No. 1 Lincoln is the only team in The San Diego Union’s Top 10 with two losses as action moves into the sixth week after many clubs took a mid-season bye.  The Hornets’ schedule is one of the most difficult in California and there’s still a game with legendary Southern Section opponent Los Alamitos this week and what figures to be a Western League championship showdown with Cathedral in Week 9.

The Hornets upped their record to 3-2 with a 49-19 win over the  Sacramento Grant Pacers, one of the top teams in the Sac-Joaquin Section. Coach David Dunn’s squad already has met 5-0 Las Vegas Arbor View (45-44 loss), the No. 2-ranked team in Nevada; 5-0 San Juan Capistrano JSerra (28-19 loss), No. 6 in California, and Henderson Coronado (51-14 win), No. 4 in Nevada.  There also is a 42-14 victory over Long Beach Poly.

Quarterback Akili Smith completed 6 of 13  passes for 144 yards and one touchdown last week and wide receiver Ty Olsen caught one touchdown pass to give Olsen 45 for his career, six with the Hornets and 39 at Del Norte, where he played three seasons before transferring this year.

Smith was able to employ another weapon when Junior Curtis, a transfer from Madison, became eligible after the mandatory CIF sit-out period of four games.  Curtis had 130 yards and two touchdowns in eight carries, and Aden Jackson scored twice and had 84 yards in 14 attempts.

Lincoln is  0-1 against the Los Alamitos Griffins, losing a 21-17 road game in 2021.

Cal-Hi Sports publisher Mark Tennis photographed Lincoln’s Akili Smith (left) and Ty Olsen after the Hornets’ 49-19 win at Sacramento Grant in Week 5.

MAFFEI FEELS IT

But CalPreps.com doesn’t and then it does (see below).

John Maffei’s The San Diego Union Week 6 poll: Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous ranking in (italics).
Bold indicates latest. NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps‘ and Cal-Hi Sports‘ are state rankings.

RANK	TEAM/RECORD	POINTS	MAXPREPS	MAXPREPS.COM	CAL-HI SPORTS
1.	Lincoln (3-2) 22*	291 (1)	16 (16)	54.2 (53.3)	14 (16)
2.	Cathedral (4-1) 2*	253 (2)	36 (38)	40.2 (38.3)	41 (43)
3.	Granite Hills (3-1) 6*	244 (3)	47 (44)	35.8 (36.7)	17 (18)
4	Mission Hills (4-1)	195 (4)	53 (53)	32.9 (33.1)	32 (32)
5.	La Costa Canyon (5-0)	194 (5)	34 (34)	40.7 (40.4)	35 (35)
6.	San Marcos (4-1)	151 (6)	59 (61)	30.3 (30.3)	46 (46)
7.	Carlsbad (4-1)	134 (7)	54 (56)	32.7 (32.4)	On Bubble (Bubble)
8	El Camino (4-1)	79 (9)	87 (106)	25.2 (21.3)	On Bubble (Bubble)
9.	Mount Miguel (4-1)	60 (8)	126 (125)	18.6 (19.3)	NR (Bubble)
10.	Rancho Bernardo (4-1)	18 (10)	124 (124)	19.8 (18.5)	NR (NR)

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
University City (5-0, 14 points), La Jolla (4-1, 9), Scripps Ranch (5-0, 3), Oceanside (3-3, 2), Brawley (5-0), Del Norte (3-2), Imperial (6-0), Mt. Carmel (4-1), Torrey Pines (2-3), 1 point each.

VOTING PANEL

Twenty-nine  sportswriters, sportscasters, administrators from San Diego County, plus Max Preps.com.

• • John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune).
  • Don Norcross, Steve Brand, Rick Hoff, Kevin Farmer (Union-Tribune Freelance contributors).
  • Joe Heinz, Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez (CIF San Diego Section).
  • Brandon Stone, Allison Edmonds, John Carroll, Chase Izidor (KUSI, Channel 51).
  • Rick Smith (partletonsports.com).
  • Bodie DeSilva (ScorebookLive.com).
  • Braden Suprenant (97.3-FM The Fan).
  • Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association).
  • Tom Helmantoler, (Southern Conference advisor).
  • Rex Johnson, Bruce Ward (CIF Advisory Committee).
  • Mike Dolan, Joe Evangelist (San Diego Coaching Legends).
  • Raymond Brown (SDfootball.net).
  • John Kentera, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Dennis Ackerman, Eric Williams, Thomas Gutierrez, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (Freelance contributors).
    

