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San Diego High’s defending state championship team had the splendid miler, Al Heredia, but it was a quiet season overall in the militarily vital Coastal zone. The young men of the area undoubtedly were aware of the war clouds in Europe that would lead to World War II.

3/16/39

Oceanside won the 880-yard relay in 1:36.2 and the five points secured a 55-49, Metropolitan League victory at Escondido.

Jerry Williams of the losing Cougars set school records of 6 feet in the high jump and 21-1½ in the broad jump.

3/18/39

Defending champion San Diego was sixth with 9 1/2 points in team scoring in the Southern Counties’ Invitational at Huntington Beach High.

Al Heredia was a winner in 4:49.1 in the mile. Chuck Hertzog was fourth in the broad jump at 21 feet, 1 inch.  Jim Brewer was fourth in the 880 and the Hilltoppers were third in the 880-yard relay, won by Com[ton in 1:32.5.

Compton won the large school championship with 33 points. Garden Grove won the small schools title with 20 points. Coronado was third with 17, Grossmont fourth with 16, and Vista tied for ninth with 3.

Eddie Morris of Huntington Beach, on  his home track, ran :09.7 in the 100-yard dash and :21.0 in the 220.

3/31/39

Chuck Hartzog broad jumped 22 feet, 2 ½ inches for the best mark in San Diego’s 90-32 Coast League dual meet rout of the host Alhambra Moors.

Robert Estavillo was a triple winner in :10.2 and :23.6 in the 100 and 220-yard dashes and anchored the 880-yard relay team to a 1:33 victory. Al Heredia won the mile in 4:49 for the Hilltoppers.

—Don Hayden won three events, 70-yard high hurdles (:10.1), high jump (5-feet-6), and pole vault (10-feet-8) at Vista swept a triangular meet with San Jacinto’ and Wildomar Elsinore.

The Panthers got the best of the two teams called Tigers, 67 points to 37 for San Jacinto and 27 for Elsinore and also swept classes B and C.

—Ramona scored 29 points, Fallbrook 25, and Mountain Empire 23 in a Southern Prep League triangular at Ramona.

Marr, Wise, and Elliott, the only Mountain Empire entries, won 4 events.  Marr won the 100 (:10.8) and 220 (:24.8), Wise the 440 (:55.6), and Elliott the high jump (5-3).

4/10/39

Don Harden won three events and Vista defeated Ramona, 81-26, in a Southern Prep League meet.

4/12/39

Hoover defeated Alhambra, 86 1/6-35 5/6, in a quickly organized Coast League meet.  Alhambra balked at the under-the-lights Friday, April 15, date at Hoover.

The Moors would have had to travel three hours and 125 miles on the often foggy Coast Highway  as evening was setting in.

4/13/39

Tom Herrin, his Point Loma baseball team’s game rained put, switched uniforms  and helped the Pointers beat Grossmont, 73-31, in a Metropolitan League dual.

Herrin was second to teammate Bill Fitzgerald in the 100 and 220 and won the broad jump at 20-5 7/8 and shot put at 43-1 ½. Fitzgerald’s winning times were :10.6 and :24.1.

—Long Beach Poly won the Coast League’s big meet, 69½-52 ½, over visiting San Diego. Poly’s Tommy Davies won sprint duels from San Diego’s Robert Estavillo in :09.9 and :23 and anchored the Jackrabbits’ 1:32.2 win in the 880 relay.

The Hilltoppers’ Al Heredia won the mile in 4:43. Chuck Hartzog took the broad jump at 21-1 /3/4 and John Macevicz beat teammate Jim Brewer in a 2:01.3 880.

—Vista stayed unbeaten in the Southern Prep League by sweeping classes A, B, and C from Brown Military.  The Panthers outscored the Cadets, 72-36, in Class A.

4/18/39

Escondido outscored visiting Hoover, 52 2/3-51 1/3, in a nonleague dual meet.  Bob Gain set a school record with a :10.2 victory in the 100-yard dash and teammate Jerry Williams set another with a 6-1 high jump.

4/20/39

Coronado won at Sweetwater, 66 2/3-37 1/3, clearing the decks for a showdown between the Islanders (4-0) and Escondido (3-0) four days later.

Point Loma (4-1) was lying in the weeds, the Pointers’ only loss to Escondido and still to meet Coronado.

4/21/39

The first annual All-City Relays at Hoover matched the Cardinals and Point Loma against San Diego and La Jolla.

Twenty events with combined squads in varsity, Class B and C, from the opening, four-man shuttle hurdles, to the final, Football Lettermen’s 400-yard relay (in full uniform and a football to serve as the passing baton), drew about 1,400 persons.

Hoover-Point Loma outscored San Diego-La Jolla, 88-72, with scoring at 5 points for first and 3 for second.  The Cardinals and Pointers combined for 14 first places.  San Diego was forced to enter four men in some events as La Jolla did not have personnel.

Best performance probably was by the four Hilltoppers runners in the four-man, two-mile relay.

Bill Chapman, Jim Brewer, John Macevicz, and Al Heredia covered the distance in 8:22.  Macevicz was timed in 2:03 and Heredia anchored in 2:01.5, crossing the finish line 150 yards in front of the Hoover-Point Loma entry.

4/24/39

Coronado’s Tommy Miller overtook Escondido’s Jerry Williams in the 880 relay and the Islanders came from behind to win the important Metropolitan League dual, 52 ½-51 ½, with a school-record time of 1:35.1.

Bob Gain, who won the 100 (:10.3) and 220 (:23.7), gave the Cougars a lead on the opening leg of the relay and that held up until Miller caught Jerry Williams about 15 yards from the tape.

Williams had won the high jump (5-8) and broad jump (20-9 1/8) and was second in the 120-yard low hurdles.  Howard Bob White of Escondido won the 880 in a Metro best of 2:09.3, narrowly beating Coronado’s Tom Rice.

4/28/39

The powder blue pants of San Diego High coach Joe Beerkle caught the attention of the crowd, which gathered under the lights at Hoover as the Hilltoppers surprisingly dominated, 74 2/3-47 1/3.

Al Heredia pulled away to beat Cardinal Art Nash by 20 yards in 4:38.2, stamping Heredia as a CIF contender.  Glendon Armstrong and Bob Klicka tied for first in the 440 in :51.8.

—Escondido would get an opportunity to tie for the Metropolitan League dual meet championship with a 76 1/3-27 2/3 win over Sweetwater.

—Point Loma defeated Coronado, 56-48, as the Islanders’ Tom Rice set a school record of 4:53.5 in the mile and the Pointers’ Parkinson set a school record of 5-8 7/8 in the high jump.

Escondido had only La Jolla remaining on the schedule.  An expected win by the Cougars would give the three contenders 5-1 records.

5/2/39

La Jolla, citing a lack of personnel, forfeited the final dual meet to Escondido, creating a three-way tie for the dual meet title between the Cougars, Point Loma, and Coronado.

5/5/39

Johnny Bauer, who set a CIF Class C record of 53 feet 5 inches with the eight-pound shot in 1938, won the Coast League Class B competition at Alhambra by pushing the 10-pound ball 52-4.

Rodney Cole of Hoover was second in the pole vault but set a school record of 12 feet, ½ inch.

Hoover won the Class B championship, edging Long Beach Poly, 61-60.

5/6/39

Grossmont, undefeated in Class B and C dual meet competition entered 52 athletes in a field of 265 in the sixth Metropolitan League trials and championships at San Diego State. Trials were to begin at 10 a.m., with finals getting underway at 1:30 p.m.

The 17^th Coast League finals were at Balboa Stadium and the third Southern Prep League championships were at San Dieguito.

Al Heredia continued his late-season push when he ran the mile in a 4:33.2 that smashed the meet-record of 4:38 by Evan Dowers of San Diego in 1930.

A month ago Heredia was running in the 4:40s and John Macevicz was one of the top half-milers in Southern California. Sinus problems forced an end to Macevicz’s season this week, but Jim Brewer stepped up to win the 880 in 2:01.

Long Beach Poly outscored San Diego, 75 ½-68, for the team championship. Hoover and Alhambra finished third and fourth with 38 ½ and 9.

Bill Hite of Poly logged :50.4 in the 440 to better the record of :50.5 by Maynard Shove of Pasadena in 1927 and Hite was part of the 880 relay squad which won in 1:30.7.

—Point Loma’s Richard Marques set a Metro mile mark of 4:44.9, which broke a record of 4:48.8 by Sweetwater’s Clair Berdel in 1935.

Marques’ teammate, Tom Herrin, and Oceanside’s Bruce McAllister were double winners, Herrin with a 21-6 7/8 broad jump and 45-8 shot put and McAllister with a :10.2 100 and :22.6 220.

Point Loma won the team title with 43 points, with Coronado (22), Oceanside (21-1 ½), Escondido (16 ½), Grossmont (10) and Sweetwater (8) trailing.

—Ten meet records were broken and Vista outscored San Dieguito, 67 to 62, for the team Southern Prep League championship.  Leo Swain of San Dieguito had the day’s best effort with his record 2:07.7 in the 880.

5/13/39

DIVISIONAL @SAN DIEGO STATE

San Diego and Hoover of the Coast League was joined by athletes from the Metropolitan, Southern Prep, and Imperial Valley loops.

