Baseball Archives: 1963-70 standings…

By Nick Pellegrino
Updated: June 17, 2024

Santana's Jim Saska (right) avoids an Oceanside tag on the way to third base in a CIFSDS playoff victory / San Diego Union file photo

EAST COUNTY ARCHIVES:
BASEBALL 1970
Standings, Playoffs, Notes

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1970
Grossmont League	W	L	T	W	L	T
Santana (Tom Flood)	12	2		25	3
El Capitan	10	4		15	11
Granite Hills	8	6		13	9
El Cajon Valley	7	7		10	13
Helix	6	8		11	11
Mount Miguel	6	8		9	12
Monte Vista	5	9		11	13
Grossmont	3	11		5	15

Others
1. Ramona				20	4

This was Patrick Henry’s first season (record inknown). Seraching for Julian, Mountain Empire.

CIFSDS PLAYOFFS
2A
First Round
— at Hoover 6, Granite Hills (13-9) 0 (H: Ken Kollmeyer,first no-hitter in section postseason history, 9 Ks).
— at Escondido 6, Sweetwtarer 1
— at El Capitan 7, Kearny 3
— San Diego 5, at Castle Park 0
— at Oceansdie 6, Crawford 5
— at Santana 10, Clairemont 0
— Carlsbad 7, at Point Loma 4 (S: Terry Forster, WP; Brad McRoberts, 2-run HR)
— Mar Vista 10, at St. Augustine 7

Quarterfinals
— Hoover 5, Escondido 4 (at GC) (E: protested/denied)
— San Diego 11, at El Capitan (15-11) 0
— Mar Vista 4, at Carlsbad 0
— Santana 3, at Oceanside 0

Semifinals
— Hoover 6, San Diego 1 (at Beeson Field)
— Santana 1, Mar Vista 0 (S: Brad McRoberts, 1-hitter; Sultans third consecutive postseason shutout) (mesa)

Championship
— Santana (25-3) 8, Hoover (22-6) 4 (Beeson Field at MCRD) (S: Terry Forster, WP)

ote:
Santana won Lions Tournament limited Division, Grossmont League and CIFSDS large-school title, finishing ranked No. 1 in San Diego County.

1A
Championship
— S.D. Military:Falcons” 6, Ramona (20-4) 5 (8 inn.) (palomar) (R: Taylor Reiss, HR: Tom Eberwein, HR)

Future pros

Brad McRoberts

Kyle Hypes

Steve Forster

San Diego Union photo

THANKS to on San Diego Prep Histoyr HERE

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1969
Grossmont League	W	L	T	W	L	T
El Cajon Valley	10	3	1	16	9	1
El Capitan	10	4		12	9
Granite Hills	8	6		14	8
Mount iguel	7	7		10	13
Helix	6	8		11	11
Mount Miguel	7	7		15	9
Santana	7	7		14	10
Monte Vista	7	7		12	11
Helix	3	8	1	6	14	1
Grossmont	1	13		3	18

Southern Prep
Sann Miguel	7	1		10	6	1
SD Military	4	5		8	10
LJCDS	3	4		4	11
Julian	3	5		4	5

Independents
Rancho del Campo				8	1
Borrego Springs				4	3
Mountain Empire				6	12	1
Christian				1	3

CIFSDS PLAYOFFS
2A
First Round
— Sweetwater 7, San Dieguito 4 (10 inn.) (sdsu)
— Crawford 8, Castle Park 2 (hoover)
— Hoover 3, Clairemont 1 (mesa)
— Oceanside 3, El Cajon Valley (16-9-1) 1 (GC)/
— Escondido 2, Granite Hills 1 (palomar)
— Madison 6, Chula Vista 4 (helix)
— San Diego HS 11, San Miguel (10-6) 1 (madison)
— El Capitan 10, Marian 7 (mar vista)

Quarterfinals
— Hoover 7, Oceanside 4 (mesa)(
— Crawford 12, El Capitan (12-9) 0 (helix)
— Escondido 2, Madison 0 (cal western)
— Sweetwater 9, San Diego HS 0 (sdsu)

Semifinals
— Hoover 3, Sweetwater 2 (mesa)
— Crawford 2, Escondido 0 (sdsu)

Championship
— Hoover 5, Crawford 4 (Beeson Field, MCRD)

1A
Not help (top-seeded San Miguel played
in 2A playoffs) ECVHS is 6-1-1 (they tied Helix), with Granite Hills, and Mount Miguel next at 5-2.

