Perfect seasons are on the line
With one week left in the high school football regular season, there are 15 teams in the Southern Section and City Section still unbeaten in 11-man football.
San Pedro and Franklin are 9-0 and lead the City Section.
In the Southern Section, Valencia West Ranch finished its regular season with a 10-0 record and its first Foothill League title.
No. 1-ranked Santa Ana Mater Dei (9-0) is headed to another Trinity League title with a 26-game win streak.
The other unbeaten teams: Thousand Oaks (9-0), Pasadena Maranatha (8-0-1), Yorba Linda (9-0), Irvine Crean Lutheran (9-0), Cypress (9-0), Hesperia Oak Hills (9-0), Azusa (9-0), Long Beach Poly (9-0), Covina Charter Oak (9-0), Orange El Modena (9-0) and Inglewood (9-0).
Los Angeles Roosevelt fell from the unbeaten ranks on Friday night, losing to Garfield 16-8 in the East L.A. Classic in front of more than 27,000 at the Coliseum.
Turnarounds: Hollywood began the season having not won since 2019. The Sheiks are 5-3 after going 0-8 in 2021.
Bellflower has gone from 2-7 to 8-2 and co-Mid Cities League champion.
Thousand Oaks has gone from 7-5 to 9-0 and Canyon League champion.
Upset: Cerritos Gahr was 1-7 going into Friday’s game against 8-0 Norwalk. Gahr came away with a 26-6 victory.
Freddie Freeman’s team: El Modena, the school that produced Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman, remained unbeaten with a 4227 win over Anaheim Canyon on Thursday night. All-Southern Section running back Owen Smith rushed for 244 yards, scored three touchdowns and had an interception. He passed the 1,000-yard mark in rushing for the season.
Here come the Trailblazers: Chatsworth Sierra
Canyon was largely forgotten after starting 1-3. Well, the Trailblazers are looking like a team to be heard from in Division 2 after handing West Hills Chaminade its first loss 49-14. Sierra Canyon is 5-4 and in position to win a share of the Mission League title.
Centennial rolling: With an 8-1 record, Corona Centennial
continues to be the thirdbest team in Southern California while waiting for a chance to play Bellflower St. John Bosco in the Division 1 semifinals. In a 50-7 win over Murrieta Valley, the Huskies ran only 17 offensive plays, scoring five touchdowns. s.
Big games: The Marine League title will be decided
Friday when San Pedro plays at Wilmington Banning. The Marmonte League title is on the line Thursday night when Westlake Village Oaks Christian plays Ventura St. Bonaventure at Ventura College. It will be a battle of 9-0 teams Thursday in the Empire League when Cypress plays Crean Lutheran.