1977 Baseball: Granite Hills Stays Course, Wins First Title
Granite Hills shook off a tie with Monte Vista, one of the the poorest teams in the County. The deadlock had prevented the Eagles from a championship tie with Helix in the Grossmont League, but the Eagles went on to win their first San Diego Section title. 3/11/77 Granite Hills, a preseason No. 2-ranked in […]
Read More2024 Football Week 4: San Diego Section Teams, Stay Away From the Trinity League
The Trinity League forms a 30-mile stretch of Orange County, with side trips to State 55 and the area around I-605. Bellflower St. John Bosco, Anaheim Servite, Santa Ana Mater Dei, Orange Lutheran, Rancho Santa Margarita, and San Juan Capistrano JSerra comprise the far-flung circuit, where it is a 43-mile trip from Bosco to JSerra […]
Read More2024 Football Week 3: Hauser And Grizzlies Enter Elite Circle
Take a bow, Chris Hauser, and a doffing of the fedora to the Mission Hills coach, the 11th in San Diego County history to win at least 200 games. Hauser (200-87-2) last week coached the Grizzlies to a 28-14 victory over Oceanside 21 seasons after his first, 26-6 over Vista Murietta in 2004. That win […]
Read More2024 Football Week 2: A Rare Win Over the Jackrabbits
Long Beach Poly, since losing, 11-0, to San Diego High in 1910, has pretty much had its way with teams from San Diego. Lincoln’s 42-14 victory last week at Long Beach Veterans’ Memorial Stadium, was infrequent. Poly leads the series, 40-15-1. This once was a premier rivalry in Southern California, with the Jackrabbits and San […]
Read More2024 Football Week 1: Patriots Turn Table on 77
Patrick Henry opened the season with a 77-48 victory over Grossmont and broke the school record, set in a 69-14 win over Coronado in 2021. The outburst also more or less squared the record of a previous Patriots encounter. They were on the opposite end of a 77-point explosion by The Bishop’s seven years ago […]
Read More2024: Nick Barkett, Original San Diego Section basketball player of year
Nick Barkett was determined to improve his lot in the Hoover basketball program after serving as the fifth of five guards on the 26-2 team of the 1959-60 Cardinals. “He lived at Muni Gym all Summer with (John) Bocko,” remembered Cardinals coach Charlie Hampton. Barkett and Bocko spent many days, and evenings, in the vintage […]
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