The often afternoon cold wind was prevalent as San Diego’s Al Heredia won his mile race in 4:42.  Sophomore Lou Barrera led teammate Robert Estavillo and Escondido’s Bob Gain in a :22 flat 220.

5/20/39

SOUTHERN SECTION FINALS, @L.A. COLISEUM

San Diego’s Al Heredia set a school record and won the mile in 4:29.3.  Jim Brewer ran the 880 in 1:59, second to the 1:58.6 by Beverly Hills’ Paul Christianson, for another Hilltoppers record.

Lowell Donnelly tied for third in the high jump at 6-1 and Chuck Hartzog was fifth in the broad jump at 21-9.  The 880 relay team, of Lou Barrera, Bob Klicka, Glendon Armstrong, and Robert Estavillo, was third as Compton won in 1:28.9.

Tom Herrin of Point Loma reached 44 feet, 6 ½ inches and won the hop, step, and jump.

Long Beach Poly led in team scoring with 24 points, with Compton second with 21, San Diego tied for third with Glendale Hoover with 15.

5/27/39

25^TH STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, @L.A. COLISEUM

Al Heredia was so close to winning that his second-place time of 4:26.8 was the same as the winner, John Hall of Torrance, second to Heredia in the Southern Section meet last week.  Heredia’s school record wouldn’t be broken for almost 30 years, by John Jacobsen, who ran 4:22 in 1967.

Jim Brewer was runner-up again to Beverly Hills’ Paul Christenson, who ran 2:01.3 in the 880.

Tom Herrin of Point Loma did not compete in the hop, step, and jump because it was an exhibition, non-scoring event.

San Diego was sixth in team scoring with 8 points.  Bakersfield won with 16.

San Diego’s 11th CIF Southern section championship and Coach Dewey (Mike) Morrow’s sixth came at the end of a turbulent decade and on the eve of World War II.

The Great Depression that started in 1929 raged through the ‘thirties and playoffs would be affected as the CIF moved forward.  San Diego did not participate in 1940 and ’41, and Morrow was in the Navy from 1942-45, a period when the CIF suspended the postseason.

Normalcy returned and so did Morrow.  The Hillers won the CIF championship in 1946, Mike’s first year back.

3/15/39

Ollie Mathis pitched a no-hitter and struck out 10 as Point Loma defeated Fallbrook, 3-0, at Golden Hill Playground.

3/17/39

Grossmont players were ducking all afternoon as visiting Escondido sprayed 24 hits on the Grossmont diamond and demolished the Foothillers, 25-5, in a Metropolitan League contest.

—Chaffee Kieber struck out 15 Sweetwater batters and gave up two hits, and Ollie Mathis drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning in Point Loma’s 3-2 win.

3/31/39

Host Hoover beat San Diego, 3-2, behind the pitching of Fred Matson and scored the winning run in the sixth inning on two walks, hit batter and an error.

—Bill Kern drove in Pete Galindo with a two-run home run in the sixth inning and Pete scored his brother Don with a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth in Escondido’s 7-2 win over Sweetwater.

—The Four Coast League teams, San Diego, Hoover, Alhambra, and Long Beach Poly, were tied with 1-1 records after Poly’s Leroy Koenig hit a walk-off home run in the 10^th inning to defeat Alhambra, 6-5.

Point Loma defeated Grossmont, 7-6, when Pointers pitcher Chaffee Kieber struck out the last Grossmont  batter with the tying and winning run on base.

4/6/39

San Diego, Hoover, and Escondido were among the favorites in the seventh-annual, 48-team Pomona 20-30 Club Tournament.  Point Loma, Sweetwater, and St. Augustine also were in the gigantic  field of teams from Southern California.

San Diego and Long Beach Poly, each with two previous championships, were vying for the 30-inch perpetual trophy which goes to a three-time tournament winner.

4/6/39

Unheralded Point Loma upset seeded Long Beach Poly, 8-5, after earlier defeating favored Redondo Beach Redondo, 5-0, on the first day of the Pomona 20-30 Rotary tournament and Poly whipping Santa Paula, 16-2.

San Diego walloped Chino, 18-0, and the Chino Boys Republic, 27-2. Escondido beat Lawndale Leuzinger, 12-3, and Hoover topped Antelope Valley, 8-1, before receiving second-round byes.

Sweetwater and St. Augustine were eliminated in the first round, the Red Devils losing to Phoenix Union of Arizona, 3-2, and the Saints losing to San Luis Obispo, 9-7.

Chaffee Kieber went the distance for Point Loma, allowing only four hits and was backed by a five-run Pointers rally in the sixth inning.

4/7/39

San Diego, Hoover, and Escondido reached the semifinal round of the Pomona 20-30 Club tournament, but Point Loma, first-round conqueror of favored Long Beach Poly, was ousted.

The Pointers were in a 4-4 tie with Bonita, which broke open the game with five runs in the top of the seventh inning.  The Pointers scored four in their half of the inning but left the tying run stranded on third base.

Coach Mike Morrow’s Hilltoppers had a four-game total of 60 runs after defeating San Luis Obispo, 6-1, and Bonita, 9-2.

Hoover beat Monrovia, 3-1, in the morning and South Pasadena, 3-1, in the afternoon as Danny Roland and Don Donnan combined on three-hit pitching.

Escondido, champion in 1937 and runner-up in ’38, moved on with a 7-0 blanking of Huntington Beach and a 6-2 win over host school Pomona, 6-2, behind Don Galindo’s four-hitter.

Sweetwater stayed alive in the consolation bracket, 8-0, over Compton.

4/8/39

Mike Morrow’s sluggers pounded out 24 hits and defeated Phoenix Union, 18-6, to win their third Pomona title since the first in 1933.  The Hilltoppers, 6-0 over three days, beat Escondido, 4-3, in the morning semifinals.

The Hilltoppers scored 8 runs in the fifth and sixth innings, and administered an emphatic coup de grace with seven in the seventh. Manuel Hernandez and Bill Morales hit home runs.  Morales, Bill Williams, Stan Sharp, and Earl Bowman each had four hits.

Five Hoover errors contributed to Phoenix’ 5-2 victory in the morning. The game was called after five innings because of a tournament time limit.

Sweetwater was eliminated in the consolation semifinals by Fullerton, 5-4.

4/10/39

Writer Mitch Angus of The San Diego Union noted that the six San Diego teams in the Pomona event were 17-7 and that San Diego, winning the $250, 30-inch perpetual championship trophy, outscored opponents, 82-15.

San Diego also won the 1933 tournament but later were forced to forfeit because two of their players had played under assumed names in a meaningless exhibition in El Centro the previous summer.

4/12/39

Visiting Escondido scored nine runs in the seventh inning and Don and Ursulo Galindo homered in a 12-9 victory at Hoover.

4/14/39

Alhambra’s Bob Chambers quieted San Diego bats and pitched the Moors to a 2-1 win over the visiting Hilltoppers as play resumed in the Coast League.

Chambers allowed the Hillers five hits and his team had seven, bunching three in the bottom of the ninth inning against Jimmie Cortez to break a 1-1 tie.

–Hoover’s Fred Matson pitched a four-hit, 8-1 victory over visiting Long Beach Poly.

4/17/39

Bill McGee and Chaffee Kieber were reported to have combined to strike out 21 batters in Point Loma, 3-1 win over Sweetwater.

4/18/39

Escondido swept its home-and-home series with Hoover, beating the Cardinals, 6-2, at Finney Field on the Cougars’ campus after a 12-9 victory at Hoover four days before.

4/19/39

Danny Roland limited Point Loma to two hits and Hoover scored a 2-0 shutout at Point Loma in a nonleague contest between Coast League and Metropolitan League contenders.

4/21/39

Hoover (3-1) moved into first place in the Coast League with a 1-0 win at Alhambra (2-2), behind Fred Matson, who gave up 10 hits, all singles, but only once did the Moors get two in an inning and they were thwarted by three Cardinals double plays.

San Diego (2-2) defeated Long Beach Poly (1-3) in another Coast League contest at the Hilltoppers’ City Stadium.

Jimmie Cortez scattered seven hits and Nan Hernandez drove in Freddie Martinez and Jackie Albright with a second-inning hit.

–Escondido, closing in on a fourth consecutive unbeaten league season, warmed for its important Metropolitan loop game at Point Loma by defeating Fallbrook, 2-1, despite a 14-strikeout performance and home run by Warriors pitcher Lavata.  Pete Galindo homered for the Cougars.

–Grossmont, 0-4 and buried in the Metropolitan cellar, erupted for six runs in the third inning and broke a tie with two in the bottom of the ninth to beat arch-rival Sweetwater (1-3), 9-7.  Vincent Villavicencio tripled twice for the Foothillers.

4/26/39

Grossmont surprised Point Loma, 11-9, helped in part by 12 walks issued by Pointers starter Ollie Mathis, forced to go the distance because Chaffee Kieber was nursing an injured ankle.

4/27/39

Bill Swezey’s triple with the bases loaded was the difference in St. Augustine’s 6-2 win over the San Diego State Frosh at University Heights playground.

