High School Football Preview: Edison vs. Mater Dei
Edison (4-0) vs. Mater Dei (4-0)
When/where: Friday, 7 p.m. at Orange Coast College
Key Chargers: Jr. QB Griffin O’Connor (42 of 70 passing for 853 yards, eight TDs and three INTs); Jr. RB Jack Carmichael (61 carries for 281 yards and three TDs); Sr. WR-CB Shaun Colamonico (22 catches for 483 yards and six TDs); Sr. WR-DB E.J. Ginnis (17 catches for 386 yards and four TDs)
Key Monarchs: Soph. QB JT Daniels (83 of 103 passing for 1,508 yards, 23 TDs and one INT); Jr. Amon-Ra St. Brown (18 catches for 361 yards and nine TDs); Sr. WR Osiris St. Brown (10 catches for 338 yards and four TDs); Jr. OL Tommy Brown
Breakdown: Edison, the top-ranked team in the CIF Southern Section Division 3 poll, faces its toughest opponent of the season … Mater Dei, ranked No. 3 in the country by both USA Today and MaxPreps.com, has outscored its opponents, 236-21 … Chargers last beat Mater Dei in 2009, the same year they went on to reach the CIF Southern Section Pac-5 Division finals … Monarchs have posted two shutouts this year, against Mayfair Lakewood and La Mirada, ranked No. 3 in Division 3 … Edison Coach Dave White is 6-15 all-time against Mater Dei … Mater Dei Coach Bruce Rollinson is 14-4 against the Edison … White has a record of 229-117-3 with the Chargers, while Rollinson is 263-83-2 with the Monarchs … Mater Dei features one of the top sophomore quarterbacks in the nation in Daniels, a 6-foot-2, 200-pounder.
