2021 Week 16: Three Teams Will Become Part of State Playoff History

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
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