4/28/39

San Diego took a 5-0 lead after two innings and Duane Pillette scattered eight hits in a 7-2 victory over Hoover that tied the Hilltoppers (3-2) for first place in the Coast League with the visiting Cardinals.

4/30/39

Escondido completed an undefeated league season with its sixth Metropolitan League victory against no losses, 13-0 over Sweetwater.

The Cougars would have to wait for an unknown playoff opponent that still was playing in a league that had not completed its schedule.

5/3/39

Hoover, prepping for its game with Long Beach Poly, defeated a team called the Brooklyn Juniors, 6-2, as three Cardinals held the Juniors to one hit.

5/4/39

San Diego managed only two hits off Fenton Rinder, whose control problems led the Hillers to a 5-2 win over St. Augustine in the City Stadium.

5/5/39

Long Beach Poly dealt a critical blow to Hoover’s hopes for a first Coast League championship when the plate umpire ruled catcher interference on the Cardinals’ Jerry Davidson, allowing the Jackrabbits to score the winning run in the bottom the 10th inning.

5/6/39

Jackie Albright, Manuel (Nay) Hernandez, Stan Sharp, Freddie Martinez, and Earl Bowman slugged home runs—Albright’s to centerfield leading off the bottom of the first inning—and San Diego claimed the Coast League championship with a 9-1 win over Alhambra.

Duane Pillette gave up four hits as the Hilltoppers (4-2) finished ahead of the Moors, Hoover, and Long Beach Poly, all 3-3.

5/9/39

Still waiting for word on the Southern Section playoffs, Escondido defeated the San Diego Marines, 7-6, when Don Galindo singled in Bob Houser with the winning run in the last of the ninth inning.

5/12/39

Freddie Martinez had four hits, including a two-run home run in the eighth inning as San Diego won its opening Southern Section playoff game with a 12-8 victory at Whittier.

—Escondido meanwhile routed visiting Perris, 15-0, in its playoff opener.

5/20/39

Escondido, whose only two losses had been in nonleague games against San Diego High, saw its season end with a 5-3 loss to Long Beach Wilson in quarterfinals of the CIF playoffs.

5/26/39

Freddie Martinez and Earl Bowman each had two hits and Jimmie Cortez scattered five hits in San Diego’s 5-1, CIF playoff semifinals victory at Riverside Poly.

The Hilltoppers would face Long Beach Wilson, 4-2 winner over Santa Maria, in the CIF finals.

6/2/39

The five home runs that San Diego High slugged in its Coast League-deciding game against Alhambra was drawing snickers from people in the Long Beach Wilson program.

Bruins faithful didn’t think much of the Hilltoppers’ power, because of the very short distance to the leftfield fence in City Stadium, according to Mitch Angus of The San Diego Union.

San Diego coach Dewey (Mike) Morrow was unperturbed and pointed out that the Hillers win as often on the road as they do in the stadium, not just with home runs but solid pitching and overall play.

Angus was raising a moot point. The championship game wouldn’t be played in City Stadium but at Lane Field. Hillers had waived their right to play in City Stadium for the more neutral home of the San Diego Padres.

6/4/39

There were no home runs but San Diego’s Duane Pillette, son of the legendary Pacific Coast League hurler Herman (Old Folks) Pillette, stopped Wilson on one hit and the Hillers won their 11^th CIF championship, 3-0, in the park where his dad pitched.

Nay Hernandez had three hits and drove in a run. Jackie Albright hit a sacrifice fly for another and Albright scored the third run in the eighth inning after a wild throw on pickoff attempt by the Wilson catcher.

Jerry Culp starred on a vanishing stage.

The Oceanside High senior  became the eighth prep high jumper to clear seven feet, scaling the height three times and winning the state championship with a leap of 7 feet, ¼ inch.

But since an Oregon State high jumper had perfected a new, drastically event-changing style and won an Olympic gold medal in 1968, jumpers were moving away from what had been tradition for about 15 years.

Culp used the “Western Roll” technique which had evolved from the “Standing” high jump of the early 1900’s to the scissors, which gradually became a straddle and which gave way to the form Culp and predecessors, such as 1956 gold medalist Charlie Dumas had perfected.

Castle Park’s Greg Gorsuch was one of the practitioners adopting the “Fosbury Flop” introduced by Dick Fosbury, who won the gold two years before with his revolutionary, “back first” approach.

Gorsuch cleared 6 feet, 6 1/2 inches and was an object of attention as he competed as a Class C jumper and low hurdler in league and CIF meets.

Almost all jumpers eventually flopped.

4/17/70

Oceanside’s Jerry Culp for the first time cleared 7 feet in the high jump, negotiating 7-1/4 on his first try as the Pirates won their 49^th consecutive dual meet, 86-32 over Vista.

Otis Hailey from Wasco in California’s San Joaquin Valley reportedly cleared 7-1 ¼ in 1968.

“It’s what we’ve been hoping for since he cleared 6-10 in his first meet last year,” Pirates coach Tom Shields told Jack Williams of the Evening Tribune.  “Now we’re just sort of all quivery and excited.”

Culp did not make another attempt.  “Anything else seemed like anti-climax,” said Shields.  “I asked Jerry if he wanted to continue jumping and he said, ‘Not unless you want me to, coach.’”

—San Diego was ready for its Eastern League showdown with Lincoln next week after the Cavers’ 69-49 win over Patrick Henry, which tied the Hornets earlier, 59-59.

The Cavers set the pace from the outset with a :43.4 victory in the opening, 440-yard relay.  Henry’s Jim Howe ran the 100 in :10.

—Helix turned back Monte Vista, 69-66, to win its third straight Grossmont League dual-meet championship, but the biggest splash was by Billy Joe Winchester, who set a County record of 180 feet, 2 inches, in the discus and won the shot put at 62-7 ½ in Mount Miguel’s 92 ½-43 ½ win over Santana.

—Jesse Davis, with the obligatory Castle Park wind behind his back, ran the 180-yard low hurdles in :19.4 and a leg on the winning, 440-yard relay team (:44.2) in Sweetwater’s 64-56 win over Castle Park.

Mike Ruiz was even more important in the Red Devils’ victory, winning the 220 in :21.8, long jump at 21-10, and anchoring the meet-clinching mile relay triumph (3:32.2).

Greg Gorsuch “Fosbury flopped” 6-5 for the Trojans to win the high jump and future NFL first-round draft choice Steve Riley hurled the shot 51-6 1/2.

4/18/70

Helix’ Ed Mendoza won the two-mile run in 9:14.5, nearly 40 seconds faster than the nearest runner, and was named outstanding athlete at the Compton Cup Invitational.

4/22/70

Bill Smith of Morse, running in front of the friendly breezes at home, sped to a :09.5 100-yard dash, took the 220 in :22.3 and anchored Morse to a :43.3 win in the 440-yard relay, but Crawford won the Eastern League dual, 60-58.

4/23/70

“It used to be that Lincoln was so strong the coaches in our league wondered if they could put together an all-star team good enough to beat them,” said San Diego’s Martin Pedigo.

But Pedigo’s squad defeated Lincoln, 61-57, for the Cavers’ first win over the Hornets since 1963.  The Hornets lost two dual meets, including their first in the Eastern League in seven years and were tied by Patrick Henry, 59-59.

—Coronado’s Robert Mansueto raced the 120-yard high hurdles in :14.8, tying the school record, set by Charlie Love in 1956, but Hilltop won the Metropolitan League dual, 63-55.

4/24/70

MT. SAN ANTONIO INVIATIONAL, @WALNUT

Jerry Culp cleared 6-4 in the high jump, missing three times at 6-6.

El Cajon Valley’s Dean Owens won the event at 6-8.  “I know I can beat these guys,” Culp said of the competition. “I don’t want to make any excuses but the takeoff area was sloped.  I didn’t like it.”

—Billy Joe Winchester lost his first shot put competition of the season, reaching 60-11 ¼ and finishing third behind Roger Friberg of San Marino (62-8 ¼) and Dave Schiller of Long Beach Millikan (61-9 ¼).

Winchester won the discus toss at 166-10 ¼, short of his County-record 180-2.

—Helix was second in the four man, four-mile relay to Manhattan Beach Mira Costa as a team of Robin Schulz (4:33), Rich Stump. Dennis Rodgers, and Ed Mendoza (4:16.4) bettered the County record with a time of 17:46.2.  Clairemont had run 17:46.8 a month earlier.

Helix was third with a team of Dave Raney, Steve Pitt, Don Moore, and Bob Bishop in the four-man, two-mile relay in 8:01.2

—Clairemont defeated Mission Bay, 77-41, to claim the Western League dual meet title as David Harper ran 4:18.5, the season’s fastest mile; George Chandler took the 100 in :09.9, and Steve Spiewak the 180 low hurdles in :19.6.

–Oceanside won the Avocado League team title in the Vista Relays for the seventh consecutive year with 81 points to 74 for second-place Escondido.  Orange Glen’s Jerry Matlock set a record with a time of :13.1 in the 120-yard high hurdles.

