Mater Dei vs. St. John Bosco: Live score, game updates from top-ranked high school football showdown

The St. John Bosco vs. Mater Dei high school football showdown has finally arrived.

The top two high school football teams in the nation kicked off Friday night at 7:30 p.m. from the Santa Ana Bowl in Southern California.

LIVE PLAY-BY-PLAY RECAP | FULL GAME STORY

SBLive Sports has three reporters - Mitch Stephens, Connor Morrissette and Lance Smith - at the game. You can follow all of their coverage on the SBLive California homepage.

Stay with SBLive for live updates (featured below), game highlights and much more from the biggest game of the 2022 high school football season:

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4TH QUARTER UPDATES:

FINAL: Mater Dei 17, St. John Bosco 7 - LIVE BOX SCORE

Final: Mater Dei 17, St. John Bosco 7. Mater Dei has now won five of the last six rivalry games against Bosco. The Monarchs played physical, bully ball on defense and executed well on offense. They’re the best team in the country. E. Brown, J. Davison and the MD lines excelled.
— Connor Morrissette (@C_Morrissette) October 8, 2022

TOUCHDOWN MATER DEI! Sophomore RB Jordon Davison puts the game away with a 38-yard touchdown run to give Mater Dei a 17-7 lead with 1:01 left. Davis has 22 carries for 114 yards.

A 38-yard TD run from Jordon Davison on 3rd and 7 ends this thing. Mater Dei will most likely win 17-7. pic.twitter.com/uIxuJPoSvu
— Connor Morrissette (@C_Morrissette) October 8, 2022

Mater Dei just converted a key third and short and it looks like they'll be able to run the clock out. There's 1:45 on the clock and St. John Bosco only has two timeouts left.

MATER DEI 10, ST. JOHN BOSCO 7: Andre Medina kicks a 22-yard field goal to give Mater Dei the lead with 7:10 left in the game.

Mater Dei QB Elijah Brown almost threw an interception in the end zone on 2nd and goal.

Brown an inch away from throwing a pick pic.twitter.com/WXg7afTpop
— Connor Morrissette (@C_Morrissette) October 8, 2022

Mater Dei has the ball at midfield to start the final quarter.

3RD QUARTER UPDATES:

Mater Dei 7, St. John Bosco 7, end of 3rd quarter

TOUCHDOWN ST. JOHN BOSCO! Cam Jones caps off a 9-play, 85-yard drive with a 6-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7-7 with 3:42 left in the third quarter.

Cam Jones scores on 4th and 2 from the 6. We’re tied 7-7. 3:42 left in the third quarter. Here we go! pic.twitter.com/BrkKZcYKO4
— Connor Morrissette (@C_Morrissette) October 8, 2022

St. John Bosco is on the move midway through the third quarter, trying to tie this game up. Cam Jones just reeled off a tackle-breaking 26-yard run.

Cam Jones goes beast mode! Mater Dei calls a time out. pic.twitter.com/jAMHSKmAuN
— Connor Morrissette (@C_Morrissette) October 8, 2022

St. John Bosco has the ball to start the second half, but is playing without starting quarterback Pierce Clarkson. According to his father, Clarkson is in concussion protocol and has been ruled out for the remainder of the game.

Pierce Clarkson has a concussion, according to his father, Steve. Caleb Sanchez will QB Bosco to begin the second half. @SBLiveCA @MitchBookLive @AndrewNemec
— Connor Morrissette (@C_Morrissette) October 8, 2022

2ND QUARTER UPDATES:

HALFTIME: Mater Dei 7, St. John Bosco 0.

Clarkson is sacked again. And that brings us to halftime. At the break: Mater Dei 7, St. John Bosco 0.
— Connor Morrissette (@C_Morrissette) October 8, 2022

Just like our reporters predicted, this is a defensive battle folks. Mater Dei still leads 7-0 with under two minutes left in the first half.

Ty Lee with sack for SJB. pic.twitter.com/l00qBTakZ0
— Mitch Stephens (@MitchBookLive) October 8, 2022

TOUCHDOWN MATER DEI! Elijah Brown caps off a 14-play, 99-yard drive with a 9-yard touchdown run to give Mater Dei a 7-0 lead over St. John Bosco early in the second quarter.

Taylor Kelly, Mater Dei’s OC, dials up a genius QB draw on third and 9 and Elijah Brown takes it in for the TD. 11:51 left in the second quarter, Mater Dei leads 7-0. That was a 99 and a half yard drive. @SBLiveCA pic.twitter.com/DzfADIeIht
— Connor Morrissette (@C_Morrissette) October 8, 2022

1ST QUARTER UPDATES:

INTERCEPTION MATER DEI! Zabien Brown picks off Pierce Clarkson on the goal line to thwart St. John Bosco's opening drive.

DO NOT TEST @zabien_brown #GOTW | #SoCal | @CIFSS | @MDFootball pic.twitter.com/ptQag6gI6Z
— PrepZone (@prepzone) October 8, 2022

Mater Dei takes the opening kickoff and their drive stalls before reaching midfield. St. John Bosco was getting penetration into the Mater Dei backfield, including Matayo Uiagalelei. Still 0-0.

Matayo U pic.twitter.com/7MWfxtfDvm
— Connor Morrissette (@C_Morrissette) October 8, 2022

PREGAME UPDATES:

USC coach Lincoln Riley is in the house:

Lincoln Riley has watched Matayo Uiagalelei warm up closely. @SBLiveCA @AndrewNemec @DUiagalelei pic.twitter.com/uo6irkYkb9
— Connor Morrissette (@C_Morrissette) October 8, 2022

Mater Dei quarterback Elijah Williams is 23-0 as a starter. Will he be 24-0 after tonight?

Mr. 23-0 pic.twitter.com/usbZsrv2Zd
— Connor Morrissette (@C_Morrissette) October 8, 2022

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