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Mission Bay’s Andre Petties-Wilson makes a 35-yard pass completion during the Dec. 2 CIF championship game this week at Qualcomm Stadium. SCOTT HOPKINS
Bucs end stellar season with heart-wrenching loss
As his players knelt before him on the sideline at Qualcomm Stadium following the Dec. 2 CIF Div. II championship game, Mission Bay head football coach Willie Matson told them many years from now t...
Dec 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Running back Dirk Lacy (No. 3) of Point Loma tries to elude a Madison defender during last week's Homecoming football game. Tim O'Brien (No. 67) attempts to help. Photo by Scott Hopkins I The Beacon
Pointers fall just short of Homecoming victory
You couldn’t say Point Loma’s Pointers were bad hosts at the Nov. 8 annual Homecoming football game. Hamburgers and hot dogs sizzled on snack bar grills, there was plenty of seating in Pete Ross St...
Nov 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Point Loma High School athletic director John Murphy, center, checks up on some of the 800 students who participate in the school's athletic program. Photo by Scott Hopkins I The Beacon
Athletic director expounds on state of sports at PLHS
As the Peninsula community continues to debate the merits of a proposal to install night lighting at the Point Loma High School football field, The Peninsula Beacon asked John Murphy, the school’s ...
Nov 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Point Loma Nazarene University women’s golf team sped to a fourth-place finish at the National Christial College Athletic Association Women’s Invitational on Oct. 23. Courtesy photo
College roundup: PLNU women’s volleyball team continues PacWest dominance
PLNU holds onto first place in PacWest The Point Loma Nazarene University’s womens’ volleyball team won two of three matches on its road trip to Hawaii, with its only loss coming against No. 5 BYU-...
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This stadium-lighting system is reportedly similar to the one that would be installed at Point Loma High if the master-plan project gets the green light. If it moves forward, the lighting would apparently have the same type shields as above to prevent light from shining upward. Photo by Scott Hopkins I The Beacon
Night PLHS Homecoming game shelved amid lighting controversy
In the midst of heated debate about the proposed stadium-lighting plan at Point Loma High School, the annual Homecoming game, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 8, has been moved from its 6:30 p.m. kickoff...
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Jalen Griffin (No. 21) sweeps the right side on a 55-yard touchdown giving the Pointers a 10-0 lead over La Jolla in a game PLHS won 44-24. Zack Zugovitz (No. 73) provided a critical block on the play. Photos by Scott Hopkins I The Beacon
PLHS hammers La Jolla in Western League showdown
It’s good to know there are many fine shoe stores in the elegant La Jolla shopping district because residents might be cruising the seaside community barefoot if they had to acquire footwear from t...
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The Point Loma Nazarene University women’s volleyball team remains unbeaten at home. Courtesy photo
COLLEGE ROUNDUP: PLNU women’s volleyball still unbeaten at home
PLNU volleyball perfect at home; sweeps Notre Dame de Namur Alyssa Dwyer had 12 kills without an error and Heather Leavitt and Kelli LeClair each added 11 kills to lead the Point Loma volleyball te...
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Pointer defenders Dan O’Beirne (No. 54) and Cole Kidd (No. 10) prepare to deliver a big hit on Kearny quarterback Stephen Pulley (8) who threw the ball in desperation and was penalized for intentional grounding. Photo by Scott Hopkins I The Beacon
Pointers streak to victory over Kearny Komets in 42-21 rout
Point Loma High’s offense scored on its first possession of the game Oct. 11 en route to a 42-21 thrashing of Kearny, whose once-powerful football program is struggling. The win puts the Pointers (...
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Pointer Dirk Lacy (No. 3) lowers his head to blast through Santana defenders and score his team’s final touchdown in the 35-3 victory. Jake Wambaugh (No. 19) ties up a potential tackler. Photo by Scott Hopkins I The Beacon
Pointers unleash second-half offensive barrage to crush Santana 35-3
For the second straight week, Point Loma’s defense struck quickly to start the scoring in a Pointer victory, but this time it took the offense more than half the game to find the end zone. Defensiv...
Oct 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Point Loma Nazarene University rookie midfielder Nico Tagaloa (No. 13) has been named for the second time in as many weeks as the Pacific West Conference Men’s Soccer Freshman of the Week. Courtesy photo
COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Rookie PLNU midfielder is Soccer Freshman of Week for second time
Tagaloa named PacWest Freshman of the Week — twice For the second straight week, Point Loma Nazarene University rookie midfielder Nico Tagaloa (Orange, Foothill) has been selected the Pacific West ...
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Pointer players celebrate their team’s touchdown on its first possession of the game on Sept. 14. Zack Zugovitz (No. 73) and A. J. Smith (No. 4), who scored it on a six-yard run, bump as Tim O’Brien runs in to join the celebration. Photo by Scott Hopkins I The Beacon
Pointers power to impressive ‘W’ over Lincoln
Nobody likes to deal with a pack of angry dogs, and Point Loma’s Pointers had a few reasons to make them growl at visiting Lincoln High on Sept. 14. The Hornets stung the Pointers twice last year, ...
Sep 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Close loss to Ramona a bitter pill to swallow for Pointers
So far and yet so near. This reversal of the old idiom describes Point Loma’s football game at Ramona High School on Sept. 6. After a lengthy school bus ride to Ramona, Pointer players found themse...
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The Point Loma Nazarene University women’s soccer team is predicted to finish third in the PacWest Conference, according to a preseason coaches’ poll. Courtesy photo
COLLEGE ROUNDUP: PLNU athletes inducted into university’s 2013 Hall of Fame class
The PLNU Athletic Hall of Fame will open its doors for the first time in five years to induct Erin Keller (Hill), Jessica Mercado (Walton), Amanda Addie (Dyla), Joe Prince, Mathias Sundberg, Ashley...
Sep 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pointer A. J. Smith (No. 4) watches helplessly after an Olympian High defender leaps to deflect a pass attempt during last Saturday’s season opener won by the Eagles. Photo by Scott Hopkins I The Beacon
Pointers thumped by Olympian High in 2013 season opener
Preparation would not be the word to describe Point Loma High School’s season-opening football game Aug. 31. On the field, the Pointers had trouble moving the ball consistently against South Bay’s ...
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PLNU basketball player Oivind Lundestad, left, has been representing his home country of Norway in the World University Games in Kazan, Russia this month. Photo courtesy of USA Basketball
152 PLNU Sea Lions named PacWest student-athletes
New marks for PLNU athletics Point Loma Nazarene University fans will notice a new look on the Sea Lions’ athletic website and in its logos and colors. In 2013-14, PLNU begins its provisional year ...
Aug 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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