MaxPreps Top 25 high school football scores: No. 23 Corona Centennial beats No. 9 Mission Viejo, 25-20

In the only MaxPreps Top 25 matchup of the week No. 23 Centennial (Corona, Calif.) handed No. 9 Mission Viejo (Calif.) its only loss of the season with a 25-20 win. Junior running back Malachi Roby had a huge night rushing for 188 yards and two scores. He sealed the win with a long run on third down in the final two minutes.

The Huskies went into halftime up 19-10 but the Diablos scored 10 unanswered points to take a 20-19 lead with 5:27 left in the third quarter. Centennial responded as five-star quarterback Husan Longstreet scampered in from 10 yards out to give the Huskies a 25-20 lead late in the third quarter. Longstreet finished the game with 236 yards passing and two total touchdowns.

Draiden Trudeau connected with Vance Spafford on a flea-flicker setting up the Diablos inside the Huskies 10-yard line. Centennial's defense came up with four big stops as Fifita Tauteoli-Moore intercepted Trudeau's pass on fourth down with 4:51 left. The Huskies picked up two first downs and ran out the clock to advance to the CIF Southern Section Division 1 semifinals.

They will face No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) on Nov. 22. The Monarchs cruised to a 33-13 win over Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.). These two opened the season against each other and Mater Dei won 42-25 but the Huskies were without Longstreet because of a foot injury.

No. 7 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) erased a 23-10 third quarter deficit against Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and clinched a spot in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 semifinals with a 31-29 win. Freshman quarterback Koa Malau'ulu hit Madden Williams for a touchdown to cut the deficit to 23-17. Early in the fourth quarter the Braves took a 24-23 lead after a 66-yard touchdown run from sophomore running back Maliq Allen. 

After the Braves extended their lead to 31-23, John Gazzaniga connected with Trent Mosley for a 32-yard score to make it 31-29 with just over four minutes remaining. The Braves forced an incomplete pass on the Eagles two-point attempt.

No. 16 Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) beat JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) 42-20 and will face the Braves next Friday with a spot in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship on the line. The Braves won the regular season meeting 28-24 as Malau'ulu made his first career start. He completed 24 of 32 passes for 272 yards and four touchdowns as they overcame a 10-0 halftime deficit.

No. 20 Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah) punched its ticket to the 6A state championship with a 35-34 overtime win over Lehi (Utah) at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Thursday.

King Cooper scored on an 11-yard touchdown run on the first possession of overtime to put Corner Canyon up 35-28. The Pioneers answered as Jett Niu connected with Legend Glasker for his fourth touchdown from 15 yards out to make it 35-34. Lehi missed the PAT to send the game to a second overtime. It was the third missed PAT for the Pioneers.

The Chargers jumped out to a 14-0 lead early but Lehi responded by scoring 18 unanswered points. Corner Canyon retook the lead late in the third quarter after Bronson Evans found Chryshaun Lee for an 11-yard touchdown to make it 21-18. The Pioneers responded by scoring 10 unanswered points to make it 28-21 with 3:29 left.

Corner Canyon had one last chance and used the legs of Weston Briggs to set up the Chargers deep in Lehi territory. On 4th-and-2 at the Pioneers 14, Evans found Kai Meza in the back of the endzone with :19 left to send the game to overtime. The Chargers will face Lone Peak (Highland, Utah) in the 6A state championship at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Nov. 21. The Knights are the only team to beat Corner Canyon this season as they won 28-21 in late August.

No. 11 Archbishop Spalding (Severn, Md.) won its third consecutive MIAA-A title beating McDonogh (Owings Mills, Md.) 31-7 on Saturday. The Cavaliers scored 31 unanswered points after the Eagles jumped out to an early 7-0 lead. Archbishop Spalding finished the 2024 season outscoring the opposition, 487-34.

• • 13
    Sierra Canyon
  • 33
    Mater Dei

  11/15 Final

• • 7
    Woodstock
  • 42
    Milton

  11/15 Final

• • 7
    Temple
  • 49
    Duncanville

  11/15 Final

• • 3
    Liberty
  • 49
    Bishop Gorman

  11/15 Final

• • 7
    Dacula
  • 46
    Carrollton

  11/15 Final

• • 56
    North Shore
  • 13
    Deer Park

  11/14 Final

• • 29
    Santa Margarita
  • 31
    St. John Bosco

  11/15 Final

• • 25
    Centennial
  • 20
    Mission Viejo

  11/15 Final

• • 21
    Byron Nelson
  • 56
    North Crowley

  11/16 Final

• • 7
    McDonogh
  • 31
    Archbishop Spalding

  11/16 Final

• • 9
    East Coweta
  • 57
    Buford

  11/15 Final

• • 6
    Letcher County Central
  • 47
    Boyle County

  11/15 Final

• • 6
    Spoto
  • 51
    Lakeland

  11/15 Final

• • 0
    St. John Paul II Academy
  • 63
    Chaminade-Madonna

  11/15 Final

• • 20
    JSerra Catholic
  • 42
    Orange Lutheran

  11/15 Final

• • 7
    Haines City
  • 56
    Venice

  11/15 Final

• • 45
    Dickinson
  • 50
    Atascocita

  11/15 Final

• • 34
    Lehi
  • 35
    Corner Canyon

  11/14 Final

• • 10
    Seton Hall Prep
  • 41
    Bergen Catholic

  11/16 Final

• • 10
    San Marin
  • 42
    De La Salle

  11/15 Final

• • 6
    St. John's
  • 42
    DeMatha

  11/15 Final

• • 6
    Shoemaker
  • 63
    DeSoto

  11/14 Final