1952 Baseball: By Any Name Cavers Are All-Time Winners
San Diego High, under second-year baseball coach Les Cassie, enjoyed its greatest success in a sport the Cavemen had dominated almost since the CIF Southern Section was formed in 1913. It won 35 games! And lost only two, a stunning won-loss percentage of .946! The historically powerful squads located on the beautiful campus at the […]
Read More1952 Track: Grossmont Shot with Mashin’s `Putters
Jack Mashin coached football at Grossmont from 1925-47 and posted an excellent record, 125-66-19 (.644), but he became more known as an international figure in track and field. Mashin would, under auspices of the U.S. State Department, coach the first Pakistan Olympic team in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, and his decades-long success at Grossmont led […]
Read More1963 Track: Sensational Finishes by Cavers’ Relay Team, Madison’s Hose
Martin Pedigo, a former University of Oregon broad jumper, became the San Diego High coach and inherited a potential powerhouse. The Cavers, representative of one of the state’s great programs—184-30-2 in dual meets since 1929—were 14-7 under longtime assistant Henry Wiegand and hadn’t beaten Lincoln, their latest rival, since 1959. Wiegand deserved another year. Coincidentally, […]
Read More2020-21 Girls Week 11C: Seven Tried, Two Successful
San Diego Section teams won two of seven Southern California championship basketball games. Mater Dei defeated host Mission Hills Bishop Alemany, 56-42, in Division II-AA and Rancho Bernardo topped visiting San Pedro Mary Star of the Sea, 72-44, in D-IIIAA. The Crusaders were a No. 5 seed and Alemany No. 2. Rancho Bernardo was a […]
Read More2020-21 Girls Week 11 A-B: Ten of 17 Reach Semifinals
After winning only one of seven games in the Open, I-AAA, and I-A divisions, San Diego Section entries in the Girls’ Southern California basketball playoffs rallied in the lower divisions. At least one team is assured a place in finals on Saturday. St. Joseph, the No. 1 seed, in Division V-AAA, plays host to neighboring […]
Read More2020-21 Boys Week 11B: Mater Dei Sweeps Boys’ and Girls’; Torrey Pines Comes Up Short
Memories-for-a-lifetime victories and crushing defeats summed up the pandemic-altered San Diego Section season. The big one eluded 30-1 Torrey Pines in the Open Division final, a 68-65 loss to Etiwanda, but area teams won 6 of 9 championships, a stunning accomplishment considering San Diego’s generally unsuccessful runs in Southern California postseason competition. There should be […]
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