2022 Week 16: San Diego Section is 4-0 in State Bowls.

The final act for 98 teams and the 561** games they played was a quaternary of success, 4 games, 4 victories in the state bowl championships.

San Diego Section teams enjoyed their most successful year since the inaugural Southern California and state bowl championship series in 2006.

Lincoln (13-1) went on a 21-0 blitz in the third quarter to take a 27-14 lead and held on to defeat Concord De La Salle of the North Coast Section, 33-28, in the Division I-AA final.  The outburst was similar to the 27-0 explosion the previous week third quarter in the 37-14 win over favored Chatsworth Sierra Canyon.

Granite Hills  (13-2) was named State Medium Schools Team of the Year after posting a 31-24, overtime victory against Danville San Ramon Valley of the North Coast Section for the state II-A championship.

Mater Dei (11-4) completed a remarkable comeback after four straight losses at the start of the season, topping Oakland McClymonds of the Oakland Athletic League (the only league of the Oakland Section), 26-18, and defending its state II-AA title.

Classical (11-3) joined the fray, outlasting the Central Coast’s San Jose Santa Teresa, 7-0, for the VI-AA championship in a game that necessitated an 884-mile roundtrip bus ride, the 442-mile jaunt back ensuring a lifetime of memories for the Caimans.

**The figure is for two teams playing one game.

The Union-Tribune’s last Top 10 with updated records and extended-season rankings of the three state-wide contributors:

FINAL RANKINGS

The San Diego Union-Tribune’s Week 16 Wrapup
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 columns indicate previous rank.
Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max Preps’ represent state rankings.

RANK TEAM/RECORD POINTS MAX PREPS.COM CAL-PREPS.COM CAL-HI SPORTS
1 Lincoln (13-1) 30*/300/1 3/9 66.6/60 8/9
2 Carlsbad (10-2) 269/2 13/17 55.3/53.3 16/17
3 Mater Dei (11-4) 209/8 24/34 47.4/43.6
 23/33
4 Madison (9-2) 207/3 38/30 42.739.8 32/29
5 Granite Hills (13-2) 164/5 45/56 44.1/39.4
 31/48
6 Poway (10-1) 141/4 70/78 34.1/33 30/47
7 Mission Hills (9-4) 137/9 46/58 38.6/37.6 45/48
8 Cathedral (6-6) 98/6 48/62 38.3/36.6 50/On the bubble
9 El Camino (9-4) 62/10 78/88 28.6/32 NR/NR
10 Helix (7-4) 26/7 93/104 27.8/34.3 NR/NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
University City (11-2, 19 points), Blythe Palo Verde Valley (13-1, 3), Ramona (8-5, 3), Classical (11-3, 1), La Costa Canyon (7-5, 1).