The top-ranked team in the MaxPreps Top 25 high school football rankings kicks off Thursday as No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) hosts No. 8 Centennial (Corona, Calif.) at the Santa Ana Bowl. This will be the debut for Raul Lara as head coach for the Monarchs. On the other sideline, Matt Logan begins his 28th season as head coach for the Huskies and is 14 wins away from 300.
Mater Dei has won five straight meetings between the teams. The last time Centennial beat the Monarchs was in the 2015 CIF Southern Section Pac-5 Division semifinals.
There are four other MaxPreps Top 25 matchups this week. ...
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