MaxPreps Top 25 high school football scores: Mission Viejo beats No. 13 Corona Centennial 31-28 in CIF Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinals

The 2022 high school football season is entering win or go home time as 21 of the teams featured in the MaxPreps Top 25 rankings are in the playoffs. Our Game of the Week featured No. 22  Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, Calif.) playing at Los Alamitos (Calif.) in the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 bracket and Damian Henderson led the Griffins to a 52-42 win.

The 2023 Colorado State commit rushed for 237 yards and four touchdowns. Up next for the Griffins is No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) in the semifinals on Nov. 18.

The top-ranked team in the country beat JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) 54-14. Mater Dei's (Santa Ana, Calif.) head coach Bruce Rollinson announced on Thursday he was retiring at the end of the season and they cruised to a dominant win on Friday. They are three wins away from winning their third MaxPreps National championship since 2017. They went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team in 2017 and 2021.

The biggest upset this week came in the same bracket as Mission Viejo (Calif.) beat No. 13 Corona Centennial (Corona, Calif.) 31-28 to advance to the semifinals. They will face No. 4 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) on Nov. 18. The Braves beat Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) 49-14.

No. 5 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) punched its ticket to the 5A state championship with a dominant 56-14 win over Liberty (Henderson, Nev.). The Gaels have dominated every opponent this season not named Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.). Outside of that 24-21 loss in late August the Las Vegas power has outscored the opposition 717-48. 

No. 11 Westlake (Austin, Texas) extended the longest winning streak in the country on Thursday beating Cedar Ridge (Round Rock, Texas) 58-10 in its playoff opener. The three-time defending state champs have won 51 games in a row. Up next is New Braunfels (Texas). The Chaparrals are one of three MaxPreps Top 25 teams in the 6A Division 1 bracket.

No. 9 North Shore (Houston) beat Dobie (Houston) 49-6 and No. 14 Duncanville cruised to a 74-13 win over Bryan.

• • 14
    JSerra Catholic
  • 54
    Mater Dei

  11/11 Final

• • 10
    Clarkson North
  • 34
    St. Frances Academy

  11/11 Final

• • 0
    St. Brendan
  • 60
    Central

  11/11 Final

• • 14
    Orange Lutheran
  • 49
    St. John Bosco

  11/11 Final

• • 56
    Bishop Gorman
  • 14
    Liberty

  11/11 Final

• • 6
    Peachtree Ridge
  • 63
    Buford

  11/12 Final

• • 14
    Coconut Creek
  • 59
    St. Thomas Aquinas

  11/11 Final

• • 3
    Dobie
  • 49
    North Shore

  11/10 Final

• • 10
    Cedar Ridge
  • 58
    Westlake

  11/10 Final

Idle

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• • 31
    Mission Viejo
  • 28
    Centennial

  11/11 Final

• • 13
    Bryan
  • 74
    Duncanville

  11/11 Final

• • 7
    Marcus
  • 42
    Guyer

  11/11 Final

• • 37
    Liberty
  • 7
    Boulder Creek

  11/10 Final

• • 13
    Silverdale Academy
  • 77
    Lipscomb Academy

  11/11 Final

• • 0
    Lake Gibson
  • 49
    Lakeland

  11/11 Final

• • 59
    Katy
  • 0
    Fort Bend Clements

  11/11 Final

• • 6
    River Ridge
  • 49
    Langston Hughes

  11/11 Final

• • 22
    Meadowcreek
  • 59
    Mill Creek

  11/12 Final

• • 42
    Long Beach Poly
  • 52
    Los Alamitos

  11/11 Final

• • 16
    Pebblebrook
  • 56
    Colquitt County

  11/12 Final

• • 7
    St. Ignatius
  • 28
    St. Edward

  11/11 Final

• • 52
    Basha
  • 7
    Perry

  11/10 Final