When Dennis Ackerman accepted the position ... own retirement as the region’s top administrator for high school sports on Oct. 3, Ackerman sees an even larger concern looming — club sports.

president of the Friends of Dennis. Van Orden, a 1975 graduate of Butler High School, died in an accident in 1987 at age 30. Smith and many of his other friends then founded a scholarship in his ...

SAN DIEGO — Dennis Ackerman’s ... for more than 40years,” Ackerman said. “It’s been, for the most part, a lot offun. “You can’t beat high school athletics. It involves the ...