It’s big-boy football week for top teams in Southern California

The football stadium at Allen High School in Texas.
Allen Excessive’s stadium, with a capability of 18,000, will play host to St. John Bosco on Friday night time in Texas.
(Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Occasions)

Neglect the beginning of faculty soccer this weekend. The most important video games are in highschool soccer involving Southern California groups. The highest six groups in The Occasions’ high 25 rankings all have excellent Week 1 video games. Let’s evaluation Friday night time’s clashes.

No. 1 Santa Ana Mater Dei at Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, 6 p.m. The Monarchs will take an 18-game profitable streak in opposition to the highest staff in Nevada. Quarterback Elijah Brown, who has by no means misplaced a highschool sport, accomplished 20 of 26 passes for 291 yards and 5 touchdowns in his season opener for Mater Dei. Bishop Gorman routed Utah energy Nook Canyon final week 42-7. The Gaels have maybe the most effective receiver within the nation in USC commit Zachariah Department. The decide: Mater Dei.

No. 2 St. John Bosco at Allen, Texas, 5 p.m. The Braves depart Wednesday for Texas. They’re taking part in in an 18,000-seat stadium that price $60 million in opposition to a college with a band that has greater than 800 members. Allen is ranked No. 5 in preseason Texas 6A rankings however has a brand new teaching employees. Mater Dei made the Texas journey final season and routed Duncanville. St. John Bosco‘s power is its protection, from the road to the linebackers to a secondary that goes 12 deep. So long as gamers don’t eat too many beef ribs, they need to benefit from the journey. The decide: St. John Bosco.

No. 3 Corona Centennial at San Diego Cathedral Catholic, 7 p.m. Centennial put up 85 factors final week in opposition to Corona Santiago. The Huskies have many offensive weapons however Cathedral confirmed off an impressive protection in knocking off San Diego Mater Dei Catholic. The one query is can Cathedral, with its double wing, rating sufficient factors to stick with the Huskies? The decide: Centennial.

Servite at No. 4 Mission Viejo, 7 p.m. Mission Viejo was off final week after profitable its opener in Hawaii. The offense needs to be a lot better to tackle a Servite staff that misplaced to Rancho Cucamonga in its opener. It will supply a very good gauge to find out if the Diablos really have separated themselves and change into a Division 1 semifinalist contender regardless that Servite is younger and rebuilding from final yr’s finalist staff. The decide: Mission Viejo.

No. 5 Los Alamitos at American Heritage, Florida, Saturday, 4 p.m. This could possibly be the largest sport of the weekend. Los Alamitos needs to problem in Southern Part Division 1. This street sport on nationwide TV presents a possibility to show it’s within the dialogue and has extra to showcase than simply quarterback Malachi Nelson. Los Alamitos defeated Bakersfield Garces 42-0 final week. Heritage is ranked because the No. 7 staff in Florida. The decide: Los Alamitos.

No. 9 Norco at No. 6 Santa Margarita, 7 p.m. Santa Margarita’s protection regarded in midseason type final week in opposition to San Juan Hills. The offense didn’t, however a possibility to face Norco will probably be one other sturdy check in preparation for the Trinity League. Norco scrimmaged St. John Bosco final week and didn’t transfer the ball a lot. The Eagles higher be careful for receiver Grant Grey. The decide: Santa Margarita.

One other intriguing sport has No. 8 Gardena Serra dealing with No. 17 Lengthy Seashore Poly. Serra drained within the second half and missed two conversion kicks in a 27-26 loss to Orange Lutheran final week. The 2 faculties sometimes have shut video games. It will likely be Poly’s passing sport in opposition to Serra’s working sport in a matchup that's BallySports’ sport of the week on TV.

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