CALPREPS.COM SHUTDOWN NOTICE:
eighth time since acquiring MaxPreps in 2007, CBS went back into breach and is willfully refusing for some unknown reason to act in a legal fashion and honor their legal/contractual obligations in terms of paying money owed to Calpreps.  We are out of funds at this point and have been forced to cease operations.

“As you’d expect, we are in the process of suing CBS to recover owed monies plus damages, but that will no doubt not be resolved until many months or years after the conclusion of the 2024 playoffs, so we encourage any section/state associations who were relying on our ratings in order to run your playoffs this season to apply any pressure you may have the pull to apply to the rogue CBS accounting department, to attempt to persuade them to finally start to act in accordance with federal contract law.  Thank you and we’re sorry it’s come to this, but frankly it was destined to never work with a company owned by CBS.  We hope to partner with a non-CBS owned company in future seasons, but it’s presumably not reasonable to expect that a deal could be struck with another company during the 2024 season, but if you are such a company and have interest, our ears are certainly open.”

Not long after that statement CalPreps changed course: “We have reached a quick resolution with MaxPreps, and the full site information will return in time for this weekend.”

MaxPreps.com’s computer ratings were used this week in lieu of CalPreps’.  The ratings of both sites usually are identical.

State No. 3 Classical (13-3) slipped two notches by losing to #11 Corona del Mar (13-5) and #18 Huntington Beach (13-6), but crept back up by thumping #20 Mira Mesa, 41-0. The Caimans are outscoring opponents 553-259, led by sophomore QB Ella Moore, who has  passed for  70 touchdowns. Moore has a 71% completion rate and is on pace for 4,000 yards for the season.

Mira Mesa (10-2) and La Costa (7-1) have improved from middling 9-7 and 7-4 seasons, respectively, in 2023 to gain Top 10 spots.  Otay Ranch (5-0) has improved from 4-7, and Our Lady of Peace (9-1) shows consistency with its 8-1 season of 2023. Bonita Vista (7-4), the 2023 Division I champ, has skidded  from a 19-1 record.

Of the 26 new teams, San Marcos (9-1), Poway (8-1), Rancho Buena Vista (7-2), and Westview (7-2) programs are showing the way.

Complete schedules and results are here.

Top 10 San Diego Section teams per the MaxPreps ranking system*, as of Sept. 26:

	TEAM	RECORD	STATE RANK/Previous
1	Classical	13-3	3/2
2	Mira Mesa	10-2	20/11
3	La Costa Canyon	7-1	33/15
4	Grossmont	6-2	34/9
5	Otay Ranch	5-0	36/–
6	Our Lady of Peace	9-1	42/55
7	Cathedral	7-3	44/34
8	Poway	8-1	58/75
9	Bonita Vista	7-4	63/41
10	Torrey Pines	8-4	73/–

Others in MaxPreps top 100: 74 San Marcos (9-1), 79 Brawley (10-6), 83 Imperial (8-3), and 86 Westview (7-2)

* The entirely computer generated and proprietary MaxPreps.com ranking algorithm, based solely on wins and losses, plus the opponents strength of schedule, is described here.

Henrik Jonson, Webmaster

John Maffei’s The San Diego Union Week 5 poll:

Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous ranking in (italics).
Bold indicates latest. NR–Not ranked. Max Preps‘ and Cal-Hi Sports‘ are state rankings.

