San Diego Section boys’ 2018 best track and field performances through last week’s Mt. San Antonio meet, which was not held on the once-bucolic junior college campus in Walnut, instead moving about 40 miles West to El Camino College in Torrance.

San Diego marks and their rankings in parenthesis are compared below to the best in California, as supplied by Athletic.net.  Listed all-time San Diego marks are for meters, which the U.S. went to in the early 1980’s.

Some of the “all-time” metric performances were bettered by performances measured in yards and feet, such as races from 220 yards to 2 miles, which  are longer than those from 200 meters to 3,200 meters.  The 100-meter distance in decidedly longer than 100 yards, by almost 10 yards.

Girls marks will be published later this week.

Event	Name	Mark/Place	S.D. All-Time	State Leader	Mark
100 Meters	Christon, Madison	:10.58 (3)	11	Hampton, Yucaipa	:10.47
	Ellis, Mt. Carmel	:10.60w	NR
200 Meters	Christon	:21.42 (5)	19	Hampton, Yucaipa	:21.21
	Ellis	:21.44 (6)	22
400 Meters	Lippert, La Costa Canyon	:47.44 (3)	11*	Larrier, Elk Grove Monterey Trail	:47.12
800 Meters	Hurlburt, Coronado	1:54.1 (12)	NR	Charvet, Brentwood Heritage	1:52.60
1600 Meters	Rosenthal, San Diego High Tech	4:13.64 (5)	NR	Court, Manhattan Beach Mira Costa	4:10.94
3200 Meters	Martinez de Pinillos, Cathedral	9:04.41 (7)	19	Anderson, Larkspur Redwood	8:52.74
110 Hurdles	Tyler Saikhon, El Centro Southwest	:14.57 (11)	NR	Jackman, Concord Clayton Valley	:13.98
300 Hurdles	Farmer, Rancho Bernardo	:38.30 (7T)	NR	Jackman	:37.47
4×100 Relay	Madison	:42.59 (25T)	NR	Moreno Valley Rancho Verde	:41.49
4×400	Eastlake	3:25.0 (NR)	NR	Murrieta Mesa	3:16.22
High Jump	Coleman, Granite Hills	6-6 (12T)	NR	Lee, Mission Viejo Trabuco Hills	7-3
	Castin, Rancho Bernardo			Grimsman, Folsom Vista del Lago
Pole Vault	Ward, San Dieguito	16-1 (3)	2T	Guttormsen, Davis	18-2 3/4
	Rice, Rancho Bernardo	15-9 (5T)	16T
	Sheldon, Mission Hills	15-6 (11)	NR
Long Jump	Jackson, Eastlake	24-5 ½ (1T)	12T	Clemens, Berkeley St. Mary’s	24-5 1/2
	Christon, Madison	23-9 ½ (5)	NR
Triple Jump	Jackson	49-10 ¼ (2)	2	Stevenson, Temecula Great Oak	50-5
	Mitchell, Point Loma	47-0 (8T)	NR
SHOT PUT	Poma, Cathedral	54-2 (25)	NR	Aviles, Ventura	63-5 1/2
DISCUS	Leber, Granite Hills	169-2 (23)	NR	Aviles	194-1

Oscar Foster never won an individual scoring championship at San Diego High, but Foster finished his legendary prep career with the San Diego Section record for most points.

Consistent, often brilliant, Foster’s record was testimony to the popular, team player that he was.

Foster passed away recently in Los Angeles at age 69, a victim for at least his last 40 years of internal demons that robbed the friendly, gentle man of his great promise.

A lithe, 6-foot, 7-inch forward, Foster scored 1,766 points in three seasons and 91 games during an era in which the Cavers posted a 77-17 record and won two San Diego Section championships.

“The Big O was an unbelievable player, intimidating and competitive,” remembered Brent Strom, now the pitching coach for the Houston Astros and Foster’s teammate at San Diego High.

Foster averaged 14.7 and scored 457 points in 1964-65, his sophomore season, as San Diego, 24-8 overall after being a tied-for-second-place entry in the Eastern League, got hot in the playoffs and defeated Chula Vista, 62-40, in the championship game.

