1959 Track: Tripp’s Great Day in Southern Section Finals
Arnold Tripp took charge early in the Southern Section championships at Long Beach Veterans’ Stadium when he upset hometown favorite Dee Andrews of Long Beach Poly in the broad jump, then followed with a second in the 100 to San Bernardino’s John Howard, and ran down Howard in the stretch of the 220-yard sprint, bettering […]
Read More1958 Track: Lincoln’s Drive to CIF Southern Section Title Crashes
Always striving for higher, faster, further, San Diego -area track and field competitors delivered a bevy of outstanding marks and a consensus that Lincoln, in its fourth season, could become the Southern California team champion, following San Diego’s 1957 championship. The Hornets didn’t make it, their season ending in disappointment. Lincoln’s troubles in the Southern […]
Read More1968 Track: Great Marks, But Section Size Means No Additional State Entries
The season was outstanding, perhaps the best ever overall in San Diego, but the section was a legislative loser. San Diego Section commissioner Don Clarkson made a request to the state CIF during a meeting in Berkeley the week of the state meet. Clarkson asked that his section be allocated three berths in each event […]
Read More1967 Track: Valencia’s National Lead Comes on Short Track
Sweetwater High was the site for several outstanding performances over the years in the National City Junior Chamber of Commerce Relays and other events of distance, usually in early March. Few of those individual or team marks were repeated or equaled, one of which drew the most attention and eventually called for surveyors and tape […]
Read More1947 Track: Barnard, Smith Win Southern California titles
Happy trails, Victory League. A bi-product of World War II, gasoline rationing, security scares, and travel restriction, the league served its purpose for four calendar years (search 1943: V is Key) as school bosses and students strived for normality. San Diego and Hoover, which joined teams in the Metropolitan League in1942 and again when the […]
Read More1946 Track: Balboa Stadium Site of Southern Section Championships
San Diego High, led by quartermiler Norman Stocks, sprinter-broad jumper Jimmy Barrera, hurdler Harry West, shot putter Joe Acevedo, and half-miler Harry Taylor, among others on a deep and talented squad, was in full force, posting an 8-0 record in dual meets, winner of 16 in a row, and 20-2 since Bill Patten became coach […]
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