Can anyone topple No. 1 Oceanside?

We’ll just stick with the regular season for now.

The Pirates’ last 4 opponents have a combined 16-8 won-loss record.

On paper, no  other team in the UT-San Diego weekly top 10 (see below) has a  more difficult month ahead except No. 9 El Camino and No. 4 El Capitan, whose final 4 opponents also are 16-8.

No. 2 Cathedral would appear to have the best opportunity to move up, with a final three that has posted a combined 8-6 mark.

Not so quick.  Two of Cathedral’s last three are Lincoln (4-2) and Catholic rival St. Augustine, which seems better than its 2-4 record.

Of course, it’s all on paper.  Anything can happen now that league play is on in earnest.

Oceanside begins its stretch run this week with an Avocado West opener against 4-2 Torrey Pines.

These are not the Falcons of the Ed Burke era, but  Torrey won its last 3 games by an average score of 33-12, and they played it close in losses to Mission Hills (17-21) and Cathedral (7-8).

The table lists the remaining opponents for this week’s Top 10:

=League. @Away.

	Team	Opponents	Combined
1	Oceanside (6-0)	=Torrey Pines, =Carlsbad, =@La Costa Canyon, =@El Camino	16-8
2	Cathedral (6-1)	=Lincoln, =@St. Augustine, =@Mira Mesa	8-6
3	Helix (5-1)	=@Mount Miguel, =Valhalla, =Grossmont, =@El Capitan	16-9
4	El Capitan (6-0)	=Valhalla, =Steele Canyon, =@Mount Miguel, =Helix	16-8
5	Mission Hills (4-2)	=Rancho Buena Vista, =Del Norte, =@Vista, =@San Marcos	13-11
6	San Marcos (6-0)	=Del Norte, =@Vista, =San Pasqual, =Mission Hills	10-14
7	Ramona (5-1)	=Westview, =@Poway, =@Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad	9-15
8	Eastlake (3-3)	=@Chula Vista, =Bonita Vista, =@Olympian, =Otay Ranch	11-15
9	El Camino (5-1)	Vista, =Torrey Pines, =@Carlsbad, =Oceanside	16-8
10	Christian	Hilltop, =@Clairemont, =@University City, Santa Fe Christian

Poll result after Week 7:

#	Team (1st place votes)	W-L	Points*	Previous
1	Oceanside (19)	6-0	190	1
2	Cathedral	6-1	159	2
3	Helix	5-1	148	4
4	El Capitan	6-0	127	5
5	Mission Hills	4-2	120	2
6	San Marcos	6-0	83	6
7	Ramona	5-1	69	9T
8	Eastlake	3-3	42	9T
9	El Camino	5-1	31	NR
10	Christian	6-0	20	NR

*Awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.

Others receiving votes:   Sweetwater, 18;  Steele Canyon, 12; La Costa Canyon, 8; Point Loma, 5; Granite Hills, St. Augustine,  The Bishop’s, 2, each. Rancho Bernardo, 1.

Nineteen sportswriters, sportscasters, and CIF representatives from throughout San Diego County vote in the weekly poll: John Maffei, Kirk Kenney, UT-San Diego; Terry Monahan, Tom Saxe, Rick Hoff (UT-San Diego correspondents); Bill Dickens (eastcountysports.com); Steve Brand (San Diego Hall of Champions); John Kentera, Ted Mendenhall, Bob Petinak, (The Mighty 1090); Jerry Schniepp (CIF San Diego Section); Rick Willis, Brandon Stone, (KUSI-TV); Bruce Ward (San Diego City Schools); Rick Smith (partletonsports.com); Steve (Biff) Dolan, Rick (Red) Hill (Mountain Country 107.9 FM); Bodie DeSilva (Sandiegopreps.com); Drew Smith (sdcoastalsports.com).

“We couldn’t convince ourselves that this team was as good as the Sweetwater and Oceanside teams we defeated.”

