At 6-2 and apparently counting, the Chula Vista Spartans are negotiating the heights of both the Metro-Pacific League standings and San Diego Section Division IV rankings.
The Spartans defeated the visiting Southwest Raiders, 47-0, to cap a spirited homecoming performance last Friday. The timely win advanced the Spartans to 2-0 in league play with two games remaining on their regular season schedule – Thursday, Oct. 19, at Castle Park and Friday, Oct. 27 at home against San Ysidro.
A clean slate the rest of the way would launch Chula Vista into the playoffs as an automatic league championship qualifier. A loss along the way might complicate things both in the league standings and division rankings.
Entering Thursday’s potential league championship game matchup against the host Trojans, also 2-0 in league play, the Spartans held down the No. 4 ranking among Division IV teams while Castle Park was ranked ninth among Division V teams.
Twelve teams qualify for the Division IV playoffs but only eight teams qualify for the Division V playoffs. Thursday’s game is thus critical for both teams’ postseason aspirations.
But last Friday’s games were equally critical in creating separation from the other three teams in the league.
CV junior quarterback Izaac Baca completed 12 of 18 passing attempts for 296 yards and four touchdowns — three to senior Jacob Davidson (four catches, 163 yards) and one to junior Elijah Gillespie (five catches, 55 yards).
The Spartans also received two rushing touchdowns – one each by senior Paul Alvarez (two carries, 69 yards) and junior La’Darrione Perkins (four carries, 21 yards).
The hosts broke off several big plays to the delight of the large crowd — Alvarez scored on a 67-yard breakaway run while Davidson caught a 57-yard pass on the run and junior Christian Harwell had a 48-yard reception.
Chula Vista notched 466 total offensive yards in the victory.
Davidson also scored on a two-point rushing conversion to cap a 20-point night.
On the season, Baca has thrown for 1,453 yards and 18 touchdowns with three interceptions while Gillespie has collected 12 receiving touchdowns on 34 catches for 693 yards.
Alvarez has rushed for 533 yards and eight touchdowns while Perkins has rushed for 433 yards and seven touchdowns.
The loss was the second consecutive for the Raiders after a meteoric 5-2 start.
Southwest senior quarterback Justice Pigee demonstrated he could run with the ball but more times than not he was smothered at the line or behind the line of scrimmage by CV defenders.
Senior Ke’Andre Davis keyed the Spartans with eight tackles, including five unassisted, while senior Franky Olmedo had four sacks.
Overall, the hosts recorded nine sacks and two interceptions — both by Alvarez, one for a 17-yard touchdown return. Davis had two sacks while junior Joshua Gogue-Rios, Alvarez and senior Nathan Houck each registered one sack.
Castle Park piled up 547 yards in total offense in sinking host Mar Vista. Senior Sebastian Lozano rushed for 178 yards and four touchdowns one 28 carries to lead the victorious Trojans.
Senior Diego Sandoval rushed for 142 yards on seven carries and one touchdown while junior Christian Haynes rushed for 179 yards on seven carries and had one touchdown.
As a team, Castle Park controlled possession with 535 rushing yards on 46 carries.
Senior Joshua Buggs had a defensive touchdown for the Trojans on an interception return.
Mar Vista generated 145 passing yards with two interceptions and 99 rushing yards with two touchdowns — one each by senior Lah’Darius Crawford (five carries, 48 yards) and senior Lucious Ordaz (five carries, 14 yards). Ordaz completed seven of 17 passes behind center.
Sophomore Ciontae Fewell also scored on a dramatic 73-yard fumble return.
