How Top 10 CIF San Diego Section high school football fared; Roundup (10/12/2024)

Second-ranked Cathedral Catholic pulls off shocking lopsided win over No. 3 Granite Hills; No. 4 Mission Hills takes down No. 9 Torrey Pines

Mitch Stephens | Oct 12, 2024

Cathedral Catholic QB Brady Palmer (10) hands the ball to Jonathan Solomon in 27-13 win over Mountain Pointe (Ariz.) in Sept. Honor Bowl game. / Photo: Rudy Schmoke

SAN DIEGO SECTION LISTS

SECTION SCOREBOARDS (10-10-2024 TO 10-12-2024)

HOW TOP 10 SAN DIEGO SECTION FOOTBALL TEAMS FARED (10/12/2024)

(Records updated as scores reported)

1. Lincoln (5-2)

Final: Lincoln 42, Point Loma 0
Oregon-bound Akili Smith needed to pass just 10 times to threw for three touchdowns, two to Ty Olsen.

2. Cathedral Catholic (6-1)

Final: Cathedral Catholic 52, Granite Hills 6
Brady Palmer threw for 200 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for another as the Dons dominated host Granite Hills, which came in averaging 40 points per game. Sidney Dupuy and Luke Westfall had two sacks appiece according to the San Diego Tribute.

3. Granite Hills (5-2)

Final: Cathedral Catholic 52, Granite Hills 6
A shockingly lopsided score for the Eagles, who managed less than 200 yards of offense.

4. Mission Hills (5-1)

Final: Mission Hills 31, Torrey Pines 14
With his next team just up the road at USC, Penn State-bound QB Troy Huhn completed 23 of 30 for 245 yards and a TD.

5. La Costa Canyon (7-0)

Final: La Costa Canyon 28, El Camino 11
Quinn Roth threw four touchdown passes, two each to Lennox Marcucci and Coby Herman.

6. San Marcos (6-1)

Final: San Marcos 38, Mt. Carmel 0
Kreet Makihele was almost perfect at QB, completing 15 of 18 for 200 yards and three scores.

7. Mount Miguel (6-1)

Final: Mount Miguel 48, Helix 35
Brandon Arrington had an 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdowns and Jayden Hunter rushed for three second-half TDs for the winners.

8. Carlsbad (5-2)

Final: Carlsbad 40, Poway 11
Jake Morrison opened the scoring with a 54-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and finished with 117 yards rushing. Colton Thomas, Angel Ramos and Connor Hawks caught TD passes from Eli MacNeal.

9. Torrey PInes (3-4)

Final: Mission Hills 31, Torrey Pines 14
Despite the loss, the Falcons had big defensive efforst from Cole Loizo (14 tackles) and Oliver Cole (75-yard scoop and score).

10. El Camino (4-3)

Final: La Costa Canyon 28, El Camino 11
Zach Ballow had 15 tackles, nine solo, and Kingston Faatiti rushed 16 times for 90 yards and a score in defeat.

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Published Oct 12, 2024

MITCH STEPHENS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.