MaxPreps Top 10 high school football games of the week

Alemany (Mission Hills, Calif.) at Crespi (Encino, Calif.)

What to watch: Crespi will try to grab at least a share of the Mission League championship, and both teams aim to sharpen their games in advance of likely bids to next week's Pac-5 Division playoffs. Crespi (7-1) was the hammer and Chaminade (West Hills) was the nail in a 50-17 rout last week, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. As a team, the Celts ran for 484 yards and six touchdowns without needing a single pass attempt. On the same night, Alemany (7-2) got a much-needed 14-10 win over Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks). It was a bounce-back performance for the Warriors, who lost starting quarterback Blake Green to a season-ending shoulder injury during a 38-21 defeat against Serra (Gardena) on Oct. 24.

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Just the facts: This is the first season the newly remodeled Mission League is part of the ultra-competitive Pac-5 Division playoffs. Pac-5 participants comprise 14 of the Top 25 teams in MaxPreps' California Computer Rankings this week. … Friday will be the ninth meeting of these teams in the last 11 seasons. They are tied 4-4, but Alemany has won four of the last five, including a 34-7 rout in the first round of the playoffs last season.

Mitch Stephens: Alemany 27, Crespi 24
Kevin Askeland: Alemany 35, Crespi 34
Jamie DeMoney: Crespi 30, Alemany 14
Stephen Spiewak: Crespi 35, Alemany 32
Leland Gordon: Alemany 33, Crespi 31
Colin Ward-Henninger: Crespi 35, Alemany 31