John Bosco vs. Mater Dei for CIF Southern Championship

[CAMoleskinner]

It's not just PA.

Out here it's Bosco and Mater Dei tonight for the SoCal marbles in the CIF Southern Section Championship. Both are 11-1 with Mater Dei losing to Bosco 28-0 in the regular season and Bosco dropping a contest against one of the Hawaii studs (Kahuku - which hardly ripped it up this year at 11-2 including a 50-8 smackdown by Mater Dei and a number 50 national ranking in MaxPrep -- the Red Raiders got by Bosco 30-23 the week after the beatdown by the Monarchs).

Anyway, Bosco is number 3 nationally and Mater Dei is 5. There's a rumor the winner could jump Las Vegas' Bishop Gorman for the top slot.

Hmmm.

The final score came in at 35-7 Mater Dei (and by the way - the game was played at The Coliseum).

 

[CAMoleskinner]

Interesting article in LA Times about what led to Bosco and Mater Dei becoming super powers:

Column: How St. John Bosco and Mater Dei became superpower football programs

CIF rule changes helped pave the way for St. John Bosco and Mater Dei to stay on top in football. The Trinity League rivals meet again for the Division 1 title Friday.

www.latimes.com

 

[Fletchster1]

Impressive crowd if that 11k number accounts for just that one game.

 

[yesman3]

Interesting article in LA Times about what led to Bosco and Mater Dei becoming super powers:

Column: How St. John Bosco and Mater Dei became superpower football programs

CIF rule changes helped pave the way for St. John Bosco and Mater Dei to stay on top in football. The Trinity League rivals meet again for the Division 1 title Friday.

www.latimes.com

CAM..

“Revenge is a dish best served cold”!!
MD 35 SJB 7

We all knew it was coming.. reciprocal of last year’s season. MD having their stud DT back was huge, defense dominated the LOS & made big plays that were decisive. Elijah Brown did enough to be more than complimentary.
Doesn’t matter to me where they end up being ranked nationally, no one else in the top10 would have taken them down with that team intact. IMO..

 

[CAMoleskinner]

So true!!