St. John Bosco 2023 schedule breakdown
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The defending national champion St. John Bosco Braves have publicly announced their schedule for the 2023 season. Bosco will play teams from Nevada, Florida, Maryland and Hawaii in its preseason before beginning Trinity League play against Santa Margarita. Here is…
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Continue ReadingThe defending national champion St. John Bosco Braves have publicly announced their schedule for the 2023 season.
Bosco will play teams