RANK	TEAM/RECORD	POINTS	MAXPREPS.COM	CALPREPS.COM	CAL-HI SPORTS
1.	Lincoln (2-2) 21*	291 (1)	17 (16)	53.3 (51.4)	16 (16)
2.	Cathedral (4-1) 2*	256 (2)	38 (28)	38.3 (33.0)	43 (48)
3.	Granite Hills (3-1) 7*	242 (3)	44 (49)	36.7 (32.9)	18 (18)
4.	Mission Hills (4-1)	190 (5)	53 (56)	33.1 (30.3)	32 (40)
5.	La Costa Canyon (5-0)	183 (6)	34 (69)	40.4 (38.8)	35 (42)
6.	San Marcos (4-1)	140 (4)	61 (56)	30.3 (36.2)	46 (36)
7.	Carlsbad (4-1)	127 (7)	56 (42)	32.4 (34.3)	On Bubble (Bubble)
8	Mount Miguel (5-0)	95 (8)	125 (134)	18.2 (14.7)	On Bubble (Bubble)
9.	El Camino (3-1)	71 (9)	106 (109)	21.3 (19.3)	On Bubble (Bubble)
10.	Rancho Bernardo (4-1)	12 (10)	93 (124)	18.5 (21.9)	NR (NR)

OTHERS RECEIVING VO TES
La Jolla (4-1, 11 points), University City (4-0, 10), Mt. Carmel (4-1, 3), Scripps Ranch (5-0, 3)  Helix (2-2, 4).

VOTING PANEL

Thirty sportswriters, sportscasters, administrators from San Diego County, plus Max Preps.com.

• John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune).
• Don Norcross, Steve Brand, Rick Hoff, Kevin Farmer (Union-Tribune Freelance contributors).
• Joe Heinz, Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez (CIF San Diego Section).
• Brandon Stone, Allison Edmonds, John Carroll, Chase Izidor (KUSI, Channel 51).
• Rick Smith (partletonsports.com).
• Bodie DeSilva (ScorebookLive.com).
• Braden Suprenant (97.3-FM The Fan).
• Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association).
• Tom Helmantoler, (Southern Conference advisor).
• Rex Johnson, Bruce Ward (CIF Advisory Committee).
• Mike Dolan, Joe Evangelist (San Diego Coaching Legends).
• Raymond Brown (SDfootball.net).
• John Kentera, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Dennis Ackerman, Eric Williams, Thomas Gutierrez, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (Freelance contributors).

Granite Hills shook off a tie with Monte Vista, one of the the poorest teams in the County.  The deadlock had prevented the Eagles from a championship tie with Helix in the Grossmont League, but the Eagles went on to win their first San Diego Section title.

3/11/77 

Granite Hills, a preseason No. 2-ranked in the San Diego Section, stumbled in its season opener, losing, 6-4, to less regarded Clairemont.

The Eagles committed four errors in the first three innings and Clairemont, it its third game, took advantage with a 4-3 lead.

The Chieftains’ Byron Eiler followed with a home run in the fourth inning.

—A two-run double in the eighth inning by Vince Angarola broke a 3-3 tie and was the impetus for No. 7 Carlsbad’s 7-3 win over Poway.

—Jeff Mallon allowed only two hits, tripled in the tying run, and scored the winning run on an error in the top of the seventh as No. 9 La Jolla beat  San Dieguito, 2-1.

3/18/77

No. 1-ranked Bonita Vista managed one hit, a run-scoring single by Dave Kinsell, and struggled to a nine-inning, 4-4 tie with Monte Vista in a season opener that was called because of darkness.

—Crawford opened with a 6-0 shutout of Santana, behind the five-hit pitching of right hander Charlie Burkhead and the hitting of catcher Brent Wittmayer, whose home run cleared a 20-foot embankment and 10-foot fence in right field.

A news report declared that Wittmayer’s drive was a not-to-be-believed, paltry 300 feet.

“We’re going to have to scratch and scramble all year, but should have good pitching,” said Colts coach Jerry Tooze.

—Patrick Henry’s Jim Peterson gave up four hits and shut out No. 3 Helix, 3-0, and No. 4 Madison moved to 3-0 with a 3-1 win over Castle Park.

5/11/77

Bob (Rags) Ragland’s no-hitter in a 6-0 win over Marian pushed Bonita Vista closer to the Metropolitan League championship.

—Helix’ Greg Morton struck out 19 El Cajon Valley batters and allowed two hits, but it took Paul Springs’ squeeze bunt that scored Scott Demchak for the game’s only run in the last half of the seventh inning.

—University won its ninth in a row, 9-5 over La Jolla and Kearny claimed a fifth straight, 8-5 over Morse.

