By james art Friday night’s headliner belonged to the Monarchs.
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) erased any doubt about the No. 1 team ranking in the USA TODAY Sports Super 25, knocking off No. 2 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) by 45 points. The road to the national title just moved into the express lane.
Other ranked teams were less dominant in Week 10, with another thriller at Florida plus a wild upset at Michigan. Both losses – from St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and Belleville (MI) will undoubtedly change the landscape of the Super 25 next week.
Close calls also peppered the ScoreStream scoreboard, with IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) surviving tough tests against East St. Louis (Ill.) and North Shore (Houston, Texas) while holding off a tough Atascocita (Humble, Texas) team ). .
Lakeland (Fla.) has won twice this week. twice!
With Saturday’s action still to come, here’s the final score recap around the Super 25 Week 10 scoreboard.
1. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California)
Score: 8-0
Score: beat St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) 59-14
2. St. John Bosco (Bellflower, CA)
Record: 8-1
Result: lost to Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 59-14
3. Duncanville (Texas)
Score: 7-0
Score: defeated Horn (Texas) 52-7
4. Milton (Georgia)
Score: 9-0
Score: Defeated Johns Creek (Ga.) 56-0
5. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Record: 8-1
Score: Defeated Desert Pines (Las Vegas, NV) 61-0
6. North Shore (Houston, Texas)
Score: 8-0
Score: beat Atascocita (Humble, Texas) 27-23
7. IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida)
Record: 6-1
Score: defeated East St. Louis (IL) 14-13 (overtime)
8. Carrollton (Georgia)
Score: 9-0
Result: idling
9. Archbishop Spalding (Severn, Maryland)
Score: 9-0
Score: Loyola Blakefield (Towson, Md.) 56-3
10. North Crowley (Fort Worth, Texas)
Score: 8-0
Score: beat Boswell (Texas) 64-0
11. Mission Viejo (California)
Score: 8-0
Score: beat Edison (Huntington Beach, Calif.) 49-24
12. Lakeland (Florida)
Score: 8-0
Score: beat Kathleen (Lakeland, FL) 47-6
13. Boyle County (Danville, Kentucky)
Score: 9-0
Score: defeated Wayne County (Monticello, Ky.) 55-0
14. Buford (Georgia)
Record: 8-1
Score: Defeated Mountain View (Lawrenceville, Ga.) 49-7
15. Bergen Catholic (Oradell, NJ)
Record: 6-1
Next: in St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, NJ) on 10/26
16. Belleville (Michigan)
Record: 8-1
Result: lost to Howell (Dearborn, MI) 30-29
17. Central (Miami, Florida)
Record: 7-1
Score: beat Stranahan (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) 54-0
18. Atascocita (Humble, Texas)
Record: 7-1
Result: lost to North Shore (Houston, TX) 27-23
19. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Florida)
Record: 8-2
Score: Defeated Cardinal Gibbons (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) 62-17
20. De La Salle (Concord, CA)
Score: 8-0
Score: defeated Monte Vista (Danville, Calif.) 42-7
21. Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)
Record: 9-1
Result: idling
22. Orange Lutheran (California)
Record: 7-2
Score: Defeated Servite (Anaheim, CA) 38-0
23. Venice (Florida)
Record: 8-1
Score: beat Sarasota (FL) 76-0
24. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
Record: 7-3
Score: Lost to American Heritage (Plantation, FL) 42-38
25. Baylor High School (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Score: 9-0
Score: defeated Montgomery Bell (Nashville, TN) 32-21