All through a brand new 45-minute documentary displaying the historical past of the CIF Southern Part, the face and voice of its voluntary historian, John Dahlem, lets everybody find out about his willpower and dedication to protect, discover and uncover invaluable tidbits of a corporation that started in 1913.
A forty five-minute documentary on the historical past of the CIF Southern Part will get its first public airing on Saturday after the Santa Margarita-De La Salle soccer recreation on Spectrum.
(Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Occasions)
From the very first recreation applications produced by excessive colleges to revealing the weird sports activities that was once performed, this documentary gives informative and intriguing particulars and will probably be a lot appreciated by anybody who has participated in California highschool sports activities, whether or not as a coach, participant, mum or dad or previous participant.
There are such a lot of historic objects Dahlem discovered earlier than his loss of life final 12 months. From outdated video to outdated trophies to outdated medallions, it’s a glance again and a glance ahead on how highschool sports activities has modified, together with the actual fact ladies weren’t welcome to compete in playoffs till 1974.
Nothing was extra intriguing than Dahlem displaying there was once a hand grenade competitors, with a scholar from Huntington Park profitable the primary competitors. Sure, it was about arm power, so baseball gamers had been good throwing hand grenades.
The movie will obtain its first displaying on tv on Saturday evening on Spectrum on the conclusion of the Santa Margarita-De La Salle state soccer championship recreation. Then it should transfer to the Southern Part’s YouTube web site.
Former Southern Part commissioner Rob Wigod serves as narrator within the challenge by which Taylor Martinez was the chief producer.
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