2015 Week 16: Helix Sweeps Final Football Poll

After losing their first game, 23-19, to Scottsdale Chaparral, the Helix Highlanders fell from their first-place position in the Union-Tribune‘s  opening football poll but unanimously regained the top spot in the final week of the poll following their 44-30 win against St. Augustine in the San Diego Section Open Division championship game.

The Saints  finished second and Mission Hills, the almost-season long leader, was third.                                                                                                                                                                    Team (1st place votes)/Record/Points/Previous 

1. Helix (24) / 11-1/ 240/ 2

2. St. Augustine/ 10-3/ 214 / 3

3. Mission Hills / 11-1/ 185 / 1

 4. Rancho Bernardo/11-2/ 133/5

5. Oceanside/ 9-4/ 130/ NR

6. Madison  / 8-3/ 94/ 5

7. Bonita Vista/11-2/88 /NR

8. Cathedral Catholic/ 6-5/  85 / 6

9. Mater Dei Catholic/12-1/ 64/ 10

 10. Carlsbad/  7- 4/  31 / 7

Points awarded on  10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis                                                                  Others receiving votes: Mt. Carmel (9-4, 30 points),  El Camino (7-6, 8)   Mission Bay (10-3, 5), La Costa Canyon (7-4, 4), Valhalla (9-3, 3), Point Loma (8-4, 3), Eastlake (5-6,  2), Granite Hills (9-2, 1), San Marcos (7-4, 1), Coronado (9-4, 1).

Twenty-four sportswriters, sportscasters and CIF representatives from throughout the county vote in the weekly poll:  John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune), Steve Brand, Terry Monahan, Don Norcross, Jim Lindgren, Tom Saxe, Rick Hoff (Union-Tribune correspondents), Michael Bower (Pomerado News), Bill Dickens,Chris Davis (EastCountySports.com), Steve (Biff) Dolan (Mountain Country 107.9-FM), John Kentera, Ted Mendenhall and Bob Petinak (The Mighty 1090), Rick Willis, Brandon Stone (KUSI-TV),  Rick Smith (Partletonsports.com), Jerry Schniepp, John Labeta  (CIF San Diego Section), Bodie DeSilva (sandiegopreps.com), Drew Smith (sdcoastalsports.com), Lisa Lane (San Diego Preps Insider), Raymond Brown (sdfootball.net),  (MBASports-SDFNL Magazine).