Bonita Vista cast aside Mater Dei (11-3), 40-0, and Olympian (3-11), 52-31, to reach an unblemished 15-0 record while there was only minor elbowing in the top spot queue.
In their 2023 Championship run, the Barons’ were 19-1 with a win streak of 14 at season’s end, as the lone loss came in week 6 to Grossmont, 19-13.
Cathedral (12-4) slipped to No. 8 with losses to Our Lady of Peace (9-9), 39-27, and a 26-0 shutout by Carlsbad (18-4).
The Lancers also held off No. 7 Mission Hills (14-4), 20-14, to squeeze past idle Westview (13-2) into the No. 2 spot.
Imperial (18-3) joined the Top 10, topping neighbors Calexico (10-4), 19-18, and Calexico Vincent Memorial (15-5), 45-40.
See remaining schedule and all scores here.
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 8 Girls Flag Football poll, with MaxPreps‘ ratings:
| RANKÂ | TEAM (Record) | POINTS | MAXPREPS |
| Â 1 (1) | Bonita Vista (15-0) 9* | Â 107 | Â 1 |
| Â 2 (3) | Carlsbad (18-4) 2* | Â 94 | Â 2 |
| Â 3 (2) | Westview (13-2) | Â 93 | Â 3 |
| Â 4 (4) | Torrey Pines (15-9) | Â 74 | Â 4 |
|  5 (6) | Grossmont (16-3) |  66 |  5 |
| Â 6 (8) | Classical (15-8) | Â 49 | Â 7 |
| Â 7 (7) | Mission Hills (14-4) | Â 46 | Â 6 |
| Â 8 (5) | Cathedral (12-4) | Â 32 | Â 8 |
| Â 9 (10) | Steele Canyon (15-4) | Â 10 | Â 9 |
| Â 10 (NR) | Imperial (18-3) | Â 10 | Â 10 |
Previous rank in parenthesis. Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
*First-place votes. NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps’ local rankings as of Oct 9.
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Poway (10-6, 5 points), Calexico Vincent Memorial (15-5, 1) .
VOTING PANEL
Ten sportswriters, sportscasters, and administrators from the San Diego Section, plus MaxPreps:
- John Maffei (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Giantoni Canales (San Ysidro)
- Victor Cruz (Imperial)
- Neil Jamison (Mission Hills)
- Henrik Jonson (Partletonsports.com)
- Rafeal Guzman (Westview)
- Gary Keeton (San Marcos)
- Lance Thomas (Carlsbad)
- Ryan Wiegand (Cathedral)
- Jason Womack (Escondido).
