Ten things, among many, to remember about the 63rd San Diego Section regular season:
–Nineteen teams won or tied for 18, eleven-man league championships. Fallbrook and San Pasqual deadocked for first in the Valley.
–Carlsbad ruled the Avocado League for the fourth consecutive year.
–Chula Vista won an outright championship for the first time since 2003.
–Poway is undefeated and untied (in a post-pandemic, full season) for the first time since 2007.
–Granite Hills won the Grossmont Hills and defeated Helix for the 13th time in 59Â games, and did it in four overtimes, a first in San Diego Section history.
–Blythe Palo Verde Valley’s 9-1 is its best since the 10-0 of 2004.
–Crawford’s 9-1 is its best since 2013.
–Oceanside (0-10) was winless for the third time in the school’s 97 seasons, matched by the 1941 (0-7) and 1927 (0-7-1) squads.
–Grossmont (0-10) was winless for the fourth time in the school’s 103 seasons, rivaled by the 1953 (0-8), 1944 (0-5-2), and 1920 (0-4) teams.
–Army-Navy’s 13 points allowed the best since the 1976 (59 points) and 1940 (36) squads, which played eight-game seasons.
| LEAGUE | TEAM | RECORD | OVERALL | COACH |
| Avocado | Carlsbad | 6-0 | 9-1 | Thadd MacNeal |
| Central | Crawford | 4-0 | 9-1 | Matt Marquez |
| City | University City | 4-0 | 8-2 | Paul Lawrence |
| Coastal | The Bishop’s | 3-0 | 8-2 | Shane Walton |
| Desert | Blythe Palo Verde Valley | 3-0 | 9-1 | Wally Grant |
| Eastern | Christian | 4-0 | 6-4 | Patrick Bugg |
| Grossmont Hills | Granite Hills | 3-0 | 8-2 | Kellan Cobbs |
| Grossmont Valley | El Capitan | 6-0 | 8-2 | Ron Burner |
| Imperial Valley | El Centro Central | 4-0 | 6-3 | David Pena |
| Metro Mesa | Mater Dei | 3-0 | 6-4 | John Joyner |
| Metro Pacific | Chula Vista | 4-0 | 6-4 | Howard Bannister |
| Metro South Bay | Montgomery | 3-0 | 8-2 | Freddie Dunkle |
| Pacific | Escondido Charter | 3-0 | 8-2 | Jon Goodman |
| Palomar | Poway | 5-0 | 10-0 | Kyle Williams |
| Sunset | Army-Navy | 3-0 | 9-1 | Nehemiah Brunson |
| Valley* | San Pasqual | 4-1 | 7-3 | Tony Corley |
| Fallbrook | 4-1 | 7-3 | Ross Johnson | |
| Western | Lincoln | 4-0 | 9-1 | David Dunn |
*San Pasqual defeated Fallbrook, 14-6, in head-to-head matchup. San Pasqual lost to Valley Center, 19-7. Fallbrook defeated Valley Center, 42-20.
EIGHT-MAN
| LEAGUE | TEAM | RECORD | OVERALL | COACH |
| Manzanita | San Pasqual Academy | 3-0 | 5-2 | Mark Dederian |
| Ocean | Victory Christian | 4-0 | 9-0 | Earl Benson |
| Surf | Rock | 3-0 | 8-1 | Ben Jameson |
Just a quick correction: The 2022 Eastern League champion Christian “Patriots” are led by 1st-year head coach Patrick Bugg.
Thanks, Matt. We’ll make correction. Oops, we have Patrick Bugg listed as coach.