Riordan / SI on The Cube
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It's a tough year when the soccer team is higher in the standings than the hoops team. (Except for 75-78)
Serra beat SHCP by 6. Killingsworth had a great game with 25 and limited hollins to 9. I have a question-Can some explain to me how a kid gets kicked out of school or leaves a school for two weeks and then is allowed to re-enroll and then plays in a game?
I am assuming you are talking about Dunbar. From what I heard, he was not kicked out of school. It was a family issue.
Why did he have to re-enroll? Did he formally withdraw? Hope he can now move forward to finishing at SHC and continue playing basketball.
I remember some of those early 70's soccer teams. Riordan beat SI in a shootout for the title.
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Riordan won WCAL titles in 1975-1978, but the beginning of Riordan's emergence began when coach Tom Carrol took control of the reins and willed his tough minded but talented Crusaders to prominence a few years before they broke through in 1975.
The 1977 team was CCS champs. The 1978 team was undefeated in league play but was upset in the CCS semifinal, which ironically ended Riordan's dominance of the sport. In those days only the top teams made CCS and 1 division with only the best versus the best. Nothing watered down.
Riordan won WCAL titles in 1975-1978, but the beginning of Riordan's emergence began when coach Tom Carrol took control of the reins and willed his tough minded but talented Crusaders to prominence a few years before they broke through in 1975.
The 1977 team was CCS champs. The 1978 team was undefeated in league play but was upset in the CCS semifinal, which ironically ended Riordan's dominance of the sport. In those days only the top teams made CCS and 1 division with only the best versus the best. Nothing watered down.
Makes you appreciate more of the accomplishments of the WCAL / CCS and State/TOC championship teams back in the 70-80's. I believe there were only 2 Divisions in basketball in the 80's before it got watered down. Don't think you will ever see a WCAL hoops team take 6 consecutive WCAL hoops titles (5 of them undefeated!) ever again.
it is a great sports tradition in WCAL and I think it persists for the most part to this day. Just look at the rankings of the WCAL basketball teams. I think three or four teams are top 100. Very tough league. All the schools take pride in their sports programs.
The real "dark age" was in 1918 when the SFAL (San Francisco Athletic League) sanctioned prep soccer for the first time. Wilson was president.
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