Terrell Bynum of St. John Bosco is about to score during 49-47 victory over Corona Centennial on Friday at Cerritos College. Photo: Patrick Takkinen/SoCalSidelines.com.
Biggest winners are No. 1 Mater Dei, No. 3 St. John Bosco, No. 12 Stockton St. Mary’s, No. 13 Folsom, No. 14 Helix and No. 22 Valley Christian. Bosco’s win over Centennial 49-47 adds another chapter to four-year saga of epic playoff battles between those two schools.
Here is a look at scores through Saturday, Nov. 26. Check back on Monday for new rankings.
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1. Mater Dei (Santa Ana) 13-0
Defeated No. 4 Rancho Cucamonga 48-21 in CIF Southern Section Division I semifinals. The Monarchs pulled away after it was 28-21 in the third quarter. They’ll play St. John Bosco for CIFSS title next Saturday.
2. Centennial (Corona) 11-2
LOST to No. 3 St. John Bosco (Bellflower) 49-47 in CIFSS D1 semifinals. In both of the Huskies’ losses this year, to the Braves and to IMG Academy, they scored the same number of TDs but not the same number of conversion points.
Jordan Genmark-Heath of No. 7 Cathedral Catholic starts to celebrate after he scored a touchdown during win in Honor Bowl game vs. Central Catholic of Modesto. Photo: #D1Bound.com.
3. St. John Bosco (Bellflower) 11-2
Defeated No. 2 Centennial (Corona) 49-47 in CIFSS D1 semifinals. The Braves were down 14-0 early and then scored 28 straight. The difference between this game and the 26-21 loss to Mater Dei was no turnovers for junior QB Re-al Mitchell. He had more than 400 yards of offense.
4. Rancho Cucamonga 12-1
LOST to No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) 48-21 in CIFSS D1 semifinals. If the Monarchs do go on to win CIF Open Division state title, there is a chance that the Cougars will still end up in the top five of the final rankings.
5. Narbonne (Harbor City) 13-0
Defeated El Camino Real (Woodland Hills) 54-20 in CIF L.A. City D1 semifinals. Gauchos are playing Dorsey in the final next Saturday.
6. De La Salle (Concord) 10-1
Did not play. Spartans are in first-ever CIF North Coast Section Open Division final, which will be next Friday vs. No. 8 Freedom (Oakley).
7. Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) 12-0
Defeated Mission Hills (San Marcos) 44-21. Tate Haynes had three TD passes as the Dons advanced to CIF San Diego Section Open Division championship.
8. Freedom (Oakley) 11-0
Did not play. Falcons are in first-ever CIF North Coast Section Open Division final, which will be next Friday vs. No. 6 De La Salle.
9. Mission Viejo 11-1
Did not play. Season complete. Playoff loss was to No. 4 Rancho Cucamonga.
10. Murrieta Valley (Murrieta) 11-2
Defeated La Habra 63-42 in CIFSS D2 semifinals. Lika Palmer rushed for four TDs and caught a TD pass from Hank Bachmeier. Will next play San Clemente at home next Friday for championship.
11. Calabasas 13-0
Defeated Roosevelt (Eastvale) 58-21 in CIFSS D5 semifinals. Tristan Gebbia passed for 455 yards and five TDs in the first half while Coyote defense came through with six sacks. Gebbia now has 129 career TD passes, more than 12,000 yards.
Junior RB Dusty Frampton scored two of the first four TDs for St. Mary’s of Stockton in Friday’s 61-21 romp past Oak Ridge. Photo: Mark Tennis.
12. St. Mary’s (Stockton) 12-1
Defeated No. 21 Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills) 61-21 in CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D1 semifinals. The Rams, who’ve lost only to St. John Bosco, led 21-0 in the first quarter and did their part to set up huge matchup with No. 13 Folsom in finals.
13. Folsom 12-1
Defeated No. 25 Elk Grove 41-3 in SJS D1 semifinals. Joe Curry passed for 396 yards and three TDs as the Bulldogs were in prime form. They’ll now go for fifth straight section title.
14. Helix (La Mesa) 10-2
Defeated No. 16 Rancho Bernardo (San Diego) 28-10. The Highlanders will now be able to try to defend CIF San Diego Section Open Division title next week vs. No. 7 Cathedral Catholic.
15. Pittsburg 9-2
Did not play. Season complete. Playoff loss to No. 8 Freedom (Oakley).
16. Rancho Bernardo (San Diego) 11-1
LOST to No. 14 Helix (La Mesa) 28-10 in SD Open Division semis. Making the loss harder to take was a knee injury suffered late in the game by standout running back Milan Grice.
17. La Mirada 11-2
Defeated Los Alamitos 36-20 in CIFSJS D3 playoffs. This sets up a title game matchup against No. 18 Edison of Huntington Beach.
18. Edison (Huntington Beach) 12-1
Defeated Rancho Verde (Moreno Valley) 32-28. The final season for retiring head coach Dave White (his 31st) will continue in CIFSS D3 final vs. La Mirada.
