San Marin (3-0) at Casa Grande (2-1) 7:00 PM
San Marin’s new starting quarterback Daniel Rolovich is coming off a four touchdown passes/one touchdown run outing in last week’s win over Moreau Catholic. His top target was Wesley Timmel. Defensively, Liam McMann is a player to watch. Casa Grande quarterback Danny Mercado has thrown for 457 yards and seven touchdowns and is the Gauchos’ leading rusher. Wyatt Duff has been his top receiver. The Gauchos are coming off a 34-13 win over Rancho Cotate. Their loss came in the opener against Cardinal Newman (61-14).
Liberty (2-1) at Amador Valley (1-2) 7:00 PM
Amador Valley quarterback Tristan Tia has looked the part through three games with 806 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 76 percent of his passes. He has also rushed for 210 yards and five touchdowns. The Dons’ losses have come to undefeated squads in El Cerrito and Downey in which they gave up 85 total points. Liberty junior Jaxon Bell has nearly 550 total yards of offense through three games, but was held in check on the ground in the Lions’ lone loss to Los Gatos. The Lions have wins over Frontier-Bakersfield (which beat Oak Ridge) and Tracy.
Bishop O’Dowd (2-1) at Cardinal Newman (3-0) 7:00 PM
The past two weeks, Bishop O’Dowd surprised Monte Vista to enter the Top 20 rankings, but then lost to McClymonds 28-14. The Dragons have one of the top receivers in the region in Deji Ajose. Cardinal Newman has rushed for more than 300 yards per game and has one of the top underclassmen receivers in Northern California with Zion Cargill. Both teams will be contenders for NCS titles.
Edison-Stockton (0-3) at Downey (4-0) 7:00 PM
Downey quarterback Carson Lamb has thrown for 1,288 yards with 14 touchdowns, including six scores to Ethan Woodmansee. The Knights have wins over Lincoln-Stockton, Elk Grove, Merced and Amador Valley with all four games being decided by 14 points or less. Edison has played a tough schedule in losing to Grant, Clovis West and Central. Former St. Mary’s-Stockton quarterback Devin Rasmussen is now at Edison and Langdon Horace has been his top receiver. Amarion Mckenzie is the leading tackler for Edison.
Central Catholic (2-2) at Patterson (2-2) 7:00 PM
This is a new VOL matchup and its kicks off league play with both teams splitting their four non-league games. Central Catholic’s Joey Alcutt has 399 rushing yards and three touchdowns and Chase Perino has caught three of the five touchdown passes from Kayden McHenry. Patterson quarterback Max Medina is a player to know with 1,216 yards and 10 touchdowns. Patterson’s losses have come to California and Vacaville while Central Catholic has lost to St. Mary’s-Stockton and Central Catholic-Oregon.
Rocklin (3-0) at Folsom (2-1) 7:00 PM
What looks to be the top two teams in the SFL will face off on the opening week. Rocklin has solidly been a Top 10 team this season with Reeve Slone back at quarterback and key players like Mavrik Collins, Mikey Cunningham, Derek Keeley and offensive lineman Garrison Blank. Folsom remains one of the top teams in NorCal with quarterback Ryder Lyons and his top target, Jameson Powell. The Bulldogs’ defense has eight sacks, led by three from Theo Greule. They have scored more than 50 points in two of three games.
Gunn (3-0) at Monta Vista (3-0) 7:00 PM
Gunn has given up eight points over three games in getting off to an undefeated start. JJ Racz has 294 rushing yards and six touchdowns. Luke Hines has 23 tackles and four sacks. Monta Vista has also been stingy on defense in giving up just six points to Kathleen MacDonald. Monta Vista’s last winning season came in 2015.
San Ramon Valley (3-0) at McClymonds (1-2) 7:15 PM
Rhett Thompson has played well at quarterback for San Ramon Valley in completing nearly 70 percent of his passes for 618 yards and five touchdowns. Marco Jones, who has also made plays on offense, has 30 tackles with nine of them being for a loss. The schedule doesn’t let up for McClymonds, which has played Top 20 teams Riordan, St. Francis and Bishop O’Dowd. Quarterback Berell Staples has backed up his 2026 Top 25 ranking to give the Warriors a more balanced offensive attack.
Bear River (3-0) at Wheatland (3-0) 7:15 PM
Luke Wall had the game winning field goal on an untimed down to beat Johansen 13-12. Bear River has a sophomore starting quarterback in Jayden Brock in looking for its first winning season since 2019. Wheatland’s defense has forced six sacks and five turnovers in allowing 14 total points over three games. Konley Cova has 25 tackles and two sacks. Last year, Bear River won this meeting 21-14.
Hillsdale (2-1) at Santa Teresa (3-0) 7:15 PM
Santa Teresa is coming off a 41-35 win in overtime against Pioneer-San Jose. Quarterback Brenton Gaches threw for 267 yards and had three different receivers tally five catches. Hillsdale running back Dante Allendorf has rushed for 307 yards and five touchdowns. All three of Hillsdale’s games have been decided by 10 points or less with its loss coming to Half Moon Bay (21-14).