The Cavers were 24-7 in 1965-66, won the third-place game in the playoffs, and Foster averaged 21.4 points and scored 667.

The 29-2 championship team of 1966-67 was beaten only by Long Beach Poly, 67-62, and St. Augustine, 55-53, in the regular season.

Foster averaged 20.6 and scored 642 points and led coach Bill Standly’s squad a 54-53 victory over Mount Miguel in the championship game.

San Diego Section girls turned in season highs in five events and the boys in two at last week’s Arcadia Invitational.

The section can boast the best mark or tie for the best mark in the state in one boys and four girls events.

Torrey Pines’ McKenna Brown, who took the state lead in the1600-meter race at 4:47.61 at the Stanford Invitational the week before, won the mile at Arcadia by almost five seconds in 4:49.63.

Ellie Talius of Eastlake won the pole vault at 13 feet, 1 inch, to take the state lead, although another vaulter earlier cleared 13-3 indoors.

Alysha Hickey of Coronado moved into a tie for first with a 5-foot, 9-inch high jump at Arcadia and contiues to lead with a 19-foot, 5 1/4 long jump.

Brown ranks fifth all-time in the 1600 and Hickey is tied for fifth in the high jump.  Eastlake’s Jalyn Jackson, who hopped, skipped, and leaped 49-10 1/4, is eighth all-time in the tfiple jump.

Section competitors ranked in the state top 10:

BOYS

Event	Name	Mark	Place	Leader	Mark
100 Meters	Christon, Madison	:10.58	3	Hampton, Yucaipa	:10.47
	Ellis, Mt. Carmel	:10.69	9
200 Meters	Christon	:21.42	4	Hampton, Yucaipa	:21.26
	Ellis	:21.44	6
400 Meters	Lippert, La Costa Canyon	:47.44	3	Larrier, Elk Grove Monterey Trail	:47.12
300 Hurdles	Farmer, Rancho Bernardo	:38.64	7T	Jackman, Concord Clayton Valley	:37.37
Pole Vault	Ward, San Dieguito	16-1	2T	Guttormsen, Davis	17-11
	Rice, Rancho Bernardo	15-9	4T
	Sheldon, Mission Hills	15-6	7
Long Jump	Jackson, Eastlake	24-5 ½	1T	Clemens, Berkeley St. Mary’s	24-5 1/2
Triple Jump	Jackson	49-10 1/4	2	Stevenson, Temecula Great Oak	50-5

GIRLS

100 Meters	Hickey, Coronado	:11.87	8	Augustine, L.B. Poly	:11.56
800 Meters	Manson, Eastlake	2:11.80	5	Brewer, San Ramon California	2:08.99
	Morales, Scripps Ranch	2:13.02	6
	Riedman, La Costa Canyon	2:13.80	9
1600 Meters	Brown, La Costa Canyon	4:47.61	1	Friedman, Santa Cruz	4:47.89
300 Hurdles	Scott, Vista	:43.44	8	Hubbard, Calabasas	:42.37
High Jump	Hickey	5-9	1T	Glenn, L.B. Wilson	5-9
Long Jump	Hickey	19-5 ¼w	1	Downes, Tracy Kimball	*19-5
Shot put	Tuilefano, El Camino	44-5	5	Budwig, Fowler	46-9
Pole Vault	Talius, Eastlake	13-1	1	Wong, Monterey Santa Catalina	13-3+

*Second.

w—wind-aided.

+–Indoors.

Evening Tribune writer Roger Conlee said the Grossmont-Helix game was more a circus carnival (of errors), with everything but a pie-throwing contest.

Conlee covered the Metropolitan League Southern Division contest that attracted about 1,200 persons to Grossmont’s “ancient, creaky arena.”

Taking them one at a time:

–The game started at 8:45 p.m. after a longer-than-usual junior varsity preliminary. The gymnasium was overflowing by 7:15 p.m.

–The lead changed 12 times in the first half.

–Officials made conflicting foul calls three times in the first half.  Unable to agree, the zebras each time ordered a jump ball.

–Play temporarily was halted when a puddle of water appeared on the floor.

