1955 Track: Hoover and Grossmont Dominate
The lower classifications held sway. Grossmont was the Southern Section team champion in Class B and most of the area’s future Class A champions were underclassmen, at least a year or two away. Hoover was enjoying a period of dominance in CPL dual meets, routing San Diego, 64 1/3-39 2/3. Grossmont also defeated the Cavers, […]
Read More1954 Track: Hillers Return to Prominence for Retiring Coach
San Diego High bounced back with a 7-0 dual-meet record after a mediocre season in 1953 and finished fourth in the CIF Southern Section championships. It was a fitting farewell for coach Bill Patten, whose teams annually were among the best in Southern California since he became head coach in 1944. Patten’s teams posted a […]
Read More1953 Track: Nelson Won State Championship, led Hoover to top in CPL
Hoover, led by high jumper-hurdler Bernie Nelson, stole thunder usually heard only by San Diego High opponents. The Cardinals were 6-0 in dual meets and along with Grossmont and Point Loma won a dual meet from the usually unbeatable Hillers. Nelson, who cleared 6 feet, 4 inches, was the County’s first state champion since Grossmont’s […]
Read More1952 Track: Grossmont Shot with Mashin’s `Putters
Jack Mashin coached football at Grossmont from 1925-47 and posted an excellent record, 125-66-19 (.644), but he became more known as an international figure in track and field. Mashin would, under auspices of the U.S. State Department, coach the first Pakistan Olympic team in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, and his decades-long success at Grossmont led […]
Read More1963 Track: Sensational Finishes by Cavers’ Relay Team, Madison’s Hose
Martin Pedigo, a former University of Oregon broad jumper, became the San Diego High coach and inherited a potential powerhouse. The Cavers, representative of one of the state’s great programs—184-30-2 in dual meets since 1929—were 14-7 under longtime assistant Henry Wiegand and hadn’t beaten Lincoln, their latest rival, since 1959. Wiegand deserved another year. Coincidentally, […]
Read More1962 Track: Lincoln Gets Bad Review in State Movie
Track and field, long a Southern California stronghold in San Diego, celebrated some powerful performances. Lincoln lost only a late-season, nonleague dual meet at Helix, 57-47, won its third straight Eastern League dual meet championship and the San Diego Section title for the second year in a row, and contended for the state team championship. […]
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