MaxPreps Top 25 high school football scores: Miami Northwestern beats No. 22 Miami Central 30-21

The biggest game of the week went down in Chattanooga, Tennessee as five-star junior running back David Gabriel-Georges led No. 23 Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.) to a 38-35 win over No. 25 McCallie (Chattanooga, Tenn.). It was the first win for the Red Raiders at McCallie since 1996. 

Gabriel George finished with a career high 282 yards on the ground on 25 carries. He found the endzone three times, including a remarkable 60-yard score to give Baylor a 31-28 lead with 8:39 remaining. The Blue Tornado responded as Elliott Drapeau scored from 42 yards out to give McCallie a 35-31 lead with 5:51 left. 

Baylor answered back as four-star Louisville commit Briggs Cherry connected with Kaiden Dewey on 2nd and goal from the 15 for the go-ahead score with 1:02 remaining. 

Northwestern (Miami) got its biggest win of the season with a 30-21 victory over rival Central (Miami) on Saturday. It was the Bulls first win on the field over the Rockets since 2020. 

No. 6 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) led Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) 10-3 after the third quarter before scoring 15 unanswered points to start the final frame to win 25-10. 

Malachi Roby scored the first touchdown of the day for Mater Dei in the first quarter. In the fourth quarter senior Justin Lewis ripped off a 40-yard touchdown run to put the Monarchs up 14. 

Mater Dei put the game away when Ohio State commit Kayden Dixon-Wyatt caught a touchdown over two defenders from quarterback Ryan Hopkins. The Monarchs take on Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) next week.

No. 15 Grimsley (Greensboro, N.C.) survived against Varina (Richmond, Va.) 21-14. 

With the game knotted up 14-14 and two minutes left, freshman quarterback Brody Lowe hit senior Kaden Catoe for a 56-yard strike to put Grimsley on the 2-yard line. 

The next play sophomore running back Ty Shoemake scored his second rushing touchdown of the game to give the Whirlies a 21-14 lead with 1:51 left over the No. 6 ranked team in Virginia.



On Varina’s final drive, Grimsley junior Andrew Rogers recorded a sack and then senior Khyan Battle sealed the game with an interception. 

No. 4 IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) won over Venice (Fla.) 27-14. Five-star sophomore quarterback Jayden Wade connected with fellow five-star Eric McFarland for three touchdowns. Five-star junior Zyron Forstall added a big third-down sack to seal the victory. 

No. 5 Centennial (Corona, Calif.) was the only MaxPreps Top 25 team to play on Thursday and cruised to a 62-20 win over Roosevelt (Eastvale, Calif.) to give Matt Logan his 300th win as head coach. 

No. 2 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) added another quality win by defeating The First Academy (Orlando, Fla.) 37-0. The Panthers led 24-0 at halftime.

No. 19 De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) in a matchup of undefeated teams 35-14. 

The Spartans improve to 6-0 and all five of their touchdowns were on the ground. Quarterback Brayden Knight and running back Jamal Johnson-Lucas each had two touchdowns while Greg Jones also found the end zone. 

• • 70
    St. John Bosco
  • 21
    JSerra Catholic

  10/03 Final

• • 0
    The First Academy
  • 37
    St. Frances Academy

  10/03 Final

• • 41
    Grayson
  • 0
    Heritage

  Final

• • 27
    IMG Academy
  • 14
    Venice

  10/03 Final

• • 20
    Roosevelt
  • 62
    Centennial

  10/02 Final

• • 25
    Mater Dei
  • 10
    Orange Lutheran

  10/03 Final

• • 0
    Palo Verde
  • 51
    Bishop Gorman

  10/03 Final

• • 0
    Serra
  • 30
    Sierra Canyon

  10/03 Final

• • 34
    Buford
  • 3
    Collins Hill

  10/03 Final

• • 21
    St. Augustine
  • 42
    Edna Karr

  10/03 Final

• • 0
    Hollywood Hills
  • 63
    St. Thomas Aquinas

  10/03 Final

• • 6
    Riverdale Baptist
  • 43
    DeMatha

  10/03 Final

• • 28
    Keller
  • 63
    Southlake Carroll

  10/03 Final

 

• • 48
    Carrollton
  • 9
    Westlake

  10/03 Final

• • 14
    Varina
  • 21
    Grimsley

  10/03 Final

• • 17
    Santa Margarita
  • 7
    Servite

  10/03 Final

• • 7
    Monarch
  • 28
    Chaminade-Madonna

  10/03 Final

• • 56
    Basha
  • 0
    Westwood

  10/03 Final

• • 14
    Cathedral Catholic
  • 35
    De La Salle

  10/03 Final

• • 6
    Moore
  • 81
    Bixby

  10/03 Final

• • 64
    Cass Tech
  • 0
    Western International

  10/03 Final

• • 30
    Northwestern
  • 21
    Central

  Final

• • 38
    Baylor
  • 35
    McCallie

  10/03 Final

• • 49
    Clay-Chalkville
  • 0
    Mountain Brook

  10/03 Final