Previews and predictions for the top high school football games in the area Friday.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY\u2019S\u00a0TOP GAMES<\/p>\n
Long Beach Poly at Downey, 7 p.m.: The Vikings will have the home field advantage, but the Jackrabbits have home run speed in the backfield. If Poly can establish a strong running game and limit self-inflicted penalties and turnovers, they should begin the season 1-0 for the first time since 2023.<\/p>\n
The pick: Long Beach Poly<\/p>\n
St. John Bosco at Bishop Gorman (1-0), 7 p.m.: The No. 1-ranked Braves will be in the driver\u2019s seat to win the 2026 mythical high school football championship with a road victory against No. 2 Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas. If Bosco\u2019s defense can make Bishop Gorman\u2019s offense one-dimensional by stopping the run, they will pick up the program\u2019s first-ever win against the Gaels.<\/p>\n
The pick: St. John Bosco<\/p>\n
Valley Christian at Gahr, 7 p.m.: The Defenders beat the Gladiators 41-0 in last year\u2019s season opener. Valley Christian might not shut out Gahr again, but coach Brendan Chambers\u2019 team should once again come away victorious with strong efforts from senior quarterback Graham Lunzer and senior receiver\/defensive back Liam Sweeney.The pick: Valley Christian<\/p>\n
Wilson vs. Mayfair at Bellflower HS, 7 p.m.: The Bruins are taking every game in coach Raudric Curtis\u2019 second season personally. Curtis is a former Mayfair assistant who will be looking to get the better of the Monsoons. Wilson senior quarterback Logan Trafas will make his debut as the team\u2019s starter. Mayfair\u2019s offense will be led by junior quarterback Lucasz Shriver and running back Jemony Powell. However, Wilson\u2019s speed at skill positions with junior running back Jemel Grigsby and junior receiver Kyle Harris may very well prove to be too much for Mayfair to handle.<\/p>\n
The pick: Wilson<\/p>\n
FRIDAY\u2019S OTHER GAMES<\/p>\n
Nonleague<\/p>\n
Artesia at Gabrielino<\/p>\n
Cabrillo vs. Sonora at La Habra HS<\/p>\n
Canyon Springs at St. Anthony<\/p>\n
Corona del Mar at Lakewood<\/p>\n
Dominguez at Maranatha<\/p>\n
Franklin at Lynwood<\/p>\n
Inglewood at Los Alamitos<\/p>\n
La Mirada at South Gate<\/p>\n
Lawndale at Norwalk<\/p>\n
Mark Keppel at Compton Centennial<\/p>\n
Mountain View at Glenn<\/p>\n
Paramount at Roosevelt of Los Angeles<\/p>\n
Rancho Dominguez at Rosemead<\/p>\n
Santa Clara at Firebaugh<\/p>\n
Serrano at Warren<\/p>\n
SATURDAY\u2019S GAME<\/p>\n
Compton Early College at Savanna, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Previews and predictions for the top high school football games in the area Friday. FRIDAY\u2019S\u00a0TOP GAMES Long Beach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,17435,2043,2044,131,133,132,137,127],"class_list":["post-438539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-downey","tag-high-school-football","tag-high-school-sports","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}