The 2023 high school football season is shaping up to be a big one in terms of out-of-state matchups. Among the headliners will be St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) traveling to Southern California to face last year’s MaxPreps National Champion St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.). The Trinity League vs. USA showcase game is Sept. 8 at Panish Family Stadium. Miami Central at Bishop Gorman headlines 2023 Out-of-State Games
The Panthers will host Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) two weeks later on Sept. 22.
St. Frances Academy in Buford (Ga.), Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.), East St. There will also be road or neutral site matchups against Louis (Ill.) and IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.).
St. John Bosco also has a very tough out-of-state schedule headlined by a road trip to Florida on August 26 at St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Florida).
Another huge matchup was announced as Central (Miami) will travel to Las Vegas to take on Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) on September 1st. The Rockets are coming off a 14-0 season and are ranked No. 2 in the final MaxPreps Top 25. The Gaels went 14-1 and finished ranked No. 4. This will be the third meeting between the two national powers. James Cook led Miami Central to a 24-20 victory in 2017, while the Gaels returned the favor in 2021 with a 21-20 victory.
Other out-of-state games that will impact the MaxPreps Top 25 national rankings for the 2023 season include IMG Academy vs. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia), IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) vs. Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.), St. John’s (Washington , D.C.) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), Centennial (Corona, Calif.) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) and Bergen Catholic (Oradale, N.J.) Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.) Miami Central at Bishop Gorman headlines 2023 Out-of-State Games
August 18
St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.) at Buford (Ga.)
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) at Lipscomb Academy (Nashville, Tenn.)
August 19
Dutch Fork (Irmo, S.C.) at Colquitt County (Moultrie, Ga.)
Valdosta (Ga.) at Washington (Massillon, Ohio)
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.) vs. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio)
* Paul Brown Tiger Stadium (Massillon, Ohio)
Northwestern (Rock Hill, S.C.) vs. Providence Day (Charlotte, N.C.)
* Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte)
Ben Davis (Indianapolis) at Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati)
Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio) vs. Frederick Douglass (Lexington, Ky.)
* Paul Brown Tiger Stadium (Massillon, Ohio)
James F. Byrnes (Duncan, S.C.) at Hough (Cornelius, N.C.)
August 25
Buford at Mallard Creek (Charlotte, N.C.)
Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.) vs. Seton Hall Prep (West Orange, N.J.)
* Energia Park (Dublin, Ireland)
Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.) at Archbishop Spalding (Severn, Md.)
Woodward Academy (College Park, Ga.) vs. McCallie (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
August 26
St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) at St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
St. Frances Academy vs. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.)
* St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
IMG Academy vs. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia)
* Ocean City High School (Ocean CIty, N.J.)
St. John’s (Washington, D.C.) at American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) at Bingham (South Jordan, Utah)
DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) vs. Springfield (Ohio)
August 31
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) at Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)
Sept. 1
Central (Miami) at Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)
Creekside (Fairburn, Ga.) at Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Jones (Orlando, Fla.) at Good Counsel (Olney, Md.)
Eastside Catholic (Sammamish, Wash.) at Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)
Hough at Dutch Fork
Catholic (Baton Rouge, La.) at Picayune (Miss.)
King (Detroit) at Carmel (Ind.)
Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) at Center Grove
St. Xavier (Cincinnati) at McCallie
Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn) at Don Bosco Prep
Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.Y.) at Baylor
Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pa.) at DePaul Catholic (Wayne, N.J.)
Oak Grove (Hattiesburg, Miss.) at Hoover (Ala.)
Sept. 2
St. Frances Academy vs. East St. Louis (Ill.)
Centennial (Corona, Calif.) vs. Punahou (Honolulu, Hawaii)
* Cathedral Catholic (San Diego)
Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.) at Iona Prep (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
Sept. 8
St. Frances Academy at St. John Bosco
Bergen Catholic at Chaminade-Madonna
Centennial at Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)
Christian Brothers (St. Louis) at Lipscomb Academy
IMG Academy at Ben Davis (Indianapolis)
East St. Louis at Atascocita (Humble, Texas)
Chandler (Ariz.) at Orange Lutheran
Archbishop Moeller at Center Grove
Carmel at Trinity
Sept. 15
Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) at IMG Academy
St. Joseph’s Prep at Don Bosco Prep
Sept. 16
Central (Springfield, Mass.) at Iona Prep
Sept. 22
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) at St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)
Liberty (Peoria, Ariz.) at Centennial
Cathedral (Indianapolis) at Frederick Douglass
Middletown (Del.) at Washington
Sept. 23
Mission Viejo (Mission Viejo, Calif.) at St. John’s
Sept. 29
St. John’s at Washington
Cathedral at La Salle (Cincinnati)
Oct. 13
Christian Brothers at Warren Central (Indianapolis)
Nov. 17
St. Frances Academy at IMG Academy
Source: MaxPreps
