2013: Don Hegerle, 82, Player and Coach
Don Hegerle, a leader and playmaker for 1950s San Diego State basketball teams and who later coached at Escondido High, passed away on Sept. 9. Hegerle, 82, was a fast, slashing guard who fearlessly drove to the basket and fired jump shots for one of the best teams in Aztecs history. He was a vital […]
Read More2013: Kenny Hale, 90, Played and Coached Basketball
Kenny Hale, one of the last surviving members of San Diego State’s 1940-41 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics basketball championship team, passed away at age 90. A 1938 San Diego High graduate, Hale eventually went into coaching and had winning records at Hoover and Mission Bay. Led by superstar Bill McColl, Hoover was 20-8 in […]
Read More2012-13: Saints 10th in State; Horizon tops in D-V
St. Augustine’s 6-0 run through the San Diego Section, Southern California regionals, and CIF State championship game resulted in the Saints making a huge leap to overall No. 10 in Cal-Hi Sports’ final rankings for 2012-13. Horizon finished No. 1 in Division V. The Saints were “On the Bubble”, meaning unranked, at the end […]
Read More2012-13: Saints and Horizon Win Cliffhangers
The circumstance and the stage may have made for the most defining athletic moment in St. Augustine’s 91-year history. It wasn’t that the Saints pulled away from San Francisco Sacred Heart Cathedral in overtime Saturday in Sacramento and won the State Division III championship, 59-52. That would be second. No. 1 would be the gutty, cold-as-ice […]
Read More2013: Saints Gain Regional Final
St. Augustine won the best 2 out of 5 with Cathedral Catholic. The Saints defeated the Dons with a 25-13 fourth quarter tonight and earned a berth in the Southern California regional finals Saturday at Colony High in Ontario. The final score was 55-45. Coach Mike Haupt’s team commanded the backboards and hit the big […]
Read More2013: “Stayin’ Alive”
Six San Diego Section teams, out of the original 13, still are practicing and still preparing as the Southern California regional playoffs reach a critical semifinals round. At least one of the remaining six will be eliminated in games Tuesday, March 12, and one will qualify for the finals Saturday, March 16, at Colony High […]
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