It happened a couple of times this season. Mater Dei’s football team would lose its edge. The opponent would close in or take a brief lead. Then Mater Dei would get its nasty back and win going ...

St. John Bosco (11-2), which lost to Mater Dei 59-14 in an earlier Trinity League game, made the Monarchs sweat out victory for the first time all season behind a gusty, fearless effort by ...

St. John Bosco lost at Mater Dei, 59-14, on Oct. 25. “I think when you have teams that are of this caliber, to beat them twice in the same year is very, very difficult,” Bosco coach Jason ...

Mater Dei High School, a California private school nationally known for its strong sports programs, has inked a 10-year multimedia rights deal with media and marketing company Playfly Sports. It ...

Mater Dei (12-0) plays Concord’s De La Salle (12-0) in the CIF State Open Division championship game Saturday at 8 p.m. at Saddleback College. Maxpreps’ national rankings have De La Salle at ...

Craig, who just finished his junior season at Portland State, helped lead Mater Dei to a California (CIF) state championship in 2021 alongside current Arizona State running back Raleek Brown.

Mater Dei Catholic quarterback Kartell Purvis (9) gets past the defense of St. Aug.ine’s Viliamu Trollinger (23) during the first half of a high school football game at Mater Dei Catholic ...

Tomuhini Topui, who is 6 feet 3 and 315 pounds, was Mater Dei High’s Great Wall on defense this season. “Everywhere you could be up front, I was there,” he said. The junior was moved around ...

With the high school football season at an end, we're making the cases for Mater Dei, Milton and North Crowley as Super 25 National Champion.

Mater Dei has only two losing seasons since 1993 and ranks first in City history with 24 sectional championships. The Wildcats have played in seven state title games, winning in 2000 and 2022.