The 2012 California high school football season concluded on a wet 'n wild weekend at Home Depot Center in Carson. The best football teams from Northern California made the journey down south and came away with three victories in five games.

The first contest featured the Central Catholic Raiders from Modesto against the Santa Fe Christian Eagles from Solana Beach. The Raiders rushing attack overpowered the Eagles 66-7 to capture the CIF Division IV crown.

The Gardena Serra Cavaliers will take on the Oakdale Mustangs Saturday 4pm at Home Depot Center in Carson for the CIF Division II California State Championship.

The Cavaliers navigated an extremely tough schedule to earn their spot. CLA was on the sidelines in their opener when senior running back Marques Rodgers late touchdown gave Serra a hard fought 26-23 road victory over Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks).

Adoree' Jackson (DB/2014) played well for Gardena Serra in Friday night's loss to nationally ranked Narbonne HS. Jackson's Cavaliers were unable to overcome several mistakes on the offensive side of the ball, and fell to the Gauchos 22-9.

Jackson was spotted on the field wearing a pair of USC Trojans football gloves that he used to snatch several Jalen Greene (QB/2014) passes. Adoree' made contributions for the Cavaliers on offense, defense and special teams. "The Trojans are a good team, they stick out to me a lot," Jackson told College Level Athletes after the game.

Gardena Serra was hoping to experience the trip of a lifetime and participate in the Beehive Classic in Salt Lake City, Utah this weekend. After a late change in plans and cancellations of air travel that was initially to be provided by the tournament's sponsors, the Serra and Long Beach Poly boys were left with two choices.