2014 Week 2: Highlanders Command Poll

Three more big intersectional battles loom for San Diego Section teams at Oceanside this week, testing Helix’s and Oceanside’s standing in the weekly UT-San Diego poll.

The second week of Honor Bowl games at Oceanside will match No. 1 Helix and Loomis Del Oro and No. 2 Oceanside and Mission Viejo on Friday.  Cathedral will meet Westlake Village Oaks Christian on Saturday at Oceanside.

Other Honor Bowl games at Oceanside on Saturday bring together Orange Lutheran and Corona Centennial and Gardena Serra and Bellevue, Washington.

Difficult intersectionals also await La Costa Canyon, against visiting Trabuco Hills, and Santa Fe Christian, which will play host to Santa Barbara Bishop Diego.

Helix’ 24-20 victory over Ventura St. Bonaventure resulted in the Highlanders earning 15 of the 19 first-place votes in the weekly voting.  Oceanside received the other 4.

# Team (1st place votes) W-L Points* Previous
1 Helix (15) 1-0 186 1
2 Oceanside (4) 1-0 133 4
3 Mission Hills 0-1 158 3
4 St. Augustine 0-1 128 5
5 Ramona 1-0 84 8
6 El Capitan 1-0 83 10
7 Cathedral 0-1 69 3
8 Eastlake 0-1 41 6
9 Rancho Bernardo 1-0 39 NR
10 Poway 1-0 20 NR

*Awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
NR: not ranked.
Others receiving votes: San Marcos, 14; Carlsbad, 13; La Costa Canyon, 12; Grossmont, 10; Madison, 6; Granite Hills, Olympian, 4 each; La Jolla, Rancho Buena Vista, Mount Miguel, Sweetwater, Steele Canyon, 3 each; Otay Ranch, Mira Mesa, 2 each.

Nineteen sportswriters, sportscasters, and CIF representatives from throughout San Diego County vote in the weekly poll:
John Maffei, Kirk Kenney, UT-San Diego;
Terry Monahan, Tom Saxe, Rick Hoff (UT-San Diego correspondents);
Bill Dickens (eastcountysports.com);
Steve Brand (San Diego Hall of Champions);
John Kentera, Ted Mendenhall, Bob Petinak, (The Mighty 1090);
Jerry Schniepp (CIF San Diego Section office);
Rick Willis, Brandon Stone, (KUSI-TV);
Bruce Ward (San Diego City Schools);
Rick Smith (partletonsports.com);
Steve (Biff) Dolan and Rick (Red) Hill (Mountain Country 107.9 FM);
Bodie DeSilva (Sandiegopreps.com);
Drew Smith (sdcoastalsports.com).

 



2014: Charlie Powell, 82, San Diego Legend

Charlie Powell, the oldest and most renowned member of an iconic  San Diego family, passed away  Labor Day morning at age 82.

Powell was arguably the greatest all-around athlete from this area.
Powell, in 1950 photo, was arguably the greatest all-around athlete from this area.

A resident of  Altadena, Powell was in San Diego for a family function when he became ill on Friday.  He died at Scripps Mercy Hospital.

“He was my big brother and I respected him so much,” said younger brother Jerry. “He was always there for me with an encouraging word, always positive. That’s the kind of man he was.”

The brothers Charlie, Ellsworth, and Art were outstanding athletes at San Diego in the early ‘fifties, and Jerry was a star at Lincoln a decade later.

Charlie was the Southern California player of the year in football in 1950, starred in basketball, held the school track-and-field shot put record for 31 years, and signed as a professional baseball player upon high school graduation in 1951.

His greatest thrill, Powell once said, was when “Duane Maley told me that I would be the only man ever to earn twelve varsity letters at San Diego High.”

Powell did that, lettering all three years in four sports, football, basketball, track, and baseball. Maley was his football coach.

Powell went from one season in the St. Louis Browns’ farm system and signed an NFL contract with the San Francisco 49ers in 1952. He had 10 tackles for loss including quarterback sacks of Bobby Layne against the Detroit Lions in one game his rookie season.

Powell turned to boxing in the mid-fifties and rose to become No. 4 in heavyweight rankings.  He returned to pro football with the Oakland Raiders in 1960.