FOOTBALL TOP 10
1. St. John Bosco (8-1): The Braves rolled past Santa Margarita, 41-16, down RB Rayshon Luke (183 full yards, 3 TDs) and QB Pierce Clarkson (9 of 11, 196 yards, 2 TDs) and into this week’s Trinity League showdown with Servite (8-1). It’s apt the archetypal of 2 meetings with the Friars, the adjacent 1 coming successful the CIF Southern Section Division 1 semifinals.
This week: Friday vs. Servite , 7 p.m.
2. Los Alamitos (8-1): There’s a agelong contented of large Griffins quarterbacks, but thing similar Malachi Nelson. The inferior threw 3 TD passes (all to Makai Lemon) successful a 49-14 romp astatine Huntington Beach to acceptable a schoolhouse vocation grounds with 60. The triumph appeared to solidify Los Al’s spot successful the Division 1 playoffs.
This week: Friday vs. Newport Harbor astatine Westminster HS, 7 p.m.
3. Warren (7-0): Gahr pulled retired of Friday’s crippled hours earlier the scheduled kickoff due to the fact that of a affirmative COVID-19 trial successful its program, truthful the Bears divided into 2 teams for elder nighttime and played an intrasquad game. Now comes their biggest crippled of the year, against Downey (8-1) for the San Gabriel Valley League title. Warren volition apt beryllium successful Division 2 for the playoffs.
This week: Friday astatine Downey, 7 p.m.
4. Long Beach Poly (6-3): The Jackrabbits person been clicking successful each areas for astatine slightest 3 weeks and are coming disconnected successive 42-0 routs of Compton and Jordan, 2 of the 3 teams astir definite to beryllium successful a tiebreaker for the Moore League’s 3rd guaranteed playoff berth. The other, Lakewood (3-6), is up next. Then the contention becomes stiffer, with Poly looking similar a Division 3 oregon 4 squad successful the playoffs.
This week: Friday vs. Lakewood astatine Veterans Stadium, 7 p.m.
5. Downey (8-1): The Vikings prepped for their SGVL rubric showdown with Warren by destroying Lynwood, 62-6, arsenic QB Noah Paez passed for 231 yards and 5 TDs successful little than 2 quarters. This week’s clash could beryllium 1 of the area’s apical games of the year. Downey is apt beryllium successful Division 3 successful the playoffs.
This week: Friday vs. Warren, 7 p.m.
6. Mayfair (8-0): Evan Tomich mightiness beryllium the astir underrated QB successful these parts, and he’s 1 of the best. He threw for 259 yards (and 2 TDs) and ran for 71 much arsenic the Monsoons dominated Norwalk, 48-7, to nail down their 5th consecutive outright Suburban title. They could beryllium the area’s lone unbeaten squad successful the playoffs. Likely to beryllium successful Division 5 oregon 6 successful the playoffs.
This week: Friday astatine Bellflower, 7 p.m.
7. Millikan (5-4): The Rams’ emergence this play has coincided with sophomore WR Ryan Pellum’s expanding beingness successful the attack, and ticker retired travel playoff time. He caught 5 passes for 156 yards and 3 TDs successful a 62-0 rout of Cabrillo to propulsion his play totals to 42 receptions for 725 yards and 9 TDs.
This week: Friday vs. Wilson, 7 p.m.
8. La Mirada (5-4): The Matadores swarmed past Bellflower, 33-12, arsenic Nehuel Garcia deed connected 8 of 9 passes for 120 yards and 2 scores and 11 ballcarriers combined for 139 yards and 2 much TDs. Their adjacent situation volition travel successful the playoffs.
This week: Friday vs. Firebaugh (1-8) astatine Excelsior HS, 7 p.m.
9. Dominguez (7-2): The Dons’ large plays were the quality successful a 27-7 triumph implicit Paramount that should nonstop them to the playoffs for the archetypal clip since 2015. Star WR Cieonta Davis, who sustained an MCL sprain precocious successful the game, mightiness beryllium backmost successful clip for the CIF playoffs opener.
This week: Friday vs. Lynwood, 7 p.m.
10. St. Anthony (5-4): The Saints, disconnected past week, volition person had 2 weeks to hole for the astir important crippled of their season, a faceoff with defending Del Rey League champion Harvard-Westlake (5-4) for the 2nd of the league’s 2 automatic playoff berths.
This week: Friday vs. Harvard-Westlake astatine St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy, 7 p.m.