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Long Beach Poly (#6 USA Today) had another close call Saturday. One week after surviving by four points in the opening round of the PAC-5 playoffs, the Jackrabbits just got by Esperanza. Poly's 17-10 win moves them into the semifinals where it will face Lakewood. Click here for a game story.
California High School Football Scores Saturday, November 29, 2008
SOUTHERN SECTION Quarterfinals
PAC-5 (I) Long Beach Poly 17, Esperanza 10
MID-VALLEY (XI) Paraclete 14, Northview 0
EAST VALLEY (XII) Maranatha 23, Big Bear 22 (OT)
NORTHEAST (XIII) Riverside Christian 49, St. Genevieve 28 Linfield Christian 26, Bell-Jeff 0
8 MAN DIVISION I Semifinals Faith Baptist 18, Thacher 14 Santa Clarita Christian 26, Windward 21
8 MAN DIVISION II Semifinal Desert Chapel 42, North County Christian 38
In keeping with our theme today of find the "feel good stories" in high school football. Please click here to read a wonderful story from Bill Plaschke of the LA Times about Rudy Lugo, who dedicated his life to high school football for nearly. The former Canoga Park head coach died a couple of weeks ago after battling cancer. If you know of a great story that should be told to The High School Football Huddle readers, please email me at jeff@blitzgroupllc.com.
By Jeff Fisher The High School Football Huddle In it's first big California test, Long Beach Poly showed that it's prepared to make a run at a Division I state championship. The Jackrabbits moved to 5-0 with a 12-7 win over previously unbeaten St. Bonaventure.
California High School Football Scores Friday, October 10, 2008
USA Today Super 25 #6 Long Beach Poly 12 St. Bonvaventure 7 #10 Centennial 38 Roosevelt 7
Post-Game Comments from Gardena Serra/Taft
CITY EAST VALLEY LEAGUE Arleta 47, Grant 7 Sun Valley Poly 47, Verdugo Hills 12
EASTERN LEAGUE Los Angeles Roosevelt 44, Bell 3 Los Angeles Jordan 44, Huntington Park 27
NONLEAGUE Belmont 35, South Gate 19 Lincoln 31, Los Angeles 6 Los Angeles Marshall 42, Santee 21 Los Angeles Wilson 52, Contreras 32 San Pedro 38, Sylmar 14
SOUTHERN SECTION BIG VIII LEAGUE Corona Centennial 38, Corona Roosevelt 7 Riverside North 35, King 17
CITRUS BELT LEAGUE Redlands East Valley 17, Fontana 0 Carter 34, Rialto 14 Miller 24, Yucaipa 0 Redlands 40, Eisenhower 13
GOLDEN LEAGUE Eastside 36, Antelope Valley 14 Highland 14, Littlerock 12 Palmdale 28, Knight 21 Quartz Hill 29, Lancaster 13
INLAND VALLEY LEAGUE Rancho Verde 21, Moreno Valley 0 La Sierra 36, Canyon Springs 27 Ramona 43, Vista del Lago 37 Valley View 41, Arlington 34
LOS PADRES LEAGUE Lompoc Cabrillo 28, Santa Ynez 20 Morro Bay 36, Templeton 26 Pioneer Valley 20, Nipomo 0 Santa Maria St. Joseph 42, Santa Maria 0
MARMONTE LEAGUE Thousand Oaks 38, Agoura 14 Moorpark 45, Simi Valley 14 Newbury Park 23, Royal 21 Westlake 49, Calabasas 21
MONTVIEW LEAGUE Azusa 36, Sierra Vista 3 Duarte 34, Gladstone 16 Workman 20, La Puente 14
MOORE LEAGUE Lakewood 30, Long Beach Cabrillo 8 Compton 30, Long Beach Wilson 22 Long Beach Jordan 21, Millikan 7
MOUNTAIN PASS LEAGUE Banning 35, Heritage 28 Beaumont 45, Tahquitz 31 Citrus Hill 48, Riverside Notre Dame 17
PAC-7 LEAGUE San Luis Obispo 42, Lompoc 33
PACIFIC LEAGUE Arcadia 22, Glendale 6 Crescenta Valley 20, Burbank 12 Muir 13, Burbank Burroughs 10 Pasadena 51, Hoover 0
