Fryer on football: Week 3's games

GAME OF THE WEEK

NO. 7 EDISON (2-0) VS. NO. 5 SERVITE (1-1)

Where, when: Cerritos College, Friday, 7:30 p.m.

The last time: 2011 – Servite 27, Edison 14

The series: Edison leads, 13-10

The coaches: Edison, Dave White (191-103-3); Servite, Troy Thomas (74-18 at Servite)

Outlook: Edison's offense was out of sync last week in a 27-7 victory over No. 14 Villa Park. So out of sync that White said the Chargers never seemed to have all 11 players on offense do the right thing at the same time. Defensively, though, Edison looked great. That is one quick, hard-hitting defense. The Chargers did not miss tackles, and they arrived at the point of attack with ferocity. Sounds a lot like Servite's defense, doesn't it? Servite played poorly in its season opener, a 40-23 loss to Bishop Amat of La Puente. Since then Bishop Amat has tied Chino Hills and beat La Mirada, making Servite's loss to Amat look not so bad. The Friars beat Rancho Cucamonga, 24-23, two weeks ago when Rancho Cucamonga was No. 10 in the state rankings. Servite then underwent a change in offensive coordinators, relieving Matt Mitchell of his duties and assigning them to offensive line coach Jim O'Connell. We shall see if that smoothes out some rough edges on the Servite offense. We know Servite has the athletes. Correctly assembling them is the key, and O'Connell has been skillful in doing so as head coach at Tesoro and Saddleback. Look for Servite to put a lot of pressure on Edison quarterback Alek Torgersen, make some big plays on special teams and win the turnovers battle.

Winner: Servite

Thursday

NO.17 JSERRA (2-0) VS. BUENA PARK (3-0)

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NO. 18 HUNTINGTON BEACH (1-2) VS. NO. 15 TRABUCO HILLS (2-1)

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Also Thursday (all games 7 p.m.)

Nonleague

Santa Monica (2-0) vs. No. 3 Mater Dei (2-0) at Santa Ana Stadium

University High of Los Angeles (1-1) vs. No. 12 Los Alamitos (1-1) at Veterans Stadium

Laguna Beach (1-0-1) vs. Glenn of Norwalk (1-2) at Excelsior Adult School/Norwalk

Century (1-1) at Bolsa Grande (1-1)

University (0-2-1) vs. La Quinta (1-1) at Garden Grove High

Kennedy (0-3) vs. Magnolia (0-2) at Western High

Western (2-1) vs. Anaheim (1-1) at Glover Stadium

Los Amigos (1-1) vs. Costa Mesa (1-2) at Orange Coast College

Irvine (2-0) at Estancia (2-0)

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Friday

NO. 11 FOOTHILL (2-1) VS. NO. 22 LAGUNA HILLS (2-0)

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NO. 23 YORBA LINDA (3-0) VS. NO. 20 ESPERANZA (3-0)

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MARINA (2-1) VS. SAN JUAN HILLS (3-0)

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CORONA DEL MAR (1-1) VS. NO. 16 NEWPORT HARBOR (0-2)

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NO. 13 LA HABRA (1-2) VS. NO. 8 ORANGE LUTHERAN (3-0)

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Also Friday (all games 7 p.m. unless noted)

San Joaquin League

Fairmont Prep (1-1) vs. Capistrano Valley Christian (3-0) at San Clemente High, 7:30 p.m.

Nonleague

Carson (0-3) vs. No. 1 Santa Margarita (3-0) at Saddleback College

No. 2 Mission Viejo (3-0) at La Quinta of La Quinta (0-3)

Colony of Ontario (0-3) at No. 3 Tesoro (3-0)

Palos Verdes of Palos Verdes Estates (0-2) vs. No. 6 El Toro (3-0) at Trabuco Hills High

No. 9 San Clemente (3-0) at La Costa Canyon of Carlsbad (2-0)

No. 10 Tustin (3-0) vs. Beckman (0-2) at Tustin High

Norte Vista of Riverside (0-2) vs. No. 14 Villa Park (2-1) at El Modena High

Downey (2-1) vs. No. 19 Fountain Valley (2-1) at Huntington Beach High

Woodbridge (2-0) at No. 21 Capistrano Valley (2-1)

Animo Leadership of Inglewood (0-3) at Crean Lutheran (1-2), 4 p.m.

El Dorado (1-2) at Valencia (1-2)

Cabrillo of Long Beach (0-3) vs. Cypress (1-1) at Western High

Garden Grove (1-1) vs. Pacifica (1-1) at Bolsa Grande High

Dana Hills (0-3) vs. Troy (1-1) at Fullerton High

Canyon (1-2) vs. Sonora (1-1) at La Habra High

Monclair (2-1) vs. Sunny Hills (1-1) at Buena Park High

Ganesha of Pomona (0-2) vs. Rancho Alamitos (2-0) at Garden Grove High

Santiago (1-1) vs. Santa Ana (0-2) at Santa Ana Stadium

Katella (1-1) vs. Loara (1-1) at Glover Stadium

Cerritos (0-3) at Ocean View (0-2)

Bosco Tech of Rosemead (0-3) at Westminster (0-2)

Godinez (0-2) at Segerstrom (3-0)

El Modena (1-20 vs. Northwood (0-2) at Irvine High

Whittier Christian (2-1) at St. Margaret's (2-0)

Loyola of Los Angeles (3-0) at St. John Bosco of Bellflower (3-0)

Saddleback (0-2) at Orange Glen of Escondido (1-1)

Fullerton (1-2) at California of Whittier (2-0)

Brea Olinda (1-2) at Diamond Bar (1-2)

Mission Prep of San Luis Obispo (3-0) at Sage Hill (0-3)

8-man

St. Michael's Prep (2-0) vs. Noli Indian of San Jacinto (0-2) at Soboba Oaks Ranch/San Jacinto, 6:30 p.m.

Liberty Christian (0-2) at California Lutheran of Wildomar (1-1)

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Saturday (all games 7 p.m.)

Nonleague

Bellflower (1-2) vs. Santa Ana Valley (2-1) at Santa Ana Stadium

No. 24. Aliso Niguel (3-0) at Coronado (0-2), 6 p.m.

Orange (1-1) vs. Savanna (0-3) at Glover Stadium

Chadwick of Palos Verdes Peninsula (1-1) vs. Saddleback Valley Christian (0-2) at St. Margaret's

Fryer on Football last week: 4-4. Season to date: 13-11.

Rankings note: The Orange County Media Poll provides the 1-10 rankings. Teams ranked 11-25 are from Steve Fryer's personal rankings.