Metro Conference Football Standings
Metro-Mesa League
League/Overall
Mater Dei Catholic 1-0, 4-3
Eastlake 1-0, 3-5
Bonita Vista 0-1, 5-3
Otay Ranch 0-1, 2-6
Thursday, Oct. 12
Mater Dei Catholic 52, Bonita Vista 10
Friday, Oct. 13
Eastlake 17, Otay Ranch 14
Metro-South Bay League
League/Overall
OIympian 1-0, 4-4
Sweetwater 1-0, 3-5
Hilltop 0-1, 3-5
Montgomery 0-1, 3-5
Thursday, Oct. 12
Sweetwater 55, Montgomery 20
Friday, Oct. 13
Olympian 36, Hilltop 14
Metro-Pacific League
League/Overall
Chula Vista 1-0, 6-2
Castle Park 1-0, 4-4
Mar Vista 1-2, 2-6
Southwest 1-2, 5-4
San Ysidro 0-2, 1-7
Friday, Oct. 13
Castle Park 48, Mar Vista 28
Chula Vista 47, Southwest 0
SAN DIEGO SECTION FALL SPORTS RANKINGS
Prep Football
(Through Oct. 14)
Division I: 1. Lincoln (9-0), 2. Carlsbad (8-0), 3. Helix (8-0), 4. Granite Hills (8-0), 5. Mission Hills (4-3), 6. Torrey Pines (5-3), 7. Cathedral Catholic (3-6), 8. El Camino (6-2), 9. La Costa Canyon (5-3), 10. St. Augustine (4-4), 11. Mater Dei Catholic (4-3), 12. San Marcos (6-2), 13. Madison (3-5), 14. Poway (3-5), 15. Ramona (4-3), 16. Mira Mesa (2-6)
Division II: 1. Del Norte (7-1), 2. La Jolla (6-2), 3. Rancho Bernardo (4-4), 4. Oceanside (6-3), 5. Scripps Ranch (5-3), 6. Point Loma (5-4), 7. Central Union (6-2), 8. Brawley (7-1), 9. Bishop’s (5-3), 10. Eastlake (3-5), 11. Mt. Carmel (3-5), 12. Steele Canyon (4-4), 13. Christian (4-4), 14. University City (1-7), 15. San Pasqual (4-4), 16. Rancho Buena Vista (0-8)
Division III: 1. Mission Bay (7-1), 2. Fallbrook (3-5), 3. West Hills (5-3), 4. Santa Fe Christian (5-4), 5. Patrick Henry (4-4), 6. La Jolla Country Day (5-3), 7. Imperial (6-2), 8. El Capitan (5-4), 9. Morse (4-4), 10. Grossmont (4-4), 11. Valley Center (3-5), 12. Otay Ranch (2-6), 13. Palo Verde Valley (3-6), 14. San Diego (2-6), 15. Montgomery (3-5), 16. Vista (0-8)
Division IV: 1. Mt. Miguel (7-1), 2. Westview (5-3), 3. Santana (4-4), 4. Chula Vista (6-2), 5. Bonita Vista (5-3), 6. Crawford (4-3), 7. Olympian (4-4), 8. Calexico (5-3), 9. Escondido (2-6), 10. Escondido Charter (3-5), 11. Coronado (3-5), 12. Hilltop (3-5), 13. Francis Parker (2-6), 14. Orange Glen (4-4), 15. Classical Academy (2-6), 16. Canyon Hills (0-8)
Division V: 1. Sweetwater (3-5), 2. Vincent Memorial (6-2), 3. El Cajon Valley (5-3), 4. Hoover (5-3), 5. Valhalla (2-7), 6. Southwest El Centro (2-6), 7. Kearny (5-3), 8. Monte Vista (2-6), 9. Castle Park (4-3), 10. Clairemont (4-4), 11. Southwest (5-4), 12, Mar Vista (2-6), 13. San Ysidro (1-7)
Division V-AA: 1. Holtville (5-2), 2. Army-Navy Academy (5-3), 3. Tri-City Christian (7-1), 4. Rock Academy (3-4), 5. Caliptatria (3-5), 6. Maranatha Christian (3-5), 7. Mountain Empire (1-8), 8. O’Farrell Charter (0-8)
Girls Volleyball
(Through Oct. 14)
