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BUILDING ON TRADITION!
Alma Mater
"All hail to Alma Mater
We praise thy noble name
There'll never be another whose faith we'll all proclaim
Thy memories we'll cherish
Tho years go by
So hail our school forever
Kearny Senior High"
CIF CHAMPIONSHIPS
1963 – 1964
1964 – 1965
1973 - 1974
WHY THOSE STRIPES
and so the stories goes......
Like the one concerning the distinguishing shoulder stripes still worn by the Komets.
Birt Slater said:
“We won the league my first year (1959), but in 1960 we weren't very good (only 5-3), so I went home and tried to figure out what to do,” Slater said. “I was watching a game and saw this outrageous uniform with stripes.
“I figured we damned well couldn't lose wearing that uniform. We'd either win and be proud or we'd get laughed at.”
The Komets went 7-3 in 1961 before winning section titles in 1963 and 1964 and the stripes became part of the Slater lore.
TRADITION PAGE
KEARNY KOMETS IN THE PRO'S
Jim Mccoy "Yazoo" Smith
Class of '64 (Oregon) Washington Redskins
Billy Bolden
Class of '64 (UCLA) Cinncinati Bengals
John Richardson
Class of '64 (UCLA) Miami Dolphins
Bruce Ward
Class of '66 (UCLA) Kansas City Chiefs
Dwight Mcdonald
Class of '71 (San Diego State) San Diego Chargers
Lucious Smith
Class of ’75 (Cal State Fullerton/SDSU) Los Angeles Rams
Cliff Hicks Jr
Class of '82 (Oregon) Los Angeles Rams
Shawn Collins
Class of '84 (Northern Arizona University) Atlanta Falcons
Darnay Scott
Class of '90 (San Diego State) Cincinnati Bengals
more to come.....
KEARNY KOMETS IN COLLEGE
Steve Jones (1964) - Oregon
Larry Shepard (1964) - UCLA
John Erquiaga (1964) - UCLA
Rob Oliphant (1965) - San Diego State
John Erquiaga (1965) - Stanford
Jamie Townsend (1965) - San Jose State
Tyrone "Ty" Youngs (1969) - San Diego State
Rockne Chouinard (1971) - Arizona State
Jerry Waldvogel (1972) - Stanford
Mark Humphries (1972) - Boise State University
Mike Mauger (1972) - Northern Arizona University
Barney Person (1972) - UCLA
Ed Imo (1974) - San Diego State
Mark Hoaglin (1974) - Stanford
Chuck Benbow (1975) - Long Beach State
Albert Wilson (1975) - San Francisco State University
Andy Youngs (1975) - San Francisco State University
Rickey Spencer (1978) - Long Beach State University
Ron Kirkpatrick (1979) - University of Utah
Duane Henson (1979) - Cal State Fullerton
T.J. Johnson (1981) - Arizona State University
Paul Day (1981) - Arizona State University
James Curtis (1992) - San Diego State - Washington State
Kenny Nears (1997) - San Jose State University
Marvin Jones (2008) - San Diego State
Chris Pernicano (2008) - Linfield College
A lot more to come...
A LOOK INTO THE PAST OF KEARNY FOOTBALL
1963-1964
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1964-1965 CIF CHampionship Team
1973 CIF CHAMPS
1973 - Legendary Coach Birt Slater 100th WIN
1973 -Kearny's Ron Means
1975 Kearny High Players
Donald Norcross Lucious Smith
2008 - Marvin Jones
2008 - Chris Pernicano
Section (large school) by decade:
The ‘60s
Kearny 78-23-6
Escondido 68-29-3
Grossmont 65-18-2
The ‘70s
Kearny 83-20-4
Sweetwater 83-21-3
Vista 81-24-0
The ‘80s
Sweetwater 90-22-2
Lincoln 90-26-1
Helix 89-22-5
The ‘90s
El Camino 92-36-1
Torrey Pines 91-29-2
Helix 88-25-5
