2013: North County, City Take 4 Top Spots in Final Grid Poll
Win or lose Saturday evening, coach Chris Hauser’s Mission Hills Grizzlies are an almost unanimous choice as the No. 1 football team in the San Diego Section.
The final Top 10 poll of the season was voted on after conclusion of the five San Diego Section championships.
The Grizzlies will host the Central Section champion Bakersfield Drillers in a State Bowl Series Southern California Regional playoff.
If Mission Hills wins, the San Marcos squad will play for a Division I state championship against either San Mateo Serra or Loomis Del Oro at the Home Depot Center in Carson the following week.
Two Eastern League teams, Cathedral and St. Augustine, finished third and fourth, respectively. The Saints also received a first-place vote.
| # | Team (1st place votes) | W-L | Points* | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission Hills (30) | 12-1 | 308 | 1T |
| 2 | Oceanside | 10-3 | 244 | 1T |
| 3 | Cathedral | 11-2 | 232 | 9 |
| 4 | St. Augustine (1) | 11-2 | 204 | 7 |
| 5 | San Pasqual | 11-2 | 204 | 5 |
| 6 | Eastlake | 10-2 | 149 | 3 |
| 7 | Helix | 9-3 | 121 | 5 |
| 8 | Ramona | 10-2 | 72 | 8 |
| 9 | Mission Bay | 12-2 | 47 | NR |
| 10 | Madison | 9-2 | 29 | 6 |
*Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. NR: previously unranked.
Others receiving votes: Christian, 22; Carlsbad, 20; Rancho Buena Vista, 8; Sweetwater, San Marcos, 5 each; Holtville, El Capitan, Imperial, 1 each.
Thirty-one sportswriters, sportscasters and CIF representatives from throughout San Diego County voted in the weekly poll:
John Maffei, Craig Malveaux, Dennis Lin, Lisa Lane, Andrew Burer,
and Don Norcross (U-T San Diego);
Terry Monahan, Tom Saxe, and Rick Hoff (U-T San Diego stringer);
Bill Dickens (eastcountysports.com);
Steve Brand (San Diego Hall of Champions);
John Kentera, Jack Cronin, Ted Mendenhall, Bob Petinak, Jordan Carruth, Bobby Wooldridge, Craig Elsten, and Mark Chiebowski (The Mighty 1090);
Jerry Schniepp and John Labeta (CIF San Diego Section office);
Rick Willis, Brandon Stone, and Jake Fadden (KUSI-TV);
Bruce Ward (San Diego City Schools);
Rick Smith (Partletonsports.com);
Steve (Biff) Dolan and Rick (Red) Hill (107.9 FM The Mountain);
Jeff Kurtz (NFHSnetwork.com; Ernie Martinez (XTRA Sports 1360); and
Nick Pellegrino.