Such was the lament of Chula Vista coach Chet DeVore, whose Spartans’ season ended with a 19-0 loss to Laguna Beach in a CIF lower division, Southern Group semifinal playoff.

The small crowd of about 2,500 at Coronado’s Cutler Field was deflating enough, but the weary Spartans also lost 6 fumbles and their edge.

Chula Vista’s first blush with success since the school opened five years before had resulted in a Metropolitan League championship.

But Laguna Beach was the third consecutive opponent in a pressure-packed trilogy.

The Spartans didn’t have much left after a dramatic victory against Sweetwater and game-of-the-year win over Oceanside.

TWO TEAMS A COMBINED 16-0

C.R. Roberts, a 180-pound Oceanside running back, had scored 181 points, led the Pirates to an 8-0 record, and created a loud buzz around Southern California prep circles.

Years later Chet DeVore would clear the dinner table and gather his sons John and James.  DeVore would place a bottle of catsup here, a salt shaker there, until he had 11 “players” in a defensive alignment.

DeVore would use the items to show his sons how Chula Vista defensed Roberts and Oceanside on a rainy night in the North County community before an estimated 6,500 fans.

(The home-team Pirates were averaging 403 yards offense.  Roberts was gaining 11.8 yards a carry and had rushed for 1,508 yards in 127 carries and scored 29 touchdowns.  Quarterback Dick Oxley had completed 53×99 passes for 1,137 yards and 12 touchdowns).

C.R. DRAWS CROWD

Roberts scored once on a 17-yard run, but was met by a flock of defenders wherever he went.  Chula Vista won, 28-7.

DeVore figured the best way to stop Roberts’ sweeps would be to overload the weakside on defense, short-circuit Roberts’ blockers, and stack Oceanside’s run game.

Defensive end Bruce Cornwall was a hero in this defense, as Cornwall was left to almost singlehandedly patrol the strongside should the Pirates come in his direction.

Junior Bob Neely was the offensive and defensive star for the Spartans, scoring on runs of 18 and 2 yards, and intercepting 4 passes.

“Make no mistake, that boy is great,” DeVore said of Roberts.  “Neither myself nor my boys were disappointed.  He was all he was said to be.”

Chula Vista’s season would end with its own disappointment, but many Spartans would be back for another run in 1953.

So would Roberts, joined this year by Spartans defender Don Cameron on the all-Southern California small schools first team.

Roberts also was player of the year.

SWEETWATER DENIED

Coach Barney Newlee’s Red Devils, scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to take a 13-7 lead into the last play of the game at Chula Vista.

Spartans quarterback Lavon Baker was tackled for a loss at the Red Devils’ 39-yard line and Sweetwater players and fans began celebrating as the final gun sounded.

Penalty flag.

The game could not end on a defensive foul.

SPARTANS GET LIFE

Sweetwater was penalized 15 yards for roughing the passer.  Chula Vista was given another play and DeVore dug into his mental playbook.

Ray Speitel took a handoff from Baker on an end around play, then lofted a lefthanded 24-yard pass, to Baker no less.

Baker caught the wobbly spiral in the end zone for a game-tying touchdown.  Bob Wilson toed an extra point and Chula Vista escaped, 14-13.

The opponents and the milestones continue to pass for John Carroll and his Oceanside Pirates.

The 42-16 victory over Mission Hills left the Pirates with a 6-0 record and within shouting distance of an unbeaten, 10-0 regular season.

Herb Meyer doesn’t hear shouts or footsteps, but Carroll’s 240th career victory moved the Oceanside coach past Point Loma’s Bennie Edens for No. 2 all-time in San Diego County.

Meyer, who coached 45 seasons at Oceanside and El Camino (1959-2003), will continue to hold sway for at least more several years with 339 wins.

Carroll, in his 26^th season, became head coach at Oceanside in 1989, thirteen years after Meyer left to begin the El Camino program.

