PREP FLASHBACK : THIS WEEK IN COUNTY PREP SPORTS HISTORY

10 YEARS AGO

Edison High School had its name in lights going into its Southern Section Division 4-A quarterfinal game against Eisenhower.

The Chargers had won all 11 of their night games and wanted to arrange it so that the quarterfinal would be played at night.

It made perfect sense: any Edison worthy of its name would like to play under lights.

But the Southern Section said the game would be played under the sun. That didn’t seem to matter because Edison won, 3-1.

After the victory, Edison Coach Ron La Ruffa said the difference between night lights and sunlight wasn’t that significant. After all, Edison was 13-4 in day games.

“We would have had three times the crowd; that’s the only reason I wanted to play at night,” La Ruffa said.

5 YEARS AGO

Mission Viejo’s Phil Mangram was the very picture of a No. 9 hitter: 5 feet 7 and 135 pounds.

Even his father, Saddleback Coach Bob Mangram, would overcome his familial instincts and agree.

But Mangram started to “clean up” his image by hitting two home runs in two playoff games. They were his first two varsity homers.

In a 3-2 victory over Diamond Bar in a Division 2-A quarterfinal game, Mangram hit a bases-empty home run in the bottom of the fifth inning to tie the score at 2-2.

Three days before, Mangram hit a grand slam as Mission Viejo beat Santa Clara in a second-round game.

“All of a sudden, the home runs are starting to come,” Mangram said. “I don’t know what the thing is, but it sure feels good.”

Mangram will always be able to look back on his home run against Diamond Bar: His father kept the motor drive on his camera running and took 18 pictures of the event.

1 YEAR AGO

Good, not great, expectations: It may not have surprised anyone that Esperanza’s Mark Parlin won the Southern Section Masters Meet shotput title. But he surprised even his coach with a throw of 60 feet 3 1/2 inches.

“I knew he would be a good thrower,” Esperanza Coach Bill Pendleton said. “But I’d be lying if I said I thought he’d go 60 feet.”