To many people outside of the Bishop Gorman and Mater Dei football programs, Friday night’s highly anticipated matchup between the two high school football powers might have lost some luster.

Mater Dei (California), last year’s mythical national champion, had its 21-game winning streak snapped in a wild 43-36 loss to Centennial (Corona, California) last Friday. The Monarchs lost their No. 1 ranking and fell several spots in many national polls.

But none of that matters to Gorman. Nothing about last week has changed the significance of Friday’s game for the Gaels.

Gorman (4-0) is the new No. 1 team in the country, as ranked by USA Today. It hosts No. 9 Mater Dei at 7 p.m. at Fertitta Field. The game will be streamed on MaxPreps’ website and YouTube channel, as well as the NFHS Network.

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