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BELLFLOWER >> With a dense heart, St. John Bosco elder violative lineman Maicah Talavou signed with Army West Point this week during the aboriginal signing play for football.
Talavou said helium knows his determination would mean everything to his precocious grandfather, who utilized to ticker him signifier each time astatine St. John Bosco.
The 6-foot-2, 280-pound halfway was rated arsenic a three-star enlistee by 247 sports. Much similar Bosco, helium said the brotherhood drew him to perpetrate and motion with the United States Military Academy.
“Everyone is friendly, everyone is nice, they emotion each other, they emotion playing for each other,” Talavou said. “It conscionable felt similar the close place. It felt similar home.”
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During his code astatine St. John Bosco’s signing time lawsuit connected Wednesday, Talavou’s emotions came retired arsenic helium spoke extensively astir his precocious gramps and his precocious begetter and however overmuch they meant to him.
He was assured that some men would beryllium highly arrogant of the antheral he’s becoming.
He besides reflected connected what his begetter and gramps would accidental to him astir this important juncture successful his life.
“Hopefully, (my begetter would say) he’s arrogant of his lad 1 past time. That would mean the satellite to me,” Talavou shared. “From present connected out, I’m going to transportation connected his legacy, stock his communicative with others. Hopefully, promote different kids who are successful my concern and proceed to marque him arrogant from beyond the grave.”
“Same happening with my grandfather, his large hugs, aforesaid with my father. Hopefully proceeding him accidental that he’s arrogant of his grandson, knowing that his grandson is set, conscionable proceeding him accidental I’m proud.”
St. John Bosco’s Maicah Talavou (55) brings his squad connected to the tract portion carrying the American emblem earlier 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 Boscos Maicah Talavou signs his missive of intent successful Bellflower, CA, connected Wednesday, December 15, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
St. John Boscos violative lineman Maicah Talavou commits to Army West Point during signing time successful Bellflower, CA, connected Wednesday, December 15, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
St. John Bosco moving backmost Rayshon Luke is lifted precocious by halfway Maicah Talavou to observe aft scoring a touchdown against Orange Lutheran successful the 2nd 4th successful Costa Mesa connected Friday, October 15, 2021. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Maicah Talavou, Elias Archie, and Jalen Woods motion their missive of intent successful Bellflower, CA, connected Wednesday, December 15, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
St. John Bosco had a ample radical of players instrumentality portion successful the school’s signing time ceremonial successful Bellflower, CA, connected Wednesday, December 15, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Families and friends stitchery successful the gym astatine St. John Bosco for shot signing time successful Bellflower, CA, connected Wednesday, December 15, 2021. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
Talavou’s committedness to survey and play shot astatine Army is other peculiar due to the fact that helium volition beryllium the archetypal subordinate of his household to participate subject school.
He said his gramps ever watched the yearly Army-Navy crippled and his gramps ever rooted for the Army Black Knights.
“This committedness would beryllium immense for him to beryllium here, but I’m going to proceed to transportation connected the bequest and stock my communicative with others,” Talavou concluded.
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