–The gymnasium public address announcer pleaded with the crowd to be quiet during the shooting of free throws.

The announcement came during the shooting of a free throw.

–Twenty-one fouls were called on plays that involved driving to the basket.  None of the fouls were for charging on the player with the ball.

–Seven timeouts were called in the fourth quarter.  The eight-minute session of playing time began at 9:47 p.m. and did not end until 10:31 p.m.

–Spectators, restless after sitting for almost two hours-plus, engaged in three separate fights in the stands, all broken up quickly.

–Fourteen free throws were attempted in the frenzied, final three minutes.

–Officials attempted to quiet the crowd with no success when the game entered its final 1:55.

“That the scoreboard clock didn’t work and time had to be called out from the scorer’s table seemed to fit in perfectly, Conlee concluded.

Oh, the game. Helix took a 28-27 lead in the third quarter and hung on to win, 51-49.  Ed Vitale had 16 points for the Highlanders and Neil McClellan 15 for the Foothillers.

CARDINALS FLY AGAIN

Nick Barkett was the fifth of five guards on Hoover’s 26-2 squad of 1959-60, but he moved to forward this season and led the Cardinals to another Eastern League championship and to the inaugural CIF San Diego AA title.

“He lived at Muni Gym with (John) Bocko all summer,” said Coach Charlie Hampton, acknowledging Barkett’s commitment and reference to just-graduated Cardinals star John Bocko.

Barkett joined a lineup that included only one starter from 1959-60, guard Dave Morehead.  Dave Sickels, a 6-6 center had seen limited action.

The Cardinals’ record for the last two seasons was 50-5.  The only defeats for this year’s 24-3 squad was 65-60 in an early-season encounter at Hilltop, 63-59 in a stunning upset by Kearny, and 36-30 in a ragged contest at Lincoln.

Barkett was joined in the starting lineup by 6-1 Morehead, 6-foot junior guard Rick Potter, the 6-6 Sickels, and 6-2 Rich Keely, a junior varsity graduate who came within two points of the school record when he had 34 points in a December game against Glendale Hoover.

Barkett had 24 points in a 66-53 win over Point Loma in the regular season and 20 in the AA championship, a virtual repeat of the first game, Hoover winning, 66-54.

LINCOLN FOILED

Hoover enjoyed its usual late-game dominance of Lincoln, overcoming a 37-35 halftime deficit to win the Kiwanis Tournament, 55-51, the fifth Cardinals victory by four points or less in the last four years over their South 49^th Street rival.

Lincoln felt good when it took a 30-22 halftime lead in the teams’ first league meeting, but the Cardinals outscored the Hornets, 21-7, in the fourth quarter for a 59-48 win.

“This may be the best basketball ‘team’ I’ve had,” said Coach Charlie Hampton.  “They may not be the best players, but as a team they can’t be beat.”

CLAIREMONT BLOWS

Leading Point Loma, 35-34, with 11 seconds left in the game and in possession of the ball, Clairemont liked its chances.

But the Chiefs’ Joe Michael launched a shot that Point Loma’s Joe Soares rebounded, and got the ball to Dave Elliott, who was fouled.

Elliott made two free throws for a 36-35 victory and the Western League championship before a capacity crowd of 1,800 at Point Loma.

“I don’t know why (Michael) took the shot,” said Clairemont coach Dick Eiler.  “The poor kid is crying his eyes out about it.  It was just one of those things.”

T’D OFF

Leading Hilltop, 44-43, Escondido was assessed a technical foul when a substitute did not report  properly.  Robbie Hewitt then sank a free throw to tie the game and Tom Lee scored seconds later for a 46-44 Hilltop victory.

After much discussion, the T was upheld.

Escondido coach Don Hegerle argued with officials that the official scorer was not an adult and did not wear a jersey or shirt that indicated his position at the table.

“There was some question about it all right,” said Lancers coach Paul Pruett, “but we got our share of bad breaks, too. We’ll take the victory.”

