Cal High vs. De La Salle History lesson
By Kyle Bonagura
Sunday, November 25th, 2007 at 8:51 pm in General.
Cal and DLS have played twice in history, first in 1978 a 20-6 Cal win, then again in 1979 and Cal came out on top again, this time, 3-0.
The Spartans have been shutout just twice then and the Grizzlies and Bellevue (Wash.) are the only teams in the world with winning records against DLS (maybe Clovis West also).
Ladoucer grew up on Broadmoor Drive in San Ramon, the same street that is home to Cal.
Also, Lad’s daughter went to Cal High.
Class dismissed.
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November 26th, 2007 at 1:08 am
Do you think there is there a list that shows which teams have beaten De La Salle and when?
November 26th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Since Ladoucer took over in 1979:
‘79
California, 3-0
Salesian 32-0
Moreau Catholic 26-24
‘80
Riodran 24-14
St Patrick-Vallejo 24-21
‘81
College Park 19-17
Slesian 21-17
‘83
Salesian 24-13
San Ramon Valley (tie) 7-7
Miramonte 13-7
84′
Skyline 22-21
‘87
Monte Vista 14-13
‘89
St Francis 18-16
El Cerrito 14-13
‘91
Pittsburg 35-27
‘04
Bellevue 39-20
Clovis West 30-12
Palma (tie) 7-7
Mission Viejo 17-14
Clayton Valley (tie) 17-17
‘05
Clovis West 7-0
Mission Viejo 36-26
‘06
Canyon 27-13
If anyone has the pre-Lad history that would be great to see.
November 26th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Kyle,
I thought the Spartans official had the 2004 season stricken from school records.
Ha.
November 26th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
I think Agent K from MIB was hired to memory erase the Bay Area, but there was nothing he could do once this water tower was erected, casting a shadow over the East Bay.
November 26th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
The only pre lad loss I know of is Cal’s 20-(16/14 can’t remember) win over De La Salle in 1978. The game is mentioned in “When The Game Stands Tall”
November 26th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
Mr. Ladoucer has a great idea on talent he knows about the real “GRIDIRON GANG”
that “RICHMOND CONNECTION”.you youngsters don’t even have and clue. Let’s start with the fellows from around “EASTSHORE PARK” –CRESCENT PARK –KENNEDY MANOR–
EASTER HILLS—RICHMOND TOWN HOUSES–THE TEMPLES that’s right the zip-code
split up. The real champs EL CERRITO and KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOLS. OH! YEAH
Mr. Ladoucer knows the real deal and the talent from the “MARTINEZ” days…
November 26th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
DLS cheats cause dey recrut people
November 26th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
DLS’s reputation is recruitment in itself. That’s all they need.
November 27th, 2007 at 8:34 am
Then maybe De La Salle needs to lose more often, so people see that sending their children to some school way out of the way isn’t really worth it. So parents realize that they don’t need t o send their little jimmy to some private school to make him a good football player, a good student, and a good person…
just my take on it…
November 27th, 2007 at 11:01 am
You can’t fault a team for winning or parents for sending their kids to a school that sends nearly 100 percent of its graduates to college.
I just don’t see coach Ladoucer telling his team, “Ok guys, we need to lose today. We need to help parents realize little Jimmy is just as well off going to (fill in the school with metal detectors) than he would be here at De La Salle.”
Come on Rex….
November 27th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
rex, i feel ya dawg. i knows watcha sayin. dls cheats
November 27th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
rex, i feel ya dawg. dls does cheat. peace
November 27th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
i’m sooo cool and deb was my favorite studen
November 28th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
D.L.S. is allowed to recruit, they are a private school. Unbeatable? no, just usually well disciplined on the field. I personally think Cal has a shot at winning. I have seen them play.
No need to berate a private school. Parents are making the choice to spend the money to send their kids there. I choose to have mine go to a public HS.
November 29th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
DLS does not recruit. Played there and can vouch for it. It’s a personal choice where to attend school but there is no impropriety going on. Cal indeed is ready - they haven’t fought all season to give up now!!
November 29th, 2007 at 11:56 pm
de la salle does cheat. they think they are so cool with there fantastical players. well let me tell you something. they aren’t so fantastical. they have montana’s son and he isn’t even good. i could probably make him cry if i wanted to. MV should of won that game because their unorms looked sooo much awesomer then de la salle.
November 30th, 2007 at 12:26 am
ok lujan. let’s base who should’ve won on their uniforms and not how well they played. yeah that’s the most logical thing I’ve ever heard. Hmm it’s not because DLS has maybe the most gifted coach who ever lived? Or surely not since they are one of the most disciplined programs in the country? Man was I wrong. All these years DLS won it was because of their uniforms.