SAN JOAQUIN LEAGUE Twin Pines 27, Animo Leadership 20
SUBURBAN LEAGUE Artesia 61, Cerritos 13
NONLEAGUE Crespi 37, Saugus 14 Los Osos 35, West Ranch 14 Bishop Amat 17, Diamond Ranch 6 Chaparral 56, Cathedral City 3 Arroyo Grande 34, San Marcos 21 Bell Gardens 24, Paramount 6 Beverly Hills 38, Desert Hot Springs 7 Big Bear 35, Rosamond 10 Bishop Diego 33, Grace Brethren 24 Boron 35, Vasquez 0 Buena 17, Hueneme 0 Camarillo 10, Oak Park 7 Campbell Hall 14, Lucerne Valley 0 Cantwell-Sacred Heart 33, Bosco Tech 7 Cathedral 37, Morningside 7 Cerritos Valley Christian 56, Godinez 0 Charter Oak 35, Etiwanda 32 Chino Hills 28, Silverado 20 Corona del Mar 17, Villa Park 5 Costa Mesa 35, Century 6 Desert 28, Pasadena Poly 8 Dos Pueblos 30, Rio Mesa 22 El Segundo 35, Bishop Montgomery 13 Harvard-Westlake 28, Chaminade 13 Hesperia 27, Ridgecrest Burroughs 24 Inglewood 31, Palos Verdes 30 Jurupa Valley 27, Perris 12 Kaiser 13, Colton 13 La Canada 28, Arroyo 0 La Serna 21, Los Altos 6 Lakeside 28, Calvary Murrieta 7 Leuzinger 35, Hawthorne 6 Linfield Christian 42, Chadwick 14 Lynwood 49, Lawndale 13 Malibu 20, Flintridge Prep 7 Maranatha 14, Rio Hondo Prep 7 Murrieta Valley 35, La Quinta 7 Newport Harbor 42, Mira Costa 14 Nordhoff 49, Fillmore 7 Norte Vista 40, Montclair 27 North Torrance 28, West Torrance 21 Northview 40, Nogales 7 Ocean View 27, Estancia 8 Oxnard 38, Ventura 7 Oxnard Pacifica 38, Santa Barbara 37 Paloma Valley 29, Bloomington 14 Redondo 23, Culver City 22 Rim of the World 27, Granite Hills 7 Rowland 21, Baldwin Park 0 San Clemente 28, La Habra 21 San Dimas 50, Bonita 33 San Gorgonio 40, Apple Valley 27 San Marino 29, San Gabriel 17 Santa Clara 50, Kilpatrick 8 Santa Fe 21, Downey 16 Santa Monica 28, Capistrano Valley 14 Santa Paula 27, Channel Islands 21 Schurr 7, Whittier 6 Silver Valley 21, Mojave 0 South Hills 14, Rosemead 10 South El Monte 35, Alhambra 7 South Pasadena 35, Keppel 6 South Torrance 27, Peninsula 7 St. Anthony 26, Downey Calvary Chapel 14 St. Francis 45, El Rancho 7 St. Paul 42, Pioneer 0 Summit 39, Sultana 14 Temescal Canyon 31, Hemet 20 Temple City 28, La Salle 17 Twentynine Palms 24, Aquinas 21 Walnut 47, Sonora 13 Warren 23, Torrance 21 West Covina 35, Diamond Bar 25 Whittier Christian 34, Kern Valley 7
INTERSECTIONAL Orange Lutheran 42, Wilmington Banning 7 Los Alamitos 41, Narbonne 28 Gardena Serra 49, Taft 13 Atascadero 20, Sanger 7 Calexico 10, Coachella Valley 8 Carlsbad Army-Navy 14, Sage Hill 6 El Centro Southwest 22, Desert Mirage 21 Gardena 24, Huntington Beach 7 San Diego Cathedral 63, Chino 7 San Diego Horizon 45, Anza Hamilton 0 San Diego Parker 49, Laguna Beach 7 Valencia 35, Westchester 0
8 MAN AGAPE LEAGUE Joshua Springs 20, Victor Valley Christian 15
EXPRESS LEAGUE Southlands Christian 46, Eastside Christian 14
MAJESTIC LEAGUE Temecula Prep 62, Marywood-Palm Valley 12
OMEGA LEAGUE Sierra Canyon 47, First Lutheran 0
VICTORY LEAGUE Bermuda Dunes Desert Christian 62, High Desert Academy 14 Desert Chapel 42, California Lutheran 6 Moreno Valley Calvary Chapel 24, Upland Christian 0
WARRIOR LEAGUE San Jacinto Valley Academy 56, Nuview Bridge 6
By Jeff Fisher The High School Football Huddle Long Beach Poly doesn't rebuild, it just reloads and tonight the Jackrabbits (4-0) will get a good idea how far they've come in rebuilding last year's PAC-5 division championship team.