4/28/70

St. Augustine’s Jesse Ochoa clocked a wind-aided :09.6 for the 100-yard dash at Patrick Henry, which won the dual meet, 79-38.  El Cajon Valley’s Richard Norkunas cleared 14 feet, 3/4 inch, in the pole vault, and the Braves beat Monte Vista, 71-65.

4/30/70

Wesley Babcock’s :14.6 clocking in the 120-yard high hurdles was a milestone in Lincoln’s 16-year track history.  Babcock was the 15^th Hornet to run :14.8 or better.  Ted Scales, David Edwards, and Marion Franklin each shared the school record at :14.1.

—Vincent Breddell won the 100 in :09.8, 220 in :22,5, and anchored Kearny to a :42.3 victory in the 440 relay but Point Loma won the mile relay in 3:31.9 and the Western League dual, 61-57.

5/1/70

Billy Joe Winchester won the shot put at 60-2 and whirled the discus 194-6, fourth longest distance in California this season and more than 14 feet further than Winchester had accomplished when he set the County record of 180-2 on April 17.

Chris Adams of Los Altos (201), Bob Stoecker (Los Altos), 195-4, and Tom Birtwhistle (Palo Alto), 195-4, rank 1-2-3.

El Cajon Valley won the Grossmont League dual meet against the visiting Matadors, 74-62.

—Robert Mansueto of Coronado broke the school record he tied the previous week when Mansueto scaled the 120-yard high hurdles in :14.7 and won the 180 lows in :19.7.

—Mesa College coach Dick Coxe provided a wind gauge for the Eastern League meet between Morse and San Diego.

There was wind, 7 miles an hour, more than the allowable 4.473, when Morse’s Bill Smith won the 100-yard dash in :09.7, but the setting was not the gusty plane on which the Tigers and others ran their fast times.

The 5-foot, 6 ½-inch Smith ran his century in usually mild Balboa Stadium and he followed with a :22 victory in the 220, after anchoring Morse to a :42.5 win in the 440 relay.

San Diego stayed unbeaten in league meets, winning, 65-53, over the Tigers. Cavers high jumpers Hubert Everett and Albert Mills each cleared 6-4 ¼ and Everett won the long jump at 22-5 ½.

5/8/70

WESTERN LEAGUE TRIALS, @MADISON

Kearny led with 14 qualifiers, followed by Clairemont and Mission Bay, 11 each; Point Loma and Madison, 10 each, and La Jolla and University, 5 each.

Point Loma junior John Willson, whose late father, Jimmy Willson was the state sprint champion for San Diego High in 1929, ran the fastest 440 trial, :50.2.

EASTERN LEAGUE TRIALS, @BALBOA STADIUM

Lincoln’s Milton Mitchell ran :47.7, the second fastest 440 in County history, and equaled the state’s fastest this season as Lincoln led all qualifiers with 17.

Jesse Greene of Lincoln (:49.6) was given the win in a dead heat with San Diego’s Melvin Jones (:49.6) in the other quarter mile trial.  Lincoln’s Bobby Odom was second to Mitchell at :49.8.

Crawford and Morse qualified 13 each, Patrick Henry 10, San Diego 8, St. Augustine 7, and Hoover, 3.

GROSSMONT LEAGUE, @SANTANA

Five-foot, 10-inch, 240-pound Billy Joe Winchester continued his late-season run of records in the discus, sending the platter 195-8, bettering his County record, set eight days before.

“I love throwing the discus at Santana,” Winchester said.  “The wind’s like a tornado there.  I threw 157 there as a freshman.”

Helix’ Gunnars Valkirs (168) and Dick Comber (159-9) also reached season highs, as did Granite Hills long Jumper Daryl Guthridge, 23-0.

Lloyd Kaster of El Cajon Valley and Art Evins each doubled in the hurdles, Kaster in :14.8 and :20.1, Evins in :15.1 and :20.  Dean Owens, Kaster’s teammate, led qualifiers with a 6-4 high jump.

Helix sent 22 to the finals, followed by El Cajon Valley, 18; Monte Vista, 14; Granite Hills, 13; Mount Miguel, 11; Grossmont and Santana, 10 each, and El Capitan 6.

High jumpers continued to excel.  Orange Glen’s Jerry Kiley went 6-6 ¼ in the Patriots’ 62-56 loss to Vista and Dave Stigen of Chula Vista cleared 6-4 in a 99-19 win over Bonita Vista.

5/12/70

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE @CASTLE PARK

Greg Gorsuch made history with his Fosbury Flop, clearing 6-6 ½ in the Class C field event finals, breaking the County C record of 6-3 1/4 by Eddy Hanks of Hoover in 1962 and the CIF Southern Section record of 6-3 ½ by Randy Fulkerson of Santa Fe Springs Santa Fe.

Also shattered by Gorsuch was the league record, 5-10.

The usual Castle Park breezes aided Mar Vista’s Valley Coleman, who ran :14.4 in the 120-yard high hurdles; Sweetwater’s Jesse Davis, :19.1 in the 180 lows, and Jim Eaves, who raced the 220 straight course in :21.6, fastest in the County this season.

5/15/70

EASTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @BALBOA STADIUM

San Diego won its first team championship since 1963, edging Lincoln, 57 ½-55, with Crawford third with 41 points. Morse had 30 1/2, St. Augustine 22, Patrick Henry 15, and Hoover 1.

Bill Smith of Morse won the 100 duel with Jesse Ochoa of St. Augustine in :09.8 and Ochoa evened the score in the 220 in :21.8.

San Diego won the 440 relay in :42.2, followed by Morse, :42.4, and Lincoln, :42.6.  The Cavers had four more individual winners, Hubert Everett, 6-3 high jump, 21-10 ¾ long jump, Robert Leyba, 9:54.8 two-mile, and Roy Manriquez, 4:37.6 mile.

Lincoln’s Milton Mitchell won the 440 in :47.7, followed by Clifton Smith of Crawford in :49.3, and Jesse Greene of Lincoln, :49.5.   Mitchell and Greene were on the winning mile relay team that ran 3:22.7.

WESTERN LEAGUE, @MADISON

Three meet records were set and two tied and Clairemont outscored Kearny, 52 ½-47, for the team championship. Following were Mission Bay (45), Madison (32), Point Loma (30½), University (8), and La Jolla (7).

Steve Spiewak of Clairemont set two hurdles records, :14.7 in the 120-yard highs, bettering the mark of :14.8 by Mission Bay’s Dee Hayes in 1965 and Kearny’s Dennis Downes in 1968, and :19.4 in the 180 lows, which erased :19.6’s by Point Loma’s Charles Streeter in ’63, Mission Bay’s Sam Fernandez in ’65, and Point Loma’s Steve Noall in ’68.

David Harper of Clairemont logged a 4:15.4 mile, making Harper the sixth fastest four-lap runner in County history and better than his 4:19.5 in 1969.

The only milers to have run faster than Harper were Tim Danielson (3:59.4), Armando Valencia (4:08.8), Tom Davidson (4:09), Thornton Bigley (4:10.8), Lloyd Apgar (4:11.8), Steve Becker (4:13), Otis Martin (4:14.3), and Dave Funderburk (4:14.4).

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE, @CASTLE PARK

Valley Coleman of Mar Vista beat Robert Mansueto of Coronado in :14.7 in the high hurdles, but Jesse Davis of Sweetwater defeated both in the low hurdles in :19.6 and anchored a :43.1 victory in the 440 relay.

Davis also won the 100 in a shockingly slow :11.6.

Not to worry, Red Devils.   Davis was forced to run 120 yards. Bosses forgot to move the finish line after the 120-yard high hurdles final.

Sweetwater outscored Mar Vista, 70-43, for the team title. Chula Vista (28), Castle Park (20), Coronado (20), Hilltop (7), Bonita Vista (6) and Mar Vista (0) also were on the card.

AVOCADO LEAGUE, @ESCONDIDO

Oceanside won five events in the non-scoring event, led by Leonard Willis’ :19.4 victory in the 180 low hurdles and a San Diego Section leading 23-4 ¼ in the long jump.

Jerry Culp high jumped 6-10 and had three misses at what would have been a national record of 7-1 ½.

GROSSMONT LEAGUE, @GRANITE HILLS

Billy Joe Winchester heaved a career best 62-11 in the shot put and a personal third best 193 feet to share double honors with Helix’ Art Evins, who won the high hurdles in :14.8 and set a meet record of :19.5 in the low hurdles.

Pole vaulter Rick Schultz of Helix cleared 14 feet, 7 ¼ inches, higher than all but El Cajon Valley’s Jim Cochran, 14-10 ¾, in 1968, and El Capitan’s Andy Steben, 14-9 in 1965.

El Cajon Valley’s Dean Owen upped his meet high jump record from 6-4 to 6-9.   Helix’ Ed Mendoza set a record, 9:10.2 in the two-mile.

Helix scored 69 points, followed by Granite Hills, 37; El Cajon Valley, 32; Santana, 28; Grossmont and El Capitan, 24; Mount Miguel, 22.

SOUTHERN LEAGUE

Mountain Empire won the team championship with 52 points.

5/21/70

SAN DIEGO SECTION TRIALS, @BALBOA STADIUM

Billy Joe Winchester led discus qualifiers in Balboa Stadium with a toss of 170-3.  Helix’ Gunnars Valkirs, 168-3 last week, was second at 154-6.

