2019 Week 4: Helix Now No. 1 and NFL Rosters Include a Baker’s Dozen of Section Grads
Thirteen players on opening week NFL rosters made their bones on fields of the San Diego Section: NAME HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE TEAM POSITION Jamal Agnew Point Loma San Diego Lions Cornerback Jake Bailey Santa Fe Christian Stanford Patriots Punter Joe Cardona Granite Hills Navy Patriots Long Snapper Royce Freeman Imperial Oregon Broncos Running Back Tony […]
Read More2019 Week 3: Cathedral Knocks Down Another Big One
Corona Centennial did not make an appearance at Cathedral last week until less than 3 minutes before kickoff. The Huskies did not engage in the usual, pregame warmup. “Gamesmanship,” observed Don Carey, retired, longtime NFL official who now scouts high school officiating crews. If that was the late-arriving Riverside County powerhouse’s message to the Dons […]
Read More2019 Week 2: Cathedral Faces Another Powerful Opponent
Cathedral Catholic takes on visiting Corona Centennial Friday night in a battle of elite privates and publics. Coach Sean Doyle’s private-school Dons defeated Arizona’s big one, Scottsdale Saguaro, 18-10, last week at home in the final of the Honor Bowl tripleheader. Public school Centennial, after a 42-12, opening-game loss to national No. 1 Santa Ana […]
Read More1982-83: Girls Play for Title Before Season Begins
The girls were playing for a state playoff berth for the first time… …before the start of their regular seasons. That’s because the regular season still was in the spring in the San Diego Section, while the rest of California (and most other places where there is a court and a ball) plays basketball in […]
Read More1982-83: Falcons’ Dudley Played 25, Count ‘Em, Years
Torrey Pines’ 6-foot, 11-inch Chris Dudley was among the San Diego Section’s leading scorers with 438 points and a 16.8 average. A fine season and a productive four years at Torrey but not a blueprint for the future. The future stretched…and stretched. Dudley went on to play four years at Yale University and then embarked […]
Read More1982-83: It Happened in Hoops This Season
The game still was played from December until early March, but San Diego Section basketballers seemingly were playing more and scoring more. Ninety points, once considered elite, had become almost routine. 100 points no longer was surprising. There were more highs than lows but some stunning legislative moves captured the headlines, as usual caused by […]
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