2016 Week 2: Change Already at Top

Two things learned in Week 1:

Helix might be less and St. Augustine might be more.

The No. 1 Highlanders, ranked ninth in the state in Cal-Hi Sports’ preseason Top 25, was surprised, 28-21, by Timpview of Provo, Utah, in a home game that marked the debut of coach Robbie Owens.

Timpview is no chump, with a flock of state championships and a 115-18 record the last 10 seasons, but Helix, 102-22-2, in the last decade, figured to get the measure of a travel-weary squad that had come more than 700 miles.

The Scots are out of the top position in the San Diego UnionTribune ratings and St. Augustine, No. 2 last week, moved to No. 1 after scoring a touchdown on every possession until taking a knee in the final minute of a running-clock, 62-13 rout of usually representative Ramona.

My only quibble with voting colleagues was their giving too much cred to Mission Hills, which defeated middling Los Angeles Crenshaw, 21-20, on the road.  The Grizzlies, perhaps living on their strong reputation, jumped from ninth to sixth.

Mission Hills’ rise bumped Madison from sixth to seventh, but the Warhawks on the road played tough Vista Murrieta, the Los Angeles’ Times‘ No. 7 team, 12-2 in 2015, to a 20-9 loss in a game tied, 6-6 at the half.

First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points awarded on basis of 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.

Rank Team W-L Points Last Week
1. St. Augustine (11) 1-0 246 2
2. Helix (9) 0-1 228 1
3. Cathedral (3) 1-0 213 3
4. Oceanside  (3) 1-0 196 4
5. Rancho Bernardo (1) 1-0 168 5
6. Mission Hills 1-0 98 9
7. Madison 0-1 94 6
8. La Costa Canyon 1-0 90 7
9. Mater Dei 1-0 80 8
10. Carlsbad 1-0 17 NR

Others receiving votes: Poway, 1-0, 15; 10, Grossmont, 1-0, 11; El Camino, 1-0, 8;  San Marcos, 1-0, 7; Torrey Pines, 1-0, 4;  El Capitan, 0-0, 1.

Twenty-seven sportswriters, sportscasters, and other representatives comprise the voting panel:

John Maffei, Union-Tribune. Terry Monahan, Don Norcross, Tom Saxe, Rick Hoff, Jim Lindgren,  Union-Tribune contributors. Michael Bower, Pomerado News. Lisa Lane, Fox 5 News. Montell Allen, MBA Sports-SDFNL Magazine. Brandon Stone, Rick Willis, KUSI, Channel 51. Adam Clark, Ted Mendenhall, Taylor Quellman, The Mighty 1090.Steve (Biff) Dolan, Mountain Radio 107.9 FM. Bob Petinak, 1360 Radio. Bill Dickens, Adam Paul, Chris Davis, eastcountysports.com. Bodie DeSilva, sandiegopreps.com. Drew Smith, sdcoastalsports.com. Raymond Brown, sdfootball.net. Rick Smith, partletonsports.com. Steve Brand, San Diego Hall of Champions. Jerry Schniepp, John Labeta, CIF San Diego Section. John (Coach) Kentera, Prep Talent Evaluator.

OUT OF TOWNERS

Including the Helix and Madison defeats and Mission Hills’ victory, San Diego Section squads were 4-3 in major intersectional games.

Oceanside won, 51-42, at L.A. Times No. 25 San Clemente; La Costa Canyon topped visiting Whittier La Serna, 30-21;  Menifee Paloma Valley clobbered Rancho Buena Vista, 55-3, and Cathedral topped Nevada’s Reno Damonte, 49-12.

PLEASED TO MEET YOU

Visiting athletic directors and travel honchos may have resorted to Triple-A or a Global Positioning System last week.

Granite Hills’ 13-12, home-game victory over San Pasqual did not move the coyotes on nearby El Capitan to howl at the moon  but  provided an interesting footnote in the schools’ histories.

The game at Valley Stadium was the first between the squads, separated by 38 miles and 44 years.

Granite Hills and San Pasqual, both known as the Eagles, together had played more than 950 contests since San Pasqual first kicked off in 1972,  but they’d never met, in the regular season or playoffs.

The opening week exercise was the North County Eagles’ 496th game and the 456th in the same time frame for the East County Eagles.

OTHERS, TOO

Grossmont had never been to Morse before the Foothillers’ 31-12 victory, and they’d met only once in the previous 46 years, a 49-17 Grossmont victory in Aztec Bowl in quarterfinals of the 1970 playoffs.

La Jolla had not rolled with Montgomery since 1999 and Eastlake, around since 1993, finally played Rancho Bernardo.  Valhalla got acquainted with Scripps Ranch, which opened in 1994 and took on the Norsemen for the first time.

QUICK KICKS

Poway’s 33-14 victory over Bonita Vista marked the 99th career victory for Titans coach Damian Gonzalez…41 area coaches have won at least 100 since Grossmont’s Jack Mashin became the first in 1947 (follow the “Football” drop down menu to “Coach 100 Wins”)…Cathedral was  23rd and St. Augustine and Madison were teams on the bubble in Cal-Hi Sports’ Week 1 rankings….

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