Highlights

According to comments on the San Diego Prep Sports History blog, Santana suffered through a strange season: 7-0 on the road, yet 0-7 at home. Strange.

4/16/69: ECVHS de. El Capitan, 9-2, despite Braves ctacher Tom DeHart getting hit by a Vaqueros pitch in the seventh inning. The putch, reportedly, loosed several teeth and cut his kip and gums.

4/22/79: Brian Applegate slugged a three-run homer to power ECVHS pasy Santana,4-2, moving the Braves intofirst place.

425/69: Speedy Chase scored on a passed ball, then Brian Applegate singled home Chuck Klein, as the Braves scored twice in the third inning to nip Granite Hills, 2-1.

5/9/69: Braves head coach Harry Elliott praised Braves pitcher Dan

Corden, who won 4-1 over El Capitan to keep ECVHS (9-3) in first place.

5/17/69: Reports of a replay of the tie game between ECVHS and Helix provefd to be wrong, as the CIF announced the playoff Brackets with the Braves winning the league by a full half-game.

5/20/69: ECVHS dropped it CIF opener, while El Capitan advanced to the quarterfinals. Oceanside scored a pair of unearned runs in the seventh to nip the Braves. The Vaqueors won a sug-fest over Marian in a ballgame held at Mar Vista HS in Imperial Beach.

5/23/69: El Cap received a “home” game at Helix, but the Crawford Colts roimped, 12-0. The Colts would eventually reach the title gase, but gell to Hoover, 5-4, at MCRD’s BeesonField.

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1968
Grossmont League	W	L	T	W	L	T
Helix	11	3	1	16	8
El Cajon Valley	10	4		12	13
El Capitan	9	5		13	8
Santana	9	5		13	8
Grossmont	7	7		10	11
MountMiguel	7	7		9	11
Monte Vista	2	13		8	13
Granite Hills	1	12		2	19

Southern Prep
San Miguel	6	3		9	6
SD Military	6	3		8	8
LJCDS	4	5		8	9
Julian	2	7		2	9

Palomar League
Marian	9	2		14	8
San Marcos	7	4		8	13
Army-Navy	5	7		6	11
Ramona	2	10		5	16

CIFSDS PLAYOFFS
2A
First Round
— at Escondido 7, University 2
— San Diego HS 13, at Chula Vista 5
— at Helix 7, Kearny 6(walk-off; 3-run IB by Keith Baxterr)
— San Dieguito 2, at Marian 1 (15 inn.)

— Sweetwater 3, at Madison 0
— at Crawford 5, El Capitan (13-9) 4
— ECVHS 10, at San Miguel 0 (ECV: Dan Condor and Bob Wheelington, combined 2-hit shutout)
— at Hoover 4, Castle Park 3

Quarterfinals
— Escondido 2, San Dieog HS 0 (cal western) (E: Dan Gabbatd: game-ending, unassisted triple play)
— San Dieguito 4, Helix 3 (miracosta(
— Crawford 11, Sweetwater 7 (Beeson Field, MCRD)
— Hoover 7, ECVHS (12013( 2 (mesa)

Semifinals
— Hoover 7, Escondido 2 (mesa)
— Crawford 2, San Diwguito 1 (Beeson Field, MCRD)

Championship
— Crawford 5, Hoover 1 (Beeson Field, MCRD)

1A
Not held; Division 1 top-raned San Miguel played in the 2A tournament.

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1967
Grossmont League	W	L	T	W	L	T
El Capitan	11	3	1	13	8
Helix	10	4		14	7
Granite Hills	8	6		12	6
Santana	8	6		14	8
Mount Miguel	7	7		12	11
Monte Vista	5	9		8	14
Grossmot	4	10		9	13
El Cajon Valley	3	11		6	16

Palomar
San Marcos	9	3		13	9
Army-Navy	7	4		9	8
Marian	7	5		11	10
Ramona	0	11		2	17

Southern Prep
SD Military	8	0	1	12	2	1
LJCDS	6	3		9	4
San Miguel	2	5	1	6	6	1
Julian	0	8		0	8

CIFSDS PLAYOFFS
2A
(12 teams, 4 byes)
First Round
— Hoover 2, Helix (14-8) 1 (mesa)
— Mission Bay 1, Sweetwater 0 (swc)
— Crawford 3, Orange Glen 1 (miracosta)
— Hilltop 3, Poway 1 (palomar)

