MaxPreps Top 25 high school football scores: No. 1 Mater Dei slips by Kahuku 21-18

No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) slipped by Kahuku (Hawaii) 21-18 on Friday night. After an early Mater Dei touchdown from Ryan Hopkins to Gavin Honore, the Red Raiders defense kept the Monarchs out of the end zone until Malachi Roby scored with 2:27 left to put the game away. 

Kahuku UCLA commit Madden Soliai intercepted a Mater Dei pass and the Red Raiders took advantage. With under a minute left in the first half Troy Mariteragi hit Rhino Aumua to cut the lead to 8-7.

Mater Dei drove down the field multiple times in the second half but were held to field goals as the Kahuku defense led by Talanoa Ili held firm.

Kahuku had its best chance to tie midway through the fourth quarter by driving to the Mater Dei 12-yard line, but ended up settling for a field goal to cut the lead to 14-10 with 5:58 left. 

The Monarchs ran the ball every play on its next possession and it ended as Roby scored the touchdown with 2:27 left.

Kahuku wasn't done and rolled down the field to score a touchdown with 40 seconds left. The ensuing onside kick was unsuccessful and Mater Dei ran out the clock.

No. 2 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) used two second half touchdowns to defeat No. 4 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.) 21-14. 

Down 14-7, Braves sophomore quarterback Koa Malau'ulu hit four-star senior Madden Williams with a touchdown to tie, and then found senior Carson Clark for the go-ahead score late in the game. 

St. John Bosco four-star junior Isala Wily-Ava intercepted the final St. Frances Academy opportunity late in the fourth quarter. 

Malau’ulu finished with three touchdowns on the day. St. Frances Academy jumped out to a 14-7 lead after Jaylen Burke ran for a 51-yard touchdown followed by a 19-yard scoring run by quarterback Jae'Oyn Williams. 

Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.) took down No. 7 American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) 28-24 on Friday night as four-star senior Jasen Lopez hauled in the game-winning touchdown pass with 2:42 left from freshman quarterback Malik Leonard. The Lions got a stop on defense in the redzone to seal the win.

American Heritage jumped out to a 24-14 lead as five-star Texas pledge Dia Bell tossed three touchdowns, two of which went to Jeffar Jean-Noel. Chaminade-Madonna cut the deficit to 24-21 when four-star Texas commit Derrek Cooper scored his third touchdown of the day. The Lions defense got another stop to get the ball back and win when Lopez caught the pass from Leonard.

No. 8 Duncanville (Texas) defeated South Oak Cliff (Dallas) 35-28 as Maximus The Great Denson threw three touchdown passes. South Oak Cliff came into this game on fire after a 41-31 win over North Shore last week. Down 35-21 against Duncanville, running back Torrin Teague rushed for a 76-yard touchdown with 2:34 left to play. The Panthers were able to run the clock out and win. 

Zach Turner, Trenton Yancey and Emmanuel Ellison caught Denson's touchdown throws while Brayden Arnold found the endzone twice for the Panthers. Levon Morton had a great night for South Oak Cliff and scored two touchdowns.  

No. 16 Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.) held on to defeat West Boca Raton (Boca Raton, Fla.) 21-14. After trailing 7-0, the Crusaders scored three straight touchdowns to go up 21-7 late in the fourth. Sophomore quarterback Trey Tagliaferri threw for three touchdowns. Austin Busso caught two of them and Bryan Porter caught the third one.  

Basha (Chandler, Ariz.) pulled the upset over No. 23 Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) 30-24. The Bears led 24-0 at halftime as quarterback Brodie Vehrs threw for a touchdown and ran for another. Defensively Kaden Williams returned a blocked kick for a touchdown.



Orange Lutheran went out and scored 24 straight points in the second half to tie the game up with a passing and rushing touchdown from quarterback Reagan Toki. The Lancers then scored a defensive touchdown to tie the game. With 2:44 left, Basha put the game away on a Joshua Gaines touchdown run. 

No. 24 Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.) needed overtime to defeat Grandville 31-28. Fabian Garza hit the overtime field goal. Running backs Carson Lovett and Julian Taylor each scored two rushing touchdowns.

  

• • 18
    Kahuku
  • 21
    Mater Dei

  9/05 Final

• • 14
    St. Frances Academy
  • 21
    St. John Bosco

  9/05 Final

• • 14
    Lone Peak
  • 35
    Bishop Gorman

  9/05 Final

• • 13
    Mallard Creek
  • 63
    Grayson

  9/05 Final

• • 28
    Chaminade-Madonna
  • 24
    American Heritage

  9/05 Final

• • 28
    South Oak Cliff
  • 35
    Duncanville

  9/05 Final

• • 21
    Roswell
  • 65
    Buford

  9/05 Final

• • 42
    St. Thomas Aquinas
  • 7
    Columbus

  9/05 Final

• • 14
    Folsom
  • 53
    Mission Viejo

  9/05 Final

• • 0
    Punahou
  • 45
    Sierra Canyon

  9/06 Final

• • 0
    Archbishop Shaw
  • 35
    Edna Karr

  9/05 Final

• • 14
    Liberty
  • 45
    Corner Canyon

  9/05 Final