MaxPreps Top 25 high school football scores: Defending MaxPreps National Champs Buford roll past Gainesville, 39-19

The Gaels went into halftime with a 21-0 lead but the Braves started the second half out strong cutting the deficit to 21-14 with back-to-back touchdown drives. After Amina connected with Zyren Menor for his second touchdown of the night, St. John Bosco responded with 14 unanswered point to even the score at 28-28 early in the fourth quarter.

Amina threw his fourth touchdown of the night to Corey Hinton to give the Gaels a 35-28 lead on the following drive. The Gaels improved to 3-0 all-time against St. John Bosco and will travel to Florida to play A’mir Sears and Columbus (Miami, Fla.) in the Broward County Football Showcase next Saturday. 

No. 7 Buford (Ga.) opened its 2026 season with an impressive 39-19 win over a very talented Gainesville (Ga.) squad on Saturday. After the Red Elephants took a 13-10 lead in the third quarter, the defending MaxPreps National Champs responded with 29 unanswered points. The Wolves dominated on defense and took advantage of some special team miscues to claim their 17th consecutive win. 

Saturday also features last year’s MaxPreps National Champs in No. 7 Buford (Ga.) hosting Gainesville (Ga.) at 5 p.m. Santavious Bryant makes his head coaching debut at Gainesville after spending the last three years at Grayson (Loganville, Ga.), leading the Rams to a 37-5 record and Class AAAAAA state title in 2024.