Prep Wednesday : 1988-89 YEAR IN SPORTS : THE YEAR THAT WASN’T

THINGS CORONA DEL MAR DID NOT WIN THIS YEAR:

A. Nobel Peace Prize

B. Congressional Medal of Honor

C. Southern Section 3-A basketball title

(The school did win titles in football, boys’ state cross-country, girls’ individual tennis, girls’ team tennis, water polo, boys’ volleyball and boys’ tennis doubles. The Sea Kings reached the 3-A basketball final but lost to Trabuco Hills).

PUBLICATIONS THAT DIDN’T INTERVIEW JANET EVANS:

--Field and Stream

--Belgium American Trade Review

--Popular Mechanics

--Electronic Warfare Digest

--Road & Track

--Blacksmith’s Gazette

--Certified General Accountants Assn. of Manitoba Newsletter

--Hot VWs

THINGS WE DIDN’T SEE:

--Mater Dei winning a Southern Section basketball championship; it was the first time in five seasons the Monarchs had failed.

--Leo Hand coaching football at Servite.

--Petitions asking for Leo Hand’s dismissal at Servite.

--Todd Marinovich.

--Bret Johnson.

--Tom Lewis transferring.

--Mission Viejo winning a Southern Section swim title; the Diablos had not been stopped in 15 years.

THINGS WE WON’T SEE NEXT SEASON:

--Larry Walker coaching basketball at Servite.

--Ted Mullen coaching football in Orange County.

--A shot clock in boys’ basketball.

--Derek Brown running for touchdowns, except perhaps when Nebraska is on the tube.

THINGS WE HOPE WE WON’T SEE NEXT SEASON:

--The Reebok/Jimmy Dean pork sausage/Estee Lauder football championships.

--Hyperactive cheerleaders with access to microphones.

--Hyperactive parents with access to coaches.

--Homecoming ceremonies that include: A) Hot-air balloons. B) Elvis impersonators. C) Fireworks. D) Parachutists. E) Horse-drawn carriages. F) Anyone singing, “Feelings.”

--Any feeble attempt at The Wave.