2016 Week 4: Saints Win After 88 Years
Not the most significant achievement in school history, but St. Augustine celebrated. The Saints won at Los Angeles Loyola, 17-14, last week, defeating the Cubs for the first time since Prohibition. Okay, so it was only the eighth time the teams had faced each other in the 88 years and 89 seasons since 1928. But the victory was the San […]
Read More2011: Let There Be Light
At 3:38 p.m. on Thursday, September 8, 2011, all of San Diego County and communities north to San Clemente, south to northern Mexico, and east into Arizona suddenly were without power. Something had gone awry at a connecting station in the western Arizona desert. A total of 1.4 million customers across the region were without […]
Read More2016: Dick Coxe, 95, Coached Many Champions
There was not a track and field event in which Dick Coxe did not have expertise, but he probably preferred the grueling discipline of cross country. Friends and former athletes will honor Coxe with their recollections of the demanding, straight-shooting and compassionate mentor in a celebration of his life on Sept. 18 from 1-4 p.m. […]
Read More2016 Week 3: Are Wildcats on Way Back?
El Camino was 58-81 through 2015 after Herb Meyer took his 339 career victories and walked into the coaching sunset in 2001. Jerry Ralph is the Oceanside school’s fourth coach since Meyer stepped down and may have the Warriors positioned to end a run of mediocrity. El Camino has had 4 winning seasons following Meyer, […]
Read More1984: What’s in a Name?
 Grossmont School District superintendent Lewis Smith was one of the most ardent advocates of what could have been termed the “Free San Diego” movement in the late 1950s. Smith and other educational and school board associates wanted out of the vast Southern Section and were instrumental in formation of the tiny, 28-school San Diego Section […]
Read More2016 Week 2: Change Already at Top
Two things learned in Week 1: Helix might be less and St. Augustine might be more. The No. 1 Highlanders, ranked ninth in the state in Cal-Hi Sports’ preseason Top 25, was surprised, 28-21, by Timpview of Provo, Utah, in a home game that marked the debut of coach Robbie Owens. Timpview is no chump, with a […]
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