2022 Week 10: Many League Races Too Early to Call

Five league championships have been decided in the San Diego Section and 14 more will be settled this week or end with ties. No. 1 Madison is at No. 2 Lincoln for the Western League flag and No. 7 Granite Hills is at No. 5 Helix for Grossmont Hills honors in featured jousts.

Carlsbad (Avocado), University City (City), Blythe Palo Verde Valley (Desert), Christian (Eastern), and El Capitan (Grossmont Valley)  are in the house or about to knock down the front door.

The weekly poll below will be on hiatus after this week’s final round of regular season games.  Poll honcho John Maffei will ask voters to cast choices one more time after the postseason championships and the following Southern California and state playoffs.

The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 10 Top 10:

First-place votes in parenthesis.  NR—Not ranked.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
*First-place votes.
Last entries in columns indicate previous rank. **Ranking unchanged.
Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max Preps’ represent state rankings.
RANK TEAM/RECORD POINTS MAX PREPS.COM CAL-PREPS.COM CAL-HI SPORTS
1 Madison (9-0) 20*/285/1 29/25 46.3/47.6 18/19
2 Lincoln (8-1) 5*/266/2 24/24 48.5/47.6 17/18
3 Carlsbad (8-1) 5*/265/3 18/21 51.8/49.3 19/20
4 Poway (9-0) 202/4 45/48 40.4/39 **On the bubble
5 Helix (7-2) 172/5 58/50 37/38.5
 **On the bubble
6 Cathedral (4-5) 154/6 47/43 40.2/41.2 35/37
7 Granite Hills (7-2) 106/7 65/70 35.5/33.2 NR/NR
8 Mater Dei (5-4) 89/8 80/75 32.7/32.1 **On the bubble
9 Mission Hills (6-3) 57/NR 63 35.8 NR/NR
10 El Camino (6-3) 27/9 71/55 34.3/36.4 NR/NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Mira Mesa (6-3, 7 points), La Costa Canyon (5-4, 7) University City (7-2, 4), El Capitan (7-2,  4).

  • John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune.
  • Steve Brand, Thomas Gutierrez, Rick Hoff, Terry Monahan, Don Norcross, Eric Williams, Freelance contributors.
  • Brandon Stone, Allison Edmonds, John Carroll, KUSI-Channel 51 TV.
  • Rick Smith, partletonsports.com.
  • Ramon Scott, Adam Paul, eastcountysports.com.
  • John Kentera, Braden Suprenant (97.3 FM The Fan).
  • Bodie DeSilva, scoreboardlive.com.
  • Steve (Biff) Dolan, Mountain Country 107.9 FM.
  • Christian Pedersen, San Diego Sports Association.
  • Troy Hirsch, Nic Pollino (Fox 5 San Diego).
  • Todd Cassen, Joe Heinz, Ron Marquez, CIF San Diego Section.
  • Mike Dolan, Rex Johnson, CIF Advisory Committee.
  • Joe Evangelist, San Diego Coaching Legends Committee.
  • Will Torrez, Valley Sports Network.
  • Raymond Brown, sdfootball.net.
  • Tom Helmantoler, Southern Conference Advisor.
  • MaxPreps.

TRUE GRID 

Helix has won 16 of the last 20 Grossmont South or Grossmont Hills championships, dating to the early 2000s and the era of Reggie Bush and Alex Smith…the Highlanders won 17 loop titles before the millennium, their first in 1956…Granite Hills has won four and tied for one Grossmont Valley or Grossmont Hills gonfalon since 2015, but is 1-3 against Helix during that span and the Highlanders hold a 45-12-1 edge in the series that began when Granite Hills opened in 1960…Eagles coach Kellan Cobbs is 76-38 since a 1-9 start in 2012…Damaja Jones is 7-2 in his first season at Helix…Lincoln holds a 13-12 edge over Madison in a series that goes back to 1970…Madison coach Rick Jackson is 16th all-time in the section with 162 wins and Jackson’s .742 winning percentage is third to John Carroll’s .763 and Birt Slater’s .753 and ahead of George Ohnessorgen’s .735 among coaches with at least 100 victories (see Coach 100 Club)… David Dunn is 78-57-1 at Lincoln, but 57-22 since 2016….