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Jesse Nunez, Point Loma High varsity baseball head coach, resigned amid controversy this month after less than two seasons at the helm. Photo by Scott Hopkins I The Beacon
Pointers’ head baseball coach resigns amid apparent tensions, controversy
The head coach of Point Loma High School’s baseball team resigned in early May in a rare move with three regular-season games and a possible CIF playoff schedule still to play. Jesse Nunez, hired t...
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Point Loma Nazarene University hosted the inaugural PacWest Track and Field Championships on April 26 and 27. PLNU swept several events. Courtesy photo
PLNU tennis players claim all-region honors
Honea and Van Wey earn All-American honors Lindsay Honea and Jennifer Van Wey brought All-American honors back to Point Loma after finishing in the top three in their respective events at the Nat...
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Four Point Loma High seniors earned four consecutive Eastern League tennis championships during their prep careers. Holding their “4 PEAT” shirts are, from left, Forrest Young, Kasey Dring, Avery Cramer and Dominic Gareri. Courtesy photo
Dominant PLHS tennis team ends season with perfect league record
Four Point Loma High tennis players, four years of varsity play, four Eastern League team championships. That’s the legacy senior foursome Dominic Gareri, Avery Cramer, Kasey Dring and Forrest Youn...
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PLHS sailing team battles to fourth-place finish in Mallory Cup under challenging conditions
Greatly varying wind, temperature and water conditions plagued the Mallory Cup sailing event May 11-12, and in the end, Point Loma High’s highly touted team wasn’t able to adjust as well as they wo...
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Crew members from the winning boat pose with the Gaucho Regatta trophy the Point Loma High team won last month in Santa Barbara. The team goes after the national championship next month in Chicago. Courtesy photo
PLHS sailors setting sail for another title
After again ruling the west, Point Loma High School’s renowned sailing team is heading east next month to again establish itself the best in the United States. The Pointers will try to head home wi...
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Sam Sadler of Point Loma Nazarene University teamed with Garrett Levsen for the school’s first no-hitter ever on April 12. Courtesy photo
PLNU pitchers combine for school’s first-ever no-hitter
BASEBALL Sam Sadler and Garrett Levsen teamed to throw the first no-hitter in PLNU history, holding held Fresno Pacific hitless in the second game of a doubleheader on April 12 to lead PLNU to a ...
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Pointer Cole Lemmel slides into home plate in the second inning to score the only run of the game against La Jolla High at Petco Park. La Jolla catcher Matt Needham applies the late tag in the 1-0 Point Loma victory. Photo by Scott Hopkins I The Beacon
Point Loma edges LJHS in big-league venue
For Point Loma High’s baseball team, a day in Petco Park was very likely the season highlight. The Pointers turned a superb pitching performance by senior Josh Azar into a 1-0 victory over Western ...
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Above, player Steve Grimes is carried off the field at San Diego State University after the Pointers defeated Hoover 11-2 for the 1973 CIF championship. Grimes was the winning pitcher and also hit a three-run home run. Courtesy photo
PLHS championship team of 1973 remains in spotlight
Point Loma High School baseball player Jim Murray, a member of the 1973 Pointer team that won a CIF championship, will be feted at a 40th anniversary “Spirit of ’73 Gala” on April 26 at the Bali Ha...
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Point Loma High baseball players will have the opportunity of a lifetime when they face league rival La Jolla in an April 19 game at 1 p.m. at Petco Park.
PLHS, La Jolla High get dream chance to play in big-league venue
Playing in a major league stadium is every young athlete’s dream, and for varsity baseball players at Point Loma High School, that dream is about to come true. The Pointers have been selected to pl...
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Former Point Loma Nazarene University Sea Lion Tyler Nordgren led Point Loma Nazarene University with a .413 batting average.
Former PLNU decathlete earns Rolex Scholarship
PLNU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS DEPT. Point Loma Nazarene University alum and former All-American decathlete Jeff Hester has been awarded the prestigious 2013 Rolex Scholar of the Our World-Underwa...
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PLHS head football coach Mike Hastings. Photo by Scott Hopkins | The Beacon
2013 gridiron schedule getting ready for kickoff
The 2013 football schedule for Point Loma High School has been released with some new twists and a Homecoming matchup to close the regular season. Head coach Mike Hastings announced Point Loma Comm...
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Sports Shorts
Peninsula youth poised for track meet A track meet for all Peninsula youth in grades K-8 is being planned by the Point Loma High track and field team. The event takes place May 11 on the Pointer...
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Sean Lewis (right) helped bring home two titles back to Point Loma Nazarene University at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge recently. Courtesy photo by Will MacNeil
PLNU players capture prestigious honors
Rhoads named to All-PacWest Team Callie Rhoads capped off a fantastic junior season for the Point Loma Nazarene University women’s basketball team by being named to the All-Pacific West Conferenc...
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Members of the 1973 Pointers CIF champion baseball team who played in the Feb. 16 alumni game were, front row, from left: Tommy Evans, Terry Greaves, Steve Grimes and Paul Contreras. Back row, from left, are Mark “The Bull” Connors, Kevin Stafford, Brian Sillano, Steve Vargas and Jim “Harvmo” Harvey. A tenth player, Gary Beck, had to leave before game’s end. Courtesy photo by Steve Silva
PLHS Baseball Alumni: A Scrappy Bunch
Forty years ago, a scrappy group of Point Loma High School players won the 1973 CIF baseball championship. Now in their late 50s, the team has remained in touch and members cherish the lifelong fri...
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Point Loma’s Devan Patane, in maroon, is hit by a Westview player during a CIF playoff soccer quarterfinal game. Patane, the Pointers’ top scorer, was held scoreless as Westview prevailed 2-1 in overtime. Photo by Scott Hopkins I The Beacon
Soccer squad ends post-season run
The Point Loma High boys’ soccer team was eliminated from the Div. II CIF playoffs on Feb. 23 in a dramatic and physical game that left Pointer players with broken hearts and aching muscles. The se...
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