NAME	TEAM	GAMES	POINTS	AVERAGE
John Fairchild	San Dieguito	26	428	16.5
Charlie Schneider	Hilltop	26	416	16.0
Brian Ross	El Capitan	21	393	18.7
Bob Hoss	El Cajon Valley	22	374	17.0
Dennis Henry	Kearny	25	367	14.7
Nick Barkett	Hoover	27	356	13.2
Robbie Hewitt	Hilltop	26	339	13.0
Steve Ojetti	Lincoln	24	327	13.7
Ed Vitale	Helix	23	319	13.9
Larry Meek	Escondido	22	318	14.4
Don Sada	Point Loma	25	317	12.7
Paul Hagen	Helix	26	312	12.0
Joe Soares	Point Loma	25	300	12.0

HIGHS

Army-Navy’s Bill Froehling had the season’s highest individual point total, 47, on 23 baskets and one free throw. as the Warriors also scored the most points in a 91-47 win over San Diego Military.

Froehling’s total tied Fallbrook’s Paul Lockridge for the fourth highest in San Diego County History.

Lockridge’s 47 came in a 90-31 win over Brown Military in 1950-51.  St. Augustine’s Tom Shaules, with 60- and 53-point outbursts in 1957-58, ranks first and second.

El Capitan outscored El Cajon Valley, 77-75, the teams’ combined 152  leading the County.

San Diego Military served up the lowest, outscored by University, 59-14.

SMOKING

Al Catlin was a starter for three straight seasons at Lincoln and one of the school’s all-time top players, an accolade later to be duplicated at San Diego City College and San Diego State.

Catlin, in a stunning turn of events, was forced to learn how to shoot from his opposite hand this season because he was wearing a cast on his right arm.

The 6-foot, 2-inch forward unknowingly played his entire junior season with a broken bone in his right wrist, an injury sustained in the 1959 football season.

Catlin had experienced continual discomfort, finally forcing a visit to a physician who discovered the injury. The Hornets’ senior remained the area’s best rebounder and was a more-than-adequate shot maker on a contending squad.

Like many of his generation Catlin took up smoking, a habit he says he never indulged on the school campus.  Someone, Catlin believes a member of the Lincoln faculty, saw Catlin smoking at the Campus Drive-In Theater on El Cajon Boulevard.

The faculty snitch reported what he saw to Lincoln coach Warren Barritt, who summarily cut Catlin from the squad.

“Steve Ojetti and I both used to smoke a cigarette before a home game,” Catlin remembered years later.  “It wasn’t a crime, but I got called into Barritt’s office and he told me I was off the team for disciplinary reasons.”

Despite the loss of Catlin, Lincoln rallied behind Ojetti’s 27 points and walloped Crawford, 75-60, to secure the Eastern League’s second playoff spot in the final regular-season game.

PLAYOFFS

Two divisions and 16 teams comprised the one-week posteason.

CLASS A

John Fairchild and San Dieguito couldn’t get a seat at the Class AA table (search 1960-61: “Where’s Aretha? Mustangs Want Respect”), so they rolled to the Class A title, capping a 25-1 season with victories of 73-57 over El Cajon Valley (8-14), 66-53 over Kearny (13-11), which had eliminated University (13-11), 43-38,  and 54-46 over Sweetwater (11-12).

Ramona, 21-1 in the regular season behind the scoring thrusts of Allen Brown and Mike Walters, was up against schools much larger, even though the Bulldogs were in the small schools class.

Ramona was beaten in the first round, 50-47, by Sweetwater, which got to the finals after a 48-46 win over Vista (12-8).

Vista had advanced with a 46-45 win over St. Augustine (4-17), fueled by the temper of the Saints’ Hugh (Hudge) McConnell, who threw a ball into the stands at Vista after a foul call with three seconds remaining in the game.

The Panthers’ Fred Boyer converted the resulting personal and technical foul free throws, giving Vista the come-from-behind victory.

CLASS AA

Lincoln (17-8) topped Grossmont (12-9), 46-45, in the first round but was eliminated in the semifinals as Point Loma (15-10) won a wild, 66-60 struggle at Lincoln. Pointer Joe Soares’ 24 points offset a 34-point performance by Steve Ojetti. Point Loma earlier eliminated Escondido (13-10), 61-44.

