No. 2 Mater Dei takes down No. 1 St. John Bosco in Part II of their SoCal Showdown

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History repeated itself, again, Friday night, as Mater Dei, No. 2 in the High School Football America 300 national rankings, dominated No. 1 St. John Bosco 35-7 to win the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 championship. The win avenged the Monarchs’ 28-0 loss to the Bosco on October 13. And, it marked the sixth time since 2016 that the regular season loser, won the playoff matchup.

Mater Dei vs. St. John Bosco Parts I & II

2023

Regular season – St. John Bosco 28, Mater Dei 0

Playoffs – Mater Dei 35, St. John Bosco 7

2022

Regular season – Mater Dei 17, St. John Bosco 7

Playoffs – St. John Bosco 24, Mater Dei 22

2019

Regular Season – Mater Dei 38, St. John Bosco 24

Playoffs – St. John Bosco 39, Mater Dei 34

2018

Regular Season – St. John Bosco 41, Mater Dei 18

Playoffs – Mater Dei 17, St. John Bosco 13

2017

Regular Season – Mater Dei 31, St. John Bosco 21

Playoffs – Mater Dei 49, St. John Bosco 24

2016

Regular Season – Mater Dei 26, St. John Bosco 21

Playoffs – St. John Bosco 42, Mater Dei 28

2013

Regular Season – St. John Bosco 24, Mater Dei 2

Playoffs – St. John Bosco 34, Mater Dei 7

The Mater Dei defense was outstanding, scoring on two Pick 6’s.

The game was played before over 11,000 fans at the famed Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. It’s the 13th overall CIF-Southern Section championship for Mater Dei, which will play in the State Open Division Championship game in two weeks.

An Open Division championship could give MD its fourth High School Football American national title. The Monarchs won our national crown in 2017, 2017 and 2021.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.