How far has Cathedral fallen and how high has Helix risen?
The Dons are coming off two huge losses and Helix is undefeated.
They’ll meet this week at Helix and the Highlanders might smell blood in the water after Cathedral’s successive losses of 42-7 to Corona Centennial and 63-7 to Chandler, Arizona, in the 12th annual Honor Bowl.
Helix won an Honor Bowl game, 24-21, against Arizona’s Mesa Mountain View and is 3-0, moving up to No. 3 in the San Diego Section, 26 in Cal-High Sports and 30 in Max Preps.
Cathedral is No. 4 in San Diego, 16 in Cal-Hi Sports, and 21 in Max Preps.
Cautionary note to Helix: Cathedral won last year’s game between the teams, 52-0.
San Diego Union-Tribune Sportswriters/Sportscasters Week 3 poll.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
*First-place votes. “Previous” indicates last week. NR—Not ranked. Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max Preps’ represent state rankings.
| RANK | TEAM/RECORD | POINTS/PREVIOUS | MAX PREPS.COM | CAL-PREPS.COM | CAL-HI SPORTS |
| 1 | Madison (3-0) | 16*/269/3 | 28 | 36.9 | 30 |
| 2 | Carlsbad (1-1) | 6*/356/1 | 23 | 41.2 | 22 |
| 3 | Helix (3-0) | 2*/236/4 | 30 | 35.6 | 26 |
| 4 | Cathedral (1-2) | 6*/222/2 | 21 | 42.5 | 16 |
| 5 | Lincoln (2-1) | 199/5 | 35 | 33.5 | 35 |
| 6 | Poway (3-0) | 128/8 | 58 | 26.4 | On the Bubble |
| 7 | Mission Hills (2-1) | 111/6 | 77 | 22.3 | NR |
| 8 | Mater Dei (0-3) | 104/7 | 38 | 32.3 | 36 |
| 9 | Ramona (2-1) | 43/9 | 82 | 20.6 | NR |
| 10 | Mira Mesa (2-1) | 19/NR | 93 | 18.1 | NR |
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Torrey Pines (1-2, 18 points), Del Norte (3-0 12), El Camino (2-1, 10), Rancho Buena Vista (3-0, 8), Granite Hills (2-1, 4), San Marcos (2-1, 4), El Centro Central (2-1, 3), Kearny (3-0, 2), University City (2-1, 2).
VOTING PANEL
- 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.
- Will Torrez, Valley Sports Network.
- Raymond Brown, sdfootball.net.
- Tom Helmantoler, Southern Conference Advisor.
- MaxPreps.com
TRUE GRID
Inglewood made a rare visit to these shores last week, setting down Carlsbad, 35-18…it was the Sentinels’ first visit here since they took a 28-0 loss to Monte Vista in 2010…Inglewood holds a 7-5 advantage over San Diego schools, dating to a 1933 victory in the Southern Section finals…the Sentinels upset heavily favored San Diego, 7-6, after losing to the Hilltoppers, 21-0 in the season opener….