Meanwhile, Cathedral’s Sean Doyle solidified his No. 14 position with the 151^st victory of his career and Christian’s Matt Oliver went by Eastlake’s John McFadden into 28^th with Oliver’s 121^st win.

11 OR 8?

I saw the Mountain Empire-Army-Navy  score and did a double take, so I emailed Redhawks coach  Bill Dobson.

I asked Dobson if the Redhawks and Army-Navy had a personnel shortage and  were forced to drop  from 11-man to an 8-man game last week.

There were 11 on each side, Dobson emailed me back this morning.

“The points were being scored about as fast as the wind blows during a Santa Ana out here,” said Dobson.  “Both teams were banging their heads on the scoreboard.”

Mountain Empire’s 66-58 victory represents the second highest combined point total for any 11-man game involving San Diego County teams.

The highest combined score is 137.  San Diego had 130 of those points against Army-Navy in 1920.

Mountain Empire went with its running game, rushing 62 times for 619 yards and a 10-yard average.  The Redhawks were 0-2 passing.

Senior Josh Lee earned a day off, rushing 32 times for 381 yards, 6 touchdowns, and three, two-point conversions. Lee’s running mate, senior Jacob Wilson had 217 yards rushing, two touchdowns and  two, two-point conversions.

Even in eight-man games, the point total has been bettered only 12 times:

Year	Winner	Loser	Score
2008	St. Joseph	Lutheran @Grossmont College	96-74 (170)
2011	Classical	Capistrano Valley Christian	82-67 (149)
2004	Borrego Springs	San Diego Jewish	92-52 (144)
1984	Lutheran	Midway Baptist	90-46 (136)
2008	Christian Life	Lutheran	84-52 (136)
2000	Santa Fe Christian	Army-Navy	77-55 (132)
2008	Christian Life	St. Joseph	83-48 (131)
2009	Christian Life	St. Joseph	74-56 (130)
1994	Midway Baptist	Salton City West Shores	76-50 (126)
1994	Midway Baptist	Borrego Springs	86-40 (126)
2013	San Pasqual Academy	Wildomar California Lutheran	64-62 (126)
2007	Maranatha	Rancho Mirage Maywood-Palm Valley	66-58 (124)

WEIRD GAME, STRANGE SCORE

A field goal and length of the field interception for a touchdown gave El Camino a 9-5 victory over La Costa Canyon, which scored on a safety and field goal.

There had been one other 9-5 game involving a San Diego County team.  San Diego defeated Pasadena by that score in 1906.

The 9-5 score of 1906 was representative of the era.  From 1897-1912 touchdowns counted as five points.  From 1904-09, field goals counted as four points.

It seems safe to say the Hilltoppers scored a touchdown and field goal and Pasadena scored a touchdown.

UNDEFEATEDS, MINUS ONE

Steele Canyon crashed in a 42-0 loss to Helix, leaving nine teams with spotless records: 

Team	Record	Best Start	Year
Borrego Springs	7-0	7-0	2014
El Capitan	6-0	11-0	2006
Calexico Vincent Memorial	6-0	9-0	2002
Christian	6-0	9-0	2008
Oceanside	6-0	14-0	2009
Orange Glen	6-0	12-0	1988
San Marcos	6-0	9-0	1966
Sweetwater	6-0	13-0	1983
The Bishop’s	6-0	14-0	2010

 

The article originally was posted Oct. 9, 2014.

The dreaded coin toss was back.

The flip of a silver dollar had elevated La Jolla into the Southern California playoffs after a first-place tie with San Diego in 1951.

Now, with a week remaining in the regular season and La Jolla and San Diego again headed for a tie for the City Prep League title, school honchos faced a storm of criticism.

“Flip For Playoff Berth Under Fire”, screamed a headline at the top of the first sports page in the Evening Tribune on Nov. 18, 1952, as teams prepared for the final week of play.

