Top California high school football games of the week

By Staff Report Sep 18, 2012, 5:00pm

Narbonne at Serra highlights this week's top games from California.

Here is a list of the best games in the state for this week, Sept. 21, as determined by the MaxPreps Freeman Rankings:

MaxPreps Top California High School Football Games of the Week
St. Bonaventure looks for the upset as it hosts No. 1 Santa Margarita on Friday.
St. Bonaventure looks for the upset as it hosts No. 1 Santa Margarita on Friday.
Photo by Lee Calkins

1. Narbonne (Harbor City) [3-0] at Serra (Gardena) [4-0]
Game date: Friday
Narboone's state rank: 2
Serra's state rank: 10

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2. Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita) [4-0] vs. St. Bonaventure (Ventura) [4-0] at Saddleback College (Mission Viejo)
Game date: Friday
Santa Margarita's state rank: 1
St. Bonaventure's state rank: 6

3. Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) [2-1] at Vista Murrieta (Murrieta) [3-0]

Game date: Friday
Cathedral's state rank: 25
Vista Murrieta's state rank: 3


4. Mater Dei (Santa Ana) [3-0] vs. Edison (Huntington Beach) [3-0] at Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa)
Game date: Friday
Mater Dei's state rank: 9
Edison's state rank: 20

5. Crenshaw (Los Angeles) [3-1] at Oaks Christian (Westlake Village) [4-0]
Game date: Friday
Crenshaw's state rank: 35
Oaks Christian's state rank: 4

6. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) [2-1] vs. Servite (Anaheim, Calif.) [1-2] at Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA)

Game date: Friday
Bishop Gorman's state rank: 1
Servite's state rank: 29

7. Chaparral (Temecula) [3-0] at Tesoro (Rancho Santa Margarita) [4-0]

Game date: Friday
Chaparral's state rank: 37
Tesoro's state rank: 13

8. Crespi (Encino) [5-0] at Westlake (Westlake Village) [3-1]
Game date: Friday
Crespi's state rank: 28
Westlake's state rank: 49



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9. St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs) [1-2] at Bishop Amat (La Puente) [3-0-1]

Game date: Friday
St. Paul's state rank: 133
Bishop Amat's state rank: 8

10. Bakersfield [4-0] at Buchanan (Clovis) [2-1]
Game date: Friday
Bakersfield's state rank: 11
Buchanan's state rank: 220