Southland Football Power โRankings Shaken Up After Week 3 Contests
Teh landscape of high school football in the Southland experienced a meaningful shift this week as โฃseveral top-ranked teams โคfacedโ challenges, resulting in upsets andโค compelling victories. week 3 action saw dominant โperformances, tight contests, โand a fewโค unexpected โoutcomes, setting the stage for an exciting remainder of the season.
These rankings, reflecting teams’ performance through September 8th, carry weight for playoff seeding andโ bragging rights across the region.โ The results impact not only the schoolsโ and athletes โinvolved butโฃ also the broader high school football โcommunity, influencing recruiting attention and local rivalries. โขupcoming games promise to further refine the โpecking order as teams battle โคfor supremacy.
Here’sโ a breakdown of how the top 25โ teams fared:
- Mater Dei (3-0)โ edged Kahuku (hawaii), 21-18, โคand will face Corona Centennial on โFriday.
- St. John Bosco (3-0) defeated Baltimore St. โคFrances Academy,21-14,and will host Sanโ Mateo Serra on Friday.
- Sierra Canyon (3-0) shut โฃout Honolulu Punahou, 45-0, and travels to Downey on Friday.
- Orange Lutheran (2-1) fell to Chandler (Ariz.) Basha,โ 30-24, and will host Gardenaโ Serra on Friday.
- Mission Viejo (3-0) โฃdominated Folsom, โ53-14, and โwill play at san Diego Lincoln on Friday.
- Santa Margarita (2-1) defeated Highland, 45-13, โand โคwill visit Oaks โChristian on Friday.
- Corona Centennial (2-1) secured a โข42-6 winโฃ against South Jordanโค (Utah) Bingham and will hostโข Mater Deiโค on Friday.
- Gardena serra (2-1) lost to los Alamitos, โ41-21, โคand will travel to Orange Lutheran on Friday.
- Vista Murrieta (2-0) had a bye week and will host Bishop amat on Friday.
- Yorbaโ Lindaโ (3-0) defeated San Jacinto,โ 31-21, and will play at Esperanza on Friday.
- San Juan Hills (2-0)โข won against Chinoโค Hills,42-21,and will travel to Rockwall (Texas) Rockwall-Heath onโ Friday.
- Servite (2-1) defeated Chaminade, 46-3, and will visit Sherman Oaksโฃ Notre Dame on Friday.
- Damien (3-0) defeated St. Paul, 38-24, and will host tustin on Friday.
- Huntington Beach โคEdison (2-1) shut out Lakewood,31-0,and will playโ at โPalos Verdes on Friday.
- Losโ Alamitos (4-0) defeated Gardena Serra, 41-21,โค and will host โคSt. โขPaul on โFriday.
- Beaumontโฃ (3-0) defeated Summit, โ41-14, and โwillโข play at โChaminade on Friday.
- Valencia (2-1) lost to Bishopโค Amat, 42-38,โฃ and will travel โฃto Paraclete on โFriday.
- Downey (3-0)โค defeated โLong Beach Millikan, 55-7, and will host โSierra Canyon โon Friday.
- Corona del Mar (3-0) defeated โLakewoodโ (Colo.)โฃ Green Mountain,55-0,and will host Charter โคOak on โคFriday.
- Cathedral (1-2) lost to โRiverโข Ridge โ(La.) Curtis โChristian,54-26,and will โplay atโข Simi Valleyโ on Friday.
- Oxnard Pacifica (3-0) defeated Newbury Park,โ 56-35, and willโ hostโค Rio Mesa on Friday.
- Leuzinger (3-0) wonโ by forfeit against Bishop Montgomery andโค will play atโ JSerraโ on September 19.
- palos Verdes (2-1) defeated Carson, 30-6, and will host Huntington Beach โขEdisonโ on Friday.
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