Cathedral, Mater Dei and Scripps Ranch will seek state championships this week in games that are ranked tossups. All games Friday and Saturday will be at Mission Viejo Saddleback College.
Cathedral (11-2) will get an opportunity to reverse a 21-14 loss in 2018 to Folsom (11-3). Folsom is eighth in the weekly Cal-Hi Sports poll, Cathedral 10th. The Dons have a 70.7 Cal Preps.com rating and Folsom 59.5. Cathedral is fifth, according to Max Preps and Folsom 17th.
Cathedral won a legendary playoff last week, 71-62, over Orange Lutheran as running back Lucky Sutton posted pinball machine numbers: seven touchdowns, 27 rushing attempts and a Southern California playoffs record of 435 yards.
Folsom topped Concord De La Salle, 28-27, after dropping an early-season 31-0 decision to the Spartans, who hold a 49-21 win over Cathedral.
Kickoff is at 8 p.m. Friday.
Mater Dei (12-1) meets Modesto Central Catholic (13-1) at 4 p.m. Friday.
The Crusaders from Chula Vista are 21st in the state according to Cal-Hi Sports, Central Catholic 25th. Mater Dei is 24th with Max Preps, the Raiders 30th. Mater Dei has a 51.5 Cal Preps.com rating, Central Catholic 49.8.
‘Dei beat Helix, 24-21, for the San Diego Section DII-AA title and Central advanced, 44-42, over Fresno Bullard.
Scripps Ranch (12-1) plays Santa Clara Wilcox (10-4) at noon Saturday.
The Falcons and Chargers are not among Cal-Hi Sports’ top 50 teams, each receiving “0n the Bubble” status. Scripps is 47th, according to Max Preps and Wilcox 59th. The Falcons have a 42.4 grade from Cal Preps.com and Wilcox 39.0.
Scripps advanced with a 45-38 win at Santa Clarita Valencia. Wilcox beat Manteca, 35-21.
Previous state championship games, with San Diego teams’ score listed first:
| YEAR | DIVISION | TEAM (W-L) | TEAM (W-L) | SECTION | SCORE |
| 2007 | II | Oceanside (12-1) | Novato (13-1) | North Coast | 28-14 |
| 2008 | II | Cathedral (14-0) | Stockton St. Mary’s (12-3) |
Sac-Joaquin | 37-34 |
| 2009 | II | Oceanside (14-0) | San Jose Bellarmine (11-2-1) |
Central Coast | 24-19 |
| Small | Francis Parker (11-3) |
Modesto Christian (15-0) |
Sac-Joaquin | 40-44 | |
| 2010 | III | Madison (12-2) | Escalon (14-1) | Sac-Joaquin | 14-30 |
| 2011 | II | Helix (13-1) | Loomis Del Oro (13-2) | Sac-Joaquin | 35-14 |
| 2012 | III | Madison (14-1) | Kentfield Marin Catholic (14-2) | North Coast | 38-35 |
| 2014 | I | Oceanside (14-1) | Folsom (16-0) | Sac-Joaquin | 7-68 |
| II | El Capitan (14-1) | Moraga Campolindo (16-0) |
North Coast | 28-35 | |
| 2015 | III | Rancho Bernardo (13-2) | Atherton Sacred Heart Cathedral (11-4) | Central Coast | 35-14 |
| V-AA | Bonita Vista (12-3) | Hanford (14-1) | Central | 21-33 | |
| VI-AA | Coronado (10-5) | East Nicalous (13-2) | Sac-Joaquin | 6-16 | |
| 2016 | I-AA | Cathedral (15-0) | Stockton St. Mary’s (14-2) |
Sac-Joaquin | 38-35, OT |
| III-A | The Bishop’s (14-1) | Oakdale (14-2) | Sac-Joaquin | 0-47 | |
| V-A | La Jolla Country Day (12-4) | Oakland McClymonds (13-1) |
Oakland | 17-20 | |
| 2017 | I-AA | Helix (13-2) | Folsom (16-0) | Sac-Joaquin | 42-49 |
| III-A | Steele Canyon (12-4) | Half Moon Bay (14-1) | Central Coast | 44-42 | |
| IV-A | El Centro Southwest (14-1) | Milpitas (13-1) | Central Coast | 41-45 | |
| 2018 | I-AA | Cathedral (12-2) | Folsom (14-1) | Sac-Joaquin | 14-21, OT |
| II-AA | Lincoln (11-5) | Atherton Menlo (13-2) |
Central Coast | 7-21 | |
| V-A | San Diego (12-2) | Colfax (13-1) | Sac-Joaquin | 21-10 | |
| VI-A | Orange Glen (9-4) | S.F. Lincoln (13-0) | San Francisco | 13-24 | |
| 2019 | III-AA | El Camino (9-7) | Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman (14-1) | North Coast | 14-31 |
| IV-A | La Jolla (10-5) | Escalon (14-1) | Sac-Joaquin | 21-52 | |
| 2021 | I-AA | Cathedral (11-2) | Folsom (11-3) | Sac-Joaquin | |
| II-A | Scripps Ranch (12-1) |
Santa Clara Wilcox (10-4) |
Central Coast | ||
| III-AA | Mater Dei (12-0) | Modesto Central Catholic (13-1) | Sac-Joaquin |