5/22/70

Jerry Culp of Oceanside cleared 7-1/4, but declined when asked if he would be aiming for a prep record of 7-1 ½ in the CIF finals the following Thursday.

“I just want to win,” Williams told Jack Williams of the Evening Tribune.  “I don’t care if I win at 6-6 or 7-5.  So long as I win.”

Helix had the best chance of winning, qualifying 11, followed by Oceanside, 10, and San Diego and Lincoln, 9 each.

Milton Mitchell’s :47.3 440 set a meet and County record, bettering the :48 by San Diego’s Michael Singletary in the 1965 Section finals and the :47.6 Singletary ran in the state meet that year.

Mitchell also anchored Lincoln’s mile relay to an easy win in 3:19.5, the Hornets’ best time of the season and stamping themselves as potential state meet medalists.

5/27/70

SAN DIEGO SECTION FINALS

Jerry Culp won his event at 6-10 and missed three times at 7-1 ¼.

Billy Joe Winchester was a double winner (59-5 shot put, 180-6 discus).  Kearny’s Vincent Breddell won the 100 in :09.7 and finished first in the 220 but was disqualified for running outside his lane.

Morse’s Bill Smith, ahead of Breddell after 40 yards, was second in the 100 in :9.8, same time given teammate James Milton and Escondido’s Richie Hunt.

Clairemont’s David Harper won the mile in a season-best 4:12.5. Mission Bay sophomore Rory Trup out dueled Helix’ Bob Bishop, 1:55.3 to 1:55.9, in the 880.

Sweetwater, thanks to Jim Eaves’ powerful second leg, was a surprise winner at :42 in the 440 relay. Milton Mitchell won the 440 in :48.2 and then left the Stadium to attend Lincoln’s prom. The favored Hornets then went unplaced in a controversial mile relay when they claimed that one of their runners was tripped during the race.

Helix outscored Oceanside, 30-23, for the team championship, followed by Orange Glen, 17; Mount Miguel, 14, El Cajon Valley and Kearny, 13 each, and Lincoln, 11, among others.

6/5/70

52^ND STATE TRIALS, @EDWARDS FIELD, BERKELEY
(First three in each of three heats and first 12 in field events qualified).

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	RESULTS	PLACE
100	Vincent Breddell	Kearny	:09.7	First
	Bill Smith	Madison	:09.8	Third
220	Jesse Ochoa	St. Augustine	:22.8	Seventh
	Richie Hunt	Escondido	Scratched
440	Milton Mitchell	Lincoln	:48.2	First
	Clifton Smith	Crawford	Scratched
880	Rory Trup	Mission Bay	1:55.1	Fifth
	Bob Bishop	Helix	1:57.1	Seventh
Mile	David Harper	Clairemont	4:17.1	Second
	Ruben Heredia	Oceanside	4:17.5	Second
120 High Hurdles	Valley Coleman	Mar Vista	:14.8	Fifth
	Robert Mansueto	Coronado	:15.2	Eighth
180 Low Hurdles	Jerry Matlock	Orange Glen	:19.5	Third
	Leonard Willis	Oceanside	:20	Seventh
440 Relay		Sweetwater	:42.3	Fifth
		Orange Glen	:43	Seventh
Mile Relay		Escondido	3:22.1	Seventh
		Mar Vista	No Time	Ninth
High Jump	Jerry Culp	Oceanside	6-4	1T
	Dean Owens	El Cajon Valley	6-4	1T
Long Jump	Willis		22-11 ½	Ninth
	Daryl Guthridge	Granite Hill	22-1/2	19th
Shot Put	Billy Joe Winchester	Mount Miguel	60-7	Fifth
	Gunnar Valkirs	Helix	55-11	15th
Discus	Winchester		160-8	T11
	Valkirs		157
Pole Vault	Richard Norkunas	El Cajon Valley	13-6	1T
	Rick Schultz	Helix	13-6	1T

6/6/70

52^ND STATE FINALS, EDWARDS FIELD, BERKELEY

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	RESULTS	PLACE
100	Breddell		:10	Fourth
	Smith		:10.1	Eighth
440	Mitchell		:48.7	Sixth
Mile	Harper		4:15.8	Fourth
	Heredia		4:19.7	Eighth
Two Miles	Ed Mendoza	Helix	9:01	Third
	Steve Israel	El Capitan	9:55.6	24th
180 Low Hurdles	Matlock		:19.9	Ninth
High Jump	Culp		7-1/4	First
	Owens		6-6	Fifth
Long Jump	Willis		21-4 1/4	12th
Shot Put	Winchester		61-11 ½	Second
Discus	Winchester		185-9	Second
Pole Vault	Schultz		14-6	Fifth
	Norkunas		13-6	T12

Said Culp:  My legs were a little tired from jumping two days in a row.  The shin splints didn’t bother me.  I’ll probably jump once more this year (he did 6-10 ¼ at the Sacramento Golden West Invitational) then rest the leg the rest of the summer.”

Said Winchester: “The wind never was right after I threw 197-3 in the (discus) warmups.  In the shot, a lot of guys threw hard in the prelims…I’m glad I saved my best for the finals.”

Said Harper: “Running twice in two days was harder than I expected. I never had good position after the first lap.   I kept getting boxed and bumping into people.  Actually I asked somebody to move over and (then) squeezed through a couple guys.”

Said Breddell: “I didn’t have my usual pickup.  The track seemed real slow.  I couldn’t get any bite with my spikes.”

Said Mitchell: “I was ahead coming off the last turn, but the straightaway is longer here.  I couldn’t hold out.”

6/14/70

Billy Joe Winchester prepared for the upcoming Golden West meet by putting the 16-pound shot 49 feet, 9 inches,  and whirling the 4-pound, 6.4-ounce college and Olympic-sized discus 150-11 in an all-comers meet at San Diego State. Eddie Moeller of San Diego was unofficially reported to have reached 151-4 in 1926. Two others, Pete Shmock of San Dieguito (53-1/4 in 1968) and Grossmont’s Jim Wade (50-6 in 1957) had gone further in the shot put.

6/20/70

Winchester went just 176-6 in the Sacramento Golden West Invitational but tied Pete Shmock’s County record of 64-11 in the shot put.

 

Bill Sandback, who coached Crawford to four San Diego Section championships in nine seasons, was moving on, succeeding retiring Ed Sanclemente at Mesa College.

Sandback, an erstwhile hockey player from Minnesota, coached teams that posted an overall record of 164-60, a .732 winning percentage.  His 1964 squad (22-4) was declared the top team in the state by Cal-Hi Sports.

Major leaguers Bob Boone, Dave Duncan, and Eddie Herrmann played for Sandback and many others signed professional contracts.

Sandback was a year-round coach.  Including summer American Legion and winter ball his teams were 411-115, .793, according to Bill Finley of the Evening Tribune.

4/15/70

Castle Park’s Tommy Jacobs had a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings when Chula Vista scratched out a couple hits, but Jacobs held on for a 2-1 victory.

—Vince West’s home run was one of 12 hits by Santana, which upped its Grossmont League record to 6-0 with a 7-3 win over El Cajon Valley.

–Dan Schuldies homered and added two singles, and allowed four hits in pitching Granite Hills’ 9-5 win over El Capitan.

–Rick Sanderlin went all the way in Mission Bay’s 10-inning, 5-4 win over Madison and singled in the winning run.

4/20/70

Kearny’s Mike Allen hurled a no-hitter and leftfielder Steve Oswald homered twice and drove in four runs as the Komets beat La Jolla, 8-0.

Peter McNab singled in both runs with Point Loma’s only hit in a 2-1 win over Mission Bay that kept the Pointers (8-3) a game ahead of Kearny in the Western League.

4/21/70

Borrego Springs’ John Oakes pitched a no-hitter and the Rams made the best use of seven hits five errors to shut out Rancho del Campo, 17-0.

—Hilltop scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning and then gave up four in the bottom of the seventh and bowed to Mar Vista, 5-4, compliments of Randy Huerta’s two-out, bases-loaded triple.

—Ed Bochinak’s no-hitter moved Sweetwater past Marian, which scored on walk, fielder’s choice, passed ball, and sacrifice fly.

—Dave Stay struck out 12 and allowed two hits but needed a pair of unearned runs to beat Fallbrook, 2-0.

—Dave Schuldies upped his record to 5-1 and had two hits ibn four times bat, but his average slipped to .542 in Granite Hills’ 6-0swin over El Cajon Valley.

4/22/70

Brad McRoberts’ no-hitter cuffed Grossmont, 1-0, and improved Santana to 7-0 in the Grossmont League and 16-1 overall.

4/25/70

Point Loma (10-3) led the Western League by three games with five to play after Greg Hurder’s two-hitter stymied Madison, 7-0. The Pointers are 0-4 in nonleague games.

—Oceanside won its 10^th game in a row with a nine-inning, 4-3 victory over San Dieguito, whose pitchers walked four Pirates to break a tie.

—Santana’s 13-game winning streak in the Grossmont League was broken by Granite Hills, 3-1.

