Not every prep football aficionado agrees on what makes a great matchup. Some aren't truly interested unless two nationally ranked teams play each other. Others get more excited when two good teams from diverse parts of the country do battle. Then there are the traditionalists who believe the only games that really matter are when nearby rivals battle each other.
Dalyn Dawkins, Trinity
Photo by Wayne Litmer
Regardless of your particular taste, there's something for everyone in this installment of the MaxPreps Top 10 Games of the Week.
In the only matchup between teams in this week's
Xcellent 25 rankings, No. 5 Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) hopes to continue its dream season, but will have its work cut out for it when it visits No. 16 St. Xavier (Cincinnati).
The most noteworthy interregional games of the weekend take place in Bradenton, Fla., where top-ranked Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.) and rival Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.) participate in a doubleheader against Manatee (Bradenton) and Plant (Tampa, Fla.), respectively.
Meanwhile, conference play is beginning in some regions of the country, including the Detroit metro where Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) will host league rival De La Salle (Warren, Mich.) on Sunday. It will be Brother Rice's first game in its new on-campus stadium Fracassa Field.
Kevin Askeland has recorded back-to-back 9-1 weeks, leaving him two games up on the competition in our season-long predictions contest. Jamie DeMoney and Stephen Spiewak went 8-2 last week and are two games back. With 4-6 records last week, Steve Montoya and Mitch Stephens slipped further behind the pace. You can track our overall results and standings all season long by clicking
here.
Here's a look at this week's Top 10 games of the week along with predictions by MaxPreps staff writers and contributors Mitch Stephens, Steve Montoya, Stephen Spiewak, Kevin Askeland and Jamie DeMoney.
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