5/13/77

David Martinez’ two hits and a triple play helped University to a 5-1 victory over Serra that kept the Dons one game ahead in the Western League.

—Brian Graham’s triple, double, and two singles led Granite Hills to a 6-3 win over Santana and Grossmont beat El Capitan, 6-3.

The winners remained tied for the Grossmont League and El Capitan coach Ed Olsen was not a happy camper, ejected for arguing an interference call on a Vaqueros batter.

—Tim Ellis’ fifth-inning home run was the difference in Kearny’s 4-3 win over Clairemont and maintained the Komets’ one-game lead in the Western League.

5/17/77

Rich Desmond’s two-out single scored Ed Armijo in a 1-0 victory over Mission Bay that allowed the Dons to win the Eastern League championship.

The win gave Uni a two-game lead with one to play over St. Augustine and Mission Bay.

5/18/77

Kearny lost to Point Loma, 4-1, but backed into the Western League title; Crawford and Madison lost to miss tying for the championship, and those two plus Clairemont and Henry deadlocked for second place.

5/19/77

Eastern League vice principals voted for Madison as the circuit’s second San Diego Section playoff team, casting a stink eye at Clairemont, Crawford, and Patrick Henry, which tied the Warhawks, each with an 8-6 loop record, behind Kearny’s 9-5.

5/20/77

Madison (18-6) was ranked No. 1in the Evening Tribune’s Final Top 10.  Bonita Vista (17-5-1) won the honor in The San Diego Union.

STANDINGS

*TIE GAME

WESTERN LEAGUE

	LEAGUE				OVERALL
TEAM	WON	LOST	Pct.	GBL	WON	LOST	Pct.
University	12	2	.857	—	16	6	.727
St. Augustine	10	4	.714	2	12	10	.522
Mission Bay	9	5	.643	3	14	8	.636
La Jolla	8	6	.571	4	14	10	.583
Hoover	8	6	.571	4	12	9	.571
Lincoln	4	10	.286	8	6	15	.286
Mira Mesa	4	10	.286	8	5	15	.250
Serra	1	13	.071	11	3	19	.143

EASTERN LEAGUE

	LEAGUE				OVERALL
TEAM	WON	LOST	Pct.	GBL	WON	LOST	Pct.
Kearny	9	5	.643	—	14	10	.583
Madison	8	6	.571	1	18	6	.750
Clairemont	8	6	.571	1	13	9	.591
Patrick Henry	8	6	.571	1	14	7	.667
Crawford	8	6	.571	1	13	9	.591
Point Loma	6	8	.429	3	11	13	.458
Morse	6	8	.429	3	12	10-1*	.543
San Diego	3	11	.286	6	9	14	.391

AVOCADO EAST

	LEAGUE				OVERALL
TEAM	WON	LOST	Pct.	GBL	WON	LOST	Pct.
San Pasqual	10	2	.833	—	16	8	.667
San Marcos	10	2	.833	—	15	7	.682
Poway	8	4	.667	2	9	11	.450
Escondido	7	5	.583	3	12	10	.545
Mt. Carmel	5	7	.415	5	11	13	.458
Orange Glen	1	11	.091	9	3	15	.167
Ramona	1	11	.091	9	1	21

AVOCADO WEST 

	LEAGUE				OVERALL
TEAM	WON	LOST	Pct.	GBL	WON	LOST	Pct.
Torrey Pines	11	1	.909	—	18	4	.818
Carlsbad	9	3	.750	3	16	6	.727
San Dieguito	7	5	.583	4	13	9	.591
Oceanside	5	7	.417	6	9	10	.474
Fallbrook	4	8	.333	7	12	9	.571
Vista	4	8	.333	7	6	13	.316
El Camino	2	10	.167	9	4	13	.235

 METROPOLITAN LEAGUE

	LEAGUE				OVERALL
TEAM	WON	LOST	Pct.	GBL	WON	LOST	Pct.
Bonita Vista	16	2	.889	—	17	5-1*	.761
Marian	12	6	.667	4	13	9	.591
Mar Vista	11	7	.611	5	14	10	.583
Hilltop	10	8	.556	6	12	10	.545
Montgomery	9	9	.500	7	10	12	.455
Coronado	8	10	.444	8	11	12	.478
Chula Vista	7	10-1*	.417	8 ½	12	11-1*	.520
Sweetwater	7	11	.389	9	9	14	.391
San Diego Southwest	5	13	.278	11	8	15	.348
Castle Park	4	13-1*	.250	11 1/2	4	17-1	.250