Hoover avenged an early-season loss with a 56-49 win over Hilltop in the semifinals after dismissing Chula Vista (10-11), 63-34. Hilltop (20-6) had polished off Clairemont (12-11), 71-48.

JUMP SHOTS

San Diego’s 10-14 record was the Cavemen’s poorest since the 1933-34 team was 6-9 and the ’34-35 squad was 6-8…Hoover coach Charlie Hampton said Glendale Hoover had the tallest high school lineup he ever saw: 6-foot, 4-inch and 6-3 guards, 6-2 and 6-5 forwards, and 6-5 center…Kearny presented a front line of 6-7 Doug Ogilvie, 6-5 Lon Swank, and 6-3 Elliott Reaves…Hilltop and Escondido each reached the semifinals of the Chino Tournament, losing to Anaheim Western, 56-51, and Chino, 58-46, respectively…San Dieguito topped Ramona, 58-47, for the Kiwanis Tournament Limited Division title…the Hoover-Lincoln Unlimited final was played in San Diego State’s Men’s Gym… Ventura whipped Helix, 80-47, for consolation honors at Fillmore…Fritz Ziegenfuss set  a Crawford record with 28 points in a season-opening, 73-57 win over El Cajon Valley…La Jolla’s Chet Guthrie set a school record with 35 points in one game…until the playoffs, Hilltop was 2-0 against Hoover…the Lancers also beat the Cardinals, 53-52, in Pepsi Summer League competition at Muni Gym….

West Hills’ Cameron Barry led the San Diego Section, was tied for second in the state, and 10th nationally in scoring average, and 22^nd in total points, according to Max Preps.

Barry scored 866 points in 26 games.  His 33.3-point average is No. 3 all-time in San Diego County. Jc Canahuate of Army-Navy was second to Barry locally with a 27.8 average in 23 games.

The national leader in points was Qwan Jackson of the Conservatory of Lifelong Learning in Milwaukee with a 42.3 average in 18 games.

Barry, who followed state leader Ryan Turell of Valley Village Valley Torah’s 34.3 average and 1,031 points, was tied  with Landis Spivey of Aspire Langston Hughes Academy in Stockton, although Spivey was limited to 17 games and scored 566 points.

Barry is behind only Tony Clark’s 43.1 and Tyrone Shelley’s 34.9 in scoring average.  See below.

SHAYLA LEADS

Bonita Vista’s Shayla Latone was first in San Diego and in California and third nationally with a 36.9 average with 1,290 points in 35 games.

Latone’s  closest challenger in California was Hannah Hurley of Lake Isabella Kern Valley, with a 30.9 average in 22 games. Shemera Williams of Milwaukee Science led the nation with a 39.9 average and 1,038 points in 26 games.

San Diego Section 2017-18 boys leaders in average and all-time season leaders:

HIGHEST AVERAGE

Name	Team	Games	Points	Average
Cameron Barry	West Hills	26	866	33.3
Jc Canahuate	Army-Navy	23	639	27.8
Kibru Sugebo	Preuss UCSD	27	695	25.7
Hassan Hunt	Chula Vista High Tech	26	593	22.8
Tiberus Ballard	Guajome Park	13	291	22.4
Bryce Pope	Torrey Pines	32	713	22.3
Taeshon Cherry	Foothills Christian	25	556	22.2
DeAndre Andrews	Kearny	21	464	22.1
Phillip Willis	Maranatha	27	592	21.9
Jayden Holloway	Patrick Henry	23	464	20.2

SEASON HIGH  ALL-TIME

Year	Name	Team	Games	Points	Average
1989-90	Tony Clark	Christian	31	1,337	43.1
2006-07	Tyrone Shelley	Crawford	27	941	34.9
2017-18	Cameron Barry	West Hills	27	866	33.3
1998-99	Kemmy Burgess	El Cajon Valley			33.1
2010-11	Johnny Dee	Rancho Buena Vista	30	982	32.7
1976-77	Mitchell Lilly	Madison	28	893	31.9
1995-96	Jeremy Killon	Rancho Bernardo			31.9
1995-96	Jorge Salazar	Bonita Vista	20	629	31.5
1988-89	Clark	Valhalla	28	847	30.3
2004-05	Chase Budinger	La Costa Canyon			30.1

CAL-HI SPORTS HAS BUCS AT NO. 17

Mission Bay (27-6), whose record included a win over No. 8 Oakland Bishop O’Dowd, finished 17th in trhe final Cal-Hi Sports Top 40.

