This article was originally published on highschool.si.com as Former Mater Dei football coach back at it; Texas softball brawl: Top high school sports stories (4/17/2025).

It didn’t end the debate. But it sure did give California’s argument plenty of support. Mater Dei lived up to its national No. 1 ranking with a 45-3 win over Duncanville of Texas on Friday in ...

Texas fans are so passionate and confident about their state’s superiority in high school football that they had no clue what was about to hit them when Mater Dei showed up at Duncanville High.

It will be Mater Dei’s first-ever trip to Texas, where Friday night high school football is treated like a religion. Duncanville was 10-2 last season. There’s hope the game will be broadcast ...

Texas. Mater Dei’s football team is making its first ... Fans often debate on social media about which state has the best high school football. It’s a discussion that predates social media.

One a day when Austin Westlake (Texas ... Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) took down No. 13 De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) in a battle of historic Super 25 teams. From the week ... The high school ...

Two of the top high school football programs in the nation ... Dei announced Friday that they will play in August. Mater Dei will travel to Texas to take on Duncanville, which has amassed a ...

Baker signed with Texas and Breland signed with Oregon ... Winning California helped Mater Dei be named the high school football national champions for many outlets, including SBLive/SI.com.

In the biggest high school football game of the year it was dominated by No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) as they traveled to Texas and took down No. 13 Duncanville (Texas) 45-3. Sophomore ...

They are ranked No. 1 in the country in MaxPreps' high school football rankings, ahead of Texas' Westlake and New Jersey's Bergen Catholic. Mater Dei alum Bryce Young, now quarterback for the ...

Then Mater Dei head football coach Frank McManus in ... part of Andy Villamarzo's latest installments of most unique high school football stadiums in America. Worth a gander (as are the other ...