GROSSMONT LEAGUE            

	LEAGUE				OVERALL
TEAM	WON	LOST	Pct.	GBL	WON	LOST	Pct.
Helix	11	5	.688	—	14	9	.609
Granite Hills	10	5-1*	.656	½	16	7-1*	.688
El Capitan	9	7	.563	2	11	11	.500
Grossmont	9	7	.563	2	10	12	.455
Valhalla	8	8	.500	3	11	11	.500
Mount Miguel	8	8	.500	3	10	12	.455
El Cajon Valley	7	9	.438	4	10	12	.455
Santana	6	10	.375	5	9	15	.375
Monte Vista	3	12-1*	.219	7 ½	6	13-2*	.333

5/21/77

2-A PLAYOFFS

San Marcos 3, @Torrey Pines (18-5) 2, @Warren Junior High.

The day’s upset hinged on one play.

The Knights’ Bob Schmautz singled in runners from second and third and kept running after the throw to the plate got past the Falcons’ catcher.  Schmautz then drew a wild throw sliding into third base and scored, giving San Marcos a 3-1 lead.

University 7, Madison (18-7) 0, @University of San Diego.

Uni pitcher Mike Thomas allowed two hits, both to leadoff hitter Dennis Brickel.

Kearny 10, St. Augustine (12-11) 2, @USD.

The Komets put together nine hits and seven runs in the third and fourth innings after the Saints took a 1-0 lead.

Carlsbad (16-7) 5, @San Pasqual 6, 10 innings.

El Capitan (11-12) 1, @Helix 2. 

Run-scoring singles by Larry Hayes and Phil Strom in the first inning were enough for Dave Ciampoli, who stopped the Vaqueros on four hits.

Hilltop (12-11) 3, @Bonita Vista 10.

Mar Vista (14-11) 4, @Marian 5, nine innings.

Granite Hills 3, Grossmont (10-13) 2-0.

Lefthander Bill Demo gave up six singles, did not allow a runner past second base, and won his ninth game for the Eagles.

5/23/77

QUARTERFINALS

Helix-San Marcos, @Palomar College, postponed, rain.

San Pasqual-Granite Hills, @Grossmont College, postponed, rain.

Bonita Vista-University, @Hoover, postponed, rain.

Kearny 10, Marian (13-10) 7, @San Diego.

Kearny scored three times to break 7-7 tie in the bottom of the sixth inning and shortstop Jimbo Harris, the Komets’ football quarterback, singled twice, doubled, and walked.

5/24/77

Bonita Vista 2, University (17-7) 0, @Hoover.

San Marcos 3, Helix (15-10) 2, @Palomar College.

Jack Thomas pitched the victory and drove in the winning run.

Granite Hills 9, San Pasqual (17-9) 4, @Grossmont College.

1-A SEMIFINALS

Francis Parker (15-1) gave up two runs in the first inning, but moved on with a 5-3 victory over visiting Mountain Empire.

5/25/77

Army-Navy 1, @Christian 9.

The Patriots gave up a run but Dave Carpenter pitched a no-hitter.

5/26/77

SEMIFINALS

Kearny 5, San Marcos (17-8) 2, @Palomar College.

A throwing error by Bonita Vista attempting to complete a double play opened the door for Kearny to break 1-1 tie in the seventh inning.

“We didn’t have a lot of hits today, but we hit the ball hard at people, so I’m not discouraged (by) our offense today,” said Komets coach Jack Taylor.

Granite Hills 5, Bonita Vista (19-5-1) 1, @Southwestern College.

Henry Coleman was touched for five hits and the Barons did not score on the Granite Hills right-hander until an Eagles error with two outs in the seventh inning.

“I had good control of my curve today and I was able to keep the ball outside,” said Coleman, who had been tagged with all losses in Granite Hills’ 11-5 league record.

Coleman’s teammates gave him a two-run lead in the third inning.

