Not that they give a rip, but the Cathedral Dons’ 43-point, 57-14 defeat last week at Corona Centennial didn’t represent the worst loss in school history.
More decisive was a 45-point loss, 55-10 to Sacramento-area power Folsom in 2014. Almost as painful was another 43-point reversal, 56-13 to Marian in the 2003 San Diego Section playoffs.
Contributing to the misery was that the Dons had defeated the Huskies in San Diego, 44-41, in 2019.
On the devastation scale, 57-14 ranks close to Oceanside’s 68-7 loss to Folsom and El Capitan’s 35-28 defeat to Moraga Campolindo, after the Vaqueros blew a 21-point lead in the final seven and a half minutes, in state championship games on the same day in 2014.
The Dons have no time to grieve, playing at home this week in one of the Honor Bowl games against a another tough Southern Section team, Los Angeles Mission Hills Chaminade, which is 2-0 after victories of 48-17 over the Southern Section’s Westlake Village Oaks Christian and 49-7 over Lake Balboa Birmingham of the Los Angeles City Section.
Chaminade is ranked 13th in the state in this week’s Cal-Hi Sports poll and 29th, according to Max Preps. The Eagles have a 38.0 Cal Preps.com rating. See below for how San Diego teams rate.
QUICK KICKS
Cathedral hasn’t seen the last of Corona Centennial…the Huskies will play Chatsworth Sierra Canyon at Cathedral this week in one of the Honor Bowl games…Lincoln, down 21-3 at halftime, took the fight to Los Alamitos and had a chance to win but a pass was knocked down in the endzone on the last play…the Hornets, who lost, 21-17, struck for 495 yards against the Cal-Hi Sports No. 9-ranked Griffins…Roderick Robinson had 145 yards rushing and 1 touchdown and Nathan Azevedo caught 4 passes for 150 yards and 1 TD…Army-Navy and El Capitan are feeling chipper after their 2-0 starts, the first for the Cadets since 2013 and the first for El Cap since its 14-1 season in 2014…Hoover’s 30-14 win over El Cajon Valley broke a 15-game losing streak and was the Cardinals first since a 34-16 victory over Coronado in Week 9 of 2018…the Cardinals are 7-44 since the 2015 season, a stretch of misery comparable to a 7-46-1 slog from 1970-75…Calexico’s 60-6 destruction of Castle Park represented most points for the Bulldogs since a 65-0 blowout of neighboring Vincent Memorial in 2008….
THE RATINGS
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union-Tribune Top 10:
First place votes in parenthesis. Points on scale of 10 points to 1 point.
| RANK | TEAM/RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS | ||||
| 1. | Carlsbad | 2-0 (16) | 231 | 2 | |||
| 2. | Cathedral | 1-1 (6) | 206 | 1 | |||
| 3. | Mission Hills | 2-0 | 190 | 3 | |||
| 4. | Lincoln | 2-0 | 157 | 4 | |||
| 5. | Mater Dei | 2-0 | 139 | 5 | |||
| 6. | Helix | 2-0 | 91 | NR | |||
| 7 | Granite Hills | 2-0 | 69 | NR | |||
| 8. | Grossmont | 2-0 | 60 | NR | |||
| 9. | Scripps Ranch | 2-0 | 46 | NR | |||
| 10. | Torrey Pines | 0-1 | 42 | 9 | |||
Others receiving votes: El Camino (1-1, 11 points), Poway (1-1 10), Ramona (2-0, 8), La Jolla (1-1, 7), Oceanside (1-1, 4), El Capitan (2-0, 3), Eastlake (1-1) & Santa Fe Christian (2-0), 1 point each.
Voting panel: Twenty-three sportswriters and sportscasters throughout San Diego County.
- John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune.
- Steve Brand, Thomas Gutierrez, Rick Hoff, Jim Lindgren, Terry Monahan, Eric Williams, freelance contributors.
- John Carroll, Nick Pollino, KUSI Ch. 51.
- John Kentera, Braden Suprenant, 97.3-FM The Fan).
- Adam Paul, ECPreps.com.
- Bodie DeSilva, scorebooklive.com.
- Rick Smith, Partletonsports.com.
- Christian Pedersen, San Diego Sports Association.
- Troy Hirsch, Fox 5 San Diego.
- Raymond Brown, sdfootball.net.
- Joe Heinz, Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez, Mike Dolan, CIF San Diego Section.
- Ramon Scott, Eastcountysports.com.
- Steve (Biff) Dolan, Mountain Country, 107.9-FM.
How others see San Diego’s Top 10:
*The second entry in each rating is from the previous week.
| Team | Record | Cal-Hi Sports | MaxPreps | CalPreps |
| Cathedral | 1-1 | 14-5* | 19-5 | 44/71.6 |
| Carlsbad | 2-0 | 12-14 | 12-10 | 49/51.2 |
| Mission Hills | 2-0 | 21-23 | 15-16 | 45.2 |
| Lincoln | 1-1 | 24-26 | 25-19 | 39.6 |
| Mater Dei | 2-0 | Bubble-NR | 70-75 | 24.6 |
| Helix | 2-0 | NR-NR | 82-NR | 21.7 |
| Granite Hills | 1-0 | Bubble-NR | 80-NR | 22.2-NR |
| Grossmont | 2-0 | Bubble-NR | 92-NR | 20.3-NR |
| Scripps Ranch | 2-0 | NR-NR | 192-NR | 15.0 |
| Torrey Pines | 0-1 | Bubble-NR | 44-44 | 32.6 |
MaxPreps.com and CalPreps.com computer ratings are usually the same and based on strength of schedule and other factors.
CalHiSports.com ratings are created by publisher Mark Tennis, who coordinates with several state-wide sources.
PREP FOOTBALL SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
Sportswriters/Sportscasters Poll
(First-place votes in parenthesis)
Points awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis
Team; Record;Points;Last Week
1. Carlsbad (16); 3-0;231;1
2. Cathedral Catholic (8); 2-1;220;2
3. Lincoln;2-1;196;4
4. Mission Hills;2-1;147;3
5. Mater Dei Catholic; 2-0;154;5
6. Helix;3-0;116;6
7. Torrey Pines;2-1;86;10
8. Scripps Ranch;3-0;75;9
9. Poway;2-1;27;NR
10. Madison;2-1;19;NR
Others receiving votes
La Jolla (2-1, 8 points), Santa Fe Christian (3-0, 8 points), El Camino (1-1, 7 points), Eastlake (2-1, 6 points), Grossmont (2-1, 5 points), Granite Hills (2-1, 4 points), Mt. Carmel (3-0, 3 points), Rancho Buena Vista (3-0, 3 points), Oceanside (1-1, 1 point), University City (3-0, 1 point).
Voters: 24 sportswriters, sportscasters and administrators from throughout the county – John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune), Terry Monahan, Steve Brand, Jim Lindgren, Rick Hoff, Eric Williams and Thomas Gutierrez (freelance writers), Nic Pollino and John Carroll (KUSI-TV), Rick Smith (Partletonsports.com), Adam Paul (ECPreps.com), Bodie DeSilva (scorebooklive.com), John Kentera and Braden Suprenant (97.3-FM The Fan), Ramon Scott (EastCountySports.com), Steve Dolan (Mountain Country 107.9-FM, Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association), Troy Hirsch (Fox 5 Sa
