Bosco, the defending national champion, checks in at No. 2 on our list of toughest schedules. The Braves are scheduled to meet three top 10 teams – including No. 9
St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) – and seven that were included in the top 100.
Mater Dei takes the third spot as first-year head coach Frank McManus and the Monarchs face three teams in the MaxPreps Top 25 and seven in the top 100. The Monarchs open the season Aug. 18 at No. 15
Centennial (Corona, Calif.).
Aug. 18 — at No. 10 Buford (Ga.)
Aug. 26 — vs. No. 7 Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.) *
Sept. 2 — at No. 41 East St. Louis (Ill.)
Sept. 8 — at No. 3 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
Sept. 22 — vs. No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Nov. 17 — at No. 4 IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
Full schedule
Aug. 26 — at No. 9 St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Sept. 8 — vs. No. 6 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)
Sept. 16 — at No. 61 Kahuku (Hawaii)
Sept. 29 — at No. 95 Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
Oct. 13 — vs. No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Oct. 20 — at No. 91 JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Oct. 27 — at No. 47 Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)
Aug. 18 — at No. 15 Corona Centennial (Corona, Calif.)
Sept. 9 — vs. No. 61 Kahuku (Hawaii)
Sept. 22 — at No. 6 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)
Oct. 6 — vs. No. 91 JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano)
Oct. 13 — at No. 3 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
Oct. 19 — at No. 47 Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)
Oct. 27 — vs. No. 95 Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
Full schedule
Aug. 26 — vs. No. 6 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) *
Sept. 1 — at No. 68 Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Sept. 8 — vs. No. 24 Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.)
Sept. 15 — at No. 21 American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)
Sept. 21 — at No. 5 Miami Central (Miami)
Full schedule
Aug. 25 — at No. 64 De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
Sept. 1 — vs. No. 96 Eastside Catholic (Sammamish, Wash.)
Sept. 8 — at No. 49 Chandler (Ariz.)
Sept. 15 — vs. No. 34 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)
Sept. 29 — at No. 91 JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Oct. 6 — at No. 95 Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
Oct. 19 — vs. No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Oct. 27 — vs. No. 3 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
6. Centennial (Corona, Calif.)
Aug. 18 — vs. No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Aug. 25 — at No. 95 Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
Sept. 8 — at No. 2 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)
Sept. 22 — vs. No. 43 Liberty (Peoria, Ariz.)
Full schedule
Aug. 26 — at No. 11 St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia)
Aug. 31 — at No. 30 Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)
Nov. 17 — vs. No. 6 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)
Full schedule
Aug. 25 — vs. No. 15 Corona Centennial (Corona, Calif.)
Sept. 29 — vs. No. 3 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
Oct. 6 — vs. No. 47 Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)
Oct. 13 — at No. 91 JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Oct. 27 — at No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Aug. 26 — at No. 21 American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)
Sept. 23 — vs. No. 31 Mission Viejo (Calif.)
Oct. 7 — vs. No. 22 Good Counsel (Olney, Md.)
Oct. 20 — at No. 69 DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)
Full schedule
Aug. 18 — at No. 32 Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)
Aug. 25 — vs. No. 50 Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, Calif.) **
Sept. 1 — vs. No. 5 Central (Miami)
Sept. 8 — vs. No. 15 Centennial (Corona, Calif.)
Full schedule
* Game at St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
* Game at Nike headquarters (Beaverton, Ore.)