HIGH SCHOOLS /JIM LINDGREN : Board of Managers to Discuss Lynch’s Court Challenge

To be continued . . . That’s the latest word regarding the most controversial story of the 1992-93 school year.

The San Diego Section has received a continuance in the legal matter concerning Torrey Pines quarterback/safety Ryan Lynch. A Superior Court hearing was to have been held Monday, but the section asked for the continuance so as to give its Board of Managers an opportunity to review the case at today’s quarterly meeting.

Pending a reconciliatory action at today’s meeting, Lynch’s court case has been rescheduled for Nov. 4.

Lynch was ejected from the Torrey Pines-La Jolla game on Sept. 25 for alleging kicking a La Jolla player, and under section guidelines, that ejection automatically made him ineligible for the Falcons’ next game.

Citing a denial of due process in the section’s rule, Lynch sued and won a temporary restraining order. He has played in three games since the incident in question.

To correct an error in The Times’ report of Torrey Pines’ 42-0 victory over Escondido on Friday, Lynch threw two touchdown passes, kicked six extra points and was named the Falcons’ outstanding defensive player of the week.

“He was a very big part of the game,” Falcon Coach Ed Burke said. “It was far and away his best defensive game.”

BOARD GAMES

At today’s meeting, the Board of Managers also will discuss and rule on team playoff participation limits.

The board ruled in June to limit playoff brackets to 12 teams in all sports, but it has been asked by many groups to reconsider that decision or place a one-year moratorium on playoff limits. In football, 16 2-A and 3-A teams qualified for the playoffs last year.

3-YEAR GUARANTEE

With 180 rushing yards last week, James Curtis of Kearny became the first player to top 1,000 yards this season, and it marked the third consecutive season Curtis has reached the milestone.

In six games and 136 carries, Curtis has 1,085 yards, giving him 4,078 in his three-year career.

Only three other players had ever topped 4,000 career rushing yards--section record-holder Markeith Ross of Rancho Buena Vista (5,158, 1988-90), Gary Taylor of Morse (4,512, 1990-91) and O.J. Hall of Rancho Buena Vista (4,486, 1987-89).

LONELY AT THE BOTTOM

Rancho Buena Vista (1-5, 0-3 in the Palomar League) lost its third consecutive league game for the first time in its illustrious six-year history.

RBV has not been shut out since its first season in 1987 when it did not yet have a senior class, but the Longhorns have scored only seven points in four games this season and 10 in another. Before this season, RBV had been held under 14 points only five times.

Further south, Mira Mesa started 2-0 but has now lost four games in a row for the first time since going 1-8 in 1981. The Marauders have not lost five games in any season since ’81.

Both schools had been perennial playoff participants, with Mira Mesa beating RBV, 28-21, in the first round last year and advancing to the semifinals.

HALOS HANGING

With St. Augustine (5-1) and Julian (4-1) losing on Friday, Helix, Morse, San Pasqual and University City are the only undefeated teams in the county. All are 6-0.

And for those who felt Patrick Henry’s 7-0 victory over Saints on Friday was an upset, consider that Saints’ first five opponents are a combined 6-23-1.

Furthermore, Henry has now scored at least 129 consecutive points in four meetings against St. Augustine since 1975.

BRAWN OVER BEAUTY

Shannon Jones of University City calling out to teammate Ken Williams, who recorded 16 tackles in the Centurions’ 29-0 victory over Mission Bay on Oct. 9: “How come after every game, the (reporters) always want to do a story on you? Why don’t they do one on a good-looking guy?”

Have anyone in mind, Shannon?

HAMMOND CUTBACK

Scott Hammond, a Parade All-American at Lincoln last year, said the Hornets’ 0-5 start this season might have been partly his fault, even though he is now at San Diego State.

Hammond reasoned that since he received preferential treatment last year and was rarely reprimanded for arguing with Coach Vic Player and his assistants, that set a nasty example for the team’s future leaders.

“I thought I was right about a lot of things at Lincoln,” Hammond said. “I found out I wasn’t. I could put the blame on myself for things like that, for (the younger players) seeing me do something like that. They got dudes that are hard-headed and don’t listen to coaches. They should listen to Coach Player.”

THE FINAL COUNT

Of the 54 2-A and 3-A football teams, only seven have scored in double figures in every game this season: El Capitan, Helix, Marian, Morse, Oceanside, Torrey Pines and University City. . . .

The Kinney National Cross-Country Championship, an annual event in Balboa Park, will be run for the last time this December. After that, the only national championship in high school sports will change to the Foot Locker National . . .

The Mt. Carmel girls’ cross-country team won Saturday’s Moreau Invitational at Hayward.

Football Top 10

No. School (Record) LW This Week 1. Helix (6-0) 1 vs. Valhalla at G.Hills 2. Morse (6-0) 2 vs. Patrick Henry 3. El Camino (5-1) 3 vs. Oceanside 4. San Pasqual (6-0) 4 vs. Torrey Pines 5. Fallbrook (5-1) 6 vs. Orange Glen 6. Mt. Carmel (4-1-1) 10 at San Dieguito 7. Vista (4-2) 5 vs. Rancho Buena Vista 8. El Capitan (5-1) 8 vs. West Hills 9. University City (6-0) 9 at La Jolla 10. Torrey Pines (5-1) NR at San Pasqual

Others receiving consideration: Poway (5-1), Kearny (5-1).