2021 Week 11: Hat’s Off! Eighteen League Champions

League championships can be forgotten amid the giant second season of playoffs.

if a team has a pulse, no matter how few W’s and how many L’s, it’s most likely a postseason participant.

But don’t pass that along to the San Diego Section’s regular-season winners. Players identify these achievements on their letter jackets, coaches enhance their resumes, and student bodies and communities take pride.

Take a bow, champions.

LEAGUE TEAM RECORD OVERALL COACH
Avocado Carlsbad 6-0 10-0 Thadd MacNeal
Central Mission Bay 4-0 8-2 Greg Tate
Citrus Victory Christian 5-0 7-1* Earl Benson
City Patrick Henry 4-0 7-2 J.T. O’Sullivan
Coastal Santa Fe Christian 5-0 9-0 Jon Wallace
Desert Blythe Palo Verde Valley 4-0 8-2 Dominique Hill
Eastern Mira Mesa 3-0 6-3 Chris Thompson-Aurelo Morales
Grossmont Hills Helix 3-0 6-3 Robbie Owens
Grossmont Valley West Hills 6-0 10-0 Casey Ash
Imperial Valley Brawley 4-0 8-2 Jon Self
Metro Mesa Mater Dei 4-0 8-0 John Joyner
Metro South Bay Sweetwater 4-0 5-3 Ervin Hernandez
Ocean San Diego Jewish 5-0 7-0* Justin McKenzie
Pacific Escondido Charter 4-0 8-1 Greg Brose
Palomar Mt. Carmel 4-1 9-1 Drew Westling
Valley Ramona 5-0 7-3 Damon Baldwin
Western Cathedral 3-0 7-2 Sean Doyle

*Playing for San Diego Section 8-man championship.
RATINGS GAME

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1. Carlsbad 10-0 (16) 232 1
2. Cathedral 8-2 (9) 224 2
3. Mission Hills 8-2 180 4
4. Mater Dei 9-0 172 3
5. Torrey Pines 6-3 140 6
6. Madison 8-2 115 7
7. Helix 6-3 88 6
8. Lincoln 6-3 80 5
9. Santa Fe Christian 9-0 39 9
10. Scripps Ranch 8-1 23 10

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES 

Mt. Carmel (9-1, 21 points), West Hills (10-0, 7), El Camino (4-6, 3) Mira Mesa (6-2, Eastlake (7-3, 2),  Poway (7-3, 2), Patrick Henry (7-2, 1).

VOTING PANEL
Twenty-four 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, Thomas Gutierrez, freelance contributors.
  • John CarrollNick 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
2. Cathedral 7-2 17/16* 14/15 59.2/58.3
1. Carlsbad 9-0 14/14 18/18 55.4/55.2
4. Mission Hills 7-2 19/21 29/28 50.6/49.9
5. Lincoln 6-3 31/31 36/37 48.3/46.8
3. Mater Dei 8-0 27/30 37/39 47.8/46.3
8. Helix 5-3 Bubble/NR 68/65 39.4/39.2
6. Torrey Pines 5-3 37/37 46/47 45.1/43.6
10. Scripps Ranch 7-1 NR/NR 79/78 36.5/35.7
7. Madison 7-2 Bubble/Bubble 61/76 40.5/36.4
9. Santa Fe Christian 9-0 NR-NR 158/153 25.1/4/6
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0 thoughts on “2021 Week 11: Hat’s Off! Eighteen League Champions

  1. Interesting that my alma mater, La Jolla, last in the tough Western League, with a 3-7 record is ranked number four in Division II and has a bye in round one of the D-II playoffs. I think La Jolla is the only D-II team in the Western League, which is full of top-ranked D-I squads. This may be why they were seeded high in the post-season tournament. Three of the D-II teams La Jolla beat in preseason competition made the playoffs. La Jolla’s outstanding QB, Stratton, must have been injured early in the season, because others have been taking his place, after he won player of the game in early outings.
    Does anyone know his status and how the CIF decides playoff rankings when a team like La Jolla with a losing record and no wins in their league is seeded so high? There must be some algorithm that determines this based on comparative scores and level of competition.

    1. The CIF San Diego Section went back to a point system it used before. These are the so-called power ratings. Who you played and who your opponent played, who you beat, who you lost to and who your opponents beat and who they lost to. Points are distributed based on those factors. How you were in the ratings the previous year determines what division you are in this year. Confusing? Yes! The Southern Section uses the computer ratings provided by Cal-Preps.com. I don’t know Stratton’s status. WE’ll see ewhat we get the game summaries in the Sunday paper.

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