Cathedral and Lincoln, each with high aspirations, leave the sanctuary of comfortable surroundings and head North to face two of the state’s bests this week.
Cathedral, No. 1 in San Diego and fifth in the state, as ranked by Cal-Hi Sports, takes on No. 8 Corona Centennial. Lincoln, No. 24, goes to No. 10 Los Alamitos.
Coach Sean Doyle’s Dons won a rouser from the visiting Centennial Huskies, 44-42, here in 2019 and annually play a stiff intersectional schedule. Lincoln is stepping up in class, keeping with the progress the Hornets have made under coach David Dunn.
Dunn, in his 11th season, has posted a 63-52-1 record but is 43-17 since 2017. Los Al, long one of the Southern Section’s top teams, is 36-17-1 since Ray Fenton replaced the legendary John Barnes in 2016.
Carlsbad, which also has developed under coach Thadd MacNeal, visits Long Beach Millikan, a rival when MacNeal coached at Lakewood. The Lancers are 65-44 under MacNeal in 10-plus seasons and 16-2 since 2019.
THE RATINGS
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union-Tribune Top 10:
First place votes in parenthesis. Points on scale of 10 points to 1 point.
| RANK | Â Â TEAM/RECORDÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â | POINTS | PREVIOUS | ||||
| 1. | Cathedral | 1-0 (22) | 228 | 1 | |||
| 2. | Carlsbad | Â Â 1-0 (1) | 208 | 2 | |||
| 3. | Mission Hills | 1-0 | 177 | 3 | |||
| 4. | Lincoln | 1-0 | 163 | 4 | |||
| 5. | El Camino | 1-0 | 134 | 5 | |||
| 6. | Eastlake | 1-0 | 96 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Mater Dei | 1-0 | 84 | 9 | |||
| 8. | La Jolla | 1-0 | 61 | 10 | |||
| 9. | Torrey Pines | 0-1 | 37 | 8 | |||
| 10. | St. Augustine | 0-1 | 33 | 7 | |||
Others receiving votes:Â Granite Hills (1-0, 14 points), Helix (1-0 14), Otay Ranch (1-0, 6), Scripps Ranch (1-0, 5), Rancho Bernardo (1-0, 1), Steele Canyon (0-1, 1).
Voting panel:Â Twenty-three sportswriters and sportscasters throughout San Diego County.
- John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune
- Steve Brand, Thomas Gutierrez, Rick Hoff, Jim Lindgren, Terry Monahan, Eric Williams, freelance contributors.
- John Carroll, Nick Pollino,KUSI Ch. 51
- John Kentera, Braden Suprenant (97.3 The Fan).
- Adam Paul, Ramon Scott, Eastcountysports.com
- Bodie DeSilva, scorebooklive.com
- Rick Smith, Partletonsports.com
- Christian Pedersen, San Diego Sports Association.
- Troy Hirsch, Fox 5 San Diego.
- Raymond Brown, sdfootball.net.
- Joe Heinz, Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez, Mike Dolan, CIF San Diego Section.
How others see San Diego’s Top 10:
| Team | Record | Cal-Hi Sports | MaxPreps | CalPreps |
| Cathedral | 1-0 | 5-5* | 5 | 71.6 |
| Carlsbad | 1-0 | 14-14 | 10 | 51.2 |
| Mission Hills | 1-0 | 21-23 | 16 | 42.4 |
| Lincoln | 1-0 | 24-26 | 19 | 39.2 |
| El Camino | 1-0 | 49-NR | 51 | 33.9 |
| Eastlake | 1-0 | 29-36 | 73 | 22.7 |
| Mater Dei | 1-0 | NR | 75 | 24.2 |
| La Jolla | 1-0 | Bubble-50 | 54 | 39.2 |
| Torrey Pines | 0-1 | NR | 44 | 32.6 |
| St. Augustine | 0-1 | NR | 63 | 27.1 |
*The second entry in Cal-Hi Sports’ ratings is from the previous week.
MaxPreps.com and CalPreps.com computer ratings are usually the same and based on strength of schedule and other factors.
CalHiSports.com ratings are created by publisher Mark Tennis, who coordinates with several state-wide sources.
