Two of California’s top high school football programs – both of which enter unbeaten – go at it on Friday in the state’s No. 1 game of the week as De La Salle hosts Cathedral Catholic.
Scroll down for a pregame overview followed by live scoring and updates from kickoff through postgame.
Pregame
During a week in which the onset of league play dominates most storylines, the No. 1 game of the week is a final NorCal-versus-SoCal chess match before state championships bring more in mid-December, and both teams come in unbeaten. At No. 7 in the state, De La Salle has unsurprisingly been in national rankings discussions for a few weeks now, whereas Cathedral Catholic wasn’t on the national radar to start the season but wasted no time in pushing the envelope. Regardless of who wins, De La Salle is the favorite to emerge as the NorCal Open Division regional champion and Cathedral Catholic still has to worry about Lincoln in both Western League play and perhaps the CIF-SDS Open Division playoffs. But the winner has a great chance to go 10-0, especially with De La Salle off to a strong start in what’s otherwise a down year for most of the North Coast Section. And whichever team wins also has to like their chances of being ranked top-25 in the nation a week from now.
Live score, updates
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FOURTH QUARTER:
6:28: Noah Lauifi is down with what appears to be a concerning lower body injury. Injury stoppage.
10:06 – De La Salle 35, Cathedral Catholic 14: Johnson-Lucas somehow stays up after withstanding some early contact and stumbles into the end zone for a 14-yard touchdown.
EARLY Q4: Fa’alave-Johnson limps off the field on his own power after staying down for a minute, exiting the game with an injury. He manages to reenter the game after just a couple plays, but De La Salle tackles him after a handoff on fourth down for a turnover on downs.
THIRD QUARTER:
3:03 – De La Salle 28, Cathedral Catholic 14: The Dons are back in the game following a nine-yard run by Honor Fa’alave-Johnson.
3:51: Cathedral Catholic is threatening after a 36-yard run from Flores.
8:02 – De La Salle 28, Cathedral Catholic 7: De La Salle regains complete control of the game. Knight keeps an option play and survives a hit to score from several yards out.
9:45: Cathedral Catholic nearly safety in their own end zone after back-to-back botched snaps, and ends up punting from its own one-yard line. De La Salle takes over at the Dons’ 16-yard line.
SECOND QUARTER:
De La Salle leads 21-7 at halftime.
4:14 – De La Salle 21, Cathedral Catholic 7: Despite the absence of Palmer, the Dons are on the board after a nine-yard rushing score from Willie Flores.
6:28: Cathedral Catholic QB Brady Palmer, a Cal commit, has been out with an injury for a few minutes now. Nathan Ashmore is under center in his place.
10:32 – De La Salle 21, Cathedral Catholic 0: Jamal Johnson-Lucas gives the Spartans their third touchdown, Knight hits a tumbling Dylan Scott for the two-point conversion, and the rout might be on already.
11:19: De La Salle is threatening again after a 61-yard run from Knight.
FIRST QUARTER:
0:38: De La Salle takes over on downs deep in its own territory.
3:20 – De La Salle 13, Cathedral Catholic 0: De La Salle is off to a strong start after a 40-yard keeper from Knight. PAT is unsuccessful.
6:59 – De La Salle 7, Cathedral Catholic 0: Greg Jones scores his first touchdown of the season, and the game’s first score, off a pitch from Brayden Knight.
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