1984-85: It’s Poway’s Way Again
Sweetwater fired a season-opening shot to remember on Nov. 21, exploding for 136 points against Coronado in the first game (Seach 1984-85: Zarecky’s Red Devils Runnin’…andTravelin’), but the Red Devils came up short again in the playoffs as Poway, now a team of mostly juniors, ran away with the San Diego Section 3-A title. Other […]
Read More1983-84: Those Running Red Devils
Sweetwater coach Gary Zarecky took over a bottomed-out program in 1972-73 that was 2-22, 6-20, and 1-23 in the three previous seasons and proceeded to go 6-19, 1-23, and 11-15. In Zarecky’s year four the Red Devils saw light at the end of the tunnel and fast-breaked past it. Since 1975-76 Sweetwater is 196-54, a […]
Read More1983-84: A Titan Was Emerging in Poway
The future was almost now for Poway. Coach Neville Saner’s starters included three sophomores, Dominick Johnson, Judd Buechler, and Andy Byrne, and junior John Colborne. The young Titans posted a 21-5 record and won the San Diego Section 3-A championship but were sidelined, 79-60, by Riverside John North in the Southern California Regional. They would […]
Read More1982-83: Girls Play for Title Before Season Begins
The girls were playing for a state playoff berth for the first time… …before the start of their regular seasons. That’s because the regular season still was in the spring in the San Diego Section, while the rest of California (and most other places where there is a court and a ball) plays basketball in […]
Read More1982-83: Falcons’ Dudley Played 25, Count ‘Em, Years
Torrey Pines’ 6-foot, 11-inch Chris Dudley was among the San Diego Section’s leading scorers with 438 points and a 16.8 average. A fine season and a productive four years at Torrey but not a blueprint for the future. The future stretched…and stretched. Dudley went on to play four years at Yale University and then embarked […]
Read More1982-83: It Happened in Hoops This Season
The game still was played from December until early March, but San Diego Section basketballers seemingly were playing more and scoring more. Ninety points, once considered elite, had become almost routine. 100 points no longer was surprising. There were more highs than lows but some stunning legislative moves captured the headlines, as usual caused by […]
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