BELLFLOWER – Mater Dei, the top-ranked high school football team in the country, easily took out Maryland’s Saint Frances 34-18 on Saturday in Southern California.

A Mater Dei football helmet rests on the turf before a game in December 2021. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) Advertisement. What goes on in Mater Dei’s locker rooms has become a flashpoint ...

Before arriving at Mater Dei, Brown played youth football with the Inland Empire Ducks and Orange County Buckeyes. ... players and coaches were there to tap him on the top of his helmet.

To the casual observer, the Mater Dei Prep football team’s 41-0 win over South River in late October was routine. ... placed concussion sensors in the helmets of 12 Mater Dei players.

St. John Bosco and Mater Dei, 24 miles apart in Southern California, don’t just funnel players to the top college teams. Increasingly, they resemble them.

EVANSVILLE — Tate Mallory never needed an introduction to Mater Dei football. The junior quarterback was destined to be a Wildcat since birth. He couldn’t have escaped it with his lineage ...

Super 25 football scores: Mater Dei, St. John Bosco stay perfect, set up No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in Week 10. Venice High School football helmet for the 2024 season. USA TODAY High School Sports.

On a perfect night for football in Southern California -- some 1,160 miles from Seattle -- Ashton "Dash" Beierly made his quarterback debut for Mater Dei, the nation's No. 1-ranked high school ...

Mater Dei’s 2019 team: Mater Dei was 12-0 when it lost to St. John Bosco in the CIF-SS Division 1 final. Young was terrific at quarterback and Kody Epps had 93 receptions that season.

Mater Dei football flexes strength as it routs St. John Bosco in national showdown The No. 1-ranked Monarchs lead 45-0 at halftime and cruise to claim at least a share of the Trinity League title.

Bishop Gorman and Mater Dei have played three times. Their fourth meeting Friday in California will likely decide the 2024 high school football national title.

Mater Dei defensive back Chuck McDonald, right, breaks up a pass intended for St. John Bosco wide receiver Daniel Odom in the CIF-SS Division 1 championship football game in Long Beach on Friday ...