Torrey Pines’ Mac Bingham banged Oceanside for a San Diego Section, record-tying eight touchdowns in a 71-41 win and will lead the Falcons against La Costa Canyon this week, hoping to tie up the Avocado League championship, earn a first-round bye and top seed in the playoffs, and get the Falcons to 9-0 for the first time since 2010.
Only two other runners in the 59-season history of the local CIF, Monte Vista’s Jahmon McClendon and Rancho Buena Vista’s Dorian Robinson, scored eight touchdowns in a game, coincidentally in the 2017 playoffs.
McClendon torched San Diego as Monte Vista claimed the Division IV championship, 71-48, and Robinson landed the knockout punches in a 62-43 win over Santana, and set a section record with 499 yards rushing in a first round, D-III contest.
The trio still came up short of the all-time San Diego County record.
Frank Greene of Coronado scored 11 touchdowns in a 108-0 victory over Sweetwater on Oct. 10, 1929. Greene also converted 14 points after for a total of 80, still the California high school record.
Greene played one season in the NFL in the ‘thirties, returned to Coronado and eventually was serving as a lieutenant on the police force. He was shot to death in the line of duty on Oct. 12, 1954 (search “1954: Coronado’s Fallen Officer”).
Week 10 Union-Tribune poll:
Rank Team Record Points Previous
| 1. | Torrey Pines (22) | 8-0 | 292 | 1 |
| 2. | Cathedral (8) | 8-1 | 278 | 2 |
| 3. | Helix | 6-3 | 232 | 3 |
| 4. | Eastlake | 8-1 | 192 | 6 |
| 5. | San Marcos | 7-1 | 190 | 5 |
| 6. | Carlsbad | 5-3 | 150 | 8 |
| 7. | La Costa Canyon | 6-2 | 106 | 4 |
| 8. | St. Augustine | 6-3 | 66 | 10 |
| 9. | Madison | 6-3 | 37 | 7 |
| 10.. | Granite Hills | 8-1 | 27 | 9 |
Others: Christian (7-0, 18 points), Lincoln (5-2, includes forfeit loss, 15), Poway (6-2, 4), Oceanside (3-4, 2), Mission Hills (2-5, 2), El Centro Central (7-0, 1).
Voting panel: 30 sportswriters, sportscasters, and officials from throughout the County.
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- John Maffei, The San Diego Union Jim Lindgren, Rick Hoff, Terry Monahan, Don Norcross, Tom Saxe, Union-Tribune correspondents
- Paul Rudy, Brandon Stone, KUSI Chl. 51
- Adam Paul, ECpreps.com
- Ramon Scott, EastCountySports.com
- Bodie DeSilva, sandiegopreps.com
- Ted Mendenhall, Tyler Quellman, The Mighty 1090
- Steve Brand, San Diego Hall of Champions
- Troy Hirsch, Fox 5, San Diego
- Rick Smith, PartletonSports.com
- Jerry Schniepp, John Labeta, Ron Marquez, Carlton Hoggard, CIF San Diego Section
- Joe Heinz, Coordinator, Athletics, Sweetwater School District
- Raymond Brown, sdfootball.net
- Montell Allen, MBA Sports/San Diego Friday Night Lights Magazine
- Bob Petinak, Fox 1360 Radio
- John Kentera, Brandon Suprenant, 97.3 FM The Fan
- Steve (Biff) Dolan, Mountain Country 107.9 FM
- Jim Arnaiz, Mike Dolan, John Carroll, San Diego Section Tournament Directors.
