MaxPreps Top 25 high school football scores: No. 6 Mater Dei wins at Orange Lutheran 25-10

No. 6 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) led Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) 10-3 after the third quarter before scoring 15 unanswered points to start the final frame to win 25-10. 

Malachi Roby scored the first touchdown of the day for Mater Dei in the first quarter. In the fourth quarter senior Justin Lewis ripped off a 40-yard touchdown run to put the Monarchs up 14. 

Mater Dei put the game away when Ohio State commit Kayden Dixon-Wyatt caught a touchdown over two defenders from quarterback Ryan Hopkins. The Monarchs take on Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) next week.

No. 15 Grimsley (Greensboro, N.C.) survived against Varina (Richmond, Va.) 21-14. 

With the game knotted up 14-14 and two minutes left, freshman quarterback Brody Lowe hit senior Kaden Catoe for a 56-yard strike to put Grimsley on the 2-yard line. 

The next play sophomore running back Ty Shoemake scored his second rushing touchdown of the game to give the Whirlies a 21-14 lead with 1:51 left over the No. 6 ranked team in Virginia.

On Varina’s final drive, Grimsley junior Andrew Rogers recorded a sack and then senior Khyan Battle sealed the game with an interception. 

No. 4 IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) won over Venice (Fla.) 27-14. Five-star sophomore quarterback Jayden Wade connected with fellow five-star Eric McFarland for three touchdowns. Five-star junior Zyron Forstall added a big third-down sack to seal the victory. 

The students stormed the field after No. 23 Baylor (Chattanooga) went on the road and beat No. 25 McCallie (Chattanooga) 38-35. 

McCallie went up 14-0 before five-star Baylor running back David Gabriel-Georges took off. The junior rushed for three touchdowns and over 200 yards. His last touchdown put Baylor up 31-28.

The Blue Tornado answered as senior quarterback Elliott Drapeau rushed for a touchdown from midfield to put McCallie back on top 35-31. 

Baylor wasn't done and drove down the field as Louisville pledge Briggs Cherry found senior Kaiden Dewey in the end zone for the lead and the win in the 95th meeting between the schools. 

No. 22 Central (Miami)  was one of three new teams to join the MaxPreps Top 25 this week and has a huge matchup Saturday against a talented Northwestern (Miami) squad. This will be the 30th meeting since 2004 with Central holding a 15-14 edge. 

No. 5 Centennial (Corona, Calif.) was the only MaxPreps Top 25 team to play on Thursday and cruised to a 62-20 win over Roosevelt (Eastvale, Calif.) to give Matt Logan his 300th win as head coach. 

No. 2 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) added another quality win by defeating The First Academy (Orlando, Fla.) 37-0. The Panthers led 24-0 at halftime.

No. 19 De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) in a matchup of undefeated teams 35-14. 

The Spartans improve to 6-0 and all five of their touchdowns were on the ground. Quarterback Brayden Knight and running back Jamal Johnson-Lucas each had two touchdowns while Greg Jones also found the end zone. 

• • 70
    St. John Bosco
  • 21
    JSerra Catholic

  10/03 Final

• • 0
    The First Academy
  • 37
    St. Frances Academy

  10/03 Final

• • 6-0
    Grayson
  • 1-4
    Heritage

  12p

• • 27
    IMG Academy
  • 14
    Venice

  10/03 Final

• • 20
    Roosevelt
  • 62
    Centennial

  10/02 Final

• • 25
    Mater Dei
  • 10
    Orange Lutheran

  10/03 Final

• • 0
    Palo Verde
  • 51
    Bishop Gorman

  10/03 Final

• • 0
    Serra
  • 30
    Sierra Canyon

  10/03 Final

• • 34
    Buford
  • 3
    Collins Hill

  10/03 Final

• • 21
    St. Augustine
  • 42
    Edna Karr

  10/03 Final

• • 0
    Hollywood Hills
  • 63
    St. Thomas Aquinas

  10/03 Final

• • 6
    Riverdale Baptist
  • 43
    DeMatha

  10/03 Final

• • 28
    Keller
  • 63
    Southlake Carroll

  10/03 Final

 

• • 48
    Carrollton
  • 9
    Westlake

  10/03 Final

• • 14
    Varina
  • 21
    Grimsley

  10/03 Final

• • 17
    Santa Margarita
  • 7
    Servite

  10/03 Final

• • 7
    Monarch
  • 28
    Chaminade-Madonna

  10/03 Final

• • 56
    Basha
  • 0
    Westwood

  10/03 Final

• • 14
    Cathedral Catholic
  • 35
    De La Salle

  10/03 Final

• • 6
    Moore
  • 81
    Bixby

  10/03 Final

• • 64
    Cass Tech
  • 0
    Western International

  10/03 Final

• • 4-1
    Northwestern
  • 3-0
    Central

  7:30p

• • 38
    Baylor
  • 35
    McCallie

  10/03 Final

• • 49
    Clay-Chalkville
  • 0
    Mountain Brook

  10/03 Final