Helix up to second, Christian drops to ninth

By ECS Staff
Updated: September 14, 2015

The latest San Diego Union-Tribune Sportswriters/Sportscasters prep football poll was released earlier on Monday with a few notable changes. With their win on Friday, the Highlanders moved up one spot to second. On the contrary, after traveling to Los Angeles and losing to Salesian, the Christian High Patriots dropped two spots to ninth. Grossmont picked up one more vote in the also receiving votes category. Below is the full top ten and all the teams that received votes.

Games on Friday that will see East County teams that are on the list include a big match up of No. 8 Cathedral Catholic traveling to No. 2 Helix. No. 9 Christian will take a week off before getting back at it next week. Grossmont will travel to Hilltop.

SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
SPORTSWRITERS/SPORTSCASTERS PREP FOOTBALL POLL
TEAM; RECORD; POINTS; LAST WEEK
First-place votes in parenthesis
Rank/Team/Record/Points/Last Week

Mission Hills (23) / 3-0 / 239 / 1
Helix (1) / 1-1 / 204 / 3
St. Augustine / 2-1 / 196 / 2
Rancho Bernardo / 3-0/ 136 / 4
Oceanside / 2-1 / 125 / 6
Madison / 2-1 / 116 / 5
El Camino / 3-0 / 89 / 10
Cathedral Catholic / 1-2 / 84 / 9
Christian / 2-1 / 33 / 7
La Costa Canyon / 2- 1/ 24 / NR

Others receiving votes: San Marcos (18 points, 2-1), Bonita Vista (17 points, 2-1), Eastlake (10 points, 1-2), Mater Dei Catholic (9 points, 3-0), Point Loma (7 points, 2-1), Westview (4 points, 3-0), Bishop’s (3 points, 3-0), Grossmont (3 points, 3-0), Mission Bay (2 points, 3-0), Poway (1 point, 2-1).

24 sportswriters, sportscasters and CIF representatives from throughout the county vote in the weekly poll. This year’s panel includes: John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune), Steve Brand, Terry Monahan, Don Norcross, Jim Lindgren, Tom Saxe and Rick Hoff San Diego Union-Tribune stringers), Bill Dickens and Chris Davis (EastCountySports.com), Steve Dolan and Rick Hill (Mountain Country 107.9-FM), John Kentera, Ted Mendenhall and Bob Petinak (The Mighty 1090), Rick Willis and Brandon Stone (KUSI-TV), Rick Smith (Partletonsports.com), Jerry Schniepp and John Labeta (CIF San Diego Section office), Bodie DeSilva (sandiegopreps.com), Drew Smith (sdcoastalsports.com), Lisa Lane (San Diego Prep Insider), Raymond Brown (sdfootball.net), Chris Smith and Montell Allen (MBASportsrecruiting.com).