California Top 25 high school football scores: No. 1 Mater Dei beats No. 2 St. John Bosco

In the biggest high school football game of the spring in California No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) beat No. 2 St. John Bosco (Bellflower) 34-17 to finish the season a perfect 5-0. Freshman quarterback Elijah Brown threw for over 200 yards and four touchdowns and the win puts the Monarchs in a good position to begin next fall as the No. 1 team in our preseason MaxPreps Top 25 rankings with a lot of talent returning.

The loss dropped the Braves to 5-1 this spring and it was the first time they have tasted defeat since Oct. 25, 2019.

Expect the 2019 MaxPreps national champions to be ranked in the Top 5 to begin next fall.

Three other Top 25 matchup were on tap this week.

Arizona-bound running back James Bohls led No. 15 San Clemente to a 10-7 win over No. 6 Mission Viejo to claim the South Coast League title on Friday. He scored the only touchdown of the night for the Tritons and Sean Harry connected on a game-winning 25-yard field goal as time expired.

No. 22 Alemany (Mission Hills) knocked off No. 16 Serra (Gardena) 25-24 to clinch a share of the Mission League title. The Warriors blocked a punt trailing 24-17 with just over three minutes remaining and Tyler Scott picked it up and returned it for a touchdown. Head coach Casey Clausen elected to go for two and junior quarterback Dylan Gebbia ran it in for what ended up being the game-winning score.

No. 21 Chaminade (West Hills) beat Cathedral (Los Angeles) 42-20 as Alemany, Serra and the Eagles all finished 4-1 in Mission League play.

No. 4 Servite (Anaheim) beat No. 23 Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita) 42-13 on Thursday in the other Top 25 matchup to finish the spring season 4-2. The Friars only two losses came against No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco.

Expect the Friars to begin next fall ranked in our preseason Top 25 with Arizona commit Noah Fifita, USC-bound tight end Keyan Burnett and five-star wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan all returning.

• • 17
    St. John Bosco
  • 34
    Mater Dei

  4/17 Final

• • 21
    De La Salle
  • 7
    Clayton Valley Charter

  4/17 Final

Thursday, 7 p.m. at Santa Ana Stadium

• • 42
    Servite
  • 13
    Santa Margarita

  4/16 Final

• • 2
    Paraclete
  • 51
    Sierra Canyon

  4/16 Final

• • 7
    Mission Viejo
  • 10
    San Clemente

  4/16 Final

No. 7 Los Alamitos vs. Newport Harbor (Newport Beach)

• • 3
    Newport Harbor
  • 41
    Los Alamitos

  4/16 Final

• • 0
    Madison
  • 51
    Cathedral Catholic

  4/16 Final

• • 62
    Norco
  • 20
    Roosevelt

  4/15 Final

• • 62
    Centennial
  • 0
    Corona

  4/15 Final

• • 0
    Millikan
  • 48
    Long Beach Poly

  4/16 Final

• • 34
    Junipero Serra
  • 3
    SICP

  4/17 Final

• • 24
    Serra
  • 25
    Bishop Alemany

  4/16 Final

• • 36
    Buchanan
  • 13
    Clovis East

  4/16 Final

• • 12
    Heritage
  • 26
    Rancho Verde

  4/17 Final

• • 21
    Sunny Hills
  • 28
    La Habra

  4/16 Final

• • 20
    Cathedral
  • 42
    Chaminade

  4/16 Final

• • 63
    Carlsbad
  • 14
    Granite Hills

  4/16 Final

• • 8
    Huntington Beach
  • 56
    Edison

  4/16 Final