Articles by Phillip Brents
High school wrestling exhibited its “dual” nature over the weekend for a pair of East County teams, as the Grossmont Foothillers and Granite Hills Eagles competed in the fourth annual Lancer varsity dual team tournament at Hilltop High School.
The San Diego Sockers won 48 consecutive games to set a U.S. professional sports-record winning streak at 48 games last year. The Sockers dropped their opening two games at the start of this season but appear to be working on another marathon winning streak after recording their seventh-consecutive victory after defeating the Toros de Mexico, 12-7, Sunday afternoon in Tijuana.
It was a homecoming beyond expectation for former Grossmont College football player Joey DeMartino, who scored what proved to be the game-winning touchdown in the Utah State Aggies’ 21-14 victory against the 23rd-ranked Northern Illinois Huskies in last Thursday’s ninth annual San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl game at Qualcomm Stadium.
DeMartino scored on a one-yard run with 4:14 left in the fourth quarter to boost the Aggies to a 21-7 lead.