63-40 win over an all-star alumni squad.

—Grossmont topped Sweetwater in a Metropolitan League dual, 62 1/2-40 ½, as Clay won the 100 in :10.3 and 220 in :23.3, and Wohlford high jumped 5-8 and pole vaulted 10-3.

— Long Beach Poly’s 9-0 points sweep in the pole vault late in the competition was enough to hold off Hoover in a 58-55 Jackrabbits victory on the Cardinals’ track.

Hoover’s Phil Krutzsch set a school shot put record of 49 feet, 8 inches, bettering the mark of 48-1. Bob Beckus remained undefeated in the mile in 4:47. Alvin Cordray won the high jump at 5-6 and broad jump at 21-5.

4/16/37

SOUTHERN PREP LEAGUE FINALS, @VISTA

The host school scored 77 ½ points, to edge San Dieguito, which had 73, in the first annual league championships.  Fallbrook had 42 ½, Ramona 33, Julian 22, and Mountain Empire 16.

San Dieguito’s Chuck Beckwith had the day’s best marks, :10.5 100 and :24.5 220.

4/17/37

A San Diego foursome of John Boyle, Henry Manley, Jimmy Suzuki, and Fred Gianola won the 880-yard relay in 1:32 and the Hilltoppers escaped with a 61-52 victory in a Coast League dual at Long Beach Poly.

The Hillers won 9 of 13 events:  Ricky Roth, 880 in 2:06.4.  Henry Manley, 100 in :10.5, Fred Gianola, 220 in :23.2, Louie Pritchard, mile in 4:50.1, Bill Vogt, pole vault at 11-6, Ed Becker, shot put at 48-5, Bob Logan, high jump at 6 feet, ½ inch, and Charlie Bell, broad jump at 21-8 ½.

—John Fawcett of Coronado ran the fastest 440 in County history at the Chaffey Invitational in Ontario, blazing the one-turn quarter-mile in :49.5, which bettered the record of :49.6 by San Diego’s Irvine (Cotton) Warburton at the state meet in 1929.

Fawcett’s mark stood as the Coronado school record until Scott Knox ran :49.2 in 1961.

4/23/37

Long Beach Wilson and Alhambra completed the dual meet season in a flatfooted tie.  Their dual meet score was 56 ½-56 ½, which created final Coast League standings of each with a 4-0-1 record, followed by San Diego, 3-2, Long Beach Poly, 2-3, Santa Ana, 1-4, and Hoover 0-5.

COAST LEAGUE TRIALS, @LONG BEACH WILSON

San Diego’s Jimmy Suzuki turned a 440-yard dash in :52.5, fastest of three heats. No field events were held and two of the league’s best runners, Hoover’s Bob Beckus and Clyde Yakel, competed with Class B athletes.

Beckus’ 3:24.1 in the 1320 bettered the record of 3:27.9 by a Santa Ana runner in 1936.  Yakel won heats in the 100-yard dash and 220.

4/24/37

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE TRIALS & FINALS, @SAN DIEGO STATE

Oceanside’s Bill Huntales set a meet record with his :09.8 victory in the 100-yard dash, which tied the County record shared by Jimmy Willson (1929) and Morris (Mushy) Pollock (1933) of San Diego High.

Huntales also won the 220 (:22.7), set a record in the broad jump (22-8 7/8), and anchored his team to a 1:33.3 victory in the 880-yard relay.

John Fawcett of Coronado set a meet record with a :53.1 in the 440 and La Jolla’s Jerry Soule of La Jolla bettered the record with a high jump of 6 feet, 2 3/8 inches, won the  200 hurdles in :22.5, and the questionable height or distance 120-yard high hurdles in :15.

The meet, which drew more than 250 athletes in classes A, B, and C, began with trials at 10 a.m. and finals at 1:30, saw team honors go to La Jolla, which scored 41 points to Oceanside’s 35 ½, followed by Coronado, 16, Point Loma, 13, Escondido, 5, and Sweetwater, 3 ½.

