No. 5 Orange Lutheran will battle No. 4 St. John Bosco in game of the week.
The game features a pair of quarterbacks playing at a high level. Junior
Matai Fuiava has thrown 13 touchdown passes for Bosco. Nebraska commit
T.J. Lateef has thrown for 1,107 yards and 13 scores for Orange Lutheran while completing 70 percent of his attempts.
Servite is coming off a 33-14 win over
St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs). Aided by a powerful rushing attack, senior
Quaid Carr had two touchdowns while junior
Gavin Gutierrez had another score on the ground.
JSerra Catholic roared to a 28-6 halftime lead before defeating
Damien (La Verne) 49-21 last week. Quarterback
Ryan Hopkins continued his stellar junior season by passing for two touchdowns. Sophomore running back
William Fredericksen had a pair of rushing scores in the game and five on the season.
In another matchup between 5-0 teams, No. 19
Inglewood will play No. 10
Leuzinger (Lawndale) this week.
The Leuzinger defense has allowed just 56 points this season with two shutouts. Last week the Olympians intercepted five passes in a 61-0 win over Hawthorne.
Since going 0-10 in 2018, Inglewood has gone 53-6. Junior running backs
Victor Santino and
Austyn Tillman lead a run game that averages 222 yards per game. The Sentinels also have a knack for getting to the quarterback and average more than five sacks a game. Senior
Lucien Holland paces the team with 8.5 sacks.
On Saturday No. 18
Los Alamitos makes a trip south to play No. 16
Lincoln (San Diego) in a matchup of two-loss squads. The Los Alamitos defense has allowed just 34 total points in four victories this season.
Lincoln is coming off a trip to Sacramento where the Hornets defeated
Grant (Sacramento) 49-19. Senior four-star Oregon commit
Akili Smith Jr. led several scoring drives despite finishing the game with just one touchdown. Running backs
Aden Jackson and
Junior Curtis each rushed for two scores.
In Northern California,
Los Gatos will face No. 14
Pittsburg. Los Gatos is undefeated at 4-0 with solid wins over
Soquel and
Liberty (Brentwood).
Pittsburg (3-1) ripped off three straight wins before running into powerhouse St. John Bosco. Pittsburg was in that game late in the third, trailing 21-14 before the Braves scored two late touchdowns to win 35-14. Senior
Marley Alcantara has passed for nine touchdowns this year and three of those went to freshman
Kenneth Ward, who has 171 receiving yards this season.
