Press-Telegram’s Football Hot List for the CIF-SS quarterfinals

The Press-Telegram’s Michael Huntley checks the somesthesia astir the section precocious schoolhouse shot scene, looking for thing that’s blistery — from players to games to recruits. If it’s hot, helium volition find it — if it’s not, he’ll fto you know.

Hot Game: Los Alamitos vs. St. John Bosco

The apical 2 teams successful the country quadrate disconnected successful the archetypal circular of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs Friday astatine St. John Bosco High.

Los Alamitos (9-1) is simply a immense underdog successful for the archetypal clip this season. It’s hard to ideate a squad with 3 Oklahoma commits and aggregate different Division I commits arsenic an underdog.

What a grant to beryllium selected to play a nationalist programme similar @boscofootball. Excited for a large section lucifer up. #GriffinPride https://t.co/MLbJuXQC8W

— Los Al Football (@LosAlFootball) October 31, 2021

Malachi Nelson has been large for the Griffins, completing implicit 65 percent of his passes and throwing implicit 30 touchdowns. Makai Lemon is 1 of the champion receivers successful Southern California and DeAndre Moore averages implicit 15 yards per drawback with 10 touchdowns.

The Griffins lucifer up good against Bosco astatine the accomplishment positions. Ethan O’Connor and Alec Wills are 2 precise bully athletes successful summation to Lemon and Moore. Running backmost Nygel Osborne transferred to Los Alamitos from St. John Bosco and is simply a big-play menace whenever helium touches the ball.

St. John Bosco (9-1) has the vantage astatine the enactment of scrimmage. The Braves volition effort to enactment unit connected Nelson with Jairus Satele, Nathan Burrell and Matayo Uiagalelei. Nelson has been sacked implicit 10 times this season.

Los Alamitos’ violative line, led by Cash Koepke and David Main, is precise bully but hasn’t seen a walk unreserved similar St. John Bosco’s. Behind that walk rush, Deven Bryant and Jalen Woods person been 1 of the champion linebacker duos successful Southern California this play and safeties Sione Hala and Peyton Woodyard tin present punishing hits.

The Braves besides person the vantage connected the violative enactment with Earnest Greene, Tyson Molio’o and Maicah Talavou. They volition springiness moving backs Rayshon Luke, Jabari Bates and Michael Hayes plentifulness of country to run.

Los Alamitos volition person to lucifer scores with Bosco successful bid to support this crippled competitory and with Nelson astatine quarterback, the Griffins are up for the challenge. But if the Braves’ defence forces turnovers oregon punts, this crippled whitethorn extremity with a lopsided score.

Hot Team: Long Beach Poly

The Jackrabbits played a precise bully Trabuco Hills squad successful the archetypal circular of the Division 4 playoffs and dominated connected some sides of the ball.

Long Beach Poly held Trabuco’s prima moving back, Drew Barrett, to 55 yards. Barrett had implicit 1,700 rushing yards entering the playoffs and had 8 games with implicit 100 yards.

Long Beach Poly lineman Wendell Moe successful Long Beach connected Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)

Donovan “Poe” Yandall, Wendell Moe, Jalen Johnson and Dylan Williams pb Poly’s beforehand 7 connected defense, which is among the champion successful the area.

On offense, Shea Kuykendall completed 18 of 22 passes for 339 yards and 4 touchdowns. Tyson Bordeaux had six catches and an 80-yard touchdown reception. Sophomore receiver and USC perpetrate Jason Robinson Jr. had 117 yards receiving and 2 touchdowns.

The Jackrabbits ran the shot good excessively with Devin Samples (25 carries, 183 yards, 4 touchdowns).

Poly plays a precise carnal Upland squad this week. The Jackrabbits lucifer up good against Upland’s run-happy discourtesy led by Richard Allen. Yandall and Moe tin devour up double-team blocks and unfastened up tackling lanes for Johnson and Williams.

Hot Player: Conor Hochberg, St. Anthony

All play long, St. Anthony has been an discourtesy that relied connected its moving backmost Sone Aupiu to pb scoring drives.

In St. Anthonys’ 41-7 triumph implicit Schurr, the Saints showcased their backmost Hochberg. The elder completed 19 of 24 passes for 348 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Conor Hochberg-Sone Aupiu transportation strikes again with Aupiu connected the 40 gait touchdown reception! 28-0 Saints pb with 2 minutes near successful the archetypal half! pic.twitter.com/5JRmyM7OKV

— St. Anthony Saints Athletics (@SAHS20Athletics) November 6, 2021

Hot Recruit: Pierce Clarkson, St. John Bosco

The inferior backmost took his 2nd sojourn to Louisville this past play and was joined by a fistful of his St. John Bosco teammates.

Clarkson and his teammates did a installation tour, spent clip with the Louisville coaching staff, participated successful a photograph sprout and attended the crippled against Clemson connected Saturday. They got to spot the Cardinals play Clemson and erstwhile Bosco QB DJ Uiagalelei.

Clarkson completed each 5 of his walk attempts for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns against Servite 2 weeks ago.

Big clip TD passes from Pierce Clarkson and Katin Houser and St. John Bosco defense’s was the quality successful @boscofootball’s 24-10 triumph implicit @ServiteFootball. @BeachVarsity #LongBeachVarsityReport https://t.co/H2x92HSE5L

— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) October 30, 2021

Clarkson told Greg Biggins of 247Sports that helium enjoyed this sojourn to Louisville much than his erstwhile visit. He said helium is putting his assemblage determination connected clasp and focusing connected the playoffs and winning a title for the Braves seniors.

Hot Prediction: Compton keeps its play live by beating Walnut

Compton dominated Costa Mesa 58-0 successful the archetypal circular of the Division 12 playoffs past week. It was Compton’s archetypal playoff triumph since 2006.

The Tarbabes got a sensation of the playoffs successful 2019, but suffered a blowout nonaccomplishment astatine the hands of El Rancho.

Junior moving backmost Erick Barrios is 1 of the champion players successful Division 12 and has been fantabulous for Compton each play long. He rushed for 143 yards and 2 touchdowns successful a 24-16 triumph implicit Lakewood a fewer weeks ago.

Deon Johnson is different coagulated moving backmost successful Compton’s double-wing offense.

Walnut (8-3) won the Hacienda League this play and bushed Santiago of Garden Grove 17-0 successful circular 1 of the playoffs. I expect Barrios and Compton to beryllium capable to tally the ball, power the gait and beforehand to its archetypal semifinal successful galore years.