2021 Week 10: Oldies Still Are Goodies
Big Brother split with Little Brother in two traditional games last week. Younger Helix made it a quarter century of continued success with a 25th consecutive win over older Grossmont, 29-14, and older Mira Mesa topped younger Scripps Ranch, 38-35. Helix now is 46-18-2 against Grossmont since 1951, when the fledgling school divided enrollment and […]
Read More2021 Week 9: Grossmont Tries Again to Beat Helix
Grossmont is going to beat Helix one of these years. Maybe this week. The way things have gone the last 40-odd that’s a lukewarm maybe. The teams will meet for the 66th time with host Helix holding a 45-18-2 record in the all-time series. A victory for the Foothillers over their so-called younger sibling took […]
Read More2021 Week 8: Rivals Will Be Too Close for Comfort
Three neighborhood rivals with long histories resume their versions of trench warfare this week. Chula Vista and Sweetwater, 2.9 miles apart and the oldest schools south of the San Diego city limits, play for the 74th consecutive year in a chain that began when Chula Vista opened in 1947. The Spartans lead the Red Devils, […]
Read More1955 Baseball: Grossmont Wins Big One That Eludes San Diego
Another outstanding San Diego High team (27-4) was unexpectedly bounced from the playoffs but Grossmont won a Southern Section championship, joining the similarly successful 1951 squad. Only one team from each league was invited to the playoffs, so Hoover was a non-participant despite a record that was a reported 24-4. San Diego junior Deron Johnson […]
Read More2021 Week 8: Carlsbad Hangs On To No. 1.
It didn’t have much influence on John Maffei’s Union-Tribune Top 10 poll through Week 7, but the Carlsbad-Torrey Pines game, a last-second, 34-33 win for coach Thadd MacNeal’s unbeaten Lancers, rates as the game of the year and easily the best since the pandemic. Sophomore quarterback Julian Sayin drove the Lancers 90 yards in the […]
Read More1955 Track: Hoover and Grossmont Dominate
The lower classifications held sway. Grossmont was the Southern Section team champion in Class B and most of the area’s future Class A champions were underclassmen, at least a year or two away. Hoover was enjoying a period of dominance in CPL dual meets, routing San Diego, 64 1/3-39 2/3. Grossmont also defeated the Cavers, […]
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