1952-53: Gehring Leads Way to Hoop
Football, basketball, baseball, and track and field, the majors, remained seasonal sports for the best athletes, who usually participated in at least three. Single-sport concentration and club teams were a half-century away, but a change of another kind took place in high school hoops this season. There were many more games in which the competing […]
Read More1951-52: A Season Seven Times Significant
What made this campaign one to remember: 1) Hoover’s 11-1 ride through the City Prep League and 23-win campaign which stalled after an 11-point lead in the playoffs. 2) Point Loma’s rags-to-almost-riches season that ended with a call from Uncle Sam. 3) Helix, without a gymnasium, or a campus, not playing like a first-year team. […]
Read More2017: George (Bud) Milke, Legendary South Bay Coach
Bud Milke was on the bench as a head coach for 500-plus basketball games in his career, more than half at Mar Vista High and Castle Park, and rolled with the deathless prose of Grantland Rice: “For when the One Great Scorer comes To write against your name, He marks—not that you won or lost—but […]
Read More2017: Powell Leads Raptors to Playoff Win
Norman Powell has earned a spot in the Toronto Raptors’ rotation and is making his bones on basketball’s biggest stage. The 6-foot, 4-inch guard from Lincoln High scored a career-high 25 points in 34 minutes and shot 8 for 11 from the field to lead the Raptors to a 118-93 win over Milwaukee and put […]
Read More1950-51: Travel Checklist: Thomas Brothers Map
The twists and turns of the season weren’t so much about the drama of last-minute shots and frenetic finishes but of quirky schedules, odd venues, and some World War II-like travel. Home games often meant hitting the road. Coronado and Chula Vista met in the Metropolitan League’s most important game…at Point Loma. It was Chula […]
Read More1954-55: The Saints Get Some Glory
St. Augustine felt better about itself, assuaging some of the long-standing frustration from thwarted attempts to secure a league affiliation. The small, independent Catholic entity that opened its doors in North Park in 1922 enjoyed an in-your-face season and earned the first playoff berth in school history. The hard way. With a few community honchos […]
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