Few tight end prospects in recent memory have generated as much buzz as Mark Bowman. The five-star talent from Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) enters the 2025 season widely recognized as one of the best ...

Mater Dei’s Jordon Davison (0) pushes past De La Salle’s Ant Dean (12) to score a touchdown in the fourth quarter of their CIF open division state football championship game at Saddleback ...

Mater Dei outside linebacker Nasir Wyatt (31), and offensive lineman Tanner Tumanuvao (61) celebrate with teammates after the Monarchs wonthe CIF-SS Division 1 championship against St. John Bosco ...

Mater Dei senior quarterback Dash Beierly threw for 308 yards and four touchdowns and added a 40-yard TD run in the Monarchs' 59-14 win over St. John Bosco Oct. 25 at the Santa Ana Bowl.

Mater Dei football flexes strength as it routs St. John Bosco in national showdown The No. 1-ranked Monarchs lead 45-0 at halftime and cruise to claim at least a share of the Trinity League title ...

The No. 1 Mater Dei Monarchs will take on the No. 2 St. John Bosco Braves on Friday at 7:00 p.m. at the Santa Ana Stadium, Mater Dei’s off-campus home field. Mater Dei is riding high after a 41 ...

The last team to beat the Monarchs not named St. John Bosco was JSerra and Corona Centennial, in 2015. Since 2016, Mater Dei's six losses have all come to the Braves.

Frank McManus has been dismissed as head coach of Mater Dei’s football team after one season, the school announced Friday. McManus coached the Monarchs to CIF Southern Section Division 1 and CIF ...

But the Monarchs still needed to finish the job against an undefeated foe at Saddleback College. Elijah Brown made sure Mater Dei checked its final box of the fall.

Mater Dei re-emerged on the national scene in 2017 and won state titles in ’17, ’18 and ’21. The two teams have played in some historic games that usually go down to the wire.

Of course, the Monarchs’ drive for perfection is far from complete. Mater Dei had four penalties in the first quarter and another penalty to start the second quarter that nullified an interception.

Head coach Bruce Rollinson of Mater Dei Monarchs walks through the tunnel prior to a CIF-SS Division 1 championship game between the Mater Dei Monarchs and the St. John Bosco at the Rose Bowl in ...