Top 25 high school football playoff scores: No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco both win big

By Zack Poff Nov 22, 2019, 11:40pm

Mater Dei and St. John Bosco both roll to dominant wins setting up another 1 vs. 2 showdown.

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There were plenty of upsets this week but the top two teams both rolled in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 semifinals.

No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) handed Mission Viejo its first loss of the season with a 49-24 win and No. 2 St. John Bosco (Bellflower) beat No. 25 Centennial (Corona) 52-14 setting up another 1 vs. 2 showdown on Nov. 30.

No. 7 Lakeland (Fla.), No. 11 Allen (Texas), No. 16 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas), No. 21 Mallard Creek (Charlotte), and No. 23 Longview (Texas) all lost this week.



Armwood (Seffner, Fla.) beat Lakeland 23-10 and expect them to jump into the rankings next week. 2020 Ohio State commit Jaxon Smith-Njigba led Rockwall to a 60-59 win over the Eagles snapping their streak of six consecutive 6A Division 1 semifinal appearances. The Gaels lost to their first in-state opponent since 2008 losing to Liberty (Henderson, Nev.) 30-24 in overtime. The win snapped Bishop Gorman's 115 game winning streak against Nevada opponents.

Mallard Creek lost to Zebulon B. Vance (Charlotte) in the second round of the 4AA bracket and Emmitt Smith's son, EJ Smith, led Dallas Jesuit (Texas) to a 27-25 upset win over No. 23 Longview (Texas). He finished the night with four touchdowns.

The Ohio Division 1 quarterfinal matchup lived up to the hype between No. 13 Mentor and the defending state champs, St. Edward (Lakewood). It went to overtime and the Cardinals went for two after scoring a touchdown winning 36-35 to advance to the semifinals.

Three more Top 25 teams are in action on Saturday and Sunday. Ja'Quinden Jackson and No. 3 Duncanville (Texas) take on Flower Mound (Texas) at AT&T Stadium and No. 17 Chandler (Ariz.) faces Bijan Robinson and Salpointe Catholic (Tucson) in the Arizona Open Division semifinals.

No. 24 St. John's (Washington. D.C.) takes on Good Counsel (Olney, Md.) on Sunday for the WCAC championship at Catholic University (Washington, D.C).

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