No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco remain on course for their October 25 Trinity League showdown.
While the MD/SJB rivalry has dominated Southern California for more than a decade, the Servite game also gets Mater Dei pumped up. Friday night, the top-ranked Monarchs beat the Friars 28-6 in their rivalry game that dates back to 1961.
Quarterback Dash Beierly was 19-of-22 for 290 yards with three touchdowns in the victory that improves the Monarchs to 6-0 overall, 2-0 in league play. The loss is the first of the year for Servite, which drops to 6-1, 1-1 in league play.
Next week, Mater Dei will be on the road against JSerra.
No. 2 St. John Bosco was in a dogfight until the six minute mark against No. 50 Santa Margarita. The Braves and Eagles were tied a 0-0 midway through the fourth quarter when Hunter Aidan-Cox blocked a punt. Brandon Nash fell on it in the end zone to give the Braves the lead on the way to a 13-0 win.
SJB used two quarterbacks Friday night. Matai Fuiava, who missed last week’s game against Orange Lutheran, completed 6 of 13 passes for 50 yards. Freshman Koa Malau’ulu completed 5 of 11 passes for 46 yards and added a late rushing touchdown.
Next week, Bosco will play Servite at SoFi Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Chargers and Rams.
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No. 12 OLu rebounded from its heartbreaking loss to Bosco last week with a 23-17 win over No. 35 JSerra.
OLu showed a lot of resilience in a game that had to be stopped-and-started several times by power outages at Orange Coast College.
JSerra led twice, including 14-10 with 7:06 to play in the third quarter on Jarod Sersansie’s 7-yard touchdown catch.
However, after that, it was all Lancers, who put together a 15-play, 80-yard drive to take a 16-14 lead on a 2-yard touchdown run by Steve Chavez.
They extended their lead to 23-14 when AJ Ia caught his second TD pass of the game with 5:56 to play.
2024 Trinity League Standings
| Team | League Record | Overall | Next Opponent |
| Mater Dei | (2-0) | (6-0) | at JSerra |
| St. John Bosco | (2-0) | (7-0) | vs. Servite at SoFi Stadium |
| Servite | (1-1) | (6-1) | vs. St. John Bosco at SoFi Stadium |
| Orange Lutheran | (1-1) | (5-2) | vs. Santa Margarita |
| JSerra | (0-2) | (5-2) | vs. Mater Dei |
| Santa Margarita | (0-2) | (3-4) | at Orange Lutheran |