5/1/37

SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISIONAL, @SAN DIEGO STATE

Athletes from the Metropolitan, Southern Prep, and Imperial Valley leagues were led by Oceanside’s Bill Huntales, who won the 100 in :10, 220 in :22, and was second in the broad jump at 22-6 5/8, behind La Jolla’s Jim Tripp, who reached 23 feet.

Tripp teammate Jerry Soule led qualifiers with a 5-8 high jump, cleared while jumping in his sweat suit, and winning the 120-yard high hurdles in :16.1.  Rory Tillinghast of La Jolla and Wohlford of Grossmont tied for first with 12-foot pole vaults.  Coronado’s John Fawcett clocked :52.6 in the 440.

COAST LEAGUE FINALS, @LONG BEACH WILSON

Alhambra’s Art Laret won the 440 in :52.3, 220 hurdles in :25.2, set  a meet record in the broad jump with a leap of 23-6 1/8, and ran a leg on the winning relay team (1:36)  as the Moors scored 63 points. Laret bettered the 1928 record of 23-1 12 by Frank Wykoff of Glendale.

Bob Beckus of Hoover set a Class B 1320 record of 3:24.7 and teammate Clyde Yakel won the B 220 in :23.7 and was second in the 100.  No other San Diego-area athlete earned a first place.

Long Beach Wilson was second in team scoring with 48 ½ points, followed by San Diego, 28, Long Beach Poly, 27, Santa Ana, 20, and Hoover, 7.

5/8/37

SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISIONAL, @GLENDALE

Clyde Yakel of Hoover set a Class B record when he covered the 220 straight in :21.6, erasing the record of :22.1.  Bob Beckus of Hoover set another B record when he ran the 1320 in 3:21.4.

San Diego’s Edward (Red) Becker set a school record of 51-8 ½ to qualify in the shot put.  Louie Pritchard passed his test, second to a 4:46.6 mile.  Bob Logan high jumped 6-1 7/8. Bill Vogt was among advancers with a 12-foot pole vault.

5/15/37

SOUTHERN SECTION FINALS, @LONG BEACH WILSON

It was a banner day for Metropolitan League track-and-field athletes.

Bill Huntales of Oceanside won the 100-yard dash in :10.  John Fawcett of Coronado won the 440 in :51.2.  Jerry Soule of La Jolla tied for first in the high jump, clearing 6 feet, 3 inches.  Soule teammate Jim Tripp was second at 22-8 in the broad jump.

San Diego’s Ed Becker broke the school record for the second consecutive week and won the shot put with a toss of 53-1.  Louie Pritchard of San Diego was fourth in the mile, won in 4:40.2.

Hoover was fifth in Class B with 12 points.  Bob Beckus was beaten for the first time in the season by Bigley of Norwalk Excelsior, who won the 1320 in 3:19.  Clyde Yakel of Hoover was third in the 100 and second in the 220, both races won by freshman Eddie Morris of Huntington Beach with a record-tying :10 in the short race and a record :22 in the long sprint.  Bernie Carroll of Hoover was fifth in the 70-yard high hurdles.

Long Beach Wilson won the Class A championship with 29 5/6 points.  La Jolla was sixth with 8 ½.

5/22/37

23^RD STATE TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS, @LONG BEACH WILSON

Oceanside’s Bill Huntales, La Jolla’s Jim Tripp, and San Diego’s Ed Becker earned medals in a soft showing by local athletes.

Huntales was fourth in the 100-yard dash, Tripp third in the broad jump at 22-3 ¾, and Becker third in the shot put at 52-9.  Los Angeles Jefferson’s Bryant Allen won the 100 in :09.8.  Bill Bugbee of Montebello was first in the broad jump at 23-1, and Wilbur (Moose) Thompson of Modesto took the shot put at 55-8 ¾.

Jefferson won the team championship with 23 ½ points.

Two San Diego Section girls teams are still standing: Number seven seed Rancho Bernardo and No. 5 Mater Dei.

