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Final: Servite vs. Corona Centennial: Live score summary — Huskies rout Servite (8/22/2025)

Sophomore running back Malaki Davis looks like Centennial's next big thing with three TDs; Dominick Catalano throws 4 TD passes in wire-to-wire home win

Mitch Stephens

Corona Centennial will host Servite in a 2025 opener Friday at 7 p.m.
Corona Centennial will host Servite in a 2025 opener Friday at 7 p.m. / Michael Cazares

Centennial might have found its next big time back. And quarterback.

Huskies coach Matt Logan might not be willing to say that yet, but he surely liked his defense as well in a 42-14 opening night home victory over Trinity League foe Servite.

Sophomore running back Malaki Davis scored three touchdowns, senior quarterback Dominick Catalano added four touchdown passes as Centennial, ranked No. 9 in California in the High School on SI state preseason rankings, raced to 35-0 halftime lead and cruised from there.

Servite, ranked 12th in the state, showed some good fight in the second half and got touchdowns from sophomore Jacob Jackson and Benjamin Harris, the later on a 20-yard pass from Kale Murphy with 2:30 remaining.

Catalano, the younger brother of former two-year starter Anthony Catalano, threw two touchdown passes to Keawe Browne, one on an inside flip to Davis, but the one everyone will be talking about was the 15-yard TD catch by Ty Plinski, who grabbed the sideline pass with one hand. It was spectacular.

That made it 14-0 early in the first quarter and Davis made it 21-0 with 5:06 in the first on his nifty 35-yard catch and run. The Huskies looked much better than their preseason ranking.

Catalano made his first start of 2025 after the graduation of highly touted second-year starter Husan Longstreet. Davis, a strong, quick and big 6-foot, 205-pounder looks like he might follow in the footsteps of standout Centennial backs like Cornell Hatcher, JJ Taylor, Tre Watson and Ryan Bass.

PREGAME

Centennial will see a new Trinity League opponent.

The Huskies from Corona, under longtime coach Matt Logan, always take on the toughest and most talented Southern California has to offer.

On Friday starting at 7 p.m., Logan's perennial California power hosts Servite of Anaheim, which is led by one of the state's top returning tight ends in 6-foot-4, 245-pound Luke Sorensen, a Nebraska commit.

The two teams are both ranked in the High School On SI preseason top 25, with Centennial ranked No. 9 and Servite at No. 12.

This is the first meeting between the two teams at least since 2004.

Servite is part of one of the nation's top leagues, the Trinity League, which features the nation's top two ranked teams, Mater Dei and St. John Bosco.

Centennial annually plays Mater Dei and 2025 is no exception. The Huskies host Mater Dei Sept. 12, along with a road game at Santa Margarita on Aug. 28.

The Huskies feature five seniors among 247Sports' Top 247 seniors, linebacker Jonathan McKinley (Cal commit), tight end Keawe Browne, cornerback Therman Williams (Sacramento State), defensive lineman Kingston Schirmer (Cal) and yet another linebacker, Fifita Moore, (Princeton).

Centennial will have a new quarterback under center in Dominick Catalano, whose brother Anthony was a two-year starter for the Huskies in 2014 and 2015. During his 34-game career, Anthony Catalano completed 283 of 446 for 4,812 yards and 47 touchdowns.

How to watch

Watch the game live on the NFHS Network

LIVE UPDATES

1ST QUARTER

TOUCHDOWN CENTENNIAL — Takes just three plays, 65-yard bomb from Catalano to Keawe Browne. 11:04 1Q. Centennial 7, Servite 0

TOUCHDOWN CENTENNIAL — After a bad punt snap, Centennial needs one play to go 15 yards, remarkable one-handed catch by Ty Plinski from Catalano. Game isn't even three minutes old. Centennial 14, Servite 0. 9:21 1Q.

TOUCHDOWN CENTENNIAL — Catalano flips the ball inside to fleet and elusive Malaki Davis, a 6-foot, 205-pound sophomore, who scampers about 35 yards for the touchdown. Centennial 21, Servite 0. 5:06 1Q. Centennial 21, Servite 0. 5:06 1Q.

END OF 1: Centennial 21, Servite 0

2ND QUARTER

TD Centennial — Davis with his second touchdown, a 4-yard run caps 99-yard drive, Two 4th-down conversions on drive. Centennial 28, Servite 0. 6:55. 2Q.

TD Centennial — Davis yet again. This on nifty 18-yard run just before the half. Kid is spectacular. So are the Huskies tonight. Centennial 35, Servite 0. 0.22 2Q.

HALFTIME: Centennial 35, Servite 0

3RD QUARTER

TOUCHDOWN SERVITE: Sophomore Jacob Jackson with 5-yard touchdown run, 5:42 3Q. Centennial 35, Servite 7.

END OF 3: Centennial 35, Servite 7

4TH QUARTER

TD CENTENNIAL: Catalano with his fourth TD pass of the night, a 9-yarder to Browne, his second TD catch of the night. 9:42 4Q. Centennial 42, Servite 7. RUNNING CLOCK.

TD SERVITE: Kale Murphy 20-yard TD pass to Benjamin Harris. Centennial 42, Servite 14. 2:30 4Q.

FINAL SCORE: Centennial 42, Servite 14

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Mitch Stephens
MITCH STEPHENS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.

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