2023 Week 9: Hornets are Stinging and Streaking

Lincoln won its 21st game in a row, 42-7, over St. Augustine last week and improved to 9-0 this year.  The Hornets will be seeking their first, undefeated, 10-0 campaign Saturday when they wrap the regular season at University City.

Coach Vic Player’s Hornets were undefeated in the 1979 regular season but city schools played only nine games.  Lincoln posted a 12-0 record that included three playoff wins and a San Diego Section championship.

Led by Marcus Allen in 1977,  the Hive was 8-0-1 in the regular season, tied, 0-0, by Point Loma in the second game, and went on to finish 12-0-1.

Lincoln is tied with La Jolla for the eighth longest run of consecutive victories in County history. Sweetwater, coached by Gene Alim, won 36 in a row from 1982-85. The Hornets also have the longest active winning streak, 21, in the state, according to Cal-Hi Sports, and are No. 6 in California in the newsletter’s weekly ratings.

WINS IN ROW TEAM COACH YEARS
36 Sweetwater Gene Alim 1983-85
31 The Bishop’s Joe Lucia (13), Bill Lekvold (18) 1996-98
27 Marian Matt White 2002-04
26 Cathedral Sean Doyle 2006-09
23 *Kearny Birt Slater 1963-65
23 *Grossmont Jack Mashin 1932-35
22 **Eastlake John McFadden 2009-10
21 La Jolla Dick Huddleston 1992-94
21 Lincoln David Dunn 2022-23

*Kearny and Grossmont each was unbeaten for 24 consecutive games, including one tie game each.

**Eastlake was unbeaten for 24 consecutive games, including 2 ties.

ohn Maffei’s Week 10 Union-Tribune Poll:
Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.*First-place votes.
NR–Not ranked.
Last entries in columns are previous rankings.
Max Preps‘ and Cal-Hi RANK TEAM/RECORD POINTS MAXPREPS.COM CALPREPS.COM CAL-HI SPORTS 1. Lincoln (9-0) *24/294/1 9/9 59.9/57.7 6/6 2. Carlsbad (8-0) *6/274/2 14/7 58.9/58.2 7/7 3. Granite Hills (8-0) 227/3 36/29 42.7/41.2 18/19 4. Helix (8-0) 224/4 18/15
 54.3/48.5 16/16 5. El Camino (6-2) 145/6 68/73 34.3/24.7 On Bubble/On Bubble 6. Torrey Pines (5-3) 144/5 59/59 32.3/21/3 On Bubble/On Bubble 7. Mission Hills (5-3) 112/9 47/58 31.6/31.1 NR/NR 8  Del Norte (7-1) 82/8 83/80 29.8/26.4 NR/NR 9 La Costa Canyon (5-3) 59/7 80/74 34.6/35.9 NR/NR 10. Cathedral (3-6) 51/10 63/78 30.7/26 On bubble/NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Mater Dei (4-3, 14 points),  Mount Miguel (7-1, 9), San Marcos (6-2, 8), Mission Bay (7-1, 4), Brawley (7-1, 1).

29 sportswriters, sportscasters, administrators from San Diego County, plus Max Preps.com.

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