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SPIN SoCal Top 10 high school football rankings, Week 8, led by Santa Margarita, Sierra Canyon and St. John Bosco.

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Santa Margarita Holds Mater Dei to Seven. San Clemente Moves Up.

SPIN SoCal Top 10, Week 8. Santa Margarita opens Trinity League play with a 14-7 win, St. John Bosco beats JSerra, and unbeaten San Clemente moves up to eighth.

Santa Margarita beat Mater Dei 14-7 to open Trinity League play and holds first. Mater Dei holds fourth. A seven-point loss to the No. 1 team in the region does not move it.

Sierra Canyon beat Loyola 41-0 and holds second. St. John Bosco beat JSerra 40-14 and holds third. Centennial of Corona won 65-14 at Vista Murrieta, Orange Lutheran beat Servite 56-21 and Mission Viejo beat Edison 42-14. All three hold.

San Clemente beat Yorba Linda 28-0, is 6-0 and moves up one to eighth. JSerra drops one to ninth. Carlsbad won 30-7 at Torrey Pines and holds 10th.

RankTeamRecordLast week
1Santa Margarita6-0Hold
2Sierra Canyon, Chatsworth6-0Hold
3St. John Bosco, Bellflower5-1Hold
4Mater Dei, Santa Ana4-2Hold
5Centennial, Corona3-3Hold
6Orange Lutheran4-2Hold
7Mission Viejo5-1Hold
8San Clemente6-0Up 1
9JSerra, San Juan Capistrano4-2Down 1
10Carlsbad6-0Hold
SPIN SoCal Top 10 Week 8 high school football rankings: Santa Margarita first, then Sierra Canyon, St. John Bosco, Mater Dei, Centennial of Corona, Orange Lutheran, Mission Viejo, San Clemente up one, JSerra down one and Carlsbad.
SPIN SoCal Top 10, Week 8.
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