Only one team from the City Prep League would be invited to the 10-team Upper Division, Central Group playoffs.

The idea of a legislative tie-breaker, again, was roundly booed.  A simple solution would have been to choose the winner of the teams’ regular-season game.

OH, OH!

Trouble loomed after San Diego defeated La Jolla, 23-6, but lost to Point Loma, 14-12, while La Jolla defeated Point Loma, 26-6.

Point Loma became a non-factor, upset by Helix, 26-7, and out of contention.

San Diego and La Jolla each finished with a 5-1 record, after the Vikings had beaten Kearny, 28-0, and San Diego whipped Hoover, 26-6.

The postgame drama took place in La Jolla coach Walt Harvey’s office in the Vikings’ gymnasium.

To the particular disgust of San Diego coach Duane Maley, La Jolla won the coin flip again.  The Cavemen had a two-season league record of 10-2 and were 14-3 overall but with nothing to show.

CITY BOSSES GAG

The seven City Prep League principals voted in June to invoke the coin flip option, going against themselves, as it turned out.

Writer Gene Earl of The San  Diego Union revealed that in a spring meeting the reps unanimously voted, 7-0, in favor of tossing the toss.

“The official vote, however, was ignored in the group’s next meeting,” Earl wrote. “Faced with such an issue once, 99 out of 100 leagues would have worked to eliminate such future decisions, but the ball was fumbled.”

SOUR VICTORY

San Diego was a sad winner after its usual victory over Hoover.

The coin toss news created  a bitter climax for the Cavers, who were in their best form of the season.

Ardell Finley gained 179 yards in 9 carries and broke a 96-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter as the Hillers hammered the Cardinals with 361 yards rushing.

Finley’s dash came two plays after Cecil Espy recovered a fumble by Hoover quarterback Gene Leek as Leek attempted to score from the “six-inch” line and tie the game at 6-6.

Horace Tucker’s 63-yard sprint and a 71-yard interception return by Ermon Johnson closed out the scoring.

Jerry Brucker of the Evening Tribune noted that “maybe San Diegans have outgrown their interest in scholastic sports.”

Brucker estimated an attendance of 7,500 for the game, which would have been the lowest in the history of the rivalry that began in 1933.

There had been only 8,000 on hand in the World War II season of 1943.

VIKINGS PROVE WORTHY

La Jolla did not disappoint.

The Vikings nudged visiting El Monte and its 220-pound-average offensive line, 7-6, in its first playoff, largely behind Art Luppino’s 76 yards in 13 carries.

Al Chapman scored the Vikings’ only touchdown after Luppino had carried on three successive plays and had the wind knocked out of him on the third.

The Vikings then battled South Pasadena on the road before bowing, 13-6, in the semifinals.

The Vikings would not be competitive for a playoff berth for another decade.

TALENT STEERED AWAY

The opening of Mission Bay in 1953 re-zoned  enrollment boundaries and cut off La Jolla’s rich talent stream from Pacific Beach and Mission Beach.

Walt Harvey left La Jolla the following school year and moved across town to begin shaping the program at Lincoln, which would be in its fifth year and with classes from grades 7-11.

FALLBROOK FUMBLES

Southern Prep League champion Fallbrook was dethroned after self-reporting a CIF Southern Section violation.

The Warriors forfeited two league games and three nonleague contests after coach Carlin Coffman revealed that fullback Eddie Mojado had been playing Sunday baseball for the nearby Pala Indian Reservation team.

CIF rules state that athletes cannot participate in more than one organized sport at the same time.  Even if the second sport is not part of an interscholastic program.

(There was precedent, as in 1933, when San Diego forfeited every game in  a 19-3 baseball season after it was discovered that Cavers Chet and Swede Smith had played under assumed names in a meaningless game the previous summer in Imperial Valley).

