palos verdes

A look at two of this week’s top high school football games in the Southland:

Friday

Gardena Serra (5-5) at Palos Verdes (9-1), 7 p.m. Somehow Serra upset Sherman Oaks Notre Dame last week, then won a coin flip to finish in third place in the Mission League. The reward is a rematch against a Palos Verdes team it lost to 17-14 in the season opener on Aug. 14. All eyes will be on AJ McBean, the star Serra running who played sparingly in league play because of a hamstring injury. Will he play? Serra will be doing everything possible to make sure the duo of Ryan Rakowski and Jalen Flowers stays quiet. The pick: Palos Verdes.

Sun Valley Poly (9-1) at Marshall (10-0), 2 p.m. Two league champions meet in a City Section Division 1 opener. Marshall quarterback Nathaniel Cadet left its win over Eagle Rock with a shoulder injury and will try to get back into the lineup. Poly won the East Valley League title, and coach Boo Williams is hoping his team’s speed advantage helps. The pick: Marshall.

Oct. 9, 2026 10:19 PM PT

A look at how the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland fared this week:

Rk. School (record) result; Next game

1. SANTA MARGARITA (7-0) def. Servite, 27-3; at St. John Bosco, Friday

2. ST. JOHN BOSCO (6-1) def. Orange Lutheran, 28-14; vs. Santa Margarita, Friday

3. SIERRA CANYON (7-0) def. Gardena Serra, 58-0; at Chaminade, Friday

4. CORONA CENTENNIAL (4-3) def. Murrieta Valley, 42-20; vs. Norco, Thursday

5. MATER DEI (5-2) def. JSerra, 41-7; at Servite, Thursday

6. MISSION VIEJO (6-1) def. Yorba Linda, 27-26; at San Clemente, Friday

7. ORANGE LUTHERAN (4-3) lost to St. John Bosco, 28-24; vs. JSerra, Friday

8. SAN CLEMENTE (7-0) def. Los Alamitos, 40-0; vs. Mission Viejo, Friday

9. PALOS VERDES (6-1) lost to Inglewood, 26-23; at Mira Costa, Thursday

10. JSERRA (4-3) lost to Mater Dei, 41-7; at Orange Lutheran, Friday

11. SERVITE (3-4) lost to Santa Margarita, 27-3; vs. Mater Dei, Thursday

12. CORONA DEL MAR (7-0) def. Tustin, 28-14; at Capistrano Valley, Friday

13. BISHOP AMAT (6-1) def. Chaminade, 28-7; at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, Friday

14. LA SERNA (6-1) def. La Mirada, 56-19; vs. Cerritos, Friday

15. CREAN LUTHERAN (5-2) def. Capistrano Valley, 30-22; vs. La Habra, Friday

16. CARSON (6-1) def. Banning, 41-3; at Narbonne, Friday

17. OXNARD PACIFICA (5-2) lost to Newbury Park, 21-16; at Bishop Diego, Friday

18. CHAMINADE (5-2) lost to Bishop Amat, 21-0; vs. Sierra Canyon, Friday

19. GARDENA SERRA (3-4) lost to Sierra Canyon, 58-0; at Loyola, Friday

20. HUNTINGTON BEACH (709) def Dana Hills, 21-16; at Western, Thursday

21. SAN JACINTO (7-0) def. Tahquitz, 48-7; at Elsinore, Thursday

22. ORANGE (7-0) def. Segerstrom, 53-7; at Beckman, Friday

23. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (7-0) def Loyola, 49-21; vs. Bishop Amat, Friday

24. CAPISTRANO VALLEY (6-1) lost to Crean Lutheran, 30-22; vs. Corona del Mar, Friday

25. YORBA LINDA (0-7) lost to Mission Viejo, 27-26; vs. San Juan Hills, Thursday