The biggest high school football game of the weekend lived up to the hype as No. 9 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) beat No. 24 Miami Central (Fla.) 21-20 at the Battle at The Beach showcase in Naples (Fla.). The Rockets had a game-winning 35-yard field goal attempt go off the crossbar and the Las Vegas power improved to 2-0 on the season.
Sophomore quarterback
Micah Alejado finished the night with three total touchdowns and threw an absolute dime to what turned out to be the game-winning score on a 37-yard TD pass to junior
Zachariah Branch. That gave the Gaels a 21-20 lead with 3:48 remaining. Branch hauled in six receptions for 111 yards and two scores.
Jesuit (Tampa) pulled off a huge upset taking down No. 6 St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 24-21 in a game that was put together on Wednesday. After the Raiders took a 21-17 lead early in the fourth quarter the Tigers responded and
Luke Knight found
Jaydn Girard for the game-winning score with :09 remaining. The Raiders had one last chance at Jesuit's 40-yard line but Zion Turner's pass sailed out of bounds.
Expect to see the Tigers jump in the MaxPreps Top 25 high school football rankings on Monday.
Guyer (Denton, Texas) snapped No. 21 Ryan's (Denton) 16-game winning streak with a 14-7 overtime victory. Junior quarterback
Jackson Arnold threw for nearly 200 yards and two scores including the game-winning 29-yard touchdown pass to
Sutton Lee in overtime. The defense made big-time plays and did not allow a point in the second half after trailing 7-0 at halftime.
Cade Klubnik
and No. 4 Westlake (Austin, Texas) won their 26th consecutive game
after beating Trinity (Euless) 34-14. The future Clemson quarterback
accounted for three touchdowns and up next for the back-to-back state
champs is Mansfield Summit (Mansfield) on Sept. 10.
No. 2 IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) traveled to Ohio for the second straight week and rolled to a
58-7 win over La Salle (Cincinnati) on Friday. Through two games the Ascenders have outscored the opposition 116-7.
No. 11 Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.) made a statement handing Carmel (Ind.) its first loss of the season with a 41-14 win. It was the 17th consecutive win for the defending 6A state champs.
No. 23 Centennial (Corona, Calif.) went into halftime tied at 14 with Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) but outscored the Trailblazers 21-0 in the second half to improve to 2-0 on the season.
No. 25 Bixby held off Jenks in a matchup of defending state champs, 23-15. It was the 38th consecutive win for the Spartans and they have beat the Trojans three straight times after Jenks handed them their last loss in 2018.
MaxPreps Top 25 National Scoreboard
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Next week: Sept. 10 vs. Liberty (Henderson, Nev.)
Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, 7 p.m.
Friday, 8:30 p.m. at Milton High School (Ga.)
Saturday, 2 p.m.
Friday, 7 p.m.
Friday, 7 p.m.
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Next week: Sept. 9 vs. Bishop Amat (La Puente)
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Next week: Sept. 11 at Franklin (Reisterstown, Md.)
Friday, 7 p.m.
Thursday, 7 p.m.
Friday, 7 p.m.
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Next week: Sept. 10 vs. Myers Park (Charlotte, N.C.)
Saturday, 4 p.m. at Cathedral Catholic High School (San Diego)
