MaxPreps Top 25 high school football scores: No. 16 Liberty beats Centennial 24-14 to improve to 9-0

The biggest high school football game involving a MaxPreps Top 25 team this week went down in Arizona as No. 16 Liberty (Peoria) beat Centennial (Peoria) 24-14 to improve to 9-0. It was the third win for the Lions against a team ranked in the top 100 and all but secured the No. 1 seed in the Open Division playoffs. 

No. 10 IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) had its final game of the 2022 season before they face No. 2 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) on Nov. 18 and made a statement with a 96-0 win over West Toronto Prep (Ontario, Iowa). The game was called at halftime.

St. Frances Academy was up 12-11 at halftime against St. Thomas More (Oakdale, Conn.) but cruised in the second half and won 41-18. The Panthers have gone 49-2 since 2017 and have beat the Ascenders in both previous meetings. The beat IMG 34-24 last season and 35-7 in 2019.

No. 5 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) beat Desert Pines (Las Vegas) 41-3 to advance to the 5A state semifinals. It was the first points they have allowed against an in-state opponent. The Gaels have outscored their first seven in-state opponents 448-3. The defending 5A state champs have won 11 of the last 12 state championships, the only time they didn't win was in 2019 when Liberty (Henderson, Nev.) beat them in overtime 30-24. They play the Patriots in the 5A semifinals on Nov. 11. 

No. 6 Buford (Buford, Ga.), No. 7 Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.), No. 9 North Shore (Houston), No. 11 Westlake (Austin, Texas), No. 14 Duncanville (Texas), No. 15 Guyer (Denton, Texas), No. 18 Lakeland (Fla.), No. 19 Katy (Texas), No. 20 Langston Hughes (Fairburn, Ga.), No. 21 Mill Creek (Hoschton, Ga.) and No. 23 Colquitt County (Moultrie, Ga.) all finished up regular season action this week with dominant wins.

• • 41
    St. Frances Academy
  • 18
    St. Thomas More

  11/04 Final

• • 3
    Desert Pines
  • 41
    Bishop Gorman

  11/04 Final

• • 49
    Buford
  • 7
    Central Gwinnett

  11/04 Final

• • 6
    Treasure Coast
  • 45
    Chaminade-Madonna

  11/03 Final

• • 7
    Kingwood
  • 56
    North Shore

  11/04 Final

• • 0
    West Toronto Prep
  • 96
    IMG Academy

  11/04 Final

• • 10
    Johnson
  • 70
    Westlake

  11/03 Final

• • 42
    Duncanville
  • 6
    Mansfield Legacy

  11/03 Final

• • 3
    Rock Hill
  • 31
    Guyer

  11/03 Final

• • 14
    Centennial
  • 24
    Liberty

  11/04 Final

• • 20
    Lakewood
  • 48
    Lakeland

  11/04 Final

• • 7
    Katy Taylor
  • 49
    Katy

  11/04 Final

• • 23
    Paulding County
  • 56
    Langston Hughes

  11/04 Final

Friday, 7:30 p.m.

• • 52
    Mill Creek
  • 28
    Mountain View

  11/04 Final

Friday, 7:30 p.m.

• • 41
    Colquitt County
  • 14
    Richmond Hill

  11/04 Final

• • 0
    Jackson
  • 42
    St. Edward

  11/04 Final

• • 42
    Basha
  • 14
    Casteel

  11/04 Final