2019 Week 7: San Diego Section Coaches Make History
Ron Hamamoto’s crashing the top five in San Diego Section coaching ranks wasn’t the only significant career achievement last week.
–Grossmont’s Tom Karlo became the 42nd to reach 100 wins.
Hamamoto, whose Monte Vista squad defeated Chula Vista, 34-17, now has 229 victories, tying the 35-season mentor with Morse’s John Shacklett, who won 229 at Morse from 1971-2002.
Cathedral’s Sean Doyle won his 200th a couple weeks ago.
Another milestone will be in sight Friday night.
–Valley Center’s Rob Gilster has 228 victories and could gain a share of fifth, although No. 229 will require the Jaguars getting past the tough La Costa Canyon Mavericks.
Karlo, 56-31 at Grossmont since 2012 and 44-31-2 at Mount Miguel from 2005-11, tied Monte Vista’s Ed Carberry, 100-59-3 in two stints and 14 seasons, in the Foothillers’ 49-14 romp over Valhalla
For a complete list of 100-game winners through 2018 search the home page “Football” menu and scroll down to “Coach 100 Club.”
QUICK KICKS
Rob Gilster’s Valley Center teams are 0-3 against La Costa Canyon since Gilster opened the Jaguars program in 1998…they lost to the Mavericks, 38-10, in 2000, 13-8 in ’01, and 30-19 in 2018…a San Pasqual victory this week will advance the Golden Eagles to 7-0 for the first time since 2013…Blythe Palo Verde Valley, 4-2 for the first time since 2015, will try to break a 19-game losing streak against Brawley, also 4-2…the Yellow Jackets have not beaten the Wildcats since the schools joined the San Diego Section in 2000…Brawley, as usual, will be a heavy favorite…Cathedral closes the regular season with 3 games on the road, beginning this week at Madison….
The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 7 poll:
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
First-place votes in parenthesis. NR–Not ranked. *Includes forfeit loss.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS |
| 1. | Helix | 5-1 | 310 | 1 |
| 2. | Cathedral | 6-1 | 273 | 2 |
| 3. | St. Augustine | 5-1 | 253 | 3 |
| 4. | Carlsbad | 5-1 | 217 | 4 |
| 5. | Steele Canyon | 6-0 | 185 | 5 |
| 6. | Mission Hills | 4-2 | 133 | 8 |
| 7. | Madison | 4-2 | 127 | 9 |
| 8. | Oceanside | 4-2 | 58 | 6 |
| 9. | Grossmont | 5-1 | 40 | NR |
| 10. | La Costa Canyon | 3-3 | 37 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Vista (4-2*, 33 points), Lincoln (4-2, 23), The Bishop’s (6-0, 5), Santana (7-0, 4), El Camino (3-3, 3), Scripps Ranch (6-0), San Diego (4-1), Serra (4-2), & Torrey Pines (3-3), 1 each.
Voting panel of 31 sportswriters, sportscasters, various County football honchos:
- John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune
- Jim Lindgren, Rick Hoff, Terry Monahan, Don Norcross, Thomas Gutierrez, freelance contributors.
- Paul Rudy, Brandon Stone,Ted Mendenhall, KUSI Chl. 51
- Adam Paul, ECpreps.com
- Ramon Scott, EastCountySports.com
- Bodie DeSilva, sandiegopreps.com
- Taylor Quellman, The Mighty 1090
- Steve Brand, San Diego Hall of Champions
- Troy Hirsch, Kaylyn McMakin, Tabitha Lipkin, Fox 5, San Diego
- Rick Smith, PartletonSports.com
- Jerry Schniepp, John Labeta, Ron Marquez, CIF San Diego Section
- Joe Heinz, Coordinator, Athletics, Sweetwater School District
- Raymond Brown, sdfootball.net
- Bob Petinak, free lance.
- John Kentera, Brandon Suprenant, 97.3 FM The Fan
- Steve (Biff) Dolan, Mountain Country 107.9 FM
- Mike Dolan, John Carroll, San Diego Section Tournament Directors.
- Christian Pederson, SoCal Prep Insider.
- Joe Heinz, Athletics Director, Sweetwater School District.
- Eric Williams, WBK Sports/San Diego Friday Night Lights Magazine.
AS OTHERS IN CALIFORNIA SEE SAN DIEGO’S TOP 10
| Team | Record | Cal.Preps.Com | Max Preps | Cal-Hi Sports |
| Helix | 5-1 | 60.7/59.6 | 8/9 | 9/9 |
| Cathedral | 6-1 | 63.9/64.2 | 7/7 | 14/17 |
| St. Augustine | 5-1 | 51.0/48.3 | 16/21 | 21/21 |
| Carlsbad | 5-1 | 44.4/38.1 | 30/39 | 40/42 |
| Steele Canyon | 6-0 | 39.5/35.8 | 40/44 | Bubble/Bubble |
| Mission Hills | 4-2 | 35.8/27/1 | 57/89 | Bubble/Bubble |
| Madison | 4-2 | 35.9/28 | 56/74 | Bubble/Bubble |
| Oceanside | 4-2 | 29.7/32.9 | 90/60 | NR |
| Grossmont | 5-1 | 26.5 | 115 | NR |
| La Costa Canyon | 3-3 | 36.2 | 53 | NR |
The second numbers or score in the three columns to the right represent last week’s rankings. Cal Preps.com and Max Preps ratings are based on computer algorithms. Cal-Hi Sports ratings are product of publisher Mark Tennis’ eye test and information from Tennis’ correspondents throughout the state..