19. Clayton Valley (Concord) 9-2
Did not play. Season complete. Playoff loss to No. 6 De La Salle.
20. Monte Vista (Danville) 11-1
Did not play. Meets Antioch (9-3) next weekend for CIF North Coast Section Division I championship.
Players from San Jose Valley Christian celebrate winning CCS Open D2 title. Photo: @CIFCCS/Twitter.com.
21. Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills) 10-3
LOST to No. 12 St. Mary’s (Stockton) 61-21 in SJS D1 semifinals. This was a far cry from when the Trojans lost by just one point to Folsom earlier in season.
22. Valley Christian (San Jose) 12-1
Defeated Palma (Salinas) 14-10 for CCS Open Division 3 title. The Warriors also will be considered higher on NorCal bowl board than CCS Open D2 winner Serra (San Mateo) due to head-to-head win.
23. Santa Margarita (Rancho SM) 7-5
Did not play. Season complete. Playoff loss was to No. 3 St. John Bosco.
24. Serra (Gardena) 7-4
Did not play. Season complete. Playoff loss was to No. 23 Santa Margarita.
25. Elk Grove 11-2
LOST to No. 13 Folsom 41-3. This was the Thundering Herd’s sixth straight trip to the SJS D1 semifinals. They lost to Folsom in the final last year.
TEAMS ON THE BUBBLE
FROM THIS WEEK’s RANKINGS
Antelope 12-1
LOST to Del Del Oro (Loomis) 50-10.
Antioch 9-3
Did not play. NCS D1 final vs. No. 20 Monte Vista next week.
Bakersfield 10-2
Defeated Liberty (Bakersfield) 44-34.
Bishop Amat (La Puente) 7-4
Did not play. Season complete.
Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa) 11-1
Defeated Piedmont 54-8.
Cathedral (Los Angeles) 11-1
Did not play. Season complete.
Central (Fresno) 11-1
Defeated Clovis West (Fresno) 34-28 in OT.
Chaminade (West Hills) 8-4
Did not play. Season complete.
Del Oro (Loomis) 11-2
Defeated Antelope 50-10.
Dorsey (Los Angeles) 10-3
Defeated San Pedro 38-9.
Hawkins (Los Angeles) 13-0
Defeated Grant (Van Nuys) 63-20.
JSerra (SJ Capistrano) 5-6
Did not play. Season complete.
Lompoc 12-1
LOST to Corona del Mar (Newport Beach) 35-34.
Long Beach Poly (Long Beach) 7-4
Did not play. Season complete.
Los Alamitos 9-4
LOST to La Mirada 36-20.
Los Altos (Hacienda Heights) 13-0
Defeated Wilson (Long Beach) 30-28.
Lutheran (Orange) 5-6
Did not play. Season complete.
Madison (San Diego) 10-2
Defeated San Marcos 41-7.
Oaks Christian (Westlake Village) 8-3
Did not play. Season complete.
Palma (Salinas) 10-3
LOST to No. 20 Valley Christian (San Jose) 14-10.
Rancho Verde (Moreno Valley) 11-2
LOST to No. 18 Edison (Huntington Beach) 32-28.
Sanger 12-0
Defeated Sunnyside (Fresno) 56-9.
Serra (San Mateo) 9-4
Defeated Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) 37-24.
Servite (Anaheim) 4-7
Did not play. Season complete.
St. Francis (Mountain View) 10-2
Did not play. Season complete.
Sutter 13-0
Defeated Lassen (Susanville) 42-7 Saturday.
Valencia 10-3
LOST to San Clemente 41-35.
Vista Murrieta (Murrieta) 9-3
Did not play. Season complete.
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5 Comments
Ok… was I wrong? I told everyone all week Dt Mary’s would blow through Oak Ridge
Folsom … is all the motivation the kids needed
We will now turn our focus to pray for good Refs… not the blind Crew that called 2 phantom touchdowns in the final 4 minutes of the Folsom game last year… where both balls were cut out of bounds as approved by all of the pictures on social media
Why is there a bye in the middle of the NCS open section playoffs when there are only 4 teams (2 games)? Also, why are there only 4 teams?
Fooseball, you answered your own question.. 4 teams equals 2 games.
So they have a bye.
Lol. You’re right. I guess correct question would be shouldn’t a sectional playoff round include 8 or 16 teams?
The section didn’t vote for an eight-team bracket for its Open Division because then they would have had to pull up teams possibly like Cardinal Newman from D4 or Bishop O’Dowd from D3 and didn’t want to have teams like that having to possibly play DLS early on. I think they will re-evaluate next year and go for a six-team bracket with No. 1 and No. 2 seeds getting byes. If the D1 team isn’t going to go to a bowl game, then why not have Monte Vista and Antioch or Monte Vista and California as the No. 5 and No. 6 teams? A section should have 8 or 16 team brackets, but the NCS has DLS to deal with. Totally unique situation.