1970 Baseball: Colts’ Sandback Leaves Outstanding Legacy
Bill Sandback, who coached Crawford to four San Diego Section championships in nine seasons, was moving on, succeeding retiring Ed Sanclemente at Mesa College. Sandback, an erstwhile hockey player from Minnesota, coached teams that posted an overall record of 164-60, a .732 winning percentage. His 1964 squad (22-4) was declared the top team in the […]
Read More1969 Baseball: Cardinals and Colts Battled for CIF Royalty
A road map would have been easy to follow in the first nine years of the San Diego Section: Start at 44th Street and El Cajon Boulevard and travel about 1.5 miles East and Southeast to 55th and Trojan Avenue. The Hoover Cardinals and Crawford Colts, neighbors in the East San Diego enclave eventually known […]
Read More1958 Baseball: Cavemen Exit Playoffs in Quarterfinals
Another great San Diego High team? Or a very good San Diego team that had punished mostly mediocre opponents? The Cavemen, 23-1 and one of the favorites for a Southern Section championship, were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the playoffs at Long Beach Poly, a team with a 20-3 record but had not participated in […]
Read More1959 Baseball: Cassie’s Great Run Ends in Disappointment
Another outstanding San Diego High team was eliminated in the Southern California playoffs and followed a trend of other Cavers teams generally also coming up short in football and basketball. Coach Les Cassie, who guided the 1952 team to an astounding 35-2 record and its lone Southern California title in the decade, retired after this […]
Read More1958 Baseball: Cavers Can’t Get Past Long Beach Poly
Another great San Diego High team? Or a very good San Diego team that had punished mostly mediocre opponents? The Cavemen, 23-1 and one of the favorites for a Southern Section championship, were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the playoffs at Long Beach Poly, a team with a 20-3 record but had not participated in […]
Read More1968 Baseball: Colts Pluck Cardinals’ Hat Trick in Fourth Try
Hoover was favored and aiming for what sportswriters euphemistically called a hat trick. The term, more favored in ice hockey and soccer, meant a player had scored three goals. The Cardinals were shooting for a third title, having won the Lions Tournament and Eastern League (they could have claimed a fourth after being selected No. […]
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