The Bronchos and Crusaders will take underdog status on the road again in the State CIF Southern Regional Division II and III finals Tuesday, March 11.

R.B. (25-7), after a five-hour, 287-mile jaunt and 44-37 victory at D-II No. 6 Arroyo Grande, has a 272-mile trip to Porterville and home of the No. 1, 25-8 Monache Marauders of the Central Section.

Porterville is about 65 miles north of Bakersfield and 70 miles southeast of Fresno, located at the base of the Sierra-Nevada mountains on the eastern fringe of the San Joaquin Valley.

Monache is no hick school in the boondocks.  It has an enrollment of almost 2,000 students and Porterville is a city of more than 60,000 residents, according to Wikipedia.

The Broncos and Marauders have one common opponent.  Monache defeated Arroyo Grande, 57-46, in a home game in January.

ANOTHER HIGH SEED

Mater Dei’s travel itinerary is less daunting than Rancho Bernardo’s.  The Crusaders  went north 150 miles and defeated D-III top seed L.A. Palisades, 57-55, at Lake Balboa Birmingham in the San Fernando Valley and now take on No. 2 Woodland Hills El Camino Real, 155 miles away on U.S. 101.

The Crusaders (20-13) also defeated No 12 Bakersfield Liberty, 66-48, and No. 4 Carlsbad, 59-52, along the way.  The El Camino Real Royals (16-14) dispatched No. 15 Shafter, 54-50, No. 10 Culver City, 65-45, and No. 3 Los Angeles Garfield, 64-47.

Upsets/surprises highlighted:

GIRLS

REGIONAL FINALS

TUESDAY, MARCH 11

DIVISION II

7 Rancho Bernardo (25-7), @1 Porterville Monache, Central, (25-8).

D-III

5 Mater Dei (20-13), @2 Woodland Hills El Camino Real, L.A. City, (16-14).

SEMIFINALS

SATURDAY, MARCH 8

D-II

7 Rancho Bernardo 44 (25-7), @6 Arroyo Grande, Southern, 37 (18-11).

D-III

5 Mater Dei 57 (20-13), 1 Palisades 55, L.A. City, (17-16), @Lake Balboa Birmingham.

QUARTERFINALS

THURSDAY, MARCH 6

D-I

14 Westview 34 (21-10), @6 L.A. Brentwood, Southern, 68 (27-8).

D-III

5 Irvine Portola, Southern, 57 (19-15), @4 El Capitan (24-7) 49.

6 Arroyo Grande, Southern, 68 (18-10), @3 Cathedral 54 (20-10).

10 Alhambra Mark Keppel, Southern, 37 (25-10), @7 Rancho Bernardo 41 (24-7).

5 Mater Dei 59 (19-13), @4 Carlsbad 52 (20-13).

11 Crawford 54 (19-15), @3 Riverside Hillcrest, Southern, 56 (23-6).

BOYS

SEMIFINALS

SATURDAY, MARCH 8.

D-III

7 Mira Mesa 57 (28-7), @6 Pasadena Maranatha, Southern, 77 (17-17).

QUARTERFINALS

THURSDAY, MARCH 6

D-I

5 Carlsbad 54 (26-7) @4 San Juan Capistrano JSerra, Southern, 79 (24-10).

15 Torrey Pines 39 (24-7), @7 Manhattan Beach Mira Costa, Southern, 44 (31-4).

D-II

5 Bakersfield Christian, Central, 61 (23-8), @4 Santa Fe Christian 53 (23-8).

6 Francis Parker 59 (19-12), @3 Chatsworth, L.A. City, 80 (24-8).

8 St. Augustine 67 (19-15), @1 Riverside Poly, Southern, 68 (24-10).

D-III

15 Lake Balboa Birmingham, L.A. City, 56 (16-14), @7 Mira Mesa 65 (28-6).

D-V

7 Math & Science College Prep, L.A. City, 73 (24-7), @2 Pacific Ridge 43 (29-3).