Koa Malau’ulu, the sophomore quarterback for unbeaten St. John Bosco Excessive, was having virtually nearly as good a Friday evening as Shohei Ohtani hitting three residence runs at Dodger Stadium. Malau’ulu accomplished his first 11 passes for 180 yards and three touchdowns towards a Santa Margarita protection that held Mater Dei to 6 factors final week.
This was presupposed to be a showdown for first place within the nation’s hardest soccer league, the Trinity League, however Santa Margarita didn’t have the offensive firepower to stick with the Braves, whose quarterback, all-star receivers and underrated offensive line executed to ship an eighth consecutive victory with a 27-14 conquer the Eagles.
Malau’ulu completed 16-of-21 passing for 283 yards and 4 touchdowns. Every of his gifted four-receiver group caught a landing cross.
“We have faith in him,” mentioned receiver Madden Williams, who caught six passes for 113 yards. “We all got some love. We have four great receivers and all got to eat.”
It was a wierd sport from St. John Bosco’s perspective. The Braves had been referred to as for 20 penalties, a file below coach Jason Negro. There have been 5 defensive holding penalties.
“Does that count as two wins?” a pissed off defensive coordinator Chris King mentioned.
Santa Margarita (5-3, 2-1) was referred to as for 3 penalties.
“They didn’t allow the penalties to define their night,” Negro mentioned.
St. John Bosco held a 21-7 halftime lead with Carson Clark, Daniel Odom and DJ Trubbs every catching landing passes. Santa Margarita’s solely rating was a one-yard landing run by Trent Mosley arrange by his spectacular 70-yard run in a wildcat formation. The Eagles’ offense was lacking injured receivers Grant Mosley and Luke Gazzaniga, which slowed their passing assault.
Quarterback Koa Malau’ulu of St. John Bosco celebrates 27-14 win over Santa Margarita. He threw 4 TD passes.
(Craig Weston)
Santa Margarita began the third quarter with one other Mosley landing, closing to 21-14, however Malau’ulu answered with a 35-yard landing cross to Williams. He was sacked twice on the evening however his blockers gave him sufficient time to fireside away, and his sure-handed receivers did the remaining.
“He has a lot of talent around him,” Negro mentioned.
Dutch Horisk led St. John Bosco’s protection with two sacks. Linebacker Matthew Muasau continues to be an distinctive tackler. Cornerback Jacob Whitehead made a pair performs within the second half to disrupt the Eagles’ passing assault. Quarterback Hint Johnson was 12 of 28 passing for 87 yards.
If these two groups meet once more within the Southern Part Division 1 playoffs, the Braves know that the USC-bound Mosley will current a problem. He was injured within the Eagles’ first sport of the season, didn’t play once more till final week towards Mater Dei and is rounding again intoshape. He’s harmful any time he touches the ball.
“He’s a special player,” Negro mentioned.
St. John Bosco is 8-0 and 3-0 within the Trinity League. The Braves shut the common season with video games towards Servite subsequent week and towards Mater Dei on Halloween. They want two wins to clinch a No. 1 seed for the Southern Part Division 1 playoffs.
