Press-Telegram football top 10: Millikan moves up after another strong performance

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La Mirada drops a spot, to eighth, aft its decision successful the Suburban League showdown with No. 6 Mayfair, with Millikan stepping up to seventh aft different awesome romp. No. 10 St. Anthony, winners of 4 successful a row, tin clinch a necktie for the Del Rey rubric with a triumph astatine Salesian.

FOOTBALL TOP 10

1. St. John Bosco (6-1): The Braves romped, 44-7, past JSerra — the slightest of the Trinity teams — and dropped to 3rd successful Calpreps’ authorities rankings, trading spots with Servite down No. 1 Mater Dei. Orange Lutheran, No. 13 successful California, takes connected Bosco aft one-sided losses to Servite (56-12) and Mater Dei (55-16).

This week: Friday vs. Orange Lutheran astatine Orange Coast College, 7 p.m.

2. Los Alamitos (6-1): The Griffins had to clasp connected for a 35-28 triumph aft Edison trimmed their three-TD vantage successful the 2nd half, and the reward is their 4th Sunset League rubric successful 5 years. That’s not authoritative yet, but they’ve handled some of the different contenders and cipher expects the past 3 foes — Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach and Newport Harbor — to enactment close.

This week: Thursday vs. Fountain Valley astatine Huntington Beach HS, 7 p.m.

3. Warren (6-0): The Bears support rolling: Their 61-6 romp implicit Lynwood — down QB Nicholaus Iamaleava (254 yards, 5 TDs), WR Juan Wilson (6 catches, 92 yards, 2 TDs) and RB Marcus Higgs (102 yards and 2 TDs connected 4 carries) — was the 4th clip they’ve topped 50 points. Paramount isn’t apt to enactment up overmuch absorption aft its nonaccomplishment to Downey.

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

4. Long Beach Poly (4-3): The Jackrabbits traveled to look Aquinas aft COVID-19 knocked retired Cabrillo and gave their champion show of the play successful a 41-14 win. Throw retired the past 5 minutes of the 2nd quarter, and Poly outscored the location team, 41-0, and conceded conscionable 24 yards. It was 27-0 and 8 yards surrendered aft halftime.

This week: Friday vs. Compton astatine Veterans Stadium

5. Downey (6-1): The Vikings had nary problems with Paramount, particularly successful a ascendant antiaircraft display, but the onslaught struggled for fluidity without prima QB Aidan Chiles. Noah Paez’s comfortableness level grew arsenic the crippled went on, a bully indicator arsenic Chiles (and his 73 percent passing) has an wounded that has apt ended his season.

This week: Friday vs. Dominguez, 7 p.m.

6. Mayfair (7-0): Nick Adimora goes triple digits for the seventh consecutive crippled — 121 yards rushing with a TD, for 1,216 yards and 17 TDs successful full — arsenic the Monsoons bushed La Mirada for the 5th successive season. That astir surely makes them Suburban League champs, though Norwalk’s double-wing mightiness person thing to accidental astir that.

This week: Bye

7. Millikan (4-4): The Rams cruise into their bye week playing their champion shot of the year, having defeated Compton, 42-6, to implicit a expanse of the 3 contenders for the league’s 3rd playoff spot by a 131-14 margin. Myles Jackson threw for 194 yards and 4 TDs, and chap sophomore Ryan Pellum has 19 catches for 282 yards and 3 TDs the past 2 weeks.

This week: Bye

8. La Mirada (3-4): The Matadores’ 3rd consecutive decision (to fantabulous opposition) wounded the most, coming successful different choky Suburban League rubric showdown with Mayfair. The instrumentality of Eddie Lafferre was a large positive — helium and Matt Gallegos collaborated for 130 yards rushing — and the defence held the Monsoons to its lowest tally each season. Beating Norwalk is indispensable to nabbing the league’s different guaranteed playoff berth.

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

9. Dominguez (6-1): The Dons scored 30 successful the archetypal 4th en way to a 57-0 rout of winless Gahr — their 5th blowout triumph — down Jordan Ford, who threw for 192 yards and 5 TDs, 2 each to Cieonta Davis and Damonte Bias, and Takhari Carr, who picked disconnected his 4th and 5th passes this season. Can they springiness Downey a test?

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

10. St. Anthony (5-3): Sone Aupiu got the time disconnected successful the Saints’ 37-14 triumph astatine Mary Star, truthful he’ll beryllium caller erstwhile the Saints scope for a stock of the Del Rey League rubric astatine Salesian, which amazed defending champion Harvard-Westlake, 57-35, successful its league opener. Aupiu’s cousin, chap RB/LB Anakin Aupiu, isn’t definite aft an wounded against Mary Star.

This week: Thursday astatine Salesian, 7 p.m.

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