2015 Week 16: Helix Sweeps Final Football Poll
After losing their first game, 23-19, to Scottsdale Chaparral, the Helix Highlanders fell from their first-place position in the Union-Tribune‘s  opening football poll but unanimously regained the top spot in the final week of the poll following their 44-30 win against St. Augustine in the San Diego Section Open Division championship game. The Saints  finished second and Mission Hills, […]
Read More2015-16 Week 0: Foothills No. 1 In Poll
Foothills Christian, No. 1 in the first Union-Tribune basketball poll, was 4-0 before being savaged by a piranha-like attack from the Chino Hills Huskies in finals of the Battle Zone Tournament at Corona Centennial Saturday night. Final score, 106-86. Foothills’ T.J. Leaf scored 44 points and was 21 for 27 from the field, but the Knights were […]
Read More2015 Week 16: Six Go For Southern California Titles
Helix defeated St. Augustine, 44-30,  in a terrific Open Division championship game before a standing-room crowd of at least 10,000 persons at Southwestern College and six San Diego teams qualified for Southern California championship play. It’s a brave new world in the state CIF. Teams will compete in 13 divisions Dec. 11-12 and 50 teams will […]
Read More2015: Little League Legend Joe Schloss, 88
Joe Schloss, who  operated a North Park sporting goods business for 69 years and coached the same Little League team for 59 seasons, passed away  at age 88. Schloss, a 1944 graduate of San Diego High, coached a legion of youngsters for the North Park Little League and both of his sons spent many years in sports. […]
Read More2015: Saints’ Victory Felt in Statewide Poll
St. Augustine’s rout of Mission Hills in the San Diego Section semifinals created a seismic response in the state top 25 rankings as selected by Cal-Hi Sports. The Saints jumped from On-The-Bubble status to 21st in this week’s poll and Helix, their Open Division championship-game opponent Saturday at 7 p.m.  at Southwestern College, vaulted from No. 11 […]
Read More2015 Week 15: Coronado Scores in D-V
Thanks to the numerous opportunities for playoff participation, Coronado, a third-place finisher in the Central League,  is celebrating its third San Diego Section championship today. The Islanders topped Crawford of the Manzanita League, 21-7, at Southwestern College last night for the Division V title, their first since coach Dave Tupec’s team won back-to-back championships as members […]
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