Gonzaga pulls off wild WCAC title win; St. John Bosco, Mater Dei set to meet in third straight championship tilt.
Video: Xcellent 25 High School Football Rankings Gonzaga joins Top 25 after beating DeMatha in WCAC championship game.
The best football game on Sunday didn't involve the NFL. That honor belonged to the WCAC championship game.
DeMatha's
Dominic Logan-Nealy took the ensuing kickoff return for a touchdown to give DeMatha a 43-40 lead with 15 seconds left.
That left too much time on the clock for Williams, Gonzaga's 2021 quarterback, on his birthday.
On the final play of the game he hit
John Marshall for a game-winning 53-yard touchdown with no time left as Gonzaga pulled off perhaps the craziest win of 2018.
The only other new team to join this week's Top 25 was New Jersey power
Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.). The Crusaders improved to 10-1 after beating D
on Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.) 35-17 to advance to the Non-Public Group IV championship game for the second consecutive season. Up next for Bergen Catholic is St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.).
See the video above for a complete look at this week's Xcellent 25 rankings presented by the Army National Guard.
The Braves handed
Oaks Christian (Westlake Village) its only loss of the season as
DJ Uiagalelei completed 13-of-17 passes for 361 yards and six touchdowns in the 56-10 win. The top-rated quarterback from the Class of 2020 now has 3,221 yards passing to go with 47 touchdowns to only four interceptions in 2018.
The Monarchs beat Inland Empire power
Corona Centennial 48-14 in the other semifinal matchup. The No. 1 cornerback from the Class of 2020
Elias Ricks had a historic night returning three interceptions for touchdowns.
No. 14
Warren Central (Indianapolis) held off Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.) 27-20 to advance to the Indiana 6A state championship.
Romeir Elliott had a monster night rushing for 341 yards and two scores. The defense made a huge goal-to-goal stand in the final two minutes to seal the victory.
No. 7
Central (Miami) pulled off a huge victory over
Carol City (Miami) to advance to the third round of the Florida 6A playoffs. 2019 UCF commit
Tatum Bethune came up with a key interception as Carol City was driving in Rockets' territory trailing 24-21.
Lexington Joseph iced the game with an 80-yard touchdown run to give Miami Central a 30-21 lead. The 2019 Florida International commit finished the night with 270 yards rushing and two touchdowns.
