Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) at St. Bonaventure (Ventura, Calif.)
Zachary Green and St. Bonaventure are now part of the Pac-5. They have a titanic matchup with Mater Dei this week.
Photo by David Hood
A spot in the Pac-5 championship game is up for grabs in this matchup of perennial Southern California powers. This is Mater Dei's second trip to the Pac-5 semifinals in three seasons. But it's top-seeded St. Bonaventure's first go-around in the brutally tough Pac-5 bracket after the Seraphs reached at least the semifinal round in their former CIF-SS divisions every year going back to 2004.
Mater Dei (10-2) is tantalizingly close to its first 11-win season since 1999. The Monarchs' two-game playoff point total reached 124 in a
come-from-behind 53-42 triumph over Alemany (Mission Hills) last week. Mater Dei scored 22 unanswered points in the final seven minutes of the game thanks in part to a pair of touchdown runs from senior
J.C. Genova, who also contributed seven tackles and a sack on defense.
See where these teams rank in the California Bowl Game RankingsSt. Bonaventure (11-1) avenged its only loss of the season with a 27-21 overtime win against Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita).
Zachary Green, an Arizona commit, led the way with 195 rushing yards and four touchdowns, according to the Ventura County Star.
Mitch Stephens: St. Bonaventure 28, Mater Dei 24
Steve Montoya: St. Bonaventure 35, Mater Dei 28
Stephen Spiewak: St. Bonaventure 28, Mater Dei 27
Kevin Askeland: Mater Dei 53, St. Bonaventure 50
Leland Gordon: St. Bonaventure 28, Mater Dei 27
Jamie DeMoney: Mater Dei 27, St. Bonaventure 24