Division I:: 1. Cathedral Catholic (28-4), 2. Torrey Pines (20-5), 3. Bishop’s (27-7), 4. Westview (37-6), 5. Otay Ranch (37-6), 6. El Capitan (22-7), 7. San Marcos (25-10), 8. San Dieguito Academy (22-7), 9. Francis Parker (15-8), 10. Eastlake (23-12), 11. Del Norte (15-10), 12. Carlsbad (19-9), 13. Rancho Bernardo (16-16), 14. Poway (19-12), 15. Sage Creek (21-17), 16. La Jolla (11-13), 17. Santa Fe Christian (11-17), 18. La Jolla Country Day (13-18), 19. Bonita Vista (10-16), 20. Pt. Loma (6-14), 21. Granite Hills (10-17), 22. Canyon Crest Academy (10-19), 23. Classical Academy (6-22), 24. La Costa Canyon (5-25)
Division II: 1. Helix (19-8), 2. Our Lady of Peace (20-7), 3. Pacific Ridge (17-10), 4. Christian (23-7), 5. Mission Vista (20-14), 6. Scripps Ranch (21-14), 7. Vista (14-11), 8. Fallbrook (18-9), 9. Maranatha Christian (17-5), 10. University City (19-10), 11. Mater Dei Catholic (20-11), 12. Patrick Henry (15-17), 13. Coronado (17-14), 14. Mt. Carmel (17-14), 15. Valhalla (8-11), 16. Chula Vista Learning Community Charter (16-6), 17. Olympian (9-21), 18. Foothills Christian (13-11), 19. Holtville (16-16), 20. Escondido (6-18), 20. Ramona (2-20)
Division III: 1. Rancho Buena Vista (18-150, 2. San Pasqual (24-8), 3. Imperial (26-9), 4. Brawley (22-11), 5. Mission Bay (22-11), 6. Mission Hills (17-19), 7. Mira Mesa (17-12), 8. Steele Canyon (20-8), 9. Central Union (10-11), 10. Santana (10-11), 11. West Hills (12-16), 12. High Tech High San Diego (12-10), 13. Horizon Prep (12-12), 14. Del Lago Academy (15-13), 15. Calexico (12-16), 16. Canyon Hills (9-15), 17. Escondido Charter (7-12), 18. El Camino (12-25), 19. Clairemont (10-22), 20. Montgomery (11-18), 21. St. Joseph Academy (4-18)
Division IV: 1. Oceanside (16-9), 2. Ocean View Christian Academy (14-0), 3. Valley Center (16-12), 4. Victory Christian Academy (17-7), 5. Hilltop (15-13), 6. Tri-City Christian (13-7), 7. Grossmont (16-11), 8. High Tech High Mesa (15-19), 9. Coastal Academy (17-8), 10. Cambridge School (14-11), 11. San Diego Jewish Academy (5-9), 12. San Diego (20-12), 13. Mar Vista (9-17), 14. Southwest (9-21), 15. Hoover (5-9), 16. High Tech High Chula Vista (5-6), 17. Mountain Empire (4-19), 18. Liberty Charter (11-11), 19. Monarch Academy (5-14), 20. El Cajon Valley (10-17), 21. Monte Vista (2-21)
Division V: 1. Lincoln (24-4), 2. Southwest El Centro (21-10), 3. Sweetwater (16-14), 4. Gompers Prep (12-2), 5. Madison (11-12), 6. San Ysidro (11-14), 7. Palo Verde Valley (7-18), 8. Orange Glen (14-14), 9. Kearny (12-140, 10. O’Farrell Charter (12-11), 11. Bayfront Charter (8-7), 12. Chula Vista (6-14), 13. Mt. Miguel (6-13), 14. Morse (3-18), 15. Castle Park (2-17), 16. Guajome Park Academy (1-16), 17. Crawford (4-17). 18. Health Sciences (5-5)
Girls Field Hockey
(Through Oct. 14)
Division I: 1. La Costa Canyon (17-1), 2. Canyon Hills (17-2-1), 3. Torrey Pines (11-5-1), 4. Poway (13-3), 5. La Jolla (12-5-1), 6. Scripps Ranch (11-6-2), 7. Bishop’s (13-7), 8. Canyon Crest Academy (12-7), 9. Cathedral Catholic (11-7), 10. San Marcos (6-8-2), 11. Valley Center (13-4), 12. Mission Vista (8-8), 13. University City (8-8-1), 14. Rancho Bernardo (10-9-2), 15. San Pasqual (4-10-1), 16. Mt. Carmel (10-7), 17. Fallbrook (6-10-1), 18. Rancho Buena Vista (5-10), 19. Del Norte (4-9), 20. Helix (3-8)