Despite the loss, Santana’s three pitchers, Terry Forster, Kyle Hypes, and Brad McRoberts had a combined earned-run average of 0.81, thrown three no-hitters, struck out 160 and walked 52 in 103 innings, and teamed for a 14-2 record.

4/28/70

Mar Vista won its fourth game in a row, 5-1, at Castle Park that thrust the Mariners into a crowded top of the Metropolitan League with the host Trojans and Hilltop. Jerry Webb, an outfielder turned pitcher, allowed two hits.

“I said before the season started that we’d win it,” said Mariners coach Bob Lusky to writer Jack Williams.  “I believe it more than ever now.  Who’s the team to beat?  We are.”

—Steve Oswald and Larry Waters homered and Kearny whipped Madison, 14-4, after a seven-run third inning.

—St. Augustine’s John D’Aquisto walked eight and hit a batter but also struck out 14 in a 159-pitch, 4-0 shutout of Crawford.  The 6-foot, 2-inch, 210-pound future major leaguer gave up one hit, to Tim Blackwell, who would also make the majors.

 D’Aquisto (9-2) lowered his earned-run average to 0.66 and raised his strikeouts to 100 in 63 innings.

4/30/70

St. Augustine picked up a game on league-leading Hoover when it won an appeal and Patrick Henry forfeited a 1-0 victory over the Saints the previous week.

St. Augustine appealed because the Patriots used three players who had played in a junior varsity game the same week.  CIF boss Don Clarkson said Henry was in violation.

“The goal of athletics is to move boys up in competition,” peevishly declared Patriots coach Bob Imlay. “I think the rule was drawn to stop coaches from demoting players in midweek to bolster the junior varsity for an important game.”

5/1/70

Curt Brown’s base hit was pivotal in the seventh inning as Helix scored what was described as the upset of the year, 5-4 over No. 1 Santana (17-3).

The Highlanders entered the game with a 2-7 Grossmont League record and were 7-10 overall, sharing last place with Grossmont.

—El Capitan (10-2) kept pace, earning a tie for first with the Sultans, 8-1 over Grossmont.

—Ken Kollmeyer (10-1) pitched a three-hitter and Hoover (12-3) moved into first place in the Evening Tribune Top 10 with a 3-2 victory over San Diego.

—Point Loma (11-3) stayed ahead in the Western League with three runs in the ninth inning that overcame visiting Kearny, 4-3. The win gave the Pointers a three-game lead over Mission Bay (8-6) with four remaining.

—Lincoln scored an infrequent victory over Crawford, winning on the Colts’ diamond, 6-4.

5/5/70

Alan Grant,  5-foot, 3-inch sophomore second baseman making his first varsity start, drove in three runs with a single and double that propelled Hoover (13-3) to a 10-1 win over Morse and a tie for the Eastern League championship.

“We just got a new flag pole,” Hoover coach Jerry Bartow noted of an addition to the Cardinals’ Ted Williams Field, on campus.  “A CIF pennant would fit just about right.”

–Crawford (9-7), facing the possibility of not making the playoffs for the first time since 1963, outlasted Lincoln, 9-7, in 10 innings.

–Oceanside won its 17^th game in the last 18, 4-2 over Escondido, to lock the Avocado League championship.  The Pirates had stolen 78 bases and enjoyed a team batting average of .337.
His club “exudes so much confidence it scares me,” said head coach Herb Meyer.

5/8/70

Kyle Hypes improved his record to 8-0 and pitched Santana to a 7-0 win over El Capitan that clinched the Grossmont League championship.

Younger brother Jim Hypes hit a 400-foot drive to leftfield that, according to Bill Finley of the Evening Tribune “rolled halfway to Lakeside,” for a first-inning home run.

—Stan Cordova, coming back from a month-long shoulder injury, upped his record to 7-0 with a strong relief performance as Hoover (14-3) clinched the Eastern League title, 6-5, over Crawford.  Cardinals first baseman Randy Fleetwood drove in three runs and had three hits.

5/12/70

Point Loma, 12-5 and two games ahead of Madison and Kearny, claimed the Western League championship with a 3-0 win over Mission Bay, but coach Dick Huddleston couldn’t be blamed if he looked uncertainly at the upcoming playoffs. The Pointers were 0-4 in nonleague games.

—Helix needed four hours, 45 minutes, and 17 innings but finally got past Grossmont, 5-4.

5/15/70

There was no rest for Helix.  The Highlanders’ marathon continued for four hours, 10 minutes more, before the Scots beat Monte Vista, 2-1.

–“I think we’re ready to play some baseball,” said St. Augustine coach Bill Whittaker.  “I’m not saying we’re the team to beat…but I like our chances next week.”

Whittaker was optimistic after the Saints’ John D’Aquisto stopped Eastern League champion Hoover on two hits, 3-2, at Beeson Field on the Marines Corps Recruit Depot.

D’Aquisto struck out 10 although he walked across two runs with five walks in the fourth inning. Rod Spence and Ron Redondo made best use of the Saints’ four hits by driving in all three runs.

—Santana clinched the Grossmont League championship, 4-3, over last-place Grossmont and the Sultans’ Kyle Hypes (9-0), who came on in relief in the third inning, when the Sultans trailed, 3-1, got the victory.

—The Evening Tribune final Top 10, in concert with the end of the regular season, selected Santana No. 1, followed by 2, Hoover; 3, Oceanside; 4, St. Augustine; 5, Kearny; 6, Point Loma; 7, Castle Park; 8, Escondido; 9, El Capitan, and 10, Granite Hills.

STANDINGS

EASTERN LEAGUE

TEAM	W	L	Pct.	GB	OVERALL
Hoover	14	4	.778	—	19-5, .792
St. Augustine	12	6	.667	2	14-7, .667
Crawford	10	8	.556	4	11-10, .524
San Diego	10	8	.556	4	10-11, .476
Lincoln	7	11	.389	7	8-13, .381
Patrick Henry	6	12	.333	8	8-14, .364
Morse	4	14	.222	10	7-16, .304

WESTERN LEAGUE

TEAM	W	L	Pct.	GB	OVERALL
Point Loma	12	6	.667	—	12-10, 522
Kearny	11	7	.611	1	16-8, .667
Madison	10	8	.556	2	15-9, .625
Clairemont	10	8	.556	2	13-10, .565
Mission Bay	9	9	.500	3	10-12, .455
University	7	11	.389	5	8-14,.364
La Jolla	4	14	.222	8	5-17, .222

GROSSMONT LEAGUE

TEAM	WON	LOST	Pct.	GB	OVERALL
Santana	12	2	.857	—	21-3, .875
El Capitan	10	4	.714	1/2	14-10, .583
Granite Hills	8	6	.571	4	13-8, .619
El Cajon Valley	7	7	.500	5	10-13, .435
Helix	6	8	.429	6	11-11, .500
Mount Miguel	6	8	.429	6	9-12, .429
Monte Vista	5	9	.357	7	11-13, .458
Grossmont	3	11	.214	9	5-15, .250

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE

TEAM	WON	LOST	Pct.	GB	OVERALL
Castle Park	11	3	.786	—	15-9, .625
Mar Vista	9	5	.645	2	15-8, .652
Hilltop	8	6	.571	3	13-10, .565
Sweetwater	8	6	.571	3	11-10, .524
Chula Vista	8	6	.571	3	9-12, .429
Bonita Vista	6	8	.429	5	8-14, .364
Marian	3	11	.214	8	6-15, .286
Coronado	2	12	.157	9	4-16, .200

AVOCADO LEAGUE

TEAM	WON	LOST	Pct.	GB	OVERALL
Oceanside	16	0	1,000	—	21-3, 875
Escondido	12	4	.750	4	17-6, .739
Carlsbad	10	6	.625	6	13-9, .591
San Marcos	8	8	.500	8	9-13, .409
Orange Glen	7	7	.500	6	10-9, .526
Poway	7	9	.438	9	10-12, .455
San Dieguito	7	9	.438	9	9-11, .450
Orange Glen	6	10	.375	10	8-14, .364
Vista	5	11	.313	11	6-15, .286
Fallbrook	1	15	.062	15	3-19, .136

5/19/70

SAN DIEGO SECTION 2A PLAYOFFS

FIRST ROUND

Granite Hills (13-9) 0, @Hoover 6.

Ken Kollmeyer pitched the first no-hitter in section playoff history as Hoover struck out nine while allowing the Eagles to hit one ball out of the infield.

Kollmeyer walked two in the seventh inning.  “I just wanted them to hit the ball on the ground,” said Kollmeyer (11-1).  “I got in too big a hurry; when I slowed down my control came back.”

First baseman Randy Fleetwood was 2 for 3 for the Cardinals and raised his average to .375, the product of a 25-for-48 streak and .510 average since April.

Crawford (11-11), 5, @Oceanside 6.

Crawford, champion four times since 1962 and a playoff finalist in six of the last seven seasons, took a 40-mile bus ride to defeat and an end to its season.

George McGraw’s three-run homerun gave the Colts the lead in the first inning, but Oceanside rallied for its 15^th consecutive victory.

Escondido and Carlsbad made the Avocado League a surprising 3-0 in first-round games.

Sweetwater (11-11) 1, @Escondido 6.

Carlsbad 7, @Point Loma (12-11) 4.

