Willie Buchanon, who starred at Oceanside High School, MiraCosta College and was an All-America defensive back at San Diego State, is among 20 players and five coaches announced as the second class to be inducted into the California High School Football Hall of Fame.
Offensive lineman Ed White, who played his freshman season at Helix High School and three years at Indio, joins Buchanon.
The inductees will be honored before and during the Nov. 30 Fresno State-UCLA football game at the Rose Bowl.
The second class includes well-known players Zach Ertz (Danville Monte Vista), Jared Goff (Marin Catholic), Jim Harbaugh (Palo Alto), Daryle Lamonica (Clovis), Craig Morton (Campbell Hall) and Dennis Thurman (Santa Monica).
The criteria for induction includes a player’s complete body of work — high school, college and pro.
“I really don’t know too much about it yet, but it’s an honor,” Buchanon said. “I never played in the Rose Bowl, but saw my son (Will, who played at Oceanside, USC and in the NFL) play there. Great stadium. Lots of history.”
Buchanon played for Herb Meyer at Oceanside, graduating in 1969. Meyer was one of five coaches inducted into the inaugural Hall of Fame class in 2023.
“And rightfully so, I might add,” said Buchanon, who still lives in Oceanside.
Buchanon was a first-round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in 1972 after playing for Don Coryell at San Diego State. He was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1972. In 1978, he led the league with nine interceptions, including a league-tying-record four against the San Diego Chargers at then-San Diego Stadium.
Buchanon spent the last four years of his career with the Chargers. In retirement, he has been inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame, the San Diego State Hall of Fame, the San Diego Hall of Champions, the Junior College Hall of Fame and the Oceanside High School Hall of Fame.
SDSU retired No. 28 to honor both Buchanon and running back Marshall Faulk.
White grew up in La Mesa and was an All-American at Cal in 1968 before becoming a second-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings. White played in four Super Bowls before being traded to the Chargers before the 1978 season. He retired in 1985.
A four-time Pro Bowl selection, White is a member of Cal’s Hall of Fame, the College Football Hall of Fame, the San Diego Hall of Champions, the East-West Shrine Game Hall of Fame as well as the Chargers Hall of Fame and the Chargers 50th Anniversary Team. White still lives in San Diego.
The inaugural California High School Football Hall of Fame included San Diegans Marcus Allen (Lincoln), Reggie Bush (Helix), Ricky Williams (Patrick Henry), Rashaan Salaam (La Jolla Country Day), Alex Smith (Helix), Lincoln Kennedy (Morse), Junior Seau (Oceanside), Bill McColl (Hoover) and Harold “Brick” Muller (San Diego) as well as Meyer.
Heading to Vegas
Many of the top high school girls volleyball teams in the country will be in Las Vegas this weekend for the 29th annual Durango Fall Classic.
Cathedral Catholic, ranked No. 1 in San Diego and No. 6 in the nation by MaxPreps.com, headlines the San Diego teams.
The Dons (20-1) play Mission Hills Bishop Alemany, Chandler (Ariz.) Hamilton and Las Vegas Desert Oasis in pool play.
Plano Prestwood Christian from Texas, the No. 1-ranked team in the country, will also be in Vegas. Santa Ana Mater Dei (No. 11), Manhattan Beach Mira Costa (No. 12), Tampa Carrollwood Day (No. 16), Redondo Union (No. 19), Phoenix Marist (No. 20) and Phoenix Xavier (No. 24) are other teams in the Top 25.
Torrey Pines, ranked No. 6 in San Diego, is also in the 64-team field.
Football folds
San Pasqual Academy will not field a football team this season.
The Dragons were champions of the 8-man Manzanita League last season, finishing 7-4. The school had hoped to play this season, but didn’t have enough players.
Mujica stars
Sofia Mujica, the CIF San Diego Section’s all-time leader in home runs, helped lead Team USA’s U-18 Women’s Softball Team to the championship of the World Cup Group C Stage in Dallas this summer. She was the only player from California on Team USA.
Mujica, a catcher, starred at Granite Hills, hitting 60 career homers for the Eagles. Mujica just began her freshman season at UCLA.
Mujica was 5 for 8 with five RBIs, three runs scored and three walks in wins over Ireland (15-3), Australia (10-0), Canada (9-1), Mexico (15-0), Philippines (7-0) and Canada (7-0) in the championship game. She hit a three-run homer in the first win over Canada.
Baseball stars
Right-handed pitcher Will Sanford of Point Loma, outfielder Jack Haferkamp of Santa Fe Christian and pitcher/shortstop Brenden Lewis of Granite Hills were named first-team All-State by MaxPreps.
Sanford, who is now at Oregon, was 4-2 with a 1.11 ERA with 119 strikeouts in 63 innings. He also hit .289.
Haferkamp, who is at UC Santa Barbara, hit .360 with six homers, eight doubles, 36 runs scored and 28 RBIs.
Lewis, a senior who is committed to Arizona State, hit .382 with 17 RBIs last season. He was also 9-3 as a pitcher with an 0.80 ERA.
Infielders Tyler Arnold (Rancho Bernardo) and JJ Moran (San Marcos) were second-team selections. Moran is now at Stanford, with Arnold at Hawaii Pacific.
Barkett, King die
Nick Barkett, who in the 1960-61 season was named the CIF San Diego Section’s first-ever Boys Basketball Player of the Year, died recently. He was 81.
Barkett led Hoover to the 2A title that season, scoring 20 points in a championship-game win over Point Loma as the Cardinals finished the season 24-3. He went on to play at San Diego City College and Cal Poly Pomona.
Bob King, a longtime administrator in the Grossmont Union High School District, died last month at age 95. King played baseball at San Diego High School and played in the minor leagues for several years in the late 1940s and early ’50s.
He was the baseball coach at Monte Vista for a year and was principal at Helix in 1975-82.
In 1989, King began working as a scout for the Houston Astros, eventually becoming the organization’s West Coast Supervisor.
Originally Published: September 18, 2024 at 5:09 p.m.
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