Centennial puts up a fight, closing to within a score late in the game but Mater Dei seals the season-opening victory with a late touchdown drive.
Mater Dei is considered No. 1 in California and the nation by high school football experts, but there’s a reason Corona Centennial coach Matt Logan isn’t afraid to play the Monarchs. He wants to see where his team stands in the season opener and found out on Friday night the Huskies can hang with the best.Mater Dei finally put away the Huskies with a fourth-quarter touchdown to secure a 28-14 victory before a sold-out crowd at Centennial.
“They’re unbelievable,” he said of Mater Dei’s defensive unit that was blitzing all night trying to make new Centennial quarterback Husan Longstreet feel uncomfortable. Yet Centennial pulled to within 21-14 with 4:30 left when cornerback Tayten Beyer, a San Diego State commit, intercepted an Elijah Brown pass and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown.But Mater Dei, showing its toughness and experience, didn’t give the Huskies a chance of coming all the way back. The Monarchs started handing the ball off to Jordon Davison and moved down field, with Nate Frazier scoring on a six-yard run with 2:22 left to seal the victory. Davison rushed for 112 yards.
The big surprise in the first half was a rare ineffective passing performance from Brown, a four-year starter. Six of his first seven passes were incomplete. Receivers were open, too. Accuracy has been Brown’s strength. He still came through with a fourth-down, 23-yard strike to Marcus Brown in the second quarter for a 7-0 lead. A Davison six-yard touchdown run made it 14-0 before halftime.
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