LEAGUE TO CADETS: GET LOST

Fallbrook victories over Mountain Empire and Army-Navy were vacated, leaving the Warriors with a 2-2 record and second place behind Army-Navy.

But league representatives  dissed Army-Navy’s Cadets and notified the Southern Section that Fallbrook would be the league’s playoff representative.

Fallbrook then made a U turn.

CIF SS commissioner Bill Russell was “quite surprised” when Evening Tribune sportswriter Mel Zikes called Russell to inform him that he had received word from Fallbrook principal John Brinegar that the Coffman-coached eleven was bailing from the playoffs.

Russell thought it odd that the school official would go to the media before alerting Russell’s office and before the commissioner could pass the news along to Chula Vista and Laguna Beach.

Fallbrook was scheduled for a first-round bye in the Southern Group (small schools) tournament and would have met the winner of Chula Vista-Laguna Beach.

FUNNY PECULIAR

Principal Brinegar gave Zikes a lengthy explanation, citing injuries, scholastic deficiencies, and that some players had dropped out of school.

Fallbrook also was left with only “four players in the backfield this morning and only two of them were starters.”

If one thought bossman Brinegar  went out of his way to explain why the Warriors were bolting the postseason or that the school had an anti-playoff philosophy, consider that after the regular season a year later, the Warriors declined a playoff berth again.

Coach Garrett Arbelbide said that decision was made by the school before the season began.

SCOTS  TO HIGH GROUND

Not a new Mercury, but Helix liked its Merk.

With Ernie Merk at the wheel, Helix emerged as the most improved team in the City Prep League.

The Highlanders, 1-7 in their inaugural 1951 season, improved to 4-4-1, tripled their scoring total, and knocked favored Point Loma out of the City Prep League race.

HONORS

Merk scored 74 points, second to the 187 of Oceanside’s C.R. Roberts, and was the CPL player of the year.  The USC-bound senior was joined on the all-Southern California second team by Arizona-bound Art Luppino and Oregon State-bound Dick Corrick of La Jolla.

Helix tackle Carlos Fackrell earned first team all-CIF honors, Grossmont end Karl Grassl second team, and San Diego center Eddie Boyle third team.  Honorable mention went to San Diego end Tom Cofield, La Jolla tackle Chuck Smith, Hoover center Jack Argent, and San Diego back Ardell Finley.

Player of Year was Santa Monica quarterback Ronnie Knox.

Another first-team selection was end Ron Wheatcroft of South Pasadena, who starred at California and was prominent in San Diego business circles for many years.

C.R. Roberts was the lower division player of the year, joined by Chula Vista tackle Don Cameron.

KRUPENS STAR OF CARNIVAL

A total of 368 candidates turned out for the first day of practice at  seven city high schools, but that figure shrunk in comparison to the estimated 1,300 band members, cheerleaders, and flag corps that entertained before the 14^th annual carnival.

This season’s event was dedicated to Edward Taylor, the San Diego High vice principal who conceived the extravaganza in 1939.

A last minute emergency resulted in Frank Rustich’s replacing Biff Gardner as game referee. Gardner rushed to his wife‘s side after she was in an auto accident near San Clemente.

A crowd estimated at 24,000 saw the three West teams of Point Loma, Grossmont, and San Diego defeat the East’s Hoover, Kearny, and La Jolla, 14-7.

Point Loma outscored Hoover, 14-0, in the second period as Hal Krupens scored on runs of 72 and 2 yards and Manuel Ventura added two, point-after placements.

Kirby Woods’ six-yard pass to Robert Meals provided the East with its touchdown.

For the first time, city teams had a played a complete game before the carnival, thanks to the way the calendar fell.

OLD WHATSHISNAME

Listed in the Evening Tribune as one of 11 returning lettermen for Oceanside was single-wing quarterback “Herb Meyers”.

Herb Meyer, same guy, minus the “s”, became Oceanside’s head coach seven years later, embarking on a Hall of Fame career which ended 44 years and 338 victories later.

