2016-17: Saints Rise to No. 6 in Final Cal-Hi Sports’ Ratings
Another good season of San Diego Section basketball is in the books. St. Augustine finished sixth in the final, expanded Cal-Hi Sports listing of the top 40 teams in the state and the Mission Hills girls were seventh in rankings of the top 35. The Saints (28-5) were a preseason No. 21 in the newsletter’s top 25 […]
Read More1953-54: Spartans Footballers Get Basketball Legs
All coach Clarence Burton and the Chula Vista Spartans needed were some fresh legs, i.e., several football players from the CIF small schools championship team needed time to get in shape. The Spartans started slowly in December while Chet DeVore’s gridders were engaged in the postseason, which concluded with a 12-6 win over Brawley. With […]
Read More1943-44: Ivan the Terrible, Not
An otherwise quiet campaign shortened by war was energized in the season’s last game. Ivan Robinson, the younger brother of 1941-42 San Diego star Ermer Robinson, scored 38 points, including 25 in the second half of a 70-23, season-ending victory over Kearny. News accounts reported that no prep in the area had ever rung up […]
Read More2016-17 State Championship: Singer has seen all of Helix’ Best
John Singer has seen the greatest Helix teams from the bench. He was an underclassman reserve on the 1969-70 squad led by Bill Walton that posted a 33-0 record and is regarded as not only the best team to come out of the La Mesa foothills but the all-time No. 1 in San Diego County. Singer’s also […]
Read More1942-43: It’s All About Victory
Galvanized Americans had Victory on their minds as the war moved into its second year. San Diego school officials, living in the hub of the defense industry, pitched in. They created the Victory League and put the Metropolitan League in a basketball drydock. Call theirs a New Year’s Resolution. Coronado coach Hal Niedermeyer had announced a Metro […]
Read More2016-17 Regionals: Helix and Serra Reach Finals
The Helix boys and Serra girls are still in the hunt. Both teams have reached the finals of the Southern California Regional playoffs, last step before the state championships March 24-25 at the Golden Center in Sacramento. Helix (30-5), the No. 2 seed in Division IV, defeated Carson of the L.A. City Section, 56-53, for […]
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