Week 1, Friday, Sept. 2
Junipero Serra (Calif.) vs. De La Salle (Calif.)
11 p.m. on ESPNU from De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif.
- Serra advanced to the finals of the CIF Open Div. State Championship last season and the Padres will try to get back to the finals behind senior OL Ryan Silver (San Diego St. commit) and junior QB Maealiuaki Smith (Arizona, FSU, Kentucky, Nebraska).
- De La Salle is a perennial California power that went 10-3 last season. The Spartans will look to improve on that mark with a strong senior class that includes: TE Cooper Flanigan (Notre Dame commit), OL Cooper Powers (TCU commit), OL Derek Thompson (Harvard commit), ATH Journey McCoy (Nevada commit) and WR Charles Greer (Fresno State commit), as well as junior ATH Carson Su’esu’e (Arizona St, Pitt, Tennessee, Utah).