An entertaining season of high school football in San Diego Section is moving into the stretch run, and four 8-0 teams dot the 619 Sports/NCTimes Prep Top-10 poll. But as Michael Buffer would say, “somebody’s O has to go!” And this week, with two Top-4 teams colliding for Valley League supremacy, an undefeated season is guaranteed to come to an end.
#1 Oceanside (8-0) will travel to #4 Valley Center (8-0) on Friday night, our 619 Sports Prep Game of the Week. The Pirates have won 11 straight and are unbeaten in their last 33 games. The Jaguars have won 12 in a row, but remember well their last loss, a 49-21 defeat in Oceanside last November 7th. 364 days later Valley Center gets a chance for revenge on its home field.
We will also be at two other key games around the county on Friday night: “The Holy War” in the Eastern League between St. Augustine (6-2, 2-1) and #5 Cathedral Catholic (7-1, 2-1), and the showdown for the top of the Grossmont South League between Valhalla (6-2, 3-0) and Steele Canyon (5-2-1, 2-0-1). Follow our Twitter feed and check in throughout the day for full Prep Friday coverage!
Here’s this week’s Top 10 (first place votes in parentheses):
- Oceanside (17), 8-0
- La Costa Canyon (2), 8-0
- Eastlake, 6-0-2
- Valley Center, 8-0
- Cathedral Catholic, 7-1
- Escondido, 6-1-1
- Mission Bay, 8-0
- Ramona, 7-1
- Vista, 6-2
- Rancho Bernardo, 7-1
Also receiving votes: Valhalla, Francis Parker, Madison, Mission Hills, St. Augustine
After the jump, you can see the 619 Sports Top-10 ballot for the week:I have Mission Bay higher than the overall poll and think they’ll finish the year even higher on the list. Dillon Baxter at the Q in the D-IV final just seems like something we’re all destined to see.
- Oceanside
- La Costa Canyon
- Eastlake
- Valley Center
- Cathedral Catholic
- Mission Bay
- Ramona
- Escondido
- Vista
- Valhalla