OLD WHATSHISNAME, CON’T

–St. Augustine’s Hank Zumstein scored on a 77-yard run in the Saints’ 19-7 loss to  Coronado.  Nothing to get overly excited about,  but the feat was reported in The San Diego Union the next day as being accomplished by Hank “Sunstin”.

There are several possible reasons as to why Zumstein’s named was botched:

–The game was at Coronado and probably was called in by a student from the host school not familiar with the visiting team’s names.

–Newspaper sports departments are filled with activity and noise on Friday nights during the school year.  The reporter taking the call may have been hard of hearing, causing the  misspelled name.

–Third and most often the reason, the man answering  one of the sports desk telephones probably spent his lunch hour across the street from the newspaper’s office at the “Press Room”, a notorious watering hole of the era.

Chances are the staffer was not of a clear mind when he returned.

NETTLESOME ISSUE

Mrs. Mary Nettles, a decade later, knew the frustration of the Zumstein family and other proud parents, whose offspring names were routinely butchered in newspaper accounts.

Mrs. Nettles’ son Graig alternately was identified as Craig, Greg, Gregg, and even Gary during his days as a San Diego High basketball and baseball star.

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

A newcomer to the La Jolla High squad asked coach Walt Harvey for jersey number 57.  Harvey wondered why.  Players usually request more popular numerals, such as 7, 11, 13, etc.

The coach checked his roster sheet.  The newcomer’s name was John Hinds.

“You know, Heinz 57 Varieties”, Hinds explained.  Harvey groaned.

NUMBERS GAME

San Diego coach Duane Maley’s six running backs were aligned, not just by their ability to dodge tacklers and go the distance.

Ermon Johnson wore jersey number 18, Garnett Adams 19, Floyd Robinson 20, Horace Tucker 21, Ardell Finley 22, and Carl Osborne 23.

BASEBALL FIRST

Seven San Diego Cavers were late reporting for football.

The group was with the Fighting Bob Post 364 of San Diego that was in Denver for the American Legion national baseball tournament, where they were runners-up to a team from Cincinnati.

Floyd Robinson, who played nine seasons in the major leagues,  and Horace Tucker were among the late-arriving baseballers.

Tucker won the American Legion Louisville Slugger award with a tournament average of .452.

SPORTSWRITER OFF MARK

Mel Zikes of the Evening Tribune predicted Oceanside would beat Chula Vista by 3 touchdowns and outscore Laguna Beach by 20 points. Chula Vista won by 21 and Laguna Beach by 20.

PERSPIRING, NOT INSPIRING

Mar Vista might have gotten a charge from new coach Chuck Coover and for being able to practice on its own field after the inaugural campaign on a rocky Brown Field Airport layout, but that emotion probably was dampened by the inconvenience of post-practice.

The Mariners, destined to finish 0-9, gathered their sweaty bodies and bused to nearby Nestor and Southwest Junior High, where showers were availalble.

TRUE GRID

Joe DiTomaso was a starting lineman for coach John Finan at St. Augustine and later coached the Saints  to a 12-0 record and the San Diego Section championship in 1970…Vista, 4-5-1 in ’51, took a step up from the Southern Prep to the Metropolitan and was 5-4…plans to open the new Helix Stadium during the season did not materialize, as the facility was not enclosed…the Highlanders played home games at Aztec Bowl…Grossmont’s Ed Reed and Bob Baker were diagnosed with polio but recovered…after a 19-0 loss to Inglewood, San Diego had stunningly not scored a point in 63 minutes of play, including the carnival in which the Cavemen were tied by La Jolla, 0-0…they broke the drought 2:40 into the first quarter when Ardell Finley ran 65 yards for a score in a 13-6 win over L.A Roosevelt…Art Luppino had 96 yards rushing to Ardell Finley’s 80 but Finley scored three touchdowns in the Hillers’ 23-6 victory over La Jolla…the Metropolitan League was 10-3-2 in intersectionals… Karl Grassl caught 7 passes for 4 touchdowns in Grossmont’s 34-25 loss at Phoenix St. Mary’s in the Foothillers’ final game….