Quarterfinals
— Hoover 4, Point Loma 2 (mesa)
— Mission Bay 5, St. Augustine 1 (westgate park)
— Crawford 7, El Capitan (13-9) 1 (gc)
— Chula Vista df. Hilltop

Semifinals
— Hoover 3, Chula Vista 1(swc)
— Crawford 3, Mission Bay 2 (mesa)

Championship
— Crawford 13, Hoover 6 (Beeson Field, MCRD)

1A
Championship
— SD Military 3, San Marcos 2 (miracosta)

Santana head coach Bob Guess in the third base coach’s box / San Diego Union file photo

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1966
Grossmont League	W	L	T	W	L	T
Grossmont (JerryLewis)	12	2		15	6
Helix	10	4		16	9
El Capitan	7	6		9	10
Monte Vista	7	7		11	11
MountMiguel	5	9		11	12
Santana	5	9		9	13
Granite Hills	5	9		9	14
El Cajon Valley	4	9		7	17

Palomar League
Poway	11	4		17	6
Marian	10	5		14	8
Carlsbad	9	6		12	8
San Marcos	7	8		11	12
Ramona	6	9		7	15
Army-Navy	2	13		2	16

CIFSDS PLAYOFFS
2A
Quarterfinals
— Hilltop 2, Madison 1
— Escondido 10, at Clairemont 5
— San Diego HS 8, at Grossmont (15-6) 4 (G: Cal Meier, HR; Bernard Linn, HR. SD: Brent Storm, WP)
— Crawford 2, Helix (16-9) 1 (wells park)

Semifinals
— San Diego HS 1, Escondido 0 (14 inn.) (Beeson Field, MCRD)
— Crawford 5, Hilltop 1 (Beeson Field, MCRD)

Championship
— San Diego HS 4, Crawford 3
Note: First SDHS title since wining the 1952 Southern Section title.

1A
Semifnals
— Poway 9, San Miguel 5 (palomar)
— Oceanside, bye

Championship
— Oceanside 3, Poway 1

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1965
Grossmont League	W	L	T	W	L	T
ECVHS (Harry Elliott)	9	3		15	7
Grossmont	9	3		13	12
Granite Hills	7	5		13	11
Monte Vista	5	7		11	11
Helix	5	7		10	12
MountMiguel	4	8		8	13
El Captan	3	9		5	16

Palomar
Poway	11	2		15	6
Carlsbad	9	3		12	5
San Marcos	7	5		9	8
Marian	7	6		7	11
Army-Navy	2	10		4	10
Ramona	1	11		4	13

‘CIFSDS PLAYOFFS
2A
Quarterfinals
— San Diego HS 1, Point Loma 0
— ECVHS 4, Sweetwater 2 (ECV: Larry Haggard, 2-run triple, winning pitcherl Ralph Hayes, HR)
— Grossmont 13, Chula Vista 2
— Crawford 10, Mission Bay 2

Semifinals
— San Diego HS 7, ECVHS (15-7) 6
— Crawford 8, Grossmont (13-12) 3

Championship
— Crawford 14, San Diego HS 3 (Beeson Field, MCRD)

ECVHS head coach Harry Elliott (left) and LHP Larry Haggard / San Diego Union file photo

1A
Championship
— Vista 2, Poway 1 (palomar)

Trivia

El Capitan’s first two baseball coaches — Art Preston and Ed Olsen — both played professional baseball, yet neitherr ever made it to the Major Leagues. Name the first Grossmont League/Conference head coach to have played in “the show.”

Harry Elliott

Answer: El Cajon Valley’s Harry Elliott, who coached the Braves from 1959-64.

Following a cup of coffee with the St. Louis Cardinals, Elliott was assigned to the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League, where he was a standout with 220 hits and a .350 batting averrage. Thus, he was promoted back to the Cards for the 1955 season. Although he again batted ,256, it would be his lone season in the majors..

Preston, a graduate of Grossmont High and San Diego State College, spent his career with the Boston Red Sox organization (1952-55), reaching as high as what is now called Double-A baseball.

Ed Olsen

Olsen, who later was head coach at Grossmont College for more than 30 seasons, was knwon as the spring training roommate of Mickey Mantle with the New York Yankees. Olsen reached as high as the Triple-A Albuquerque Dukes.

