Bay Area high school football 2025: Week 11 preview, schedule

The th and final week of the high school football regular season has arrived This week s lineup features a much-anticipated meeting in San Mateo between Archbishop Riordan and Serra for the West Catholic Athletic League championship Other big games include Oakland at McClymonds Sobrato at Willow Glen Half Moon Bay at Terra Nova St Ignatius vs Sacred Heart Cathedral at Kezar Stadium plus the Big Little Encounter Antioch at Pittsburg and Little Big Championship Burlingame at San Mateo on Saturday The Bay Area News Group will have coverage all weekend and season Please sign up for a digital subscription if you have not already Your contributions keep us going Here are this week s top matchups Thursday Half Moon Bay - at Terra Nova - p m Terra Nova is - in its annual Skull Meeting with rival Half Moon Bay since but has lost seven of the past nine in the series Both teams enter this one in the midst of good seasons Terra Nova won five in a row to capture the Peninsula Athletic League El Camino Division title Half Moon Bay went - in the stronger PAL Ocean Division In his club s - win over Hillsdale last week Half Moon Bay s Paxton Holden rushed for yards and four touchdowns in carries and completed of passes for yards and a TD In Terra Nova s - win over Gunn last week Joey Donati passed for yards and two TDs and ran for yards in seven carries HSRatings com s computer projects HMB to win - Darren Sabedra Friday No Archbishop Riordan - - at No Serra - - p m The competition of the year in the West Catholic Athletic League will decide its champion and likely the top seed in the Central Coast Section Open Division I bracket Riordan has aligned itself for success with senior Division I college talent all over the field led by QB Michael Mitchell Jr who has accounted for TDs this season Serra is a rapidly blossoming younger group led by a pair of inexperienced QBs junior Caleb Bandel and freshman William Orr Which one gets more snaps will be an absorbing subplot HSRatings com projects a - Riordan win which would give the Crusaders their first WCAL title since Christian Babcock St Ignatius - - vs No Sacred Heart Cathedral - - at Kezar Stadium p m St Ignatius is - against its archrival since which includes a - preeminence last season and - win in But SHC might have the upperhand in this year s edition of the Bruce-Mahoney encounter Last week the Fightin Irish led St Francis at halftime but eventually lost - The previous week St Francis routed SI - SHC s Legend Williams demands yards rushing to reach for the season Chase Jenkins has receiving yards for the Fightin Irish In SI s - win over Valley Christian last week Caedon Afsharipour threw for yards and two TDs and ran for yards and a TD in seven attempts HSRatings com projects SHC to win - Darren Sabedra Oakland - - at No McClymonds - - p m McClymonds has won five in a row since losing at California - in late September including decisive wins over four Oakland Athletic League opponents To win a fifth league meeting and capture another regular-season OAL title Mack might have a challenge on its hands Oakland has emerged as the league s second-best company also routing four OAL opponents to enter Friday s championship unbeaten in league play But history isn t on Oakland s side In games against Mack since the Wildcats have won just once - in HSRatings projects Mack to win - Darren Sabedra Sobrato - - at Willow Glen - - p m Willow Glen has a chance to win back-to-back Blossom Valley Athletic League Santa Teresa-Valley Division titles behind senior Aiden Akery The Rams dual-threat quarterback leads Willow Glen on the ground and in the air as the centerpiece of a senior-laden group that rose up last year to win the league and looks primed to do so again Sobrato finished second in the division last season RB Brady Lennon has been a standout for the Bulldogs rushing for yards per contest HSRatings com projects a - Willow Glen win Christian Babcock Saturday Burlingame - - at San Mateo - - a m The th Little Big Match will be a matchup between teams that are about as even as it gets Both are tied for second in the Peninsula Athletic League s De Anza Division and headed to the CCS playoffs next week Burlingame has dominated the Little Big Battle series since winning of the games but San Mateo has prevailed in the past two This season Burlingame has won three in a row since losing to The King s Academy - on Oct San Mateo has won its past two since falling to TKA - on Oct San Mateo s Lukas Fitzgerald has rushed for yards and touchdowns As a association San Mateo has gained yards on the ground to just through the air Burlingame s Nick Armstrong has passed for yards and TDs and his brother Will Armstrong has caught passes for yards and seven TDs Burlingame leads the Little Big Contest series - - but is projected by HSRatings com to lose Saturday - Darren Sabedra Antioch - - at No Pittsburg - - p m A Big Little Battle matchup as notable for off-field incidents as on will wrap up Bay Valley Athletic League play for both teams Pittsburg will introduce its Hall of Fame class prior to the competition which includes Herc Pardi the last East Bay coach to beat De La Salle Antioch is coming off a forfeit to Liberty after a locker-room video exhibited misconduct by Panthers players Despite this a win would give Antioch a share of the league title capping a resurgent season that began with the Panthers best start since Najee Harris senior year HSRatings com projects a - Pittsburg preeminence and gives the Pirates a chance to win Christian Babcock Schedule Thursday Nov Evergreen Valley at Independence p m Gunderson at Gilroy p m Gunn at Santa Clara p m Half Moon Bay at Terra Nova p m Hill at Prospect p m Mt Eden vs American at Tak Fudenna Stadium p m Live Oak at Christopher p m Palo Alto at Los Gatos p m Yerba Buena at James Lick p m Friday Nov Acalanes at Las Lomas p m Alhambra at Ygnacio Valley p m Amador Valley at California p m Aragon at Hillsdale p m Archbishop Riordan at Serra p m Bellarmine at Archbishop Mitty p m Benicia at Mt Diablo p m Bethel at Richmond p m Branham at Leigh p m Campolindo at Miramonte p m Clayton Valley Charter at De La Salle p m Cupertino at Monta Vista p m De Anza at El Cerrito p m Deer Valley at Freedom p m Del Mar at Overfelt p m Dougherty Valley at Dublin p m Encinal at Alameda p m Fremont-Oakland at Skyline p m Granada at Livermore p m Heritage at Liberty p m Homestead at Fremont-Sunnyvale p m Irvington vs Kennedy-Fremont at Tak Fudenna Stadium p m James Logan at Berkeley p m Kennedy-Richmond at Albany p m Leland at Westmont p m Lincoln-San Jose at Santa Teresa p m MacDonald at Saratoga p m Mills at Jefferson p m Monte Vista at San Ramon Valley p m Moreau Catholic at Tennyson p m Mountain View at Los Altos p m Mt Pleasant at San Jose p m Northgate at Concord p m Oakland at McClymonds p m Oakland Tech at Castlemont p m Piedmont at Newark Memorial p m Piedmont Hills at Silver Creek p m Pioneer at Oak Grove p m Redwood Christian at Foothill p m Sacred Heart Prep at Menlo School p m St Ignatius vs Sacred Heart Cathedral at Kezar Stadium p m St Mary s-Berkeley at Vallejo p m St Patrick-St Vincent at Hercules p m San Leandro at Bishop O Dowd p m Sequoia at Carlmont p m Sobrato at Willow Glen p m The King s Academy at Capuchino p m Valley Christian at St Francis p m Washington-Fremont at Hayward p m Woodside at Milpitas p m Wilcox at Menlo-Atherton p m Saturday Nov Antioch at Pittsburg p m Arroyo at San Lorenzo p m Burlingame at San Mateo a m College Park at Berean Christian p m Pinole Valley at Salesian p m South San Francisco at El Camino p m