2022 Week 15A: Lincoln Goes After Title Against Legendary Foe

Lincoln, riding with Hot-Roderick Robinson, a 228-pound running back committed to the University of Georgia, will attempt to do what no San Diego Section team has done in this week’s CIF state bowl Division 1-AA championship:

Win a game against Concord De La Salle, the North Coast Section champion with the pedigree of 151 consecutive wins from 1992-2004.

Four of those 151 victories were against San Diego Section squads and two others have brought the Spartans a 6-0 record against the area’s best clubs:

YEAR TEAM OPPONENT SCORE
1995 @De La Salle Rancho Buena Vista 35-14
1996 De La Salle @Rancho Buena Vista 36-19
2002 @De La Salle La Costa Canyon 56-27
2003 De La Salle @La Costa Canyon 28-7
2021 @De La Salle Cathedral 49-21
2022 De La Salle @Cathedral 28-20

Lincoln (12-1) stunned Chatsworth Sierra Canyon and a legion of Los Angele-area experts with a 37-14 victory on the road in the Southern California playoffs last week.

Robinson has been nursing a tender hamstring but he blazed a trail through the Trailblazers with 178 yards in 16 carries and four touchdowns, including 74- and 47-yard scoring runs.

Lincoln, leading, 10-7, at halftime, threw down on the Trailblazers with a 27-0 blitz in the third quarter.

The Hornets are Cal-Hi Sports’ No. 9 team this week and have a 65.1 calpreps rating.  They are fourth in California, according to Max Preps.

De La Salle (10-3) advanced with a come-from-behind, 17-14 win over Folsom, another blooded state contender. The Spartans are Cal-Hi’s No. 8 team, have 55.5 calpreps strength, and Max Preps ranks them 12th.



2022-23 Week 1: Mikey Williams is Back at San Ysidro

Heralded Mikey Williams  has returned for his senior basketball season at San Ysidro after two years at an academy in North Carolina.  Updated Max Preps stats show Williams with an 18.3 average in the Cougars’ five games, in which San Ysidro is 3-2, including a 95-70 loss to Corona Centennial. Williams scored 24 points.  J.J. Taylor leads the team with a 25.2 average, according to Max Preps.

The first poll actually follows the preseason Top 10 created by John Maffei of the Union-Tribune several days ago and is reflected in the “Last” column.  The season began for most teams around the first of November.

The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 1 poll:
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
*First-place votes. NR—Not ranked.
Last entries in column indicate previous rank.

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS LAST
1. St. Augustine 6-0 160 1
2. Carlsbad 7-1 118 6
3. San Ysidro 1-2 109 2
4. Torrey Pines 6-1 108 7
5. Montgomery 3-1 103 4
6. Mission Bay 7-2 90 3
7. La Costa Canyon 3-3 49 5
8. Mission Hills 5-1 48 10
9. El Camino 1-2 26 8
10. Mater Dei 4-1 25 NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES

Cathedral (3-3, 23 points), Otay Ranch (5-1, 15), San , Lincoln (4-1, 2), San Diego (3-1, 5), Bonita Vista (4-1, 3), El Capitan (10-3, 2), San Diego High Tech (6-0, 1).

VOTING PANEL

  • John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune.
  • Steve Brand, Terry Monahan, Eric Williams, Freelance contributors.
  • Rick Smith, partletonsports.com.
  • Adam Paul, eastcountysports.com.
  • John Kentera, (97.3 FM The Fan).
  • Bodie DeSilva, scoreboardlive.com.
  • Steve (Biff) Dolan, Mountain Country 107.9 FM.
  • Christian Pedersen, San Diego Sports Association.
  • Todd Cassen, Joe Heinz, Ron Marquez, CIF San Diego Section.
  • Rex Johnson, CIF Advisory Committee.
  • Joe Evangelist, San Diego Coaching Legends Committee.
  • Tom Helmantoler, Southern Conference Advisor.