“Some of the games I’ve lost have been 0-0 in the late innings, but with these hitters I knew they could explode at any time,” Coleman said of Granite’s 22-hit attack, led by a single and double by Shawn Davidson that was responsible for three runs.

CHAMPIONSHIP

1-A

Christian 2, Francis Parker (15-2) 1, at University San Diego.

Dan Besieger scored from second base on a fielder’s choice for the winning run in the seventh inning.

2-A

Granite Hills (20-7-1) 8, Kearny (17-11) 4, @USD.

A seven-hits, five-run sixth inning broke a 3-3 tie for the title-bound Eagles.

Mike Vint doubled, Gary Hanson walked, and Duane Antijuntti, Pat Jackson, Glenn Stemmer, Dale Hanson, and Brian Graham singled to close out the scoring. Gary Hanson had tied the game in the fourth inning with a two-run, 380-foot home run.

State No. 2 Classical (12-1) bested then No. 3 San Juan Capistrano JSerra (10-3), 28-13. The Caimans’ and No. 1 Orange Lutheran (15-0) also are numbers 1 and  2 nationally, according to Max Preps.

Classical next faces Mira Mesa (9-1), whose lone loss was to a strong Our Lady of Peace (6-1) squad.

Grossmont jumped up to local #2, based on besting last year’s D-I champion Bonita Vista (5-3), and a 7-6 win over previously undefeated 6-1 Chula Vista Learning (minimum 5 games).

The anticipated ‘scoring juggernauts’ game Poway (7-1) vs. San Marcos (7-1) was a dud, as San Marcos won 8-6. Both had previously outscored their opponents by an average of over 20 points. Poway then squeaked by 5-2 Westview, 21-20.

Other successful efforts were by  La Costa Canyon (6-1), San Marcos (7-1), Santana (6-1-1), and Calexico Vincent Memorial (4-1).

Complete schedules and results are here.

Top 10 San Diego Section teams per the Max Preps ranking system*, as of Sept. 19:

	TEAM	RECORD	STATE RANK/Previous
1	Classical	12-1	2/2
2	Grossmont	6-1	9/37
3	Mira Mesa	9-1	11/23
4	La Costa Canyon	6-1	15/30
5	Cathedral	6-2	34/43
6	Bonita Vista	5-3	41/42
7	Our Lady of Peace	6-1	55/45
8	Brawley	9-5	59/64
9	Chula Vista Learning	6-1	64/54
10	Poway	7-1	75/69

Others in Max Preps top 100: 80 Imperial (7-3), and 81 San Marcos (7-1).

* The entirely computer generated and proprietary MaxPreps.com ranking algorithm, based solely on wins and losses, plus the opponents strength of schedule, is described here.

Henrik Jonson, Web Master

The Trinity League forms a 30-mile stretch of Orange County, with side trips to State 55 and the area around I-605.

Bellflower St. John Bosco, Anaheim Servite, Santa Ana Mater Dei, Orange Lutheran, Rancho Santa Margarita, and San Juan Capistrano JSerra comprise the far-flung circuit, where it is a 43-mile trip from Bosco to JSerra and several others of at least 20 miles.

It has not been a good place to travel for San Diego Section squads or to have those schools come South.

Dating to 1957, schools that now constitute the Trinity League have a 24-10 advantage in head-head meetings.

Beginning with No. 1 Mater Dei, Cal-Hi Sports ranks teams from the Trinity 2, 3, 4, 5, and 12 this week.  Max Preps gives those teams ratings of 1,3,5,6,7, and 10.

Lincoln played JSerra last week at Southwestern College (the Hornets’ home field, Vic Player Stadium, is undergoing construction/repairs) and the Hornets, No. 1 here, were in the game but lost, 28-19.

The defeat was the 13^th in the last 15 meetings with the Northerners.

