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VOL. 6, N0. 14
JULY 9, 2021
High school loses title over tortilla incident By City News Service
BROC GLOVER, of Rancho Santa Fe, hoists a first-place trophy after winning the 1984 U.S. Grand Prix of Motocross at Carlsbad Raceway. Race enthusiasts announced the long-shuttered raceway will be memorialized with a monument in Vista overlooking the raceway grounds. Photo by David Dewhurst, “Motocross: The Golden Era”
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REGION — The California Interscholastic Federation announced June 30 it has vacated the Coronado High School boys’ basketball team's Division 4-A regional championship following tortillas being flung at the largely Latino Orange Glen High School team following the championship game. “After a thorough review and analysis of the incident following the conclusion of the Division 4-A regional basketball championship game between Coronado High School and Orange Glen High School, the CIF state executive director reiterates that discriminatory and racially insensitive behaviors toward an opponent contravene the principles of education-based athletics,” a CIF statement reads. “In this instance, there is no doubt the act of throwing tortillas at a predominately Latino team is unacceptable and warrants
sanctions.” After Orange Glen’s predominantly Latino team lost, 60-57, in overtime to largely white Coronado High on June 19 at Coronado High School, some members of the crowd threw tortillas at the players from the visiting Escondido high school. As a result, Coronado High School has been placed on probation through the end of the 2024 school year and the Islanders boys’ basketball team will not host postseason contests at the section, regional or state levels through the 2023 school year. All other teams in the Coronado High School athletic program will not host postseason contests at the section, regional or state levels until all Coronado administrators, athletic director, coaches and players complete a sportsmanship workshop that includes a component of racial/culturTURN TO INCIDENT ON 6
Racing enthusiasts plan monument for Carlsbad landmark By Steve Puterski and Jordan P. Ingram
VISTA — Once a hotspot for international motorsports racing and diehard gearheads, the Carlsbad Raceway will be permanently memorialized with a monument near the original raceway grounds, it was announced during a June 22 ceremony in Vista. The monument site, located at Keystone Innovation Industrial Park on the border between Carlsbad and Vista, will overlook the former raceway and is directly in front of two popular Vista breweries, Eppig Brewing and Dogleg Brewing Company. The project will break ground immediately and is expected to be completed by summer 2022. Filmmaker Todd Huffman came up with the idea for a monument in 2010 after completing his
LOCAL FILMMAKER Todd Huffman and Vista Mayor Judy Ritter stand next to a rendering of the Carlsbad Raceway Monument project on June 22 in Vista. The monument, on the Carlsbad-Vista border, will overlook the former raceway, which closed in 2004. Photo by Jordan P. Ingram
documentary, “Carlsbad USGP:1980 — One Day of Magic,” on legendary motocross rider Marty Moates. The film takes an inside look at Marty’s unexpected victory of the U.S.
Grand Prix of Motocross in 1980 at Carlsbad Raceway, which was broadcast on ABC’s “Wide World of Sports.” Huffman later teamed up with David Moates, Mar-
ty's brother, and Scott Cox to brainstorm the monument project. After spending roughly 10 years finding a suitable location, the group of friends and longtime race enthusiasts was finally able to secure a spot in Vista. “It’s the perfect location overlooking the raceway property,” said Vista Mayor Judy Ritter during her speech at the event. “We are excited to watch this progress.” The monument, a 1,300-square-foot tribute to motocross, drag racing, sportscars and skateboarding, is owned by the Encinitas-based Road 2 Recovery nonprofit, which provides financial assistance to action sports athletes who’ve suffered debilitating injuries. Road 2 Recovery is TURN TO RACEWAY ON 9
A Vista group is hosting Shadows Across the Globe, a virtual international shadow puppet festival starting today and running through Sunday. Story on Page 18. Courtesy photo
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