Glacier-like movement in the Union-Tribune Top 10 continued this week with small action taking place in the bottom rungs.
Many teams are observing byes as league play edges onto the stage.  Almost all  will be so engaged in a couple weeks.
St. Augustine’s home game against Vista Murrieta represents one of the few intersectionals remaining.  The Saints dropped a 15-13 decision to the Southern Riverside County squad last season.
The Saints’ defense will get a stiff test, according to the Broncos’ four-game scores.
Vista Murrieta opened by defeating Seattle Ballard, 71-32, Corona Santiago, 55-33, and Lakewood, 43-7. They were beaten, 29-14, last week by Trinity League stalwart Orange Lutheran.
Meanwhile, Mission Hills and Helix each moved up one position, the Grizzlies to 15th and Highlanders to 16th, in the latest Cal-Hi Sports statewide poll.
La Costa Canyon, St. Augustine, and Cathedral reside “On the Bubble,”  out of the Top 25.
Cathedral went 219 miles north last week and defeated Bakersfield Liberty, 24-10. Â The Kern County squad was ranked No. 2Â in the Fresno Bee, which covers Central Section squads.
Cathedral’s victory was its second in five tries against a nonleague schedule that is the most demanding in the San Diego section.
WESTVIEW WHO?
Coach Mike Woodward’s Westview Wolverines, virtually comatose the last two seasons (5-17) and only 29-43 since 2008,  suddenly are 5-0 and No. 8 in the San Diego Section after a 36-30 win over respected San Marcos.
Truth or consequences loom for the representatives of Torrey Highlands, located northwest of Rancho Penasquitos, beginning next week against No. 7 Rancho Bernardo.  Westview’s last five opponents are a combined 18-7.
Week 6 Union-Tribune poll, after five weeks of games:
| # | Team (1st place votes) | Points | W-L | Previous |
| 1. | Â Mission Hills (20) | 235 | 5-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Helix (4) | 208 | 2-1 | 2 |
| 3. | St. Augustine | 201 | 4-1 | 3 |
| 4. | Oceanside | 170 | 4-1 | 4 |
| 5. | El Camino | 113 | 4-0 | 5 |
| 6. | La Costa Canyon | 105 | 4-1 | 6 |
| 7. | Rancho Bernardo | 67 | 4-1 | 7 |
| 8. | Westview | 57 | 5-0 | NR |
| 9. | Christian | 52 | 3-1 | 9 |
| 10. | Cathedral | 30 | 2-3 | NR |
NR–Not rated. Points awarded on basis of 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.
Others receiving votes (record & points in parenthesis): Grossmont (4-0, 23), Madison (2-2, 20), Bonita Vista (3-1, 11), Mater Dei  (4-0), Mission Bay (5-0), 6 each; Eastlake (2-3), San Marcos (3-2), 5 each; Mt. Carmel (3-1), Olympian (4-1), Poway (3-2), 2 each; Valhalla (3-1, 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, Rick (Red) Hill (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), Montell Allen (MBASportsrecruiting.com).
Pisses me off to see CC in tenth when any of the 11-15 place teams are more deserving. Beating an out of section team shouldn’t be criteria for a vote unless it is top 25 in State. Getting blown out by a local team should give them no votes, Helix game wasn’t even close.
I disagree. Cathedral, as stated in the poll article, has played the toughest schedule of any San Diego Section squad. Those teams not in the top 10 have not played schedules even close to what the Dons have and I think Cathedral would beat any of those teams and most of the others in the Top 10. Two of their losses were to state top 25 teams, Rancho Santa Margarita and Westlake Village Oaks Christian. Helix is ranked 16th in the state.