MaxPreps Presesason High School Football Top 25: No. 18 De La Salle

By Zack Poff Jul 22, 2019, 9:00am

Spartans have won at least 10 games every season for past 14 years.

Video: Preseason Top 25 high school football rankings
We set the tone for 2019 by looking at the nation's elite programs.


Head coach: Justin Alumbaugh

Last season: 12-1, No. 9 national ranking. Only loss was 35-21 to Mater Dei in CIF Open Division championship.



Last decade: 130-10
Head coach Justin Alumbaugh
Head coach Justin Alumbaugh
File photo by Dennis Lee
KEY PLAYERS

RB/S Shamar Garrett (5-7, 180, Sr.) — Explosive playmaker on both sides of the ball.

WR Grant Daley (6-0, 180, Sr.) — Led team in receiving last season and expect even bigger 2019.

QB Dorian Hale (6-0, 175, Jr.) — Showed off talents as a sophomore and will be one of the top quarterbacks in Northern California.

WR Lu-Magia Hearns (5-10, 160, Jr.) — Hearns and Daley will give Hale two big-time targets on offense.

DT Benjamin Roe (5-11, 270, Sr.) — The leader on the defensive line.
Quarterback Dorian Hale
Quarterback Dorian Hale
File photo by Todd Shurtleff
KEY  GAMES



Aug. 23 vs. No. 10 St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

Aug. 30 at Central Catholic (Modesto)

Sept. 13 at No. 25 Folsom

Sept. 20 vs. Buchanan (Clovis)
Running back Shamar Garrett
Running back Shamar Garrett
File photo by Dennis Lee