2016 Week 9: Season of Undefeateds and Winless
Six teams are 7-0 (Calvin Christian is 6-0) and the trend figures to continue as San Diego Section clubs head into the stretch run of the regular season.
The Bishop’s (7-0) visits La Jolla Country Day (6-1) in the feature game involving one of of the unbeatens.
The Knights, who have bigger things in mind, can salt away away their second Coastal League championship in the last three seasons.
Win and the Bish would seemingly be home free as only Orange Glen and Francis Parker, both struggling, remain on its schedule.
The undefeated and their Week 9 opponents:
| Team | Record | Opponent | Record |
| Calvin Christian | 6-0 | The Rock | 5-1 |
| Cathedral | 7-0 | @Point Loma | 4-3 |
| Christian | 7-0 | Scripps Ranch | 3-4 |
| Grossmont | 7-0 | @Steele Canyon | 3-4 |
| Poway | 7-0 | @Vista | 3-4 |
| Rancho Bernardo | 7-0 | @Westview | 1-6 |
| The Bishop’s | 7-0 | @La Jolla Country Day | 6-1 |
THE OPPOSITE
Seven teams are at the other end of the spectrum, all winless, with Hoover bearing down on an all-time record for a scoring drought comparable to California’s water shortage.
The Cardinals do not have a point this season.
Hoover tied its 1974 team for ineptitude in a 44-0 loss to University City that was their seventh consecutive loss without scoring.
Forty-two years ago Hoover got on the board in its eighth game, a season-ending, 41-7 loss to St. Augustine.
Hoover actually was not the San Diego Section’s most unsuccessful team that season.
The 1974 Ramona Bulldogs set the standing record of eight straight shutouts from the beginning of the season.
The Bulldogs “rallied” in their season-ending ninth game, a 63-7 loss to San Dieguito.
Borrego Springs also has a piece of the shutout record. The Rams were scoreless in 1978, although their 0-7-1 record included an 0-0 tie in the season opener.
After this article was published, Jess Kearney of The San Diego Union-Tribune correctly pointed out that Southwest did not score in nine games in 1976. But a 76-0 loss to Chula Vista later turned into a 1-0, forfeit victory for the Raiders when 9-0 Chula Vista became 5-4 and out of the playoffs after forfeiting four victories because of an ineligible player.
Legislation aside, Southwest competitively has our vote as having the all-time poorest record for one season. Hoover hopes to keep that way.
Other winless clubs in 2016 are Castle Park (0-7), San Diego (0-7), Warner Springs Warner (0-6), Ocean View Christian (0-4), Christian Life (0-3), and Salton City West Shores (0-1).
THE POLLS
Cathedral is seventh in Cal-Hi Sports’ top 25, followed by Helix at 18th. Rancho Bernardo, Madison, and St. Augustine are on the bubble. R.B. moved ahead of Madison into second in the Union-Tribune rankings.
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on basis of 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.
| Rank | Team | W-L | Points | Last Week |
| 1. | Cathedral (21) | 7-0 | 262 | 1 |
| 2. | Rancho Bernardo (3) | 7-0 | 230 | 3 |
| 3. | Madison (3) | 6-1 | 224 | 2 |
| 4. | Mater Dei | 6-1 | 163 | 4 |
| 5. | Helix | 5-2 | 160 | 5 |
| 6. | St. Augustine | 6-1 | 159 | 6 |
| 7. | Poway | 7-0 | 109 | 7 |
| 8. | Grossmont | 7-0 | 83 | 9 |
| 9. | Mission Hills | 5-2 | 53 | 10 |
| 10 | The Bishop’s | 7-0 | 15 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Christian (7-0, 8 points), Torrey Pines (5-2, 6), Oceanside (5-2, 5), San Marcos (5-2, 4), Valhalla (6-1, 2), La Jolla Country Day (6-1), Valhalla (6-1), 1 point each.
Twenty-seven sportswriters, sportscasters, and other representatives comprise the voting panel:
John Maffei, Union-Tribune. Terry Monahan, Don Norcross, Tom Saxe, Rick Hoff, Jim Lindgren, Union-Tribune contributors. Michael Bower, Pomerado News. Lisa Lane, Fox 5 News. Montell Allen, MBA Sports-SDFNL Magazine. Brandon Stone, Rick Willis, KUSI, Channel 51. Adam Clark, Ted Mendenhall, Taylor Quellman, The Mighty 1090. Steve (Biff) Dolan, Mountain Radio 107.9 FM. Bob Petinak, 1360 Radio. Bill Dickens, Adam Paul, Chris Davis, eastcountysports.com. Bodie DeSilva, sandiegopreps.com. Drew Smith, sdcoastalsports.com. Raymond Brown, sdfootball.net. Rick Smith, partletonsports.com. Steve Brand, San Diego Hall of Champions. Jerry Schniepp, John Labeta, CIF San Diego Section. John (Coach) Kentera, Prep Talent Evaluator.