St. John Bosco football uses big plays to beat Orange Lutheran

COSA MESA >> St. John Bosco elder Rayshon Luke proved he’s much than a moving back. He tin drawback the shot too.

Luke, who finished with 115 yards rushing and 138 yards receiving, scored 4 touchdowns, including 3 successful the archetypal half, starring St. John Bosco to a 49-25 triumph against Orange Lutheran astatine Orange Coast College connected Friday night.

“Every Trinity League crippled matters,” said St. John Bosco manager Jason Negro. “Our kids cognize that amended than anybody.”

St. John Bosco manager Jason Negro explains wherefore each crippled matters successful the Trinity League, particularly against Orange Lutheran. @BeachVarsity @CIFSS #LongBeachVarsityReport pic.twitter.com/mJYwgVqaF5

— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) October 16, 2021

Bosco (7-1, 2-1) knew Orange Lutheran (5-3 0-3) would beryllium 1 of the champion teams it faced truthful acold this season. Offensively, Bosco wanted to execute its crippled program and beryllium truly bully connected 3rd down.

The Braves went connected an 80-yard touchdown drive, led by elder backmost Katin Houser, aboriginal successful the contest. The thrust produced a 7-yard touchdown tally by Luke to enactment Bosco up 7-0.

On the Braves’ adjacent violative possession, inferior Pierce Clarkson rotated successful for his crook astatine quarterback.

Clarkson rapidly connected connected an 85-yard walk down the mediate of the tract to Luke, for his 2nd touchdown of the night, which enactment the Braves up 14-0 with 2:36 near successful the archetypal quarter.

Defensively the Braves knew they had to enactment up and lucifer up with Orange Lutheran’s unsocial formations.

Orange Lutheran chopped the people to 14-6 connected an 81-yard touchdown drive, courtesy of elder moving backmost Jason Terry’s 4-yard touchdown tally retired of the wildcat formation.

Orange Lutheran manager Rod Sherman knew his squad would person to play near-perfect shot if they wanted to bushed St. John Bosco.

“We cognize that St. John Bosco puts a batch of unit connected you successful a batch of antithetic areas,” Sherman said.

The Braves kept that unit up earlier halftime. Luke scored his 3rd touchdown of the archetypal fractional connected a 53-yard surface walk from Houser, putting Bosco up 21-6 astatine halftime.

“I consciousness similar our programme is astatine a constituent wherever we’re not going to fearfulness anything,” Sherman said. “We’re going to laic it each retired connected the line. We’re going to proceed to turn and amended and we’re going to proceed to turn the shot programme civilization astatine Orange Lutheran.”

Orange Lutheran manager Rod Sherman said his squad volition person to play a near-perfect crippled to bushed St. John Bosco. @BeachVarsity #LongBeachVarsityReport pic.twitter.com/JI6NY2IUEM

— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) October 16, 2021

Bosco scored 4 much touchdowns successful the 2nd half, including a 45-yard scoring tally by Luke successful the 4th quarter. Quarterbacks Houser and Clarkson, who rotated aft each violative possession, finished the crippled throwing for a combined 316 yards and 4 touchdowns.

St. John Bosco’s adjacent crippled volition beryllium connected the roadworthy astatine Santa Margarita connected Friday, Oct. 22 astatine 7 p.m.

Orange Lutheran volition look to get its archetypal triumph successful the Trinity League connected the roadworthy against JSerra connected Friday, Oct. 22 astatine 7 p.m.