2015: Poll Unchanged 1 Through 7
Glacier-like movement in the Union-Tribune Top 10 continued this week with small action taking place in the bottom rungs. Many teams are observing byes as league play edges onto the stage. Almost all will be so engaged in a couple weeks. St. Augustine’s home game against Vista Murrieta represents one of the few intersectionals remaining. The Saints dropped a […]
Read More2015: 13 From Here on Opening Rosters
Helix is one of 12 schools in the country with at least 4 alumni players who made 2015 opening-day rosters in the NFL. Thirteen San Diego Section graduates were active, down from the 16 of 2013, the last year we published this information from the NFL Communications Department. Reggie Bush, Levine Loiolo, Alex Smith, and Jamar […]
Read More1971: The Saints and Patriots Were Don’t Invitems*
The Watergate break-in and burglary in Washington, D.C., still was about nine months from taking place, but spying and potential dirty tricks already were part of a fierce Eastern League rivalry. St. Augustine’s defending San Diego Section champion was scheduled to play Patrick Henry, the city’s “elite”, newest public school, one that quickly had become […]
Read More2015: Week 5, Chula Vista & Sweetwater Keep Streak Alive
You haven’t found them in any top 10 poll lately, but in a constantly shifting world one thing is certain: Chula Vista and Sweetwater will play, every year. The South Bay schools, connected by Highland Avenue in National City and 4th Avenue in the community to the South, have battled each other every season since 1947. Theirs is the longest continuous rivalry in the […]
Read More2015 Week 4: Helix Seeks Return to Top 20
Helix has vanished! From Cal-Hi Sports. The Highlanders are nowhere to be found in this week’s top 20 ratings. Coach Troy Starr’s Scots are 1-1 and coming off a 56-7 blowout of Eastlake. They aren’t even given “On the Bubble” status, that “something’s missing here” honor being accorded locally only to Cathedral and St. Augustine. “A typo,” said […]
Read More1970: Musty Beginning for Vista Coach Haines
Dick Haines embarked on a 25-year career as head coach at Vista and North County football would not be the same, but Haines, taking over an 0-9 team, had a rush of buyer’s remorse. The regular-season final game in 1969, a 21-0 loss to Oceanside, had been played in the rain, according to Tom Shanahan […]
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