After the win by No. 1 Santa Margarita over No. 2 St. John Bosco, this week’s rankings sees a shift with Sierra Canyon going up to No. 2 with the Braves dropping to No. 3. Bishop Amat gets a boost to No. 17 after knocking off unbeaten Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) and Chaparral of Temecula...
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25 Yrs Ago: 1st-ever No. 1 vs No. 2 in US
Before an October night in 2001 in Long Beach, there had never been a matchup of No. 1 vs No. 2 teams in U.S. high school football history, going by the major national rankings people were looking at in those years. But the matchup between De La Salle of Concord vs Long Beach Poly had […]
Mater Dei Defense Steps Up In Big Win
Monarchs hold potent Centennial of Corona offense to one touchdown and pick up key late score of their own in a one-point win in a Friday matchup of two teams both inside of the top five in our state rankings. Mater Dei has nationally ranked Bishop Gorman next while Centennial will play up north vs […]
MD tops Bosco in one of best in rivalry
State’s No. 1 team from St. John Bosco falls in final regular season game to its rivals from Mater Dei on Friday, 36-31, in a matchup that shows the Monarchs (even with two losses on their slate) are very, very capable at full strength to be able to win their third straight CIF Open Division […]
Raul Lara: State Football Coach of Year
First-year head coaches hardly ever get consideration for this honor, but Mater Dei’s Raul Lara isn’t just any first-year head coach. He joined the Monarchs after many years coaching at other schools, including a run of 13 seasons at Long Beach Poly in which he was almost State Coach of the Year before. Lara received […]
Mater Dei State Team of Year 2024
Here is the official updated list of the California high school football state teams of the year that goes back for more than 120 years with Mater Dei of Santa Ana now added for 2024. Since the Monarchs also were No. 1 in the pandemic season when there were no section/state playoffs, it’s now four […]
Different MD win vs Bosco for title
It wasn’t close to the 59-14 triumph from earlier this season, but national/state No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana tops state No. 2 St. John Bosco of Bellflower, 31-24, to win its second straight CIF Southern Section D1 championship. They will now go into the CIF Open Division state final in two weeks to […]
What We Saw: MD Romps Past Bosco
Paced by the most disruptive front seven on defense that perhaps no high school team has ever had and an offense that has been getting more dynamic every week since the start of the season, state and national No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana turned its annual regular season showdown game against No. 2 […]
Second Half Surge For No. 1 Mater Dei
In the first game of the season on Thursday for state No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana and the first game for new head coach Raul Lara, No. 3 Centennial (Corona) only trailed 22-17 at halftime. Then the vaunted MD defense took over in the second half in a 42-25 win. Not having top […]
Spring Football: Track stars abound
We begin ramping up our coverage of California high school football for the 2024 season with a look at a great crop of spring athletes in track and field putting up some sizzling marks, including some from Saturday. We also go over an early look at potential top 10 teams to start for the fall […]