Poly, ranked #6 this week by USA Today, will host St. Bonaventure (4-0) at Long Beach Veterans Stadium. Poly is ranked #2 this week in its Top 25, while St. Bonaventure is #3.
Click here for a preview from the LA Times and check-out the video below on some of Poly's top defensive players.
By Jeff Fisher The High School Football Huddle Don Bosco Prep's (Ramsey, NJ) come-from-behind 23-21 win over former #9 De La Salle (Concord, CA) helped to shuffle this week's USA Today Super 25. DBP pops-up three spots to #22, while the Spartans fall to #25.
Otherwise, a couple of close calls by former #4 Long Beach Poly (CA) and #13 Lakeland shuffled the deck a little with #10 Centennial (Corona, CA) and #21 Trinity (Louisville, KY) joining DBP as the biggest movers going up three spots each.
By Jeff Fisher The High School Football Huddle The game between two of the top high school football programs in the country lived up to the hype Saturday night as Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ) edged De La Salle (Concord, CA) 23-21 before a national television audience on ESPNU.
DBP (2-1) came back from a 21-7 halftime deficit and beat the Spartans on a 19-yards field goal from Patrick Murray with just 10 seconds to go in the game. Don Bosco Prep entered the game ranked #25 in the country by USA Today, while De La Salle (2-1) was #9. The win snapped De La Salle's 15-game win streak.
Two of the best high school football teams from each side of the country will square-off in northern California Saturday night. De La Salle (Concord, CA) will host Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ) in a nationally televised game on ESPNU at 7:30.
This one should live-up to the hype that has been building since the game was announced back in February. De La Salle (2-0) enters the game ranked #9 by USA Today, while DBP (1-1) is ranked #25. The Ironmen began the year ranked #4 in the USA Today Super 25, but lost their opener to St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH), which at the time of the win two weeks ago was also ranked by USA Today.
By Jeff Fisher The High School Football Huddle Except for Centennial, PAC-5 schools continue to dominate the LA Times Top 25 high school football rankings. Seven teams from the the PAC-5 are in the Top 10, and there are 14 PAC-5 schools overall in the Top 25.
The biggest change is Mater Dei's two spot drop to #5 after losing to #2 Centennial last weekend.
By Jeff Fisher The High School Football Huddle It wasn't the track meet like last year, but Friday night's game between Southern California powers Centennial (Corona, CA) and Mater Dei (Santa Ana, CA) didn't disappoint those that like offense.
The two team combined for 966 yards in total offense, and when the dust cleared, Centennial (#16 USA Today Super 25) stood the victor 47-35. The Huskies victory avenged last year's defeat to Mater Dei 51-37 when the two teams combined for 1,300 yards in total offense.
Mater Dei entered the game ranked #2 in California, while Centennial was #4.
To read more about the game from the Orange County Register, click here.
Two of California's best high school football teams square-off Friday night in Santa Ana. Mater Dei (2-0) and USC-bound quarerback Matt Barkley will host Centennial (1-0), the #16 team in this week's USA Today Super 25. Mater Dei is ranked #2 in California, while Centennial is ranked #4.
