Final Press-Telegram football top 10 for fall 2021 season

FINAL PRESS-TELEGRAM FOOTBALL TOP 10

1. St. John Bosco (10-2): The Braves are ranked successful the apical 10 successful the federation — 4th to ninth successful the 5 large rankings — but they’re inactive disappointed implicit failing to scope the Division 1 last for the archetypal clip since 2012. The Braves bid a superb elder people farewell, but they’ll reload and beryllium looking for section, authorities and nationalist titles again adjacent year.

2. Los Alamitos (9-2): The Griffins climbed among the Southern Section’s elite this year, down a passing onslaught led by inferior QB Malachi Nelson. They mightiness beryllium preparing for a authorities playoff crippled this week had they been successful Division 2 for the playoffs alternatively of Division 1.

3. Long Beach Poly (11-3): The Jackrabbits are back. They dominated the contention successful Division 4 for their 20th CIF shot title, which showed they astir apt should person been playing a part oregon 2 higher. That defence is lights out, and RB Devin Samples has been astir unstoppable successful the playoffs. Now they look to bushed Serra — a squad that bushed them by a constituent successful their opener — successful the CIF Southern California Regional Division 1-A title crippled Saturday.

4. Warren (8-1): The Bears’ endowment was disconnected the charts, and Nicholaus Iamaleava mightiness beryllium their champion QB since Jeff Tedford took them to the Southern Conference semifinals successful 1978. Injuries and COVID-19 outgo them successful a last-minute playoff loss, but they mightiness beryllium amended adjacent year.

5. Downey (8-3): How overmuch could the Vikings person achieved had injuries not shortened the play for QB Aidan Chiles and RB Antonio Rios? They would person loved a full-strength combat against archrival Warren. Jack Williams ever has Downey connected point, and Chiles volition beryllium back.

6. Dominguez (10-3): A speedy, dynamic radical of mostly seniors had the Dons connected the verge of their archetypal CIF last successful 15 years. Deon Toliver volition person to rebuild for adjacent year, but we’ll perceive from Dominguez again.

7. Mayfair (9-1): That’s 5 successive Suburban League titles for the Monsoons. They’ll miss RB Nick Adimora, conscionable arsenic they missed his older brother, Chris, a fewer years ago, but Evan Tomich mightiness the area’s astir underrated QB. He volition beryllium back, and truthful volition prima DL/TE Leroy Palu. Derek Bedell’s squad volition instrumentality purpose astatine different league crown.

8. La Mirada (6-5): You cognize it kills Mike Moschetti to support finishing 2nd successful the Suburban to Mayfair, but the Matadores support doing things their way. There’s nary amended blue-collar programme hereabouts. Few nationalist schools are consenting to instrumentality connected Mater Dei each year, and counting them retired astatine immoderate constituent is simply a fool’s game.

9. Millikan (6-5): The Rams kept getting amended aft La Mirada outsmarted them successful September. They gave Poly a test, past came wrong a hairsbreadth of knocking disconnected the No. 1 effect successful the Division 6 playoffs. Romeo Pellum has a ton of DI endowment coming backmost with sophomore QB Myles Jackson and WR Ryan Pellum the marquee names. They should beryllium successful the rubric speech for Division 2 oregon 3 adjacent year.

10. St. Anthony (9-5): No country squad overachieved much than the Saints, nary astonishment fixed Raul Lara’s pedigree. They rode Sone Aupiu, who went implicit 2,200 yards rushing, and a stout defence to an unexpected CIF-SS rubric game. They won’t beryllium overlooked again anytime soon.