Mid Valley High School Football Top 12

Jeremiah Calvin and the Mayfair Monsoons gave the Downey Vikings all they could handle. (Photo by Tim Peterson).

We released the Top 12 early this week with CIF selection Sunday looming. Only two losses this week for the Top 12 teams. St. Paul fell by four points to a Cathedral team that is 9-1 and 5-0 in the Angelus League. Mayfair went toe to toe with third ranked Downey before coming up five points short. Neither team should take a hit for those results. Schurr jumped up a spot with a perfect Almont League run.

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Spartans Stand Alone Atop the Almont

Elias Navarro with 135 yards and two touchdowns as the Spartans take the Almont Crown.

(Bell Gardens) On the final night of the regular season with the Almont League title on the line, the Schurr Spartans and the Bell Gardens Lancers faced off Friday night in a winner take all battle. Joseph Alvarado and Elias Navarro each scored twice on the ground to lead the Spartans to a resounding 49-7 win at Bell Gardens HIgh School.

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Downey Outlasts Mayfair to Win Gateway

Oscar Rios threw for two scores and ran for two more to lead the Vikings.

By Tim Peterson

(Downey) – Downey quarterback Oscar Rios scored on a 7-yard run with 3:56 left in the fourth quarter to give the Vikings an 11-point lead that turned out to be enough to hold off Mayfair 49-44 Friday night at Allen Layne Stadium. With the victory Downey claimed the Gateway League title.

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