Best CIF Southern Section high school football games to watch in 2024 season

Week-by-week breakdown of the best 2024 CIF Southern Section football matchups from Aug. 22 to Nov. 2.

Lance Olive-Enos of St. John Bosco celebrates against Mater Dei on Oct. 13, 2023. / Heston Quan

Before the internet, a piece like this might be worth clipping from the newspaper and hanging on the fridge. It's possible some still do that, but nowadays, it might be easier to bookmark this page as we roll through the 2024 high school football season in the CIF Southern Section.

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Here's a quick look at the best matchups in the CIF Southern Section week to week:

(All games scheduled for 7 p.m. unless noted otherwise)

WEEK 0 (Aug. 22-24)

THURSDAY
No. 2 Corona Centennial at No. 1 Mater Dei
St. Francis at St. Bonaventure
FRIDAY
No. 5 Sierra Canyon at No. 7 JSerra
No. 6 Orange Lutheran at No. 9 Gardena Serra
No. 17 Oaks Christian at Chaminade
No. 10 Murrieta Valley at No. 14 Rancho Cucamonga (TV)
No. 12 San Clemente at No. 24 Chapparal
No. 13 Long Beach Poly at Folsom
Millikan at No. 25 Newbury Park
SATURDAY
No. 3 St. John Bosco at Florida Chaminade-Madonna
No. 8 Santa Margarita at No. 4 Mission Viejo

WEEK 1 (Aug. 29-31)

FRIDAY
Santa Margarita at Corona Centennial (TV)
Oaks Christian at Sierra Canyon
Orange Lutheran at Rancho Cucamonga
Servite at Murrieta Valley
Damien at Loyola
Warren at Gardena Serra
Narbonne at Los Alamitos
Roosevelt at San Juan Hills

WEEK 2 (Sept. 5-7)

FRIDAY
Nevada Bishop Gorman at Mater Dei (TV)
Servite at Chaminade
Notre Dame/SO at St. Francis
Oxnard Pacifica at Newbury Park
SATURDAY
Long Beach Poly vs. Gardena Serra (Honor Bowl, San Diego)
St. John Bosco at Sierra Canyon

WEEK 3 (Sept. 12-14)

FRIDAY
Oaks Christian at Santa Margarita
Orange Lutheran at Nevada Bishop Gorman
Rancho Cucamonga at Valencia
San Juan Hills at Crean Lutheran
Palos Verdes at Edison
Notre Dame/SO at Servite
San Clemente at Corona del Mar (TV)
SATURDAY
St. John Bosco at Junipero Serra, 1:30 p.m.
Utah Lone Peak at Corona Centennial, 8 p.m.
Mater Dei at Hawaii Kahuku

WEEK 4 (Sept. 19-21)

THURSDAY
Gardena Serra at Oaks Christian
FRIDAY
JSerra at Damien
Rancho Cucamonga at Bishop Amat
Loyola at St. Francis
Oak Hills at St. Bonaventure
SATURDAY
Orange Lutheran at Sierra Canyon

WEEK 5 (Sept. 26-28)

FRIDAY
Chapparal at Mission Viejo
San Clemente at Murrieta Valley
Gardena Serra at Los Alamitos
West Ranch vs. Hart, at College of the Canyons

WEEK 6 (Oct. 3-5)

FRIDAY
Mater Dei at Santa Margarita
Orange Lutheran at St. John Bosco
Servite at JSerra
Sierra Canyon at Chaminade
Gardena Serra at Loyola
Oxnard Pacifica at Oaks Christian
Upland at Rancho Cucamonga
Long Beach Poly at Mission Viejo, at SoFi Stadium

WEEK 7 (Oct. 10-12)

FRIDAY
JSerra at Orange Lutheran
Santa Margarita at St. John Bosco
Leuzinger at Palos Verdes
Gardena Serra at Chaminade
Damien at Upland
Mater Dei at Servite
Murrieta Valley at Chaparral

WEEK 8 (Oct. 17-19)

THURSDAY
Murrieta Valley at Corona Centennial, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Mater Dei at JSerra
St. Bonaventure at Oaks Christian
Chaminade at Loyola
Santa Margarita at Orange Lutheran
Los Alamitos at Edison
St. John Bosco at Servite
Mission Viejo at San Clemente
Bishop Amat at Sierra Canyon
Lawndale at Palos Verdes
Valencia vs. Hart, at College of the Canyons

WEEK 9 (Oct. 24-26)

THURSDAY
San Juan Hills at Villa Park
San Clemente at Los Alamitos
Chaparral at Roosevelt
FRIDAY
St. John Bosco at Mater Dei
JSerra at Santa Margarita
Bishop Amat at Gardena Serra
Oxnard Pacifica at Simi Valley
Crean Lutheran at Huntington Beach
Vista Murrieta at Murrieta Valley
Palos Verdes at Inglewood
Servite at Orange Lutheran
Notre Dame/SO at Chaminade
Thousand Oaks at Newbury Park
Tesoro at Corona del Mar
Bonita at Charter Oak
Loyola at Sierra Canyon
Edison at Mission Viejo
Downey at Warren

WEEK 10 (Oct. 31-Nov. 2)

THURSDAY
Corona Centennial at Chaparral
FRIDAY
Orange Lutheran at Mater Dei
Servite at Santa Margarita
JSerra at St. John Bosco
Damien at Rancho Cucamonga
Edison at San Clemente
Notre Dame/SO at Loyola
Yorba Linda at Corona del Mar
West Ranch at Valencia
Murrieta Valley at Roosevelt
Los Alamitos at Mission Viejo
Simi Valley at Oaks Christian
SATURDAY
Cathedral at St. Paul