Standard and Poor’s market index ratings weren’t affected and Nasdaq didn’t notice but don’t tell that to the Mabel O’Farrell Falcons, whose stock rose slightly after winning their ninth game following 75 losses since 2018, blanking Orange Glen, 46-0.
The Falcons had scored 49 points in their first five games, all losses.
O’Farrell, a K-12 charter school in a community known as South Encanto, sits on Skyline Drive, east of Lincoln and west of Morse.
What I wrote in 2021:
“The school named for Mabel E. O’Farrell was created in 1957 and opened in 1959 as a junior high, became a School of Performing Arts, and now operates under the tony brand of “The O’Farrell Charter School.”
The Falcons got on the favored side of the scoreboard for the first time last week.
After 18 consecutive losses dating to its football debut in 2018, the Falcons defeated Whittier Christian at Whittier College, 24-12.
The same Whittier Christian that dispatched Coach Tim Baxter’s club, 35-7, in 2019. The Falcons did not play in the 2020 season and they have moved on from being an independent to the Pacific League.
The Falcons have a game this week against, gulp, San Diego High.
WHO WAS SHE?
Mabel E. O’Farrell was said to have been born around 1870 and was an early 20th century member of the San Diego County board of supervisors. There is no online record of her serving in such a position. According to her Wikipedia, Mabel served on a committee charged with creating a detention home for wayward youth.
Not much else is known.
“I’m an O’Farrell fan already,” I wrote in 2018. “One of its alumni was the late Rosie Hamlin, lead singer of Rosie and the Originals, who recorded a ‘sixties favorite, Angel Baby.
Angel Baby was a top 10 hit in January, 1961.
Rosie spent most of her high school years at Sweetwater but also had a cup of coffee at Mission Bay.”
TOP 10
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 6 poll. Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous rankings in (italics). NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps and Cal-Hi Sports‘ are state rankings. **Cal-Hi Sports has not published ratings this week; two previous listed. HS-ratings.com and MaxPreps follow computer model.
| RANK |
TEAM |
POINTS |
PREVIOUS |
MAX PREPS |
HS-RATINGS.COM |
CAL-HI SPORTS |
| 1. |
Carlsbad (5-0) *26 |
312 |
1 |
16/16 |
48.2/47.6 |
16 (24)** |
| 2. |
Cathedral (3-2) *6 |
299 |
2 |
29/47 |
45.2/40.4 |
19 (20) |
| 3. |
Mission Hills (4-1) |
241 |
4 |
19/19 |
40.5/39.1 |
20 (15) |
| 4. |
Granite Hills (4-1) |
225 |
3 |
58/53 |
33.7/40.8 |
On Bubble |
| 5. |
La Costa Canyon (3-2) |
173 |
5 |
34/39 |
29.3/28.4 |
47 (41) |
| 6. |
Santa Fe Christian (6-0) |
160 |
6 |
48/54 |
38.7/37.7 |
On Bubble |
| 7. |
San Marcos (4-1) |
120 |
8 |
55/58 |
23.8/19.7 |
NR |
| 8. |
Rancho Bernardo (4-1) |
111 |
7 |
115/109 |
22.1/19.4 |
NR |
| 9. |
Helix (4-2) |
42 |
10 |
49/70 |
26.5/23.8 |
46 (37) |
| 10. |
Torrey Pines (4-1) |
39 |
9 |
168/133 |
14.4/11.9 |
44 (48) |
Others receiving votes: Del Norte (4-1), 13 points; Eastlake (6-0), 9; Oceanside (2-3), 6; Patrick Henry (4-0), 3; Point Loma (5-1), 3; Christian (5-0), 2; Imperial (4-1), 1; Valhalla (3-2), 1.
Voting panel: 31 sportswriters, sportscasters, administrators from the San Diego Section:
John Maffei (The San Diego Union-Tribune).
Donald Ray Norcross, Kevin Farmer, Rick Hoff, Steve Brand (The San Diego Union-Tribune independent correspondents).
Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez, Cristina Byrne (San Diego Section bosses).
Brandon Stone, Allison Edmonds, John Carroll, Chase Isidoro (KUSI-TV, Chl. 51).
Rick Smith (partletonsports.com).
Braden Suprenant, Frank Markese (97.3 FM The Fan).
Mike Dolan (Coaching Legends).
Tom Helmantoler (Southern Conference).
Joe Evangelist, Rex Johnson, Bruce Ward (CIF Advisory Committee).
Raymond Brown (sdfootball.net).
Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association).
Bodie DeSilva, John (Coach) Kentera, Dennis Ackerman, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Eric Williams, Thomas Gutierrez, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (independent contributors).
Max Preps.