Fioothills Chridtian (26-7) is 20th, although the up-and-down Knights, defeated No. 5 Los Angeles Westchester and No. 11 L.A. Fairfax.

Torrey Pines (28-4), is 33rd.

 

The warm days of spring aren’t here, but San Diego Section girls and boys performed above the temperature last Saturday in the season’s first major meet, Dennis McClanahan’s Mt. Carmel Invitational.

McClanahan, the 35-years-plus coach at Mt. Carmel and former Helix shot putter and discus twirler, has built his late-March event into one of the top early-season meets in Southern California.

The Arcadia Invitational is in two weeks, promising more good performances.

Karson Lippert, the state runner-up in the 400 at :46.98 last season and No. 2 all-time in San Diego, likely will run in the evening at Arcadia and his :48.03, second-in-the-state race at Mt. Carmel seems to indicate Lippert has recovered from an injury during football season.

Kenan Christon of Madison, whose :10.58 at Mt. Carmel ranks No. 11 all-time in the San Diego Section, also is a possibility for the evening invitational.

Arcadia meet director Rich Gonzalez was at Mt. Carmel and likely will give consideration to several others.

Coronado’s Alysah Hickey is third in three state Top 10 categories.

Hickey is seventh at :11.87 in the 100 meters, tied for second at 5 feet, 8 inches, in the high jump, and leads in the long jump, although her 19-5 ¼ had a tailwind of 2.2 miles per hour, above the limit of 2.0.

Eastlake’s Jalyn Jackson is the state leader at 24-5 ½ in the long jump and third at 49-3 ½ in the triple jump. Kevin Ward of San Dieguito is second at 16-1 in the pole vault.

Almost all marks came at the Mt. Carmel Invitational.

San Diego Section versus the state:

GIRLS

Event

Name

Mark

Place

Leader

Mark

100 Meters	Hickey, Coronado	:11.87	7	Wilson,  Bakersfield Stockdale	:11.71
200 Meters	Salongo, Mira Mesa	:24.89w	10	Robinson-Jones, Oakland Bishop O’Dowd	:24.01
800 Meters	Morales, Scripps Ranch	2:13.02	5	Brewer, San Ramon California	2:08.99
	Riedman, La Costa Canyon	2:13.80	8
1600 Meters	Brown, La Costa Canyon	4:56.20	8	Friedman, Santa Cruz	4:48.55
300 Hurdles	Thomas, Torrey Pines	:44.64	10	Bernard-Joseph, Eastvale Eleanor Roosevelt	:42.46
High Jump	Hickey	5-8	2T	Glen, L.B. Wilson	5-9
Long Jump	Hickey	19-5 ¼w	1	Downes, Tracy Kimball	*19-5

*Second place.

W–Wind-aided.

BOYS

Event	Name	Mark	Place	Leader	Mark
100 Meters	Christon, Madison	:10.58	3	Hampton, Yucapia	:10.53
	Ellis, Mt. Carmel	:10.69	5
200 Meters	Christon	:21.42	4	Hampton, Yucaipa	:21.26
	Ellis	:21.68	9
	Lippert, La Costa Canyon	:21.85	10
400 Meters	Lippert	:48.03	2	Okonkwo, Murrieta Mesa	:47.77
1600 Meters	Brooker, Westview	4:17.40	10
300 Hurdles	Farmer, Rancho Bernardo	:38.64	3	Jackman, Concord Clayton Valley	:38.18
Pole Vault	Ward, San Dieguito	16-1	2	Guttormsen, Davis	17-1
	Sheldon, Mission Hills	15-6	4
	Rice, Rancho Bernardo	15-2	7
Long Jump	Jackson, Eastlake	24-5 ½	1	Enos, S.F. St. Ignatius	*24-2 1/2
Triple Jump	Jackson	49-3 ½	3	Stevenson, Temecula Great Oak	50-5