 

 

Rest not only can cure what ails you but can help in the rankings.

Oceanside and Mission Hills, idle last week as they ramped up for this week’s battle of the Highway 78 corridor, each was elevated in Cal-Hi Sports’ weekly State Top 25.

Oceanside moved from eighth to seventh and was positioned at fifth in the South Division I ratings.

Mission Hills went from 13^th to 11^th.  Cathedral and Helix more or less enjoyed “On the Bubble” status.

El Capitan ranks first in DIII South and Christian is first in DIV South.

Cal-Hi’s First 20:

	Team	Record	Section	Last
1.	Bellflower St. John Bosco	4-1	Southern	1
2.	Concord De La Salle	6-0	North Coast	2
3.	Santa Ana Mater Dei	5-0	Southern	3
4.	Folsom	6-0	Sac-Joaquin	4
5.	Mission Hills Alemany	5-0	Southern	5
6.	Corona Centennial	3-2	Southern	7
7.	Oceanside	5-0	San Diego	8
8.	Anaheim Servite	3-2	Southern	10
9.	San Juan Capistrano JSerra	5-0	Southern	11
10.	Long Beach Poly	5-1	Southern	12
11.	Mission Hills	4-1	San Diego	13
12.	Orange Lutheran	4-1	Southern	14
13.	Sacramento Grant	5-0	Sac-Joaquin	15
14.	West Hills Chaminade	5-1	Southern	6
15.	Fresno Edison	5-0	Central	18
16.	Bakersfield	4-1	Central	20
17.	Santa Margarita	4-1	Southern	17
18.	Westlake	3-2	Southern	16
19.	Pleasanton Foothill	5-0	North Coast	21
20.	Encino Crespi	5-0	Southern	23

Although this week’s matchup is nonleague, the game has season-long implications.

The Avocado West Pirates are hoping for high seeds in San Diego Section and Southern California postseason events.

A loss will severely damage Oceanside’s chances and a loss will essentially end any postseason hope beyond the San Diego Section for Mission Hills.

Clear the Decks.

With a nod to the beginning of league play next week, seven of the top 10 teams in the weekly UT-San Diego poll this week took the night off.

Through Week 6, ten teams still are undefeated, compared with seven a year ago.

The 2014 unbeatens:

Team	Record	Best*	Year
Borrego Springs	6-0	5-0	2006
El Capitan	6-0	11-0	2006
Calexico Vincent Memorial	5-0	9-0	2002
Christian	5-0	9-0	2008
Oceanside	5-0	14-0	2009
Orange Glen	6-0	12-0	1988
San Marcos	5-0	9-0	1966
Steele Canyon	5-0	3-0	2010
Sweetwater	5-0	13-0	1983
The Bishop’s	5-0	14-0	2010

*Wins in a row from start of season.

Borrego Springs’ forfeit victory over Warner this week assured the Rams of their 11^th winning season in the 48 since they teed it up for the first time in 1967.

A 6-0 record represents very rarefied air. Borrego’s overall record is 125-249-8, a .338 “winning” percentage.

QUICK KICKS

Cathedral got past tough Eastlake, 17-14, on Tim Semenza’s 37-yard field goal as the game ended…Mission Bay scored than half of its 62 points with a 34-point first quarter against San Diego…Madison was ahead of Mira Mesa, 42-0, after 17 seconds had elapsed in the second quarter…El Camino’s fourth straight victory, 38-6 over San Pasqual, is the Wildcats’ most in a row since a Herb Meyer club won five straight in 2001…Orange Glen clinched its first winning season since 1988 with its 41-20 victory over El Cajon Valley…