Football takes: Corona Centennial sold out its tickets for Mater Dei game in 35 minutes

Those that have been fast on their units Monday morning in all probability have been profitable getting a ticket or two for this Friday’s soccer sport between No. 1 Santa Ana Mater Dei and No. 3 Corona Centennial when tickets grew to become accessible at 8 a.m.

It took solely 35 minutes for the Corona Centennial portion of tickets to promote out. Centennial seats about 5,000. Mater Dei nonetheless had tickets left from its allocation on sale. The 7:30 p.m. sport can be proven on Bally Sports activities. Mater Dei (2-0) has a 19-game win streak, and Centennial (2-0) got here closest of all final season when dropping to the Monarchs 21-16.

Centennial has been spectacular thus far this season, scoring 85 factors in its opener, then beating San Diego’s finest staff, Cathedral Catholic, on the street. Mater Dei rallied final Friday evening to defeat Las Vegas Bishop Gorman.

Harm: Standout quarterback Ty Dieffenbach of Agoura, a UNLV commit, suffered a knee damage on Friday evening towards Ventura when one among his linemen was pushed again and ended up hitting Dieffenbach on his knee, hyperextending it. Dieffenbach mentioned he’ll bear an MRI.

The “different” showdown: Sure, Mater Dei vs. Corona Centennial is a reasonably good matchup, however so is Lengthy Seashore Poly (2-0) at Mission Viejo (2-0).

“I believe that is as massive a sport as any,” Mission Viejo coach Chad Johnson mentioned. “They’re good. They’re manner higher than final season.”

Quarterback Darius Curry and a very good group of receivers will supply a significant problem to the Diablos, who’ve relied on their offense within the first two video games. Receiver Jackson Holman has been the massive offensive weapon for Mission Viejo.

Rise of Cleveland: Final season, Lincoln was the massive shock within the Metropolis Part, going 10-0. Reseda Cleveland is attempting to be this season’s Lincoln with a 2-0 begin. Junior Donovan Powell had a 99-yard landing run and 355 yards speeding in a win over Grant on Friday.

Mission League intrigue: There’s actually no favourite within the Mission League, the place groups are unexpectedly successful and dropping video games. There’s Chaminade upsetting JSerra. There’s Bishop Alemany knocking off San Diego Lincoln. There’s Gardena Serra dropping to prime groups Orange Lutheran and Lengthy Seashore Poly. There’s Bishop Amat beginning 2-0 however having to face St. John Bosco on Friday evening. There’s Sierra Canyon dropping to JSerra and Oaks Christian to begin 0-2. There’s Sherman Oaks Notre Dame going 2-0 towards nonranked opponents.

Good begin for Cypress: Cypress is 2-0 and has one among Southern California’s finest athletes in 6-foot-4 senior receiver Matthew Morrell, an Oregon State commit for baseball.

In two video games, Morrell has one move completion, two rushes for 12 yards, 14 catches for 219 yards and two touchdowns.

Receiver on the rise: Don’t underestimate senior receiver Maddox Bernardino of Diamond Bar. He has 15 receptions for 350 yards and 4 touchdowns in two video games.