El Camino comes away with convincing 49-20 win at Helix

Visiting El Camino capitalized on a number of early Helix Charter High turnovers last Friday en route to a 49-20 victory in the season varsity football opener in La Mesa.

helix cheer pic 2 lmc online — Helix cheerleaders get the crowd going during last Friday’s game versus El Camino.

Helix, coming off a 9-2 overall campaign and 4-1 mark in Grossmont Hills play a season ago, will look to rebound this Friday evening when it hosts Saint Francis.

helix band pic 1 lmc online — The Helix band made its season debut last Friday night.

Meantime, El Camino returns to Oceanside where it will play host to Mountain View High this Friday night.

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Photos by Emiliano Lopez