Dennis Bates was born in Escondido California and has lived in North San Diego County all his life. He attended Valley Center Elementary School, Escondido High School and Palomar College majoring in Business Administration. While at Escondido High School he was a member of the swim team and participated in the La Jolla Rough Water …
2020 Inductees
John “Biz” Bistowski, Lacrosse
John was born and raised just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. He served in the U.S. Army right out of high school where he was trained to be a construction surveyor. John continues in that field and presently is project manager and supervisor of field surveyors at an International civil engineering firm here in San Diego. …
Danielle Dabbaghian, Water Polo
Danielle grew up in El Cajon California with her mother Janet, her father Yeghish, her younger brother Brian, and later her step-dad, John Yeats. She attended El Cajon Valley High School and was a member of the Brave’s swim team all four years earning All-League honors after becoming the League Champion in the breaststroke her …
John A. Ferguson, Football & Coaching Legend
John Ferguson was born in Idaho in 1938 and moved with his family to San Diego in 1949. In 1956, John was in the second graduating class of Lincoln High School where he played football, basketball and baseball. He attended BYU where he met his wife, Linda. John and Linda were married in 1958, they …
“Sal” Gambino, Baseball
Salvatore “Sal” Gambino was born on March 13, 1959 and raised in Alhambra, California. In 1978, at the age of 19, Sal umpired his first Little League game for East Alhambra Little League. In 1979 and for the next two years, he continued umpiring Little League and high school baseball in the San Gabriel Valley. …
Merlyn “Chip” Holmes, Track & Field
Merlyn “Chip” Holmes was born on August 30, 1949 at Camp Pendlelton California. Being in a military family he moved to Alexandria Virginia from ages two to six and then moved back to Coronado California at Age seven. When his father retired in 1959 the family settled in Chula Vista. Chip attended Hilltop High School …
Gregory McAlpine, Ice Hockey
Born in Seattle Washington, Greg and his family moved to southern California when he was 14. He attended high school and community college in Orange County, prior to moving to San Diego County in 1982 to join the La Mesa Fire Department. Greg is a lifelong ice skater and has always enjoyed being on the …