Clairemont (13-11) 0, @Santana 10.

Santana ousted the Chieftains as Terry Forster pitched five innings, before giving way to Brad McRoberts, and hit a two-run homer.

Kearny  (16-9), 4, @El Capitan 7.

San Diego 5, @ Castle Park (15-10), 0.

Mar Vista 10, @St. Augustine (14-8) 7. 

John D’Aguisto of the Saints walked eight batters in the first inning and two-thirds and the Mariners jumped to a 6-0 lead.

5/20/70

QUARTERFINALS

Hoover 5, Escondido (18-7) 4, @Grossmont College.

Randy Fleetwood’s double, which caromed off the right centerfield fence in the sixth inning, drove in the winning run. “He thinks he can hit anybody,” said Cardinals coach Jerry Bartow.  “He thinks that when they get him out it’s a mistake.”

Stan Cordova (8-0) went the distance for Hoover and allowed four hits.

San Diego 11, @El Capitan (15-11) 0.

Mark Merdes hit his second home run of the week and Charlie Burks added three hits as San Diego whitewashed the Vaqueros.

Mar Vista 4, @Carlsbad (14-10) 0.

Ray Huerta hurled a one-hitter and Mar Vista scored a run in the sixth inning and three in the seventh.

Santana 3, @Oceanside (22-4) 0.

5/21/70

1-A CHAMPIONSHIP

San Diego Military (13-5), defeated Ramona (20-4) 6-5, in eight innings at Palomar College despite home runs by the Bulldogs’ Taylor Reiss and Tom Eberwein.  Pitcher Loren Russell went the distance for the Falcons and scattered six hits.

—Escondido protested its loss to Hoover, citing a “national amateur” rule that limits the number of “official conferences a coach and members of his team (i.e., visits to the mound) must be limited to three a game.

CIF boss Don Clarkson said most San Diego coaches were aware of the rule but have a gentleman’s agreement not to enforce it.  Escondido bosses claimed that North County coaches adhere to the rule.

5/22/70

CIF bosses agreed that Escondido had a valid protest and cited the game’s umpires for negligence but declared the game official with Hoover moving on.

SEMIFINALS

Hoover 6, San Diego (12-12) 1, @Beeson Field.

Hoover earned a fourth consecutive trip and sixth in 10 seasons to the finals on Beeson Field at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot.

The Cardinals, 17-2 in the playoffs since 1961, collected nine hits and played errorless ball behind Ken Kollmeyer, who struggled after sustaining a painful hip pointer in his no-hit performance against Granite Hills three days before.

Kollmeyer “was virtually underhanding” pitches in the last three innings, wrote Bill Finley of the Evening Tribune,” but Kollmeyer kept the Cavers in check and allowed only five singles.

“By the fifth (inning) it was killing me,” said Kollmeyer (12-1), who was aided by Jim Morstad’s two-run double in the third inning and a sixth-inning home run by Ray Garcia.

Santana 1, Mar Vista (17-9) 0, @Mesa College.

Santana’s Brad McRoberts gave up one hit, a first-inning single to shortstop Gene Alim.

Mar Vista starter Jerry Webb was reached for three hits and the Sultans’ Terry Forster scored the game’s only run from second base on a wild pickoff throw in the fourth inning.

“After I got through their lineup for the first time I felt confident.  I got stronger and started to get the feel of the game,” McRoberts told Jack Williams of the Evening Tribune.

5/23/70

CHAMPIONSHIP

Santana (25-3) 8, Hoover (22-6) 4, @Beeson Field, MCRD.

Terry Forster pitched the Sultans to an 8-1 lead through six innings and then gave way to Kyle Hypes (10-0).

Hoover erupted for five hits and three runs and had the bases loaded and the tying run at the plate, but Randy Fleetwood struck out, ending the game.

The Cardinals scored first in the fourth inning when Dale Rowland singled and came all the way around when Forster fielded Roy Fields’ bunt and threw the ball to the centerfield wall.

Two singles and a pair of Hoover errors led to three runs for Santana in the bottom of the fourth.

Six hits and two Hoover errors in the fifth led to five more runs.  John Marlow, who singled in two runs in the fourth, doubled in two more in the fifth to lead the Sultans’ offense.

Santana’s 25-3 record was the best in San Diego Section history and completed a trifecta.  The Sultans won the Lions Tournament Limited division and the Grossmont League championship.

San Diego Section boys and girls accounted for 19 Top 5 performances in California, according to Athletic.net; 34 Top 10, and 87  top 25 in the season which ended last weekend at the 103rd State Championships before a two-day total of 14,134 persons at Clovis Buchanan High.

The season belonged to the females.  They were responsible for 13 performances that ranked as top five, 22 of top 10, and 47 of  top 25.

Del Norte’s 4×800 relay team ran a state-leading 8:55.99, setting a meet record in the new event, and posted the fourth fastest time in the country this season.

Emily Russo (2:17.2), and Ella Echnsner (2:15.3) ran competitive first two legs for the Nighthawks.  Hannah Riggins blew the race open with a 2:07.3 carry that put the 4S school ahead by 30 yards. Paige Echnsner, not long after competing in the pole vault, closed with a 2:16.5 anchor.

The boys turned in 6 top 5 efforts, 12 top 10, and 40 top 25.

GIRLS BEST MARKS

EVENT	NAME, SCHOOL	MARK/STATE RANK	STATE
100	Amirah Shaheed, Madison	:11.58, 6th	Redmond, L.A. Carson, :11.45
200	Payton Smith, La Jolla	:23.78, 6th	:23.36w, Neal, Gardena Serra
	Shaheed	24:06w, 17th
400	Smith	:53.86, 4th	:52.71, Luckey, L.B. Wilson
	Nicoletta Burkhardt, Steele Canyon	:55.13, 12th
	Makenna Herbst, Carlsbad	:55.37, 14th
800	Hannah Riggins, Del Norte	2:06.69, 2nd	2:03.7, Browne, Riverside North
	Tessa Buswell, Poway	2:08.30, 4th
	Dominika Janik, Torrey Pines	2:10.74, 15th
	Kaitlyn Arciaga, Westview	2:10.89, 16th
	Makenna Herbst	2:11.37 18th
	Sophia Biesinger, La Costa Canyon	2:12.27, 22nd
	Paige Echsner, Del Norte	2:12.36, 23rd
1600	Riggins	4:41.42, 3rd	4:33.45, Engelhardt, Ventura
	Chiara Dailey, La Jolla	4:42.69, 5th
	Gioana Lopizzo, La Costa Canyon	4:45.94, 10th
	Jaelyn Williams, Eastlake	4:46.26, 11th
	Tessa Buswell, Poway	4:48.76, 17th
3200	Lopizzo	9:59.08, 4th	9:51.49, Engelhardt
	Williams	10:11.01,  6th
	Dailey	10:24.48, 10th
100 Hurdles	Anisa Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego	:13.89w, 5th	:13.53w, Harris, Stockton Lincoln
	Kapiolani Coleman, Cathedral	:14.27w, 12th
300 Hurdles	Bowen-Fontenot	:41.88, 2nd	:41.57, Edwards, L.B. Wilson
	Karina Janik, Torrey Pines	:42.19, 5th
	Coleman	:42.58, 7th
	Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad	:43.48, 17th
4 x 100 Relay	Steele Canyon	:47.48, 17th	:45.28, L.A. Carson
4 x 400 Relay	Carlsbad	3:53.00, 16th	3:41.08, Culver City
	Del Norte	3:55.37, 24th
4 x 800 Relay	Del Norte	8:55.99, 1st	8:59.12, Clovis Buchanan
	Sage Creek	9:19.56, 14th
	Cathedral	9:27.30, 22nd
High Jump	Lizzie Tarczy, Scripps Ranch	5-9, 4th	5-10 ½, Humphries, Castaic
	Breeze Czapinsky, Poway	5-7 ½, 8th
Long Jump	Taylore Hoagland, Rancho Bernardo	18-6 3/4, 22nd	20-8, McKenzie, Perris Orange Vista
Triple Jump	Jenna Fields, Santana	37-8 1/4 25th	40-8 ¾, Humphries
Shot Put	Gabriella Colon Gipson, Otay Ranch	39-11, unranked	46-10, Johnson Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
Discus	Elisabeth Driscoll, Canyon Crest	144-8, 9th	167-8, Fields, Caruthers
	Mairead Frankel, Sage Creek	142-4, 13th
	Brenna Williams, Cathedral	136-8, 19th
Pole Vault	Ilyana Downing, La Costa Canyon	14-0, 2nd	14-1 ¼,Muhammad, San Jose Track club
	Avery Hilliard, Poway	13-3, 5th
	Evangeline Thomson, Poway	13-1, 6th, tie
	Paige Echsner, Del Norte	12-9, 8th, tie
	Kelly Vander Pol, Maranatha	12-7, 13th, tie
	Lilia Montiel, Rancho Bernardo	12-6, 15th, tie
	Jessica Condliff, Canyon Crest	12-3, 17th, tie
	Cassandra Cinzori, San Dieguito	12-2, 25th

