Diving deeper into Friday's meeting between high school football's top two teams.
Video: Previewing No. 1 St. John Bosco vs. No. 2 Mater DeiMaxPreps Football Editor Zack Poff breaks down the biggest game of the 2018 regular season. A brief look at the much-talked about and highly anticipated game Friday at the Santa Ana Bowl between
St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) and
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.).
By the Numbers
160 — Amount of 247Sports recruiting stars between the two teams. Bosco, led by 5-star junior QB
DJ Uiagalelei, owns 84 stars and Mater Dei, powered by 5-star senior two-way athlete
Bru McCoy, boasts 76.
1 — MaxPreps national ranking of St. John Bosco.
2 — MaxPreps national ranking of Mater Dei.
7 — Previous times the nation's top two ranked football teams have squared off.
22 — Consecutive win streak — on the field — for Mater Dei.
15 — Cumulative amount of minutes Mater Dei has trailed during its win streak.
1,056 — Cumulative minutes of those 22 games.
199 — Combined completions from 5-star quarterbacks Uiagalelei (102) and Mater Dei's
Bryce Young (97).
66 — Incomplete passes between Uiagalelei (37) and Young (29).
44 — Touchdown passes combined between Young (21) and Uiagalelei (23).
5 — Interceptions combined between Young (3) and Uiagalelei (2).
25 — Sacks by Mater Dei, led by McCoy (5).
27.5 — Sacks by St. John Bosco, led by
Cole Aubrey (9.5).
George Holani, St. John Bosco
Photo by Heston Quan
Year Mater Dei head coach Bruce Rollinson starting coaching at the school.
1973 — Year St. John Bosco coach Jason Negro was born.
6-6, 245 — Identical sizes of tight ends
Jude Wolfe (SJB), a USC commit, and UCLA pledge
Mike Martinez (MD).
16 — Players from each team who have recorded at least 10 tackles, led by SJB's
Ralen Goforth (49) and MD's
Moses Sepulona (39).
13 — SJB players who have scored touchdowns, led by RB
George Holani (14).
12 — Mater Dei players who have scored touchdowns, led by RB
Sean Dollars (10).
180-178 — Cumulative score — in favor of Mater Dei — of the last six meetings between the teams, split three wins apiece.
31-28 — Projected final score from the Freeman rating. The winner: St. John Bosco.
Sean Dollar, Mater Dei
Photo by Anthony Guillean
