The CIF power ratings are holding up fairly well as the final round of San Diego Section play takes place Friday and Saturday at Southwestern College.
The two highest power rated clubs will meet in the Open Division and in D-1 and D-3.
Winning teams will progress to a variety of divisions in a Southern California round of 4, with the ultimate winners meeting teams from Northern California in the state championship.
OPEN
No. 1 Cathedral (12-0) versus No. 2 Helix (10-2) Saturday at 7 p.m.
Cathedral overcame a 21-7, Helix halftime lead to defeat the Highlanders, 35-28, in Week 4.
Helix eliminated the Dons in the semifinals in 2014 and 2015.
Cathedral is making its eighth championship appearance since  2006 and Helix its 11th since 1999.
Are the Dons as good as the Tyler Gaffney-led squad that was 14-0 and the state D-III champion in 2008?
As we see it:Â Cathedral 34, Helix 21.
DIVISIONÂ I
No. 2 St. Augustine (10-2) Â versus No. 1 and 10-2 Madison Friday at 7 p.m.
Madison’s team speed was too much for the Saints in a 56-42  Warhawks victory in Week 6.
The Saints were No. 1 in The San Diego Union-Tribune poll for a few weeks after they defeated a touted Los Angeles Loyola team, 17-14, in Week 3, but Loyola flattened out to 3-8 and the Saints were decisively beaten by Madison and Cathedral.
Madison lost its opener at Vista Murrieta, 20-9. That team was a Los Angeles Times top 20 squad for weeks and represented a rare, regular-season intersectional opponent for the eastern Clairemont squad.
Vista Murrieta was only the eighth Warhawks regular-season opponent from outside San Diego County since Madison opened in 1962.
This might be coach Rick Jackson’s best team since the 14-1, D-IV state champion of 2012.
As we see it:Â Madison 41, St. Augustine 30.
DIVISION II
No. 2 Mater Dei (11-1) meets neighborhood public school rival No. 4 Olympian (8-4) Saturday 3 p.m.
Though only one mile and probably 3 minutes apart in Chula Vista, Mater Dei and Olympian have met only three times since Olympian opened in 2006.
One of those games resulted in a 28-7 Crusaders victory this season.
Coach John Joyner has got it going at Mater Dei. The Catholic school is 53-22 since Joyner weathered a pair of 1-9 seasons after he took over the program in 2009.
Included in the victories was a 2015 state V-AA championship, 56-21 over Reedley Immanuel.
Mater Dei’s only loss this year was 51-42 at Cal-Hi Sports’-ranked Los Angeles Hawkins. The Crusaders led that game in the fourth quarter.
Olympian is coached by Paul Van Nostrand, son of a former Evening Tribune reporter of the same name.
The younger Van Nostrand is 25-21 since taking over for the legendary Gil Warren in 2013. Van Nostrand was 64-32-1 at Castle Park from 1999-06.
As we see it, Mater Dei 35, Olympian 14.
DIVISION III
No. 2 The Bishop’s (12-0) versus No. 1 Christian (12-0) Saturday at 11 a.m.
Both teams have continually upgraded  their programs. Eastern League entry Christian appears to have played a heftier schedule than the rising, La Jolla-based Coastal League program.
Joel Allen is 73-22-1 in eight seasons with The Bishop’s Knights and claimed a state D-5 title with a 40-14 victory over Stockton Brookside in 2010.
Other than a year’s hiatus in 2003, Matt Oliver has guided the Christian Patriots since 1998 and his 148 victories rank 15th all-time in San Diego County.
The Patriots are making their sixth championship appearance since  2001. The Knights are making their third straight appearance in the finals and their seventh since  2007.
As we see it, Christian 31, The Bishop’s 28.
DIVISION IV
No. 5 La Jolla Country Day (10-3) versus No. 3 Santana (8-4) Friday at 3 p.m.
Dave Gross retired after an 11-2 season and 20-14 loss to Valley Center in the 2011 D-IV finals but did not leave a full cupboard at Santana.
Tim Estes took over in 2012 struggled through 1-8 and 1-9 seasons. The Sultans improved to 4-6 in 2014, to 7-5 in 2015, and now are 8-4.
The Country Day Torreys are 10-3 this season and 25-13 under Tyler Hales, who replaced career 101-game winner Jeff Hutzler in 2013.
The teams have one comparative opponent.
The Bishop’s defeated Santana, 41-19, in the season opener and topped Country Day, their No. 1 rival in the Coastal League, 37-21, in Week 8.
As we see it, La Jolla Country Day 42, Santana 35.
STATE RANKINGS
Cathedral is sixth in Cal-Hi Sports’ top 25, behind Santa Ana Mater Dei, Bellflower St. John Bosco, Corona Centennial, Harbor City Narbonne, and Concord De La Salle.
Helix is 14th and Madison and Rancho Bernardo are on the bubble.
HOOPS DU JOUR
Cal-Hi Sports’ first top 25 lists Cathedral as No. 6, followed by Foothills Christian, 16th, and St. Augustine, 21st.
Mission Hills is No. 6, followed by La Jolla Country Day, 8th, and The Bishop’s, 15th in the Girls’ ratings.
