Look: Fantastic images from Mater Dei's close win over St. Frances

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Gary Adornato | Sep 23, 2023

Look: Fantastic images from Mater Dei's close win over St. Frances /

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – It was a defensive struggle Friday night in Baltimore as Mater Dei (California), the nation's No. 1 team, traveled east to Baltimore to challenge St. Frances Academy (Maryland) at Johns Hopkins University and pulled out a 20-7 victory.

SBLive Sports was on hand to document the action including the spectacular images below captured by photographer John Bowers.

Enjoy.

(All photos by John Bowers)

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Michael Van Buren — Photo by John Bowers

Nathaniel Frazier - Edress Farooq — Photo by John Bowers

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Nathaniel Frazier — Photo by John Bowers

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Chris Koffi - Brandon Baker — Photo by John Bowers

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Mehki Cousar - Nasir Wyatt — Photo by John Bowers

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Michael Van Buren - Zeus Venegas — Photo by John Bowers

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Michael Van Buren - Shawn Scott — Photo by John Bowers

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Nathaniel Frazier - Elijah Brown — Photo by John Bowers

Christian Fallani — Photo by John Bowers

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Chuck McDonald III - Rylan Vagana — Photo by John Bowers

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Chuck McDonald III — Photo by John Bowers

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Published Sep 23, 2023

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.