With the 2012 high school football season in the books, it's time to look forward to next season. For many seniors, it brings an end to their competitive football career. For graduating college level athletes, they look forward to national signing day and the next step in their football journey.

Despite the loss of such a quality senior class , the 2013 California high school football season is in good hands with the return of so many first-rate ballers throughout the state. The teams featured in this year's bowl games will be loaded again.

The Corona Centennial Huskies defeated the Narbonne Gauchos 41-34 in a heart-stopping CIF Open Division regional championship game Saturday night at Cerritos College in Norwalk. The Huskies pulled out a thrilling victory in the final minute on a 14-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Robert Webber to junior running back Tre Watson.

Corona Centennial took control of the game early behind their powerful offensive line. Senior running back Austin Renken scored on a fourth down 4-yard touchdown run to give the Huskies a 7-0 advantage.

The Narbonne Gauchos overpowered the Crenshaw Cougars 25-0 on a rainy Saturday night at East LA College to take home the LA City Section Division I Championship.

The nationally ranked Gauchos improve to 14-0 and now set their sights on the regional final and potential state title.

Narbonne jumped out to a 7-0 lead on a short touchdown plunge by junior running back Johnell Jackson. The Gauchos added a field goal to take a 10-0 advantage into halftime.

Narbonne continued to prove why they're worthy of such a high national ranking (5), and defeated the Mater Dei Monarchs 18-17 in a hard-fought battle in Harbor City on Friday night.

The Gauchos were stopped cold after taking the opening kickoff when Washington Huskies 2013 quarterback commit Troy Williams watched a pass skip off his receiver's hands for a Mater Dei interception.

The Monarchs got on the scoreboard first with a 38 yard field goal after taking over in Gauchos' territory.