For a game preview from the OC Register, click here.
By Jeff Fisher The High School Football Huddle The name is synonymous with all that is good with high school football. De La Salle in Concord, California is pretty much unmatched in the sport.
Most know the Spartans because of their incredible 151-game win streak that stretched between 1992 and 2003, but it's really the incredible dominance the school has shown under head coach Bob Ladouceur (332-20-3), who has put together winners, usually without a ton of blue chippers.
Last year, De La Salle captured its first-ever California Division 1 State Championship (statewide championships only began in 2006) defeating also nationally-ranked Centennial 37-31.
This year, the Spartans have the usual list of goals and challenges.
First, will be the showdown with New Jersey power Don Bosco Prep on September 27 in Concord. DBP is ranked #4 by USA Today, while De La Salle is #7.
Then there's the move by the Spartans a new league...East Bay Athletic League.
To read more about the Spartans, who open the season next Saturday against Serra, click here.
California High School Football Scores Friday, September 5, 2008
San Francisco Area
Peninsula Nonleague Serra 56, Westmont 0 South SF 39, Carlmont 14 Sacred Heart Cathedral 50, Santa Cruz 0 Woodside 41, Sacramento 14 Oak Grove 40, St. Francis 7 Pioneer 41, Aragon 19
East Bay Nonleague Dougherty Valley 42, Richmond 0 Clayton Valley 20, Liberty 0 Freedom 28, Amador Valley 3 Encinal 38, Alameda 10 Newark Memorial 35, Alhambra 13 Campolindo 35, Livermore 22 Mission 13, El Cerrito 9 Kennedy-Fremont 32, Balboa 6 Heritage 21, Mt. Carmel 14 Concord 50, De Anza 0 Miramonte 31, Antioch 28
BFL Salesian 42, CSD 12
North Bay Nonleague Analy 30, Terra Linda 22 Justin-Siena 50, Emery 0
It took three overtimes, but 2007 Gatorade National Player of the Year Matt Barkley and his Mater Dei (Santa Ana, CA) teammates were finally able to shake Carson 46-43 in a game that was nationally televised on ESPN 2 Wednesday night.
Barkley, who looked good-and-bad at times, tossed six touchdown passes to go along with four interceptions, including one in the second scoreless overtime for the Monarchs, who entered the game ranked #29 in the ESPN Rise Fab 50. Barkley, who has verbally committed to USC, ended the game 15-of-31 for 301 yards. His top receiver was senior Ario Winston who caught six balls for 143 yards and three touchdowns.
To read more from the Orange County Register, click here.
By Jeff Fisher The High School Football Huddle The top seven teams held firm in the first regular season ESPN Rise Fab 50 high school football rankings, while six teams fell-out of the poll.
Trinity (Euless, TX) held on to its #1 pre-season poll ranking with a solid 28-12 win over former #23 John Curtis (River Ridge, LA) Sunday in the Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Football Series. Trinity collected all five first-place votes.
The state of California flexed its muscles in the poll with #3 De La Salle, #9 Long Beach Poly, #13 Lutheran, #29 Mater Dei and #33 Bellarmine Prep.
The biggest mover in Week 1 is Glenville (Cleveland, OH), which jumps 30 spots from #48 to #18 after season opening wins over former #17 St. Ignatius (Cleveland, OH) and 2007 Pennsylvania Class AAA champ Thomas Jefferson. Another Ohio team, Cincinnati Colerain announced its entrance into the Fab 50 in a big way. The formerly unranked Cardinals enter the poll at #26 after wins over former #9 St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH) and western Pennsylvania power McKeesport.
The highest rank team to fall out of the poll was former #27 Joliet Catholic (Chicago, IL)
Here's the Fab 50... with 2008 records, number of votes and previous rankings.
Long Beach Poly (#6 USA Today) had another close call Saturday. One week after surviving by four points in the opening round of the PAC-5 playoffs, the Jackrabbits just got by Esperanza. Poly's 17-10 win moves them into the semifinals where it will face Lakewood. Click here for a game story.
