Press-Telegram football rankings: La Mirada moves ahead of Millikan in Week 4’s top 10

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La Mirada and Millikan swap spots successful the Press-Telegram shot rankings aft the visiting Matadores’ rally to triumph Friday night, and unbeaten St. Pius X-St. Matthias jumps onto the database — successful spot of Compton — up of its showdown with St. Anthony.

FOOTBALL TOP 10

1. St. John Bosco (4-0): The Braves’ 42-26 triumph implicit East St. Louis wasn’t arsenic adjacent arsenic the people suggests — it was 35-0 successful the 3rd 4th — but passing inefficiency (7 of 21) and “lack of focus” down the stretch, with manager Jason Negro taking work for that, detracts from the win. Now they get Virginia’s No. 1 team, Smith (2-0) from Chesapeake, Va., the Braves’ past tuneup earlier playing Mater Dei connected Oct. 1.

This week: Friday astatine Smith (Va.), 4 p.m.

2. Los Alamitos (4-0): Clovis Buchanan thought the Central Valley vigor — 97 astatine kickoff — would wilt the Griffins, who rallied down Malachi Nelson and Bosco transportation Nygel Osborne for a 34-31 victory. Santa Margarita (3-0) volition trial Los Al’s defence down QB Jaxon Potter (1,122 yards, 10 TDs, conscionable 1 INT).

This week: Friday vs. Santa Margarita astatine Saddleback College, 7 p.m.

3. Warren (4-0): The attraction goes to Nicholaus Iamaleava (20 TD passes,1,242 yards), but the Bears’ defence — led by linebacker E.J. Smith and a ascendant supporting formed — has conceded conscionable 14 points and impressively notched its 2nd shutout against Serra successful a 14-0 win. Culver City (2-1) won the 2018 and 2019 meetings but are not the aforesaid squad aft all-time Centaurs passing person Zevi Eckhaus’ graduation.

This week: Friday astatine Culver City, 7 p.m.

4. Long Beach Poly (1-2): Jackrabbits get their archetypal win, 35-21 implicit Leuzinger, arsenic Shea Kuykendall threw for 211 yards and 3 TDs and Devin Samples ran for 192 and 2 TDs. Now comes their toughest trial earlier league play begins — astatine Corona Centennial (3-0), which won the 2019 gathering by 44 points and has mislaid conscionable 7 regular-season games since falling to Poly successful 2013, astir to nationalist powers.

This week: Friday astatine Corona Centennial, 7 p.m.

5. Downey (3-1): The Vikings romped, 53-24, past California arsenic Aidan Chiles completed 17 of 25 for 363 yards and 2 TDs and ran for different score, Antonio Ruiz totaled 186 yards and 4 TDs rushing/receiving and LB Andrew Reyes made 16 tackles, 10 of them solo and 2 for losses. Downey does not play this week.

This week: Idle

6. Mayfair (3-0): Nick Adimora is wealth each week, but what a show successful the 55-21 Milk Bucket rout of Lakewood: 11 carries for 225 yards and 4 TDs — including 86- and 72-yard sprints — and an 18-yard TD reception, with the 5 scores coming successful a series of 7 touches. Placentia Valencia (0-4) has scored a full of 33 points successful 4 games and has had lone 1 adjacent crippled this season, a 14-6 nonaccomplishment to Fountain Valley successful the play opener.

This week: Friday astatine Placentia Valencia, 7 p.m.

7. La Mirada (3-1): The Matadores grinded to a last-minute 27-26 triumph astatine Millikan down Eddie Lafferre’s 133 yards and 2 TDs, the 2nd for the triumph with 45 seconds to go. Foothill (3-0) has impressed, astir truthful successful a 24-0 triumph implicit archrival Tustin. Jason Woods has filled successful astatine QB since starter Brody Jones was injured (separated shoulder) and threw 3 TD passes against Sonora successful the Knights’ past game.

This week: Friday vs. Foothill astatine Tustin HS, 7 p.m.

8. Millikan (1-3): The shorthanded Rams fto a 17-point second-half pb gaffe distant against La Mirada, and astir troubling was 118 yards of penalties, with excessively galore idiosyncratic fouls and unsportsmanlike behaviour calls. They’re the champion stake for 2nd spot successful the Moore League, which they statesman this week against Jordan (2-2).

This week: Friday astatine Jordan, 7 p.m.

9. Dominguez (4-0): The Dons battered Compton, 44-0, successful the Hub City showdown, with Jordan Ford throwing for 3 TDs and moving for 2 much scores. They volition assertion their 2nd consecutive Mayor’s Cup with a triumph astatine Compton Centennial (1-2), which mislaid to Compton by 60.

This week: Friday astatine Compton Centennial, 7 p.m.

10. St. Pius X-St. Matthias (4-0): The Warriors led 42-6 astatine halftime en way to 49-12 rout of South Torrance connected Saturday. QB Dieter Barr went 23 of 29 for 287 and 4 TDs and Dejour Menefee ran 12 times for 209 and 3 TDs. Rapidly improving St. Anthony (1-3) could supply a trial aft a 23-13 triumph astatine Wilson.

This week: Friday vs. St. Anthony, 7 p.m.

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