We hit the second week of the prep football season, and we have some championship-caliber games as La Mirada, fresh off a win over highly-regarded Tesoro, hosts traditional SGV power Charter Oak…La Habra, which opened with a loss to El Toro, visits the 626 to renew an old rivalry with South Hills. St. Paul also looks for its second consecutive win with a home date vs. Warren.
Follow all the games tonight on our scoreboard link and tweet updates to @sgvnscores and @sgvnsports. If you update a game, use the #sgvfootball hashtag to go straight to our Scribble Live Friday Night chat with Mike the Cousin, who will update results throughout the night. Mike also will be at Charter Oak’s big game against La Mirada to provide instant updates, where Tom Kiss and Courtney Ponce will be to bring you video highlights. Aram Tolegian will also be at the game, with our own John Sherrard covering La Habra-South Hills.

PREPXTRA POSTGAME LIVE: Check back on the SGVN Blogs here, in Whittier, Pasadena and Aram’s Huddle Blog for live feeds of our postgame show that starts at 11 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: See the quarter scoring updates for Friday’s football games in the East and West San Gabriel Valley and Whittier.

BIG GAME PRVIEW: La Mirada entertains Charter Oak

FRIDAY’S FEATURED GAMES: Here’s a preview of Friday’s top games

FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE AND PREDICTIONS
Charter Oak at La Mirada, 7 p.m. — Robledo (LM); Aram (LM)
South Hills vs. La Habra at Walnut HS, 7 p.m. — Robledo (La Habra); Aram (LH)
Bishop Amat at Aledo, TX, 8 p.m. — Robledo (Aledo); Aram (Texas)
Glendora vs. Alta Loma at Chaffey College, 7 p.m. — Robledo (Glendora); Aram (Glendora)
Los Altos at San Dimas, 7 p.m. — Robledo (Los Altos); Aram (LA)
Monrovia at Bonita, 7 p.m. — Robledo (Monrovia); Aram (Monrovia)
Arroyo at Temple City, 7 p.m. — Robledo (Arroyo); Aram (Arroyo)
San Marino at Duarte, 7 p.m. — Robledo (SMarino); Aram (SM)
Schurr at El Monte, 7 p.m. — Robledo (El Monte); Aram (Schurr)
South El Monte at Santa Fe, 7 p.m. — Robledo (Santa Fe); Aram (SF)
Baldwin Park vs. Fountain Valley at Westminster, 7 p.m. — Robledo (FV); Aram (FV)
Santa Ana Calvary Chapel at Bassett, 7 p.m. — Robledo (SACP); Aram (CC)
Covina at La Puente, 7 p.m. — Robledo (Covina); Aram (Covina)
Damien at Roosevelt, 7 p.m. — Robledo (Damien); Aram (Damien)
Diamond Ranch at Rosemead, 7 p.m. — Robledo (DRanch); Aram (DR)
Don Lugo at Pomona, 7 p.m. — Robledo (Don Lugo); Aram (Pomona)
Ganesha vs. Gladstone at Citrus, 7 p.m. — Robledo (Ganesha); Aram (Gladstone)
Mountain View at Nogales, 7 p.m. — Robledo (MView); Aram (MV)
Walnut at Diamond Bar, 7 p.m. – Robledo (DBar); Aram (Dbar)
LB Wilson at West Covina, 7 p.m. — Robledo (LB Wilson); Aram (WC)
Yucca Valley at Rowland, 7 p.m. — Robledo (Yucca); Aram (YV)

FOR QUARTER UPDATES OF THURSDAY’S GAMES, VISIT THE SCOREBOARD

THURSDAY’S RECAPS
Northview 38, Montebello 6
Northview High School football coach Marcel Perez spoke with a lot of optimisim about his team during the summer.
The Vikings continued to live up to his billing Thursday night.
Elijah Grijalva rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown and made two big plays on defense as Northview won its second game to start the season with a victory over Montebello in a nonleague game at San Dimas High School.
Quarterback Steven Comstock rushed for 94 yards and two touchdowns for the Vikings, who beat Rosemead last week.

Isaac Mendibles rushed for 119 yards and scored the only touchdown for Montebello, which slipped to 0-2. The Oilers were also routed by Diamond Bar last week.
Northview all but it away by halftime. The Vikings, getting 59 yards rushing and a touchdown from Andres Hooper, led 24-6 after two quarters.
La Serna 42, Los Osos 26
Enrique Pacheco is making Lancer fans forget about Frankie Palmer, throwing for nearly 300 yards and four scores as La Serna bounced back from last week’s opening loss.
La Serna also received 139 yards receiving and two TDS from Curtis Ashton.
Whitter 24, Azusa 7
Alex Soto threw for 285 yards and two TDs as the Cardinals bounced back from a blow-out loss.
Glenn 7, Pioneer 3
Martin Sanchez scored from the two on fourth down in the closing minutes as Glenn beat the Titans.

Thursday’s Football Scores
Northview 38, Montebello 6
La Serna 42, Los Osos 26
Blair 19, Marshall 9
Brethren Christian vs. Whittier Christian at Ocean View HS, 7 p.m.
Glenn 7, Pioneer 3
Whittier 24, Azusa 7
La Canada 23, Alhambra 7

Twelve San Gabriel Valley area teams earned spots in the preseason CIF-Southern Section water polo poll.
La Serna and Montebello both earned No. 5 spots.
Los Altos, which was the CIF-SS runner-ups last season, is No. 2 in Division 5. Claremont is the division’s top seed. La Serna is fifth and Walnut seventh.
Montebello is fifth in Division 3. La Canada is fourth, South Pasadena eighth and Temple City in others (12th).
Division 4: Flintridge Prep is ninth and in others is La Habra (11th), Pasadena (12th) and Pasadena Poly (14th).
Division 2: Damien is sixth.

Eleven San Gabriel Valley area teams are ranked in the CIF-Southern Section preseason volleyball poll, led by Whittier Christian.
The Heralds, who won a division title last year, are ranked second in Division 2AA. They defeated Mayfield, which earned a No. 3 spot. South Torrance is No. 1. Also ranked in the division is South Pasadena (seventh) and Pasadena Poly (10th).
There was no Division 3 poll.
In other divisions:
Division 4AA: St. Paul is fourth.
Division 1AA: Flintridge Saced Heart is in others (13th).
Division 2A: Arcadia seventh and Glendora eighth.
Division 4A: Duarte is second, Gladstone third and Azusa fourth.
Division 5AA: San Gabriel Academy is seventh.

DAILY NEWS TOP 10
FOOTBALL RANKINGS
1. La Mirada (1-0) — This is not 2013
2. La Serna (0-1) — Defense needs to improve
3. La Habra (0-1) — Lost slug fest to El Toro
4. El Rancho (1-0) — Whipped Claremont
5. California (1-0) — Began new era with a win
6. St. Paul (1-0) — Gets better test this week
7. Whittier Christian (1-0) — Impressive opener
8. Santa Fe (0-1) — In transition
9. Montebello (0-1) — Routed by Diamond Bar
10. Schurr (0-1) — Slow start vs. Bonita