The on-and-off series:

TEAM & SITE	YEAR	SCORE	OPPONENT	SCORE
@Escondido	1957*	14	Santa Ana Mater Dei	20
@Oceanside	1963	7	Anaheim Servite	13
Oceanside	1964	14	@Servite	34
@Sweetwater	1965	6	Mater Dei	47
@San Diego	1966	6	Servite	47
San Diego	1967	33	@Servite	14
@Oceanside	1987	7	Mater Dei	33
Oceanside	1988	36	@Mater Dei	33
@Rancho Bernardo	1991	37	Rancho Santa Margarita	23
St. Augustine	1995	6	@Santa Margarita	28
Grossmont	1996	7	@Bellflower St. John Bosco	30
@St. Augustine	1996	7	Santa Margarita	27
@Carlsbad	1996	1+	@Santa Margarita	0
@Rancho Bernardo	1998	23	Santa Margarita	24
@Carlsbad	1999	40	Santa Margarita	20
Fallbrook	2001	21	@Mater Dei	28
Holtville	2004	35	@San Juan Capistrano JSerra	7
Horizon	2004	59	@JSerra	0
Army-Navy	2005	25	@JSerra	23
@Midway Baptist	2005	6	JSerra	28
@St. Augustine	2005	14	Servite	37
@St. Augustine	2006	0	Servite	23
@La Costa Canyon	2008	14	Santa Margarita	18
@Poway	2008	20	Santa Margarita	42
Mission Hills	2010	21	@St. John Bosco	47
@Oceanside	2010	7	Servite	31
@Cathedral	2015	14	Santa Margarita	40
@Cathedral	2017	0	Orange Lutheran	37
@Cathedral	2021**	71	Orange Lutheran	62
@Helix	2021	7	Servite	42
St. Augustine	2021	10	@Santa Margarita	39
@Helix	2022	38	Servite	31
@St. Augustine	2022	0	Servite	1+
#Lincoln	2024	19	JSerra	28

*Southern Section Small Schools playoff.

**Southern California Division I playoff.

#At Southwestern College.

MAFFEI FEELS IT

John Maffei’s The San Diego Union Week 4 poll:

Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous ranking in (italics).
Bold indicates latest ranking. NR–Not ranked. Max Preps‘ and Cal-Hi Sports‘ are state rankings.

RANK	TEAM/RECORD	POINTS	MAXPREPS.COM	CALPREPS.COM	CAL-HI SPORTS
1.	Lincoln (2-2) 20*	289 (1)	16 (18)	51.4 (50.5)	16 (15)
2.	Cathedral (3-1) 2*	260 (2)	48 (28)	33.0 (40.4)	48 (16)
3.	Granite Hills (3-1) 8*	242 (3)	49 (47)	32.9 (32.0)	18 (19)
4.	San Marcos (4-0)	174 (4)	56 (51)	30.3 (31.0	36 (38)
5.	Mission Hills (3-1)	172 (5)	69 (70)	32.9 (26.1)	40 (41)
6.	La Costa Canyon (4-0)	164 (6)	31 (31)	38.8 (38.2)	42 (43)
7.	Carlsbad (3-1)	137 (7)	42 (30)	34.3 (38.9)	On Bubble (Bubble)
8	Mount Miguel (4-0)	99 (8)	134 (151)	14.7 (10.4)	NR (NR)
9.	El Camino (2-1)	47 (10)	109 (90)	19.3 (21.4)	On Bubble (Bubble)
10.	Rancho Bernardo (4-0)	42 (NR)	93	21.9	NR (NR)

OTHERS RECEIVING VO TES
La Jolla (3-1, 10 points), Mt. Carmel (4-0, 8). Helix (2-2, 4).  University City (3-0, 1),

VOTING PANEL

Thirty sportswriters, sportscasters, administrators from San Diego County, plus Max Preps.com.

• John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune).
• Don Norcross, Steve Brand, Rick Hoff, Kevin Farmer (Union-Tribune Freelance contributors).
• Joe Heinz, Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez (CIF San Diego Section).
• Brandon Stone, Allison Edmonds, John Carroll, Chase Izidor (KUSI, Channel 51).
• Rick Smith (partletonsports.com).
• Bodie DeSilva (ScorebookLive.com).
• Braden Suprenant (97.3-FM The Fan).
• Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association).
• Tom Helmantoler, (Southern Conference advisor).
• Rex Johnson, Bruce Ward (CIF Advisory Committee).
• Mike Dolan, Joe Evangelist (San Diego Coaching Legends).
• Raymond Brown (SDfootball.net).
• John Kentera, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Dennis Ackerman, Eric Williams, Thomas Gutierrez, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (Freelance contributors).