Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) showed Saturday why it's been the No. 1 team in the MaxPreps Top 25 all season, punctuating its 7-0 record with a hard-fought 46-37 win over Trinity League rival Servite (Anaheim, Calif.). The back-and-forth game was within one score all night before Oklahoma-bound running back
Raleek Brown scored a 22-yard rushing touchdown with 7:49 remaining in the fourth quarter to give the Monarchs their final margin of victory.
Senior running back
Quincy Craig found the end zone four times and Notre Dame-bound wide receiver
C.J. Williams hauled in eight receptions for 135 yards and a score as the Monarchs clinched the Trinity League title. They finish the regular season this week against (3-6) JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano).
Despite the loss, Servite moved up three spots to No. 5 in this week's MaxPreps Top 25 rankings. The Friars showed they are a top 5 team and gave Mater Dei its toughest game of the season. Senior quarterback
Noah Fifita threw for over 300 yards and two scores, both to four-star wide receiver
Tetairoa McMillan. The future Oregon Duck hauled in 15 receptions for 163 yards. Servite has a chance to make a statement in its regular-season finale Friday at No. 4 St. John Bosco.
Hoover (Ala.) is the lone new team in the MaxPreps Top 25 after snapping Thompson's (Alabaster, Ala.) 27-game win streak. The Buccaneers outscored Thompson 14-0 in the second half of the 24-21 win. Senior quarterback
Bennett Meredith found
Jabari Gaines for the game-winner with 14-seconds remaining. Hoover finished 10-0 and checks in at No. 18.
Thompson falls to No. 25 but the back-to-back 7A state champs will have a chance to climb back up the rankings on the quest for a three-peat. The biggest news surrounding the Warriors is the health of senior quarterback
Conner Harrell, who did not return in the second half last week after an undisclosed injury. The 7A state playoffs begin Nov. 5.
No. 7 Collins Hill (Suwanee, Ga.) is 9-0 for the first time in school history and faces its toughest test of the season at (8-0) Mill Creek (Hoschton) on Oct. 29. The Eagles posted their fifth shutout of the year last week and have outscored the opposition 310-39 in 2021.
Quincy Craig, Mater Dei
Photo by Robbie Rakestraw
Record: 7-0 | Last week: 1
Last week: Beat Servite (Anaheim) 46-37
Next week: Oct. 29 vs. JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano)
Record: 7-0 | Last week: 2
Last week: Beat East St. Louis (Ill.) 49-8
Next week: Oct. 29 at Auburn (Ala.)
Record: 8-0 | Last week: 3
Last week: Beat Akins (Austin) 55-6
Next week: Oct. 29 vs. Austin
Record: 8-1 | Last week: 5
Last week: Beat Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita) 41-16
Next week: Oct. 29 vs. Servite (Anaheim)
Record: 8-1 | Last week: 8
Last week: Lost to Mater Dei (Santa Ana) 46-37
Next week: Oct. 29 at St. John Bosco (Bellflower)
Record: 8-0 | Last week: 6
Last week: Beat Seton Hall Prep (West Orange) 38-28
Next week: Oct. 30 at St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City)
Record: 9-0 | Last week: 7
Last week: Beat Mountain View (Lawrenceville) 28-0
Next week: Oct. 29 at Mill Creek (Hoschton)
Record: 9-0 | Last week: 9
Last week: Idle
Next week: Oct. 29 vs. Franklin Central (Indianapolis)
Record: 8-0 | Last week: 10
Last week: Idle
Next week: Oct. 28 at Katy Taylor (Katy)
Record: 7-0 | Last week: 11
Last week: Beat Queen Creek 26-7
Next week: Oct. 29 vs. Casteel (Queen Creek)
Record: 8-0 | Last week: 12
Last week: Beat V.R. Eaton (Fort Worth) 47-24
Next week: Oct. 29 vs. Timber Creek (Fort Worth)
Record: 8-0 | Last week: 13
Last week: Beat Blake (Tampa) 44-0
Next week: Oct. 29 vs. King (Tampa)
Record: 9-0 | Last week: 14
Last week: Beat Roosevelt (Eastvale) 64-0
Next week: Oct. 28 at Corona
Record: 8-1 | Last week: 15
Last week: Beat Dillard (Fort Lauderdale) 23-13
Next week: Oct. 29 at Nova (Davie)
Record: 7-0 | Last week: 16
Last week: Idle
Next week: Oct. 29 vs. Highland (Gilbert)
Record: 5-1 | Last week: 17
Last week: Idle
Next week: Oct. 29 vs. West Toronto Prep
Record: 8-1 | Last week: 18
Last week: Beat Foothill (Henderson) 59-0
Next week: Oct. 28 vs. Faith Lutheran (Las Vegas)
Record: 10-0 | Last week: NR
Last week: Beat Thompson (Alabaster) 24-21
Next week: Idle
Record: 8-0 | Last week: 19
Last week: Beat St. Amant 53-7
Next week: Oct. 29 vs. Woodlawn (Baton Rouge)
Record: 8-0 | Last week: 20
Last week: Beat Muskogee 56-14
Next week: Oct. 29 at Ponca City
Record: 7-1 | Last week: 21
Last week: Beat Hillgrove (Powder Springs) 42-0
Next week: Oct. 29 at Marietta
Record: 8-0 | Last week: 22
Last week: Beat Lexington 49-3
Next week: Idle
Record: 7-1 | Last week: 23
Last week: Beat Roswell 44-34
Next week: Oct. 29 vs. Woodstock
Record: 7-0 | Last week: 24
Last week: Beat DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) 14-7
Next week: Oct. 30 vs. Good Counsel (Olney, Md.)
Record: 9-1 | Last week: 4
Last week: Lost to Hoover 24-21
Next week: Idle