And unless your Jack Elway, I don’t think anybody can even touch Nate Montana. LOL
November 30th, 2007 at 3:47 am
Oh! Mark you know about Jack Elway. was down at CSUN back in 1978 at a
football camp what a waste of money but we did get to see John and his
boys from Granada Hills..Let’s see now if you were to take the four or five “BROTHERS”
foo the team then maybe De La Salle would be just another suburban team like
leave it to beaver and the brady bunch. stop thinking some folks are stupid, it’s
a sports academy. people in the hood are happy for the D.J. Williams and
the Maurice Drew Jones. but if all the schools in west contra costa can’t get a
break, then stop creating championships for the little jimmy’s. and stacking the deck.
because all the brother’s who have attened De La Salle are not paying the full $10.000
and we are proud that they let a few in to help there football program..
So..KYLE B. if you don’t no what it’s called let me spell it out for you.
IT”S CALLED THE CROSS TOWN HUSTLE…..
November 30th, 2007 at 8:30 am
Jim and Kyle:
See that’s what I’m saying. Johnny R. said it right. It’s ok if some schools recruit. It’s a private school, by all means they’re allowed to. But when someone who runs a 4.4 40 starts going there and you know his family probably doesn’t have the money to send him to De La Salle you have to wonder, who’s paying for it?
November 30th, 2007 at 9:58 am
Just one question for all of you….why all the talk about the little Jimmy’s? I’m insulted by the name choice. Can we possibly go with the little Mikey’s, little Stevies? Something else! ha ha!
November 30th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Johnny-
It’s not just “The Brothers who play football” who get financial aid at De La Salle — and no one at the school goes there for free. I think in “When the Game Stands Tall” it said D.J. Williams’ mom went door to door selling baked goods to send him to DLS because the cost was still over a thousand dollars or something like that. It would have costed the same amount of money if he didn’t play football and if you think otherwise you should do a little research.
Anyone who qualifies for financial aide can get it at DLS, preferential treatment is not given to football players or athletes in general. I’m also pretty sure that it said in When the Game Stands Tall that there are actually more students on aid at DLS who DON’T play sports.
Football in West Contra Costa is some of the worst in the entire Bay Area and it’s not because the only good players go to DLS. Pinole had a hard enough time getting by the third place MVAL team (which is normally considered a weak league) and is going to get waxed tonight by suburban San Ramon aka the Brady Bunch or Leave it to Beaver. The only team that has got in trouble with recruiting in recent memory is Berkeley, a West County team (and Berk. already has one of the largest student bodies in the country to pull from).
Get your facts straight before you crack on a class program like De La Salle. The recruiting allegations have circled DLS for years, yet there has never been a single piece of evidence that supports it.
The bottom line is that good football players WANT to go to DLS and they will make sacrifices (financial, commutes, hard work etc…) to play for Coach Lad.
January 8th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Look no one ever cheats. That is my montra. The real funny thing is the parents in the Alamo/Danville are that actually think they are getting a better education that is available in their local schools.
The St Iz brats that attend have already been short changed on school so they are not even ready for HS anyway.
March 9th, 2008 at 5:30 am
lol you know that you know that any private school can give partial scholarships(which usally gets paid for by fund raising done by alumni and parents) to there students right??
DeLaSalle recruits as could ANY other private school. That said even if DeLaSalle didnt recruit kids would still travel far and wide to go there
May 9th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Quit sniffin paint CAL can’t hold DLS’s sack
Point Blank no need for discussion keep it REAL
August 7th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
De La Salle doesn’t offer sports scholarships however they do offer financial aid if you meet certain requirements. I attended in the late ’90’s and approximately 10% of the football team were on financial aid (this matches the school average of 10%). The players that were on it worked just like any other student on financial aid. This means they served food in the cafeteria or cleaned classrooms a few days a week. Of the 3 future NFL players that were there while I was, none were there on aid. I honestly believe DLS does not recruit, and there’s decades of newspaper articles from reporters that looked into it and found nothing to support that claim. Further evidence is that there’s almost never a large number of D1 players from DLS (Skyline of Oakland almost always has more D1 players).
With that said, I do believe good players get a lot of suggestions from various sources to go to DLS. I mean if you’re good enough to play D1 eventually, are you going to go to a school that might be on local tv or are you going to be the one that gets air time on ESPN or Fox Sports Net? DLS also has the advantage of being able to draw players from further than most public schools normally do (although it should be pointed out California has open enrollment, meaning any student can attend any public school if you can justify a reason). While I was there, again the percentage of players from further than 15 miles away was the same on the football team as the rest of the school. The brightest star of my era, DJ Williams, lived close enough to the school that he’d have gone there regardless if it were public.
This is just my perspective as someone who attended (and still has relatives there), but there will always be doubters.