Division II: 1. Clairemont (14-1), 2. La Jolla Country Day (10-5), 3. Mission Bay (11-4), 4. Sage Creek (12-7-1), 5. San Dieguito Academy (7-8), 6. Eastlake (10-5), 7. Westview (8-5), 8. Otay Ranch (9-9-1), 9. Hilltop (10-4), 10. Mira Mesa (6-8), 11. Olympian (5-8), 12. Mission Hills (3-9), 13. Santana (4-5), 14. Patrick Henry (7-9), 15. Pt. Loma (4-8), 16. Escondido (3-15), 17. Bonita Vista (2-13), 18. Sweetwater (1-2), 19. Castle Park (5-11), 20. Vista (1-15), 21. Granite Hills (2-11), 22. El Capitan (0-10), 23. Southwest (1-5), 24. Mar Vista (0-3), 25. Chula Vista NA
Boys Water Polo
(Through Oct. 14)
Division I: 1. Santana (15-3), 2. La Jolla (11-3), 3. Rancho Bernardo (18-5), 4. Helix (13-6), 5. Cathedral Catholic (11-6), 6. Carlsbad (15-6), 7. Mt. Carmel (14-7), 8. Torrey Pines (13-6), 9. Poway (9-6), 10. Bishop’s (10-10), 11. Vista (11-9), 12. Coronado (7-8), 13. Valhalla (6-9), 14. Canyon Crest Academy (9-10), 15. Francis Parker (10-9), 16. Clairemont (12-10), 17. San Dieguito Academy (7-7), 18. Westview (10-12), 19. Grossmont (6-14), 20. Mar Vista (12-8)
Division II: 1. Patrick Henry (16-4), 2. Classical Academy (14-5), 3. Oceanside (15-5), 4. Pt. Loma (12-3), 5. Eastlake (13-6), 6. La Costa Canyon (14-4), 7. Steele Canyon (10-3), 8. San Marcos (12-9), 9. Granite Hills (12-11), 10. Ramona (6-8), 11. Mission Bay (7-6), 12. El Capitan (15-6), 13. University City (7-10), 14. San Pasqual (4-15), 15. Del Norte (5-13), 16. Hilltop (8-8), 17. Fallbrook (4-14), 18. West Hills (11-11), 19. Mission Hills (4-14), 20. Santa Fe Christian (3-15)
Division III: 1. La Jolla Country Day (19-3), 2. Bonita Vista (10-7), 3. Castle Park (8-3), 4. El Camino (12-9), 5. High Tech High San Diego (11-7), 6. Scripps Ranch (4-6), 7. Rancho Buena Vista (10-11), 8. Pacific Ridge (5-6), 9. Olympian (9-7) 10. Mater Dei Catholic (9-11), 11. Valley Center (7-6), 12. Mira Mesa (4-10), 13. Otay Ranch (4-11), 14. Southwest (5-7), 15. Monte Vista (7-12), 16. Canyon Hills (0-4), 17. Chula Vista Learning Community Chatter (3-7), 18. Escondido (3-17), 19. Montgomery (2-5), 20. Mt. Miguel (1-10), 21. San Ysidro (2-6), 22. Army-Navy Academy (0-3), 23. Chula Vista 0-6, 24.
Girls Flag Football
MaxPreps: 1. Bonita Vista (11-1),2.TorreyPines (10-0), 3. Classical Academy (13-2), 4. Our Lady of Peace (8-0), 5. San Dieguito Academy (5-1), 6. Cathedral Catholic (8-1), 7. Grossmont(9-2), 8. Olympian (7-2), 9. La Costa Canyon (5-2), 10. Calexico (12-2), 11. Morse(8-2), 12. Brawley (13-3), 13. Mira Mesa(9-7), 14. Mission Bay(5-2), 15. Santa Fe Christian (3-4), 16. Mater Dei Catholic (4-6), 17. Scripps Ranch (8-7), 18. CVLCC (5-3), 19. Vincent Memorial (7-6), 20. Central Union (9-7)
