A memorial service for former Lincoln High football coach Vic Player will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at the school's new gymnasium.
Player, 64, died Oct. 15 in his native Texarkana, Texas, after battling colon cancer since July.
Player, whose teams won four San Diego Section titles, coached the Hornets for 17 seasons. He stands 18th on the all-time section victory list with 132 career wins.
Softball playoffs
A plan was discussed at this week's Board of Managers meeting that could result in a double-elimination format for the section softball playoffs. The proposal was recommended by the sport's advisory committee. If approved, it could be in place by spring 2009. Baseball already has double-elimination playoffs.
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Sports extra
More high school coverage can be found on the sports page of the local news section that appears inside the U-T every Thursday. Look for these stories in the Our North County, Our East County, Our South County and Our San Diego sections:
 Julian football player Dakota Savage covers a lot of ground.
Monte Vista linebacker Tracy Shields commands respect.
Bonita Vista boys water polo team builds tradition of success.
St. Augustine sophomore QB Evan Crower is a quick study.
Online: Features and notes appearing on the sports pages distributed outside your area can be viewed at utprepsports.com
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Smooth sailing
The Point Loma High sailing team opened the season by winning the Sea Otter Regatta at Monterey Bay. Leading the way were senior
Caleb Paine and juniors
Reece Bernet, Kevin Laube, Claire Bagg and
Eric Cibit.
Vaqueros honored
El Capitan will induct a group of athletic alumni into its Hall of Fame tonight at the Lakeside Rodeo Hall. Multisport standouts
Brad and
Mitch Burton – twins who graduated in 1985 – will be joined by
Richard Eckert (1968),
Stacie Terry (1994),
Candy Barra-Jenkins (1977) and track and cross country coach
Ron Vavra. Eckert was a stellar football lineman. Terry starred in basketball. Jenkins excelled in volleyball, track, field hockey and softball. Vavra guided El Capitan to its first two section titles (cross country 1962-63).
The next step
Cathedral Catholic's
Victoria Lippert will continue her basketball career at Harvard. The 5-foot-11 forward was an all-state Division III selection a year ago after averaging 18.6 points and leading the Dons to a section title.
Other local athletes continu-
ing at the next level include:
BASKETBALL: Canyon Crest's Alisha Eckberg (San Jose State).
BASEBALL: Point Loma's Matt Arlington (SDSU); Mira Mesa's Justin Bellez (SDSU); San Marcos' Tim Berry (Oregon); La Costa Canyon's Garrett Hughes (Stanford); Santana's James Needy (USD); Poway's Bennett Parry (Cal State Northridge); Cathedral Catholic's Ryan Wilkins (SDSU).
SOCCER: Torrey Pines' Catherine Cabot (Georgetown); La Costa Canyon junior Allie Ariniello (UC Santa Barbara-2010).
Staff writer Nicole Vargas and freelance writer Bill Dickens contributed to this report.
