WEEK 6 – OCT. 17
MATER DEI VS. SERVITE
AT CERRITOS COLLEGE
The schedule says this game is at Angel Stadium. But the wild guess here is that the Angels will be involved in Major League Baseball postseason play, thus making the stadium field off-limits for any other activity for the month of October. Everybody wearing a Mater Dei red shirt or a Servite Credo visor knows that Servite has not beaten Mater Dei since 1988 – before any of this year’s players were born. One day, the Friars will beat the Monarchs. They came oh-so-close a couple of times, most recently at Angel Stadium in 2006 when Mater Dei prevailed in overtime. Anybody who says this is not a rivalry because of the one-sided series results has not been to a Mater Dei-Servite game. This is about as intense as high school football gets in California. Everyone knows about Matt Barkley, but they wonder about his receivers. Hey, they wondered about that in 2007, too, but Barkley still set a bunch of school passing records in ‘07 partly because the receivers got open and made catches. Look for the Monarchs receivers to do the same in ‘08. The feeling here is that Servite’s offense is going to be quite productive, too. Junior Cody Fajardo might emerge as one of the county’s more dynamic quarterbacks. Both teams have excellent athletes on defense, too. So, is this the year?
