2017: George Taylor, 80, Cavers’ Hoop Standout
No one scored more than 10 points in a game against George Taylor, whose defensive commitment  and offensive playmaking earned the 6-foot San Diego High guard City Prep League player-of-the-year honors in the 1953-54 season. Taylor, who passed in San Diego on Jan. 27 at age 80, was the primary player on the 22-5 team that reached the quarterfinals […]
Read More2016-17 Week 6: St. Augustine Alone at Top
The speed bump Foothills  Christian hit against Orange Glen last week was followed by a chassis-rattling pothole in a 20-point blowout by Woodland Hills Taft. The Knights (17-4) need a front-end alignment. They vacated their status as the No. 2 team in the Union-Tribune weekly sportswriters- broadcasters poll after losses of 61-60 and 76-56 to […]
Read More1949: Death on the Highway
La Jolla’s Jim Prather was a member of the Southern Section team in the first College Prep All-Star Game against the CIF Los Angeles City Section and set up set up a touchdown with a 46-yard punt return as Prather’s side scored a 27-7 victory. It was to be the last game ever for Prather, […]
Read More2017: La Jolla Vikings Great Dan Berry
Dan Berry passed recently at age 72, leaving a historic legacy at La Jolla High and of significant achievements at San Diego City College and the University of California at Berkeley. When La Jolla met San Diego High at  Scripps Field in 1961, the Vikings had not beaten the Cavemen since 1951 and were reeling from […]
Read More1944-45: Hoover No. 1 twice in Southern California Basketball
 It’s a footnote almost forgotten—a rare winning parlay involving a basketball team from San Diego. The Hoover Cardinals were champions of Southern California and center Dick Barnes was player of the year. One feat had been accomplished, but not two, and not in the same season. Barnes, a 6-foot, 5-inch center, and his teammates won […]
Read More2016-17 Week 5: Movement at the Top
Idleness apparently breeds contempt among voters in the weekly Union-Tribune poll. St. Augustine, tied for first with Foothills Christian last week, played one game and defeated Lincoln, 68-62. Foothills played two, winning 84-45 over West Hills and defeating Coastal League rival Santa Fe Christian, 68-61. Two Knights victories over the Saints’ one  apparently was enough […]
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