Business has picked up at Kearny, where the Komets have won three in a row and can finish the regular season with their best record since 2011.
Takoda Browne, who has scored touchdowns by running, receiving,  kickoff, punt, and pass interception returns, and two-point conversion attempts,  leads the San Diego Section with 23 touchdowns and 142 points in eight games.
Kearny is 4-5 and can clinch the Central League championship in two weeks against Clairemont. The Komets have as many victories this season as they had during a 4-24 stretch that began in 2012 after an 8-3, league-championship 2011 season.
AIR CORYELL?
Not quite, but Mike Lewis, the executive director at Helix who stepped in when head coach Troy Starr was forced to withdraw from Friday’s game because of a health issue in his family, is the son-in-law of the late and iconic San Diego State Aztecs and Chargers coach Don Coryell.
Lewis, who had previous assistant coaching experience in the Grossmont League, Â guided the Highlanders to a 42-14 victory over Valhalla.
QUICK KICKS
Oceanside’s three-game losing streak is the longest for the Pirates since they dropped three in a row in the middle of the 2005 season…Carlsbad’s 21-6 triumph was its first over Oceanside in 10 years and clinched at least a tie for the Avocado West title…the Lancers are 3-0 in league play and 5-3 overall…Helix’ Nate Stinson is second in the San Diego Section to Takoda Browne with 114 points…St. Augustine’s Elijah Preston follows with 110…Valley Center’s  28-17 win over Rancho Buena Vista gave Jaguars coach Rob Gilster 193 career wins, tying Gilster with Dick Haines for ninth place…Christian’s double-overtime, 13-6 win over Morse clinched a tie for the City League championship….
Week 10 poll, after nine weeks of games:
| # | Team (1st place votes) | Points | W-L | Previous |
| 1. | Â Mission Hills (20) | 234 | 8-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Helix (4) | 218 | 6-1 | 2 |
| 3. | St. Augustine | 196 | 6-2 | 3 |
| 4. | La Costa Canyon | 144 | 6-2 | 6 |
| 5. | Westview | 110 | 7-1 | 4 |
| 6. | Rancho Bernardo | 101 | 6-2 | 7 |
| 7. | Madison | 98 | 6-2 | 8 |
| 8. | Mission Bay | 53 | 8-0 | 9 |
| 9. | Cathedral | 52 | 4-4 | 5 |
| 10. | Grossmont | 40 | 7-1 | 10 |
NR–Not ranked. Points awarded on basis of 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.
Others receiving votes (record & points in parenthesis): Carlsbad (5-3, 28), San Marcos (6-2, 15),  Bonita Vista (6-2, 13),  Mater Dei  (7-1, 10), Christian (6-2, 3), Valhalla (6-2, 3),  Granite Hills (7-1, 2), El Camino (5-3, 1), Mira Mesa (6-2, 1), Eastlake (4-5, 1).
24 Media and CIF representatives vote each week: John Maffei (U-T San Diego), Steve Brand, Terry Monahan, Don Norcross, Jim Lindgren, Tom Saxe, Rick Hoff (U-T San Diego correspondents), Bill Dickens, Chris Davis (East County Sports.com), Steve (Biff) Dolan,  (Mountain Country 107.9 FM), John (Coach) Kentera, Ted Mendenhall, Bob Petinak (The Mighty 1090), Rick Willis, Brandon Stone (KUSI-TV), Rick Smith (partletonsports.com), Jerry Schniepp, John Labeta (CIF San Diego Section), Bodie DeSilva (sandiegopreps.com), Drew Smith (sdcoastalsports.com), Lisa Lane (San Diego Preps Insider), Raymond Brown (sdfootball.net), R. Pena, C. Smith and Montell Allen (MBASports-SDFNL Magazine).
