De La Salle is again in motion this weekend after having final week off. Serra places its undefeated report on the road when it travels to San Jose to play Bellarmine.
San Ramon Valley and McClymonds are set to collide in Oakland.
Clayton Valley, which beat beforehand undefeated Jesuit-Carmichael on Saturday, visits Amador Valley in an enormous league opener.
Sure, it’s shaping as much as be fairly a Week 7.
When you've got not already, please subscribe right here for full digital entry all season lengthy.
Right here is the Week 7 preview and schedule:
Prime matchups
Friday
No. 1 Serra (5-0, 2-0) vs. No. 7 Bellarmine (3-2, 2-0) at San Jose Metropolis Faculty, 7 p.m.: The measuring stick for all West Catholic Athletic League groups this season is Serra. Bellarmine has received three in a row after opening with aggressive losses on the highway in opposition to Menlo-Atherton and McClymonds. However can the Bells compete with Serra? Prior to now 5 conferences between the groups, Serra has outscored the San Jose faculty 210-7. Calpreps.com’s laptop initiatives the same rating Friday: Serra 46, Bellarmine 0. The Padres have began WCAL play with victories over St. Francis 29-7 and Archbishop Mitty 35-7. The video games had been aggressive for a half earlier than Serra pulled away. The Padres even have non-league wins on the highway over heavyweights Folsom and De La Salle. Bellarmine shut out Archbishop Riordan final week however wanted Connor Tripp’s 37-yard area purpose within the fourth quarter to win 3-0. In Serra’s victory over Mitty, Maealiuaki Smith threw two landing passes and Teddy Chung intercepted two passes to assist paved the way. — Darren Sabedra
No. 2 De La Salle (3-2) at St. Mary’s-Stockton (6-0), 7 p.m.: De La Salle hasn’t misplaced back-to-back video games within the common season since 2009. St. Mary’s has by no means crushed the Spartans in seven conferences. One thing has to offer Friday night time, and each groups must be a lot fired up. De La Salle is coming off a 24-20 loss to Folsom and is attempting to keep away from being a .500 group greater than midway via the season. St. Mary’s has outscored its first six opponents by a mean of 35 factors. That features a 49-20 thrashing of St. Ignatius. If the Rams can beat DLS, it is going to firmly place them amongst Northern California’s elite. A De La Salle win affirms the established order, with Serra, Folsom and the Spartans remaining the highest three groups in NorCal. De La Salle has the higher expertise, with 5 gamers on recruiting lists by 247sports. They embody Notre Dame-bound tight finish Cooper Flanagan and Fresno State-bound operating again Charles Greer. Receiver Naseri Danielson is St. Mary’s prime recruit. Within the earlier seven video games, DLS has received by a mean of 26 factors. Not one of the video games has been nearer than eight factors (twice). – Mike Lefkow
No. 5 San Ramon Valley (5-0) at No. 6 McClymonds (3-1): Every week after battling with Pittsburg’s Jaden Rashada, McClymonds should cope with one other top-tier quarterback who can carve up a protection via the air. San Ramon Valley’s Luke Baker has accomplished 73% of his passes, and nearly all of his 1,497 yards and 16 touchdowns have gone to huge play wideouts Gavin Jones and Trevor Scott. San Ramon Valley’s defenders have gone in opposition to proficient groups corresponding to Elk Grove and Liberty, however McClymonds will probably be their strongest opponent to date. The McClymonds backfield is stacked with pace. Jaivian Thomas has rushed for 389 yards and is averaging 10 yards per carry. Tajir Golden and Ferrari Miller common greater than eight yards per try, too. Velocity can be current on the line of defense, the place the Warriors have racked up 22 sacks in 4 video games. Malik Richardson leads the way in which with seven, and Jaysen Cole and Joshua Shanklin have six and 4, respectively. If SRV desires to keep up its present stage of effectivity, the Wolves might want to determine the best way to give Baker a clear pocket. — Joseph Dycus