BOYS BEST MARKS

EVENT	NAME, SCHOOL	MARK/STATE RANK	STATE
100	Jason Wells, La Costa Canyon	:10.49, 19th	:10.09w, Pleasant, Gardena Serra
	Brandon Arrington, Helix	:10.58w, 24th
200	Adren Parker, Helix	:21.26, 13th	:20.53, Pleasant
	Arrington	:21.29w, 15th
400	Parker	:46.48, 3rd	:45.77, Stanley, Granada Hills
	David Slaughter, Mt. Carmel	:48.14, 15th
800	Manuel Correia, Point Loma	1:51.44, 7th	1:49.07, Sahlman, Newbury Park
	Ryan Thomas, Torrey Pines	1:52.04, 12th
1600	Thomas	4:07.90, 4th	Sahlman, 3:58.96
	Correia	4:09.83, 11th
	Micah Sanchez, Liberty Charter	4:11.64, 25th
3200	Sanchez	8:58.26, 16th	Parra, Long Beach Millikan, 8:46.50
110 Hurdles	Shon Martin, Helix	:14.24w, 12th, tie	:13.83, Davis-Lyric, Upland
300 Hurdles	Vincent Atilano, Cathedral	:37.73, 5th	37.39, Mendoza, Rancho Santa Margarita
	Martin	:38.18, 14th
	Danny Tragarz, Del Norte	:38.28, 16th
4×100 Relay	University City	:42.03, unranked	:40.28, Granada Hills
4×1600 Relay	Mt. Carmel	3:18.64, 11th	3:13.86, L.B. Poly
	Cathedral	3:20.83, 18th
	Helix	3:21.17, 22nd
4×800 Relay	Del Norte	8:03.0, unranked	7:38.59, San Clemente
High Jump	Brandon Cheeks II, Mission Bay	6-6, 10th, tie	6-9, Gorski, Santa Ana Mater Dei
	John Chang, Rancho Bernardo	6-6
Long Jump	Cheeks II	23-8 ½, 7th	24-9, Dedmon, Lake Isabella Kern Valley
	Nicola Redon, San Diego	23-7, 8th
	AJ Cornthwaite, Valhalla	23-4 ¾, 11th
	Elton Hurd, El Camino	23-0, 23rd,  tie
	Marcus Harris, Vista	23-0
Triple Jump	Cheeks II	46-11¼, 10th	48-8 ¾, Carr, South Bakersfield
	Justin Reichenberg, Mission Bay	46-6, 13th
	Harris	46-4 ½, 14th
Shot Put	Tyler Knowles, Rancho Buena Vista	59-9, 6th	65-10, See, San Juan Capistrano JSerra
	Trey Vergenz, Mission Hills	56-3, 18th
Discus	Knowles	185-5, 5th	199-9, See
	Vergenz	166-7/25th
Pole Vault	Jacob Emerson, Sage Creek	16-1/4 4th	17-1, Green, Clovis Buchanan
	Joey Weisman, Torrey Pines	16-0, 5th, tie
	Kai Anderson, University City	15-6, 10th, tie
	Tristan Sotelo, Grossmont	15-0, 15th tie
	Christian Saia, Mt. Carmel	14-9, 21st, tie
	Kamren Boyles, San Marcos	14-9
	Jordan Kondo, Vista	14-9

Marks current as of May 27, 2023.

@CLOVIS BUCHANAN HIGH

San Diego Section athletes scored two first places in the waning hours of the two-day, 103rd state track meet at Clovis Buchanan High over the weekend. The Section had no gold medals in 2022 and the meet was canceled in 2020 and ’21.

The results, although not as impressive as the record seven gold medals in 2019, still was a strong conclusion to another good run by the boys and girls, especially the latter.

The Del Norte girls raced to the fourth fastest time in the country this season, 8:55.94 in the 4×800 relay, and Iliana Downing of La Costa Canyon won the pole vault at 13 feet, 5 inches.

The 4×800 is a new event and represented the first new competition since 1995, when the girls’ pole vault, which Section athletes have won six times, was introduced.

PARKER OUT

Helix’ Adren Parker, a strong contender for a 400-meter championship, scratched in the trials Friday after “feeling something”,  uncomfortable in  his leg as he ran a leg on the Highlanders’ 400-meter relay, according to the report given Steve Brand of The San Diego Union.

Parker’s withdrawal marked a sad end to his prep career for the brilliant runner, whose :46.48 in the 400 was third best in the state this season.

Winners and San Diego Section finishes:

BOYS

4×100 RELAY—L.A. Granada Hills, :40.39.

1600—Dybdahl (Santa Barbara), 4:08.64. 2—Thomas (Torrey Pines), 4:08.82.

110HH—(wind, 1.0) Davis-Lyric, Upland, :13.83.

400—Stanley (L.A. Granada Hills), :45.77.

100—(wind 2.0), Pleasant (Gardena Serra), :10.20.  Betters state meet record of :10.30, by Riley Washington (Montgomery), 1992; Kenon Christon (Madison), 2019.

800—Lighthall (Hughson), 1:52.05.

300IH—Stevens (L.B. Jordan), :37.44.  4—Atilano (Cathedral), :37.73. 5—Tragarz (Del Norte), :38.41. Martin (Helix), DQ, impeded another runner.

200—(Wind, 1.6) Pleasant (Gardena Serra), :20.67.

4×800 RELAY— San Clemente, 7:38.59.  15–Helix, 8:11.76. 17—Del Norte, 8:12.67.

3200—Donis (Highland), 8:51.37.  5—Sanchez (Liberty Charter), 8:58.26.  Section No. 8 all-time. 13—Bell (Mt. Carmel), 9:06.91.

4×400 RELAY— L.B. Poly, 3:12.98. 8—Mt. Carmel, 3:19.80.

HJ—Stafford  (San Juan Capistrano JSerra) 6-7.  10—Cheeks (Mission Bay), 6-4.

LJ—Udeh (Concord De La Salle), 23-9 ¾. (Wind, 2.4).  3—Cornthwaite (Valhalla), 23-4 ¾. (Wind, 0.1)

TJ—(Wind, 1.0) Bolanos (Redlands East Valley), 47-8 ½. 8—Goodson (Oceanside), 45-6.

SP—See (San Juan Capistrano JSerra), 62-9 ½. 5—Knowles (Rancho Buena Vista), 59-7 ¼.  12—Vergenz  (Mission Hills), 48-1/2.

DISCUS—See (San Juan Capistrano JSerra), 196-04.

PV—Green (Clovis Buchanan), 16-6.  4—Emerson (Sage Creek), 15-6. 5—Anderson (University City), 15-6.  6—Weisman (Torrey Pines), 15-6.

GIRLS

4×100 RELAY—L.A. Carson, :45.61.  9—Steele Canyon, :47.77

1600– Engelhardt (Ventura), 4:33.45. 3—Riggins (Del Norte), 4:41.42. Section No. 1 all-time.  Billmeyer (Torrey Pines), 4:41.71, 2011. 11–Dailey (La Jolla), 4:52.81.

100H—(wind 2.01), Fields (Stockton St. Mary’s), :13.79.  4—Bowen-Fontenot (San Diego), :13.89.  Section No. 4 all-time.

400— Luckey (L.B. Wilson), 53.26.  3—Smith (La Jolla), :53.86.  Section No. 3 all-time. 7—Burkhardt (Steele Canyon), 55.91.  9—Makenna Herbst (Carlsbad), :56.35

100—(Wind, 1.6) Clayton (Westlake Village Oaks Christian), :11.46. 5—Shaheed (Madison), :11.73.

800—Engelhardt (Ventura), 2:07.22. 3—Buswell (Poway), 2:08.30.  10—D. Janik (Torrey Pines), 2:12.18.

300H—Edwards (L.B. Wilson), :41.57. 2—Bowen-Fontenot (San Diego), :41.88.  Section No. 3 all-time.

200—(wind, 1.3) Trepagnier (Culver City), :23.62. 3—Smith (La Jolla), :23.78.  Section No. 6 all-time.

4×800 RELAY— Del Norte, 8:55.99, No. 4 in U.S., 2023. San Diego Section and state meet record in new event. 13—Sage Creek, 9:29.55.

3200—Blade (Corona Santiago), 10:02.19.  3—Lopizzo (La Costa Canyon), 10:08.31.  4—Williams (Eastlake), 10:11,01. Section No. 2 all-time.  19—Martin (Cathedral), 11:04.82.

4×400 RELAY—Culver City, 3:41.8. 8—Carlsbad, 3:53.45.

HJ—Ashanti (Rocklin Whitney), 5-10. 3—Tarczy (Scripps Ranch), 5-9.

LJ—Vanek (Clovis), 20-7 ¾. (Wind, 1.2).  11—Fields (Santana), 17-3/4.

TJ—Williams (Wildomar Elsinore), 20-7 1/4,  11—Fields (Santana), 17-3/4.

SP—Johnson (Sherman Oaks Notre Dame), 44-3/4.

DISCUS—Fields (Caruthers), 167-06.  6—Driscoll (Canyon Crest), 144-8.

PV—Downing (La Costa Canyon), 13-5.  3—Thomson (Poway), 13-1. 4—Hilliard (Poway), 12-9.  6–Echsner (Del Norte), 12-5.