by Craig on November 9, 2009
With one week left in the high school regular season, there are three 9-0 teams in our 619 Sports/NC Times Top 10 Poll, and four unbeatens. The logjam at the top has been unchanged for weeks, with Oceanside & LCC receiving the same number of #1 votes and hanging next to each other 1-2 in the poll. Valley Center’s resounding 45-7 loss on Friday sent it tumbling in the poll, while Escondido’s second straight loss almost dropped them out altogether. Mission Bay, Vista and Valhalla, meanwhile, are rising. Without further ado…
Here’s this week’s Top 10 (first place votes in paretheses):
- Oceanside (17), 9-0
- La Costa Canyon (2), 9-0
- Eastlake, 7-0-2
- Cathedral Catholic, 8-1
- Mission Bay, 9-0
- Ramona, 8-1
- Vista, 7-2
- Valley Center, 8-1
- Escondido, 6-2-1
- Valhalla, 7-2
Also receiving votes: Mission Hills, Francis Parker, Brawley, Madison, Rancho Bernardo, Chula Vista
There are still a couple of league titles to be decided, with rivalries and revenge games on the schedule for Friday. After the jump, we reveal this week’s selections for the 619 Sports Prep Games of the Week, along with the 619 Sports Top 10 ballot: Continue Reading →
by J.T. Rogan on November 4, 2009
Editor’s note: This is the latest installment in a series of weekly columns about USD Toreros football by a six year veteran of the team, running back J.T. Rogan. J.T. ran for a season-high 130 yards last Saturday but it was not enough to avoid USD’s third straight loss, a 21-14 setback at Dayton.
When I was approached with the opportunity to write for 619Sports.net, I was flattered, excited and eager to contribute my journalistic “two cents.” As the season has progressed, I am still flattered by the opportunity to write for a hometown website. The privilege of informing people about our collegiate football program through a media outlet that covers the city where I was born and raised is something that I have truly enjoyed. However, I envisioned the opportunity to detail several different victorious outcomes throughout the season via 619Sports.
With our most recent loss to Dayton last Saturday our record has migrated south to 3-5. Simply put, I’m on “Let’s Make A Deal” and I am told that we have an 11-0 season behind one of the doors in the form of a light blue, mint condition 1967 Chevy Corvair, we have an 8-3 season behind a separate door in the form of a Maytag refrigerator, and we have a season around .500 behind another door in the form of a pot-belly pig.
The host, Monty Hall, picked door number two for me and now I’m stuck with a pot-belly pig. Worse yet, the pig might have swine flu.
However, there is a silver lining. We have three games left, and Monty Hall is still looking for random trinkets and collectibles in the audience. We might not have won the Corvair, or the fridge, but we can still get $50 for a sequined glove or for a white handkerchief. Continue Reading →
