1938 Baseball: Strange, Disappointing Ending for Hilltoppers
San Diego’s march to a Southern Section championship was derailed by Glendale in the most confusing finish in the 20-season career of coach Mike Morrow. “Bait and switch” is a…
1977 Baseball: Granite Hills Stays Course, Wins First Title
Granite Hills shook off a tie with Monte Vista, one of the the poorest teams in the County. The deadlock had prevented the Eagles from a championship tie with Helix…
2024: Eddie Olsen, 89, Baseball Lifer
The hand shake was a vise grip. I first shook that hand in September, 1964, when Eddie Olsen was hired to manage the Billiard Den, a trendy, new watering hole…
1976 Baseball: Favorites’ Stumbles Open Door for Madison
The numbers 1, 2, 4, and 5 seeds were eliminated in the first round of the San Diego Section playoffs. Only third-ranked Hoover survived and the Cardinals were ousted in…
1930 Baseball: Socking Sada Led San Diego High Sluggers
San Diego High won its third consecutive CIF championship under fifth-year coach Mike Morrow and posted a 19-3 record, according to Don King’s Caver Conquest. The Great Depression was raging,…
1975 Baseball: Hoover Coach Moves On After Third Section Championship
Jerry Bartow ended a 14-season run at Hoover with his third San Diego Section championship and with an overall record of 226-119 (.656) then headed off to Southwestern College, where…
1948 Baseball: Hilltoppers Team of Year, Stagnaro Player of Year
It was another great season by coach Mike Morrow’s San Diego High Hilltoppers, who won their second Southern Section championship in the last three seasons. (San Diego also won the…
1974 Baseball: Oceanside and Ciammachilli Come Close
For the first time in the San Diego Section’s 14 years, a team not from the city or the eastern suburbs had reached the playoff finals. Twenty-six squads, including Hoover,…
1973 Baseball: Huddleston’s Pointers Continue City Dominance
Baseball in the San Diego Section was an urban game. Point Loma became the sixth different and overall 11th city squad in the Section’s 13 seasons to win the Class…
1972 Baseball: Uni Waded Through Section’s Top Teams To Title
Strong teams abounded but it was University of San Diego High, third in the Western League and only 12-10 overall, that emerged in the Class AA playoffs. Dick Serrano coached…
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1969 all-cif baseball awards