2025 Flag Football Week 9: Barons Still Undefeated As Playoff Seeds Loom
All teams are putting a finer edge on their weapons this last week of the regular season, as playoff seeds and pairings come out Saturday, Oct. 25, with first games on Tuesday, Oct. 28. The top eight seeds, per MaxPreps‘ ranking system, become the Division I bracket. The next 12 are D-II, and so on, down through D-V.
See the 2024 brackets for an example of the format, plus the official CIF postseason outline for more detail. All the 2025 Championship games are Saturday, Nov. 8 at Escondido High.
Remaining schedule and latest scores here.
ON THE FIELD
Bonita Vista survived a scare from Eastlake (5-12) to win by an unusual 2-0 score, but regained focus to bounce Otay Mesa (5-10) and San Ysidro (13-5), to stay undefeated at 19-0 and earn an expected No. 1 seed.
John Maffei’s Week 9 poll is largely status quo, but Grossmont slipped with a 26-7 loss to Steele Canyon, and Poway displaced No. 10 Imperial (19-3) by topping Torrey Pines, 13-12.
DESERT HIDDEN GEM
Azul Trujillo, quarterback for Calexico Vincent Memorial (18-5), leads the nation in passing with 7,577 yards, an average of 329 a game, with a high of 485 in a loss to Poway, according to MaxPreps. No ‘flash in the pan’, Azul also was an NFL Under 15 Flag Champion most-valuable player. and will lead the Scots, ranked 11th by MaxPreps, in the D-II playoffs.
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 9 Girls Flag Football poll, with MaxPreps‘ ratings:
| RANK | TEAM (Record) | POINTS | MAXPREPS |
| 1 (1) | Bonita Vista (19-0) 10* | 109 | 1 |
| 2 (3) | Westview (14-2) | 94 | 3 |
| 3 (2) | Carlsbad (18-5) 1* | 89 | 2 |
| 4 (4) | Torrey Pines (15-10) | 67 | 4 |
| 5 (6) | Classical (16-8) | 59 | 6 |
| 6 (7) | Mission Hills (15-4) | 56 | 5 |
| 7 (9) | Steele Canyon (15-4) | 42 | 9 |
| 8 (5) | Grossmont (16-4) | 38 | 7 |
| 9 (8) | Cathedral (14-4) | 21 | 8 |
| 10 (NR) | Poway (12-6) | 16 | 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 19.
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Imperial (19-3, 7 points) .
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).