Ironically, following Olsen’s retirement after 10 seasons (1953-62) in the minors, Mantle injured his foot in Baltimore, missing a majority of the second half of the 1963 season.

Preston passed at 65 in his home in Pine Valley in 1985. However, Olsen is still with us and can be seen attending Grossmont College home games. A native of Salem, Mass., Olsen (born on June 10 2035) recently turned 89 and fully expects to outlast his father, who reached 103.

Preston is a member of several halls of fame, including an “:Aztec for Life: with SDSU. Olsen holds similar honors , including California Community College Baseball Coaches Assoc. College and La Jolla High. In Spanish

1964

Grossmont League
!.El Capitan, 8-2, 15-4
2. El Cajon Valley, 7-3, 14-7
3. Helix, 7-3

CIFSDS PLAYOFFS
CLASS AA
|Quarterfinals
PointLoma3, at El Capian 2
Crawford 12, Sweetwater 4
at Kearny 8, El Cajon Valleu (14-7) 5
San Diego HS 4,Hilltop 1

Semifinals
Point Loma 3, San Diego HS 2
Crawford 9, Kearny 4

Championship
Crawford 4, Point Loma 3 (Beeson Field, MCRD)

CLASS A
Championship
Carlsbad 4, at Marian 2 (8 inn.)

1963

Grossmont League

El Capitan, 10-1 (+1), 19-6
Helix, 8-4 (_1), 15-11

CIFSDS PLAYOFFS
CLASS AA
Quarterfinals
at El Capitan 1, San Diego 0 (EC: Kem allingh,WP 13-2, two-hitter; Bob Connen, GWRGI, bases-loaded single after three straight walks in the 4rd)
at Clairemont 8, Chula Vista 7
Helix 6, at Hppver 0 (H: Bob Simmons, WP, three-hitter for his third staight shutout; Ed Carmichael, three-run HR
at Escondido 2, Point Loma 0

Semifinals
at Helix 1, Escondido 0 (H: Dick DiMeo, first HR of season; shared shutout by soph Dave Elstrom and Bob Simmons)
El Capitan 5, at Clairemont 3 (9 inn.) (H: WP, Ken Walling, complete game, WP closing with 8.1 scoreless innings)

Championship
Helix (15-11) 4, El Capitan (19-6) 2 (Beeson FIeld, MCRD)

CLASS A
Semifinals
at Oceanside 7, Marian 2 (H: Bob Simmons, WP; Helix pitchers’ scoressless string wernt to 36.1 innings)
Poway = bye

Championship
at Poway 3, Oceanside 0 (P” Daro Quiring, one-hot shutout for 13-0 season record)

1962

Grossmont Lagu	W	L	T	W	L	T
He;ix	12	0		16	5
El Capitan	9	3		18	7
Grossmont	5	7		11	9
Monte Vista	5	7		10	9
El Cajon Valley	5	7		11	12
Mount Miguel	4	8		7	13
Granite Hills	2	10		5	15

Palomar League
Powa	10	0		17	3
Army-Navy	6	4		7	8
Carlsbad	5	5		7	8
Fallbrook	5	5		7	9
San Marcos	4	6		8	8
Ramona	0	10		5	12

CIFSDS PLAYOFFS
CLASS 2A
Quarterfinals
at Chula Vista 7, Clairemont 6 (8 inn.)
El Capitan 5, at San Diego HS 4 (Beeson Field, MCRD) (EC: Dave Varvel, one-hitter; Vaqs: five errorrs)
Crawford 4, aqt Helix (16-5) 3 (8 inn.)
Escondido 1, at Point Loma 0

Semfinals
El Capitan 90, Chula Vista 5
Crawford 3, Escondido 1

Championship
Crawford 9, El Capitan (18-7) 0 (westgate park)

CLASS A
Championship
Poway(17-3) 3, Oceanside 2

1961

Metropolitan League
Southern Division
1. Helix, , 19-6
2. Mount Miguel
Northern Division
1. El Capitan, 7-1, 14-5

CIFSDS PLAYOFFS
CLASS 2A
Quarterfinals
Hoover 9, El Capitan (14-5) 2 (grossmont hs)
Helix (18-5) 2, at San Diego HS 1 (Beeson Field, MCRD)
University 3, San Dieguito 0
Point Loma 2, Chula Viista 0

Semifinals
Helix (19-5) 7, Point Loma 1
Hoover 8, University 3