1960-61: Laurel & Hardy Could Not Top This
Evening Tribune writer Roger Conlee said the Grossmont-Helix game was more a circus carnival (of errors), with everything but a pie-throwing contest. Conlee covered the Metropolitan League Southern Division contest that attracted about 1,200 persons to Grossmont’s “ancient, creaky arena.” Taking them one at a time: –The game started at 8:45 p.m. after a longer-than-usual […]
Read More2017-18 Week 17: Barry 3rd All-Time in Scoring; Bucs 17th in State; Clark All-Time No. 1.
West Hills’ Cameron Barry led the San Diego Section, was tied for second in the state, and 10th nationally in scoring average, and 22nd in total points, according to Max Preps. Barry scored 866 points in 26 games. His 33.3-point average is No. 3 all-time in San Diego County. Jc Canahuate of Army-Navy was second […]
Read More1961-62: Cardinals Challenged But Prevail
Hoover’s 25-2 record and second consecutive San Diego Section Class AA championship did not reflect a season-long struggle to stay ahead of the Eastern League posse. Back-to-back league losses for the first time since 1957-58 and top-to-bottom league challenges, including one from rising Crawford, tested the Cardinals’ mettle. Coach Charlie Hampton’s team showed its grit, […]
Read More2017-18 Week 14: Six Remain Out of 32 in Regionals
Six San Diego Section teams, from the original 32, reach the semifinals of the Southern California state regional playoffs tonight. An all-San Diego Section final is possible in Boys Division V, but both teams, 5 San Diego and 11 San Diego Southwest, face higher seeds on the road, 1 Canyon Country Santa Clarita Christian and […]
Read More2017-18 Week 13: Bonita No. 1 in Girls’ Seedings
San Diego Section teams are favorites in 5 of the 17 boys games and in 6 of the 15 girls contests in the Southern California regional playoffs that begin Wednesday in Divisions I-V. Open Division teams tip Friday. Eleven of the San Diego entries have earned home games. The other 21 are on the road. […]
Read More1962-63 Basketball: Blum, Miller Scored, Crawford Won
There were two races in the Eastern League, one with four teams see-sawing through the season seeking two playoffs berths, and another, weekly shootout between Crawford’s Larry Blum and San Diego’s Elburt Miller. St. Augustine (19-5), led by Bob Spence, Mike (Zeke) Shea, Jimmy Antl, John Emerson, and Gary Hoffman, held off Crawford (24-6-1), Hoover […]
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