2018 Week 10: Torrey Pines Rolls With Mac Truck

Torrey Pines’ Mac Bingham banged Oceanside for a San Diego Section, record-tying eight touchdowns in a 71-41 win and will lead the Falcons against La Costa Canyon this week, hoping to tie up the Avocado League championship, earn a first-round bye and top seed in the playoffs, and get the Falcons to 9-0 for the first time since 2010.

Only two other runners in the 59-season history of the local CIF, Monte Vista’s Jahmon McClendon and Rancho Buena Vista’s Dorian Robinson, scored eight touchdowns in a game, coincidentally in the 2017 playoffs.

McClendon torched San Diego as Monte Vista claimed the Division IV championship, 71-48, and Robinson landed the knockout punches in a 62-43 win over Santana, and set a section record with 499 yards rushing in a first round, D-III contest.

The trio still came up short of the all-time San Diego County record.

Frank Greene of Coronado scored 11 touchdowns in a 108-0 victory over Sweetwater on Oct. 10, 1929.  Greene also converted 14 points after for a total of 80, still the California high school record.

Greene played one season in the NFL in the ‘thirties, returned to Coronado and eventually was serving as a lieutenant on the police force.  He was shot to death in the line of duty on Oct. 12, 1954 (search “1954: Coronado’s Fallen Officer”).

Week 10 Union-Tribune poll:

Rank             Team                        Record                Points           Previous

1. Torrey Pines (22) 8-0 292 1
2. Cathedral (8) 8-1 278 2
3. Helix 6-3 232 3
4. Eastlake 8-1 192 6
5. San Marcos 7-1 190 5
6. Carlsbad 5-3 150 8
7. La Costa Canyon 6-2 106 4
8. St. Augustine 6-3 66 10
9. Madison 6-3 37 7
10.. Granite Hills 8-1 27 9

Others: Christian (7-0, 18 points), Lincoln (5-2, includes forfeit loss, 15), Poway (6-2, 4), Oceanside (3-4, 2), Mission Hills (2-5, 2), El Centro Central (7-0, 1).

Voting panel: 30 sportswriters, sportscasters, and officials from throughout the County.

    • John Maffei, The San Diego Union                                                                  Jim Lindgren, Rick Hoff, Terry Monahan, Don Norcross, Tom Saxe, Union-Tribune correspondents
    • Paul Rudy, Brandon Stone, KUSI Chl. 51
    • Adam Paul, ECpreps.com
    • Ramon Scott, EastCountySports.com
    • Bodie DeSilva, sandiegopreps.com
    • Ted Mendenhall, Tyler Quellman, The Mighty 1090
    • Steve Brand, San Diego Hall of Champions
    • Troy Hirsch, Fox 5, San Diego
    • Rick Smith, PartletonSports.com
    • Jerry Schniepp, John Labeta, Ron Marquez, Carlton Hoggard, CIF San Diego Section
    • Joe Heinz, Coordinator, Athletics, Sweetwater School District
    • Raymond Brown, sdfootball.net
    • Montell Allen, MBA Sports/San Diego Friday Night Lights Magazine
    • Bob Petinak, Fox 1360 Radio
    • John Kentera, Brandon Suprenant, 97.3 FM The Fan
    • Steve (Biff) Dolan, Mountain Country 107.9 FM
    • Jim Arnaiz, Mike Dolan, John Carroll, San Diego Section Tournament Directors.