No. 18 Clayton Valley Constitution (2-3) at No. 13 Amador Valley (4-1), 7 p.m.: After Clayton Valley misplaced three of its first 4 video games, coach Tim Murphy determined to crack down. No extra Mr. Good Coach. Murphy’s new method paid off, because the visiting Ugly Eagles beat beforehand unbeaten Jesuit-Carmichael 35-21 on Saturday. Amador Valley’s solely blemish to date was a four-point loss to unbeaten El Cerrito within the season opener. Now, two groups that had distinctly totally different first halves of the season play their EBAL Mountain openers in opposition to each other in Pleasanton. It’s a contest neither group can afford to lose if they need favorable seeding within the North Coast Part playoffs subsequent month. Additional, ought to CVC fall in opposition to Amador Valley, it might be dealing with a sub-.500 season for the primary time since 2007, with video games in opposition to San Ramon Valley, California and De La Salle nonetheless forward. The Dons have a wonderful shot at .500 win or lose Friday. They play struggling Monte Vista subsequent weekend. However they end with San Ramon Valley, De La Salle and California. The Uglies and Dons seem like a matchup of Clayton Valley’s offense versus Amador Valley’s protection. The Eagles, with QB Christian Aguilar and 6-foot-3 junior receiver Davin Amos, are averaging 30 factors per recreation. Amador Valley has yielded 35 factors all 12 months, however Clayton Valley is well the hardest offense the Dons have come up in opposition to to date. – Mike Lefkow
No. 22 Sacred Coronary heart Cathedral (3-2, 1-1) at No. 17 St. Francis (2-3, 1-1), 7 p.m.: Each groups are coming off highway wins. St. Francis ended a three-game skid with a 42-20 rout of St. Ignatius. Sacred Coronary heart Cathedral bounced again from a loss to Mitty with a 36-20 victory over Valley Christian. St. Francis has received 12 in a row over SHC since shedding to the Fightin’ Irish in 2008. When the groups met final season in San Francisco, St. Francis received 37-13 on its option to the WCAL championship. In St. Francis’ win final week, Keala Keanaaina ran for 232 yards and scored two touchdowns to guide the Lancers. Aidan McGrath threw for 243 yards and three touchdowns in SHC’s victory over Valley Christian. — Darren Sabedra
Miramonte (4-1) at Northgate (5-0), 7 p.m.: If issues go Miramonte’s manner on this Diablo Athletic League Foothill Division opener, count on a whole lot of factors. The visiting Matadors have scored at the very least 35 in all however one recreation this season, with UCLA commit Luke Duncan (17 landing passes) main the way in which. The Matadors aren’t simply an air present, although. Bennett Destino has rushed for 357 yards and Thomas Wilson has gained 225. Northgate’s protection has been excellent throughout the Broncos’ undefeated begin, giving up a mean of 5.6 factors per recreation and shutting out two opponents. Peyton Reid-Day patrols the secondary, and the linebacking group is deep. R.J Anderson and Jack Kessler will name the indicators in opposition to Miramonte. — Joseph Dycus
Saturday
No. 16 Half Moon Bay (5-0, 1-0) at No. 10 Sacred Coronary heart Prep (4-1, 0-0), 2 p.m.: The PAL/SCVAL Bay Division championship might be on the road on this one. Half Moon Bay edged league favourite Menlo-Atherton 22-21 final week. Sacred Coronary heart Prep was picked by the Bay Space Information Group to complete second. An HMB win Saturday will put the Cougars comfortably within the driver’s seat after simply two league video games. However as SHP has proven this season, successful in Atherton isn’t straightforward. Los Gatos, Archbishop Riordan and Mountain View every managed simply seven factors in losses at SHP, which has given up not more than 13 factors in any recreation this season. MLB Shay O’Kelly leads the Gators with 50 tackles, together with 10 for loss, and DB Luke Maxwell has a team-best three interceptions. Operating again PJ Modena has rushed for 783 yards and 9 touchdowns to guide HMB. The groups are 4-4 in opposition to each other since 2008. — Darren Sabedra
Schedule
Thursday, Oct. 6
SOUTH BAY/PENINSULA/SF
PAL/SCVAL De Anza
Los Gatos at Palo Alto, 7 p.m.
BVAL Mt. Hamilton
Lincoln-San Jose at Christopher, 7 p.m.
BVAL Santa Teresa-Foothill
Independence at Pioneer, 7 p.m.
Silver Creek at Piedmont Hills, 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 7
EAST BAY
Bay Valley
Liberty at Pittsburg, 7 p.m.
DAL Foothill
Campolindo at Benicia, 7 p.m.
Las Lomas at Acalanes, 7 p.m.
Miramonte at Northgate, 7 p.m.
DAL Valley
Harmony at Faculty Park, 7 p.m.
Mt. Diablo at Ygnacio Valley, 7 p.m.
EBAL Mountain
Clayton Valley at Amador Valley, 7 p.m.
Monte Vista at California, 7 p.m.
EBAL Valley
Foothill at Dougherty Valley, 7 p.m.
Granada at Dublin, 7 p.m.
MVAL/WACC Foothill
Bishop O’Dowd at Tennyson, 7 p.m.
Encinal at Castro Valley, 7 p.m.
James Logan vs. San Leandro at Burrell Subject in San Leandro, 7 p.m.
MVAL/WACC Mission
Berkeley at Moreau Catholic, 7 p.m.
Irvington at Washington-Fremont, 7 p.m.
Mt. Eden at Hayward, 7 p.m.
MVAL/WACC Shoreline
Alameda at San Lorenzo, 3:30 p.m.
Kennedy at Newark Memorial, 7 p.m.
TCAL Rock
Bethel at El Cerrito, 7 p.m.
De Anza at Hercules, 7 p.m.
TCAL Stone
Richmond at St. Patrick-St. Vincent, 7 p.m.
Non-league
Eureka at Piedmont, 7 p.m.
SOUTH BAY/PENINSULA/SF
BVAL Santa Teresa-Foothill
Gilroy at Branham, 7 p.m.
BVAL Santa Teresa-Valley
Leigh at Overfelt, 7 p.m.
Prospect at Gunderson, 7 p.m.
Sobrato at Westmont, 7 p.m.
BVAL West Valley
Del Mar at Lick, 7 p.m.
Evergreen Valley at San Jose, 7 p.m.
Hill at Willow Glen, 7 p.m.
Yerba Buena at Mt. Nice, 7 p.m.
PAL/SCVAL Bay
Menlo-Atherton at Burlingame, 7 p.m.
PAL/SCVAL De Anza
Milpitas at Wilcox, 7 p.m.
Mountain View at Homestead, 7 p.m.
PAL/SCVAL Ocean
Hillsdale at San Mateo, 7 p.m.
Jefferson at Capuchino, 7 p.m.
Terra Nova at Carlmont, 7 p.m.
PAL/SCVAL El Camino
Gunn at Los Altos, 7 p.m.
King’s Academy at Santa Clara, 7 p.m.
Sequoia at Cupertino, 7 p.m.
PAL/SCVAL Lake
El Camino at Woodside, 7 p.m.
Fremont-Sunnyvale at Lynbrook, 7 p.m.
Monta Vista at Mills, 7 p.m.
South San Francisco at Saratoga, 7 p.m.
West Catholic
Riordan vs. Mitty at Foothill Faculty, 7 p.m.
Sacred Coronary heart Cathedral at St. Francis, 7 p.m.
Serra vs. Bellarmine at San Jose Metropolis Faculty, 7 p.m.
Valley Christian at St. Ignatius, 7 p.m.
INTERSECTIONAL
De La Salle at St. Mary’s-Stockton, 7 p.m.
San Ramon Valley at McClymonds, 7 p.m.
Skyline at Vallejo, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 8
EAST BAY
DAL Valley
Alhambra at Berean Christian, 1:30 p.m.
MVAL/WACC Shoreline
Arroyo vs. American at Washington-Fremont, 1 p.m.
TCAL Rock
Pinole Valley at Salesian, 1 p.m.
TCAL Stone
Kennedy-Richmond at St. Mary’s-Berkeley, 1 p.m.
SOUTH BAY/PENINSULA/SF
BVAL Mt. Hamilton
Oak Grove at Reside Oak, 7 p.m.
PAL/SCVAL Bay
Aragon at Menlo College 2 p.m.
Half Moon Bay at Sacred Coronary heart Prep, 2 p.m.
INTERSECTIONAL
Delta Constitution-Tracy at Harker, 7 p.m.
The best way to report outcomes/recreation particulars
We encourage Bay Space coaches or group statisticians to e mail the ultimate rating and key scoring performs (just a few stats, in case you have them) to highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com proper after every recreation. Please embody the varsity names within the topic line.
Predictions
Look right here because the Bay Space Information Group’s Darren Sabedra, Joseph Dycus, and correspondent Mike Lefkow make their weekly predictions.