St. John Bosco manager Jason Negro believes successful the fundamentals of football.
“We triumph a batch of shot games due to the fact that we’re conscionable bigger, faster, and stronger upfront and we’re technically dependable and that’s what we’re going to proceed to absorption on,” said Negro. “But astatine the extremity of the time ultimately, it is astir protecting the shot and being capable to people successful the reddish portion successful precocious schoolhouse football.”
The Braves (5-0) volition look their toughest hostile to day successful Mater Dei (3-0) connected Friday astatine 7:30 p.m. astatine St. John Bosco High successful Bellflower.
“It’s each astir the preparation. It’s each astir the things that you tin bash wrong your programme to springiness yourself the champion accidental to beryllium successful,” Negro continued. “You can’t truly absorption excessively overmuch connected the different squad due to the fact that past it detracts from what you’re trying to execute connected your ain side.”
The Braves volition absorption connected maintaining the team’s balanced discourtesy and stout defense. Bosco averaged 245 yards passing per crippled and 169 yards rushing per crippled successful nonleague play. On defense, the Braves person lone fixed up 4 touchdowns each season.
Negro believes the Mater Dei vs. St. John Bosco matchup is simply a “50-50 game” that volition travel down to the Braves’ violative and antiaircraft lines.
“We cognize that connected paper, it looks likes it’s a 50/50 game,” said St. John Bosco manager Jason Negro erstwhile I asked astir the keys to the crippled against Mater Dei. Negro said Bosco is going to absorption connected mentation and being the champion Bosco they tin be. @BeachVarsity @ocvarsity pic.twitter.com/RdcxeTeAk6
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Bosco volition beryllium counting connected its experienced antiaircraft enactment to beryllium quality makers.
Seniors Nate Burrell (Cal commit), Jairus Satele (Navy commit), Malachi Finau and inferior antiaircraft extremity Matayo Uiagalelei (20 offers from nationalist powerhouses similar Alabama, Clemson, LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, Texas, UCLA, and USC) volition beryllium asked to unit Mater Dei sophomore backmost Elijah Brown, who is simply a four-star recruit.
The D-line volition besides beryllium the archetypal enactment of defence tasked with slowing down Mater Dei elder moving backmost Raleek Brown (Oklahoma commit). From a strategical perspective, Negro said the Braves volition beryllium prepared. However, astatine this level, successful summation to preparation, defence often comes down to vigor and effort.
“We truly bash unrecorded by that cliche of focusing connected yourself,” Negro continued, “controlling things you tin control, and spell retired determination and play the crippled arsenic hard arsenic you can.”
St. John Bosco’s Katin Houser (4) gets deed portion falling connected a escaped drawback during a non-league shot crippled betwixt St. John Bosco High and Bishop Amat High astatine St. John Bosco High successful Bellflower CA connected September 3, 2021.(Photo by Michael Goulding)
St. John Bosco’s Jabari Bates (6) celebrates his agelong touchdown tally during a non-league shot crippled betwixt St. John Bosco High and Bishop Amat High astatine St. John Bosco High successful Bellflower CA connected September 3, 2021.(Photo by Michael Goulding)
Bishop Amat’s Carlos Alvarez (20) desperately tries to halt St. John Bosco’s Jabari Bates (6) during a non-league shot crippled betwixt St. John Bosco High and Bishop Amat High astatine St. John Bosco High successful Bellflower CA connected September 3, 2021.(Photo by Michael Goulding)
St. John Bosco’s Katin Houser (4) eyes the extremity portion earlier scoring connected a keeper during a non-league shot crippled betwixt St. John Bosco High and Bishop Amat High astatine St. John Bosco High successful Bellflower CA connected September 3, 2021.(Photo by Michael Goulding)
St. John Bosco’s Jabari Bates (6) takes disconnected connected a agelong touchdown tally getting past Bishop Amat’s Richard Lee (29) during a non-league shot crippled betwixt St. John Bosco High and Bishop Amat High astatine St. John Bosco High successful Bellflower CA connected September 3, 2021.(Photo by Michael Goulding)
St. John Bosco’s Katin Houser (4) scores a keeper during a non-league shot crippled betwixt St. John Bosco High and Bishop Amat High astatine St. John Bosco High successful Bellflower CA connected September 3, 2021.(Photo by Michael Goulding)
St. John Bosco backmost Katin Houser looks for a receiver successful Bellflower connected Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)
St. John Bosco’s David Mayoral gets acceptable to participate the tract with the U.S. emblem successful Bellflower connected Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)
St. John Bosco backmost Pierce Clarkson fires a walk up the tract successful Bellflower connected Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)
A shot thrown to St. John Bosco receiver Jahlil McClain is conscionable retired of scope successful Bellflower connected Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)
St. John Bosco moving bavck Michael Hayes celebrates a 2nd 4th touchdown successful Bellflower connected Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)
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— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) September 29, 2021