Unbeaten Eastlake faced a near monumental upset from the Spartans of Chula Vista Friday night at Stan Canaris Stadium. In front of a boisterous home crowd and playing on senior night, the Titans trailed Chula Vista 14-0 heading into halftime.
Led by stand-out running back Tony Jefferson, the Titans of Eastlake High (8-0-2; 5-0) scored 28 unanswered second-half points to defeat the Chula Vista Spartans (6-4: 4-1) 28-14. With the victory, Eastlake secured the Mesa League Championship and a trip to the CIF playoffs.
Entering the match-up, the Eastlake Titans sat firmly atop the Mesa League standings. The team seemed poised to cruise to an easy victory against Chula Vista in the final game of the regular season, but the Spartans had different plans. Continue Reading →
Today brings Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut in theaters: “Whip It”, a tribute to roller derby and female empowerment. Well reviewed so far, “Whip It” is likely to spur interest in the obscure but fast paced and fast growing sport of roller derby. If you happen to be one of the curious, allow 619 Sports to provide you a sneak peek inside the actual world of roller derby in San Diego.
It’s an unassuming wall on an unassuming street in an unassuming part of the East Village. You wouldn’t be likely to give this mass of white painted brick a second look…that is, until you spot the arm, yanked out of its bloody socket, pointing in the direction of a chain-link gate. OK, it’s a painting of a dismembered arm, but the point is made: the meek need not enter.
Why does Violet Offender love Roller Derby? (:11)
Roller derby rocks, it’s for real, and you should know this. There is pain and sweat and full contact at speed, on skates. Taking part means adopting a new name; a new identity that is both individual and forged within a team atmosphere. It also means playing at a high level. Their All-Star traveling team here in San Diego is the reigning banked-track national champion, and the state champ in flat track. They train behind this door. Ready to come in? Enter the Dollhouse: Continue Reading →
ShareObservations from the press box on a night of cautious optimism at the Q…
Saturday night’s 35-19 win over Southern Utah demonstrated both the progress made under Brady Hoke, and just how far the Aztecs have left to go in their return to respectability. For the most part, San Diego State controlled the action at Qualcomm [...]
ShareAztecs’ color announcer (and 619 Sports’ very own) Chris Ello gives us three quick thoughts on the first half of the Southern Utah/SDSU game…follow our live tweets from Qualcomm Stadium and complete postgame coverage on 619 Sports!
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Has this ever happened to you? You meet a new girl, and for the first few weeks everything is going perfectly. You warn yourself to be careful, but you just can’t help it. This, you can’t stop saying to yourself, is going to be the one!
Then about six months later, alas, it’s over. And there’s [...]
ShareWith Chargers training camp underway, and the season just right around the corner, Chris Ello takes an inside look at how the Bolts stack up position-by-position heading into 2009.
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Stephen Cooper, 7th yr., Maine: With everybody’s attention on the season-ending injury suffered by Shawne Merriman, many forgot that the Chargers had to [...]
ShareThe Green Machine is blasting its way down the road to Williamsport and the Little League World Series. With 34 homeruns in 5 games, outscoring their opponents 87-11, the Park View Little Leaguers are a machine indeed. Friday’s 15-2 mercy rule win over the Las Vegas All Stars featured six more longballs, including Isaiah “El [...]
ShareFollowing San Diego State’s football media day, Chris and Craig sat down with Brady Hoke. They had 10 questions for the new Aztecs coach as he gets set to try and start rebuilding the SDSU football program (our readers even chipped-in with a couple):
1. We’ve all seen the SDSU advertising campaign with the “Brady [...]
While Craig is happy to be wearing his brand-new 2009 NBA Champion LA Lakers T-Shirt, he’s wondering if Ron Artest is the right fit for the Lakers in 2010. Trevor Ariza was a clutch performer as a swingman, a great defender, and the younger of the two players by five years. Ron Artest [...]
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I had the opportunity to write an article for the latest Padres Magazine (available during the current homestand at Petco Park) profiling the gains made by the draft class of 2008, particularly at the plate. As part of that story I got to sit down with Padres’ VP of Scouting and Player Development Grady Fuson [...]
