High school football's No. 1-ranked team Mater Dei has this week's game canceled

Bishop Montgomery forced out of matchup with Monarchs after losing players to suspension following game-ending incident in Hawaii vs. Saint Louis.

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Fresh off a season-opening win, high school football's No. 1-ranked team Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) announced Monday its game against Bishop Montgomery (Torrance, Calif.) scheduled for Friday has been canceled.

Bishop Montgomery, which has been a lightning rod of controversy this season, lost its opener 34-27 Saturday to Hawaii power Saint Louis (Honolulu) in a game that was called off in the final minute following a confrontation between players and ensuing chaos. 

The altercation resulted in numerous suspensions for Bishop Montgomery players. This comes on top of five transfers being deemed ineligible by the Southern Section office for falsifying documents.

As a result of the transfer denials, Bishop Montgomery had to bring up nine freshmen for the Saint Louis game.

Mater Dei will be left with only nine regular season games for the second straight season. The next game for the Monarchs is Sept. 5 at home against Kahuku (Hawaii).

On Saturday, Mater Dei, the consensus preseason No. 1 team in the country, built a 26-3 halftime lead against No. 11 St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) only to see the six-time defending state champions put up 20 unanswered points but fall short in the upset bid.