San Diego Section high school football media poll: Helix is unanimous No. 1

Helix received all 31 first-place votes in the latest San Diego Section football media poll.

Author:
Bodie De Silva, SBLive
Publish date:
Oct 15, 2019 10:16 AM EDT

Here’s the San Diego Section high school football media poll for the week of Oct 14, 2019. The poll is coordinated by the Union-Tribune’s John Maffei.

Points awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis

Rank; Team; Record; Points; Last Week

1. Helix (31); 6-1; 310; 1

2. Cathedral Catholic; 7-1; 264; 2

3. St. Augustine; 6-1; 253; 3

4. Carlsbad; 6-1; 211; 4

5. Steele Canyon; 7-0; 188; 5

6. Mission Hills; 5-2; 157; 6

7. Grossmont; 6-1; 82; 9

8. La Costa Canyon; 4-3; 59; 10

9. Oceanside; 4-3; 51; 9

10. Madison; 4-3; 44; 7

Others receiving votes: Vista (5-2*, 37 points),
Bishop's (7-0, 19 points), Santana (7-0, 8 points),
Lincoln (4-3, 4 points), Scripps Ranch (7-0, 2 points), Granite Hills
(4-3, 1 point), Montgomery (6-1, 1 point), Rancho Bernardo (5-2, 1
point).

* Includes forfeit loss

Voters: 31 sportswriters, sportscasters and officials from throughout the county - John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune; Terry Monahan, Don Norcross, Rick Hoff, Jim Lindgren and Thomas Gutierrez (freelance writers); Paul Rudy, Brandon Stone and Ted Mendenhall (KUSI-TV); Adam Paul (ECPreps.com); Ramon Scott (EastCountySports.com); Bodie DeSilva (scorebooklive.com); Taylor Quellman (Fox Sports); Steve Brand (San Diego Sports Association); Troy Hirsch, Kalyn McMakin and Tabitha Lipkin (Fox 5 San Diego); Rick Smith (Partletonsports.com); Jerry Schniepp, John Labeta and Ron Marquez (CIF San Diego Section office); Raymond Brown (sdfootball.net); Bob Petinak (freelance contributor); John Kentera and Braden Suprenant (97.3-FM The Fan); Steve Dolan (Mountain Country 107.9-FM); Mike Dolan and John Carroll (CIF Football Tournament Director); Christian Pedersen (SoCal Preps Insider); Joe Heinz (Athletics Director, Sweetwater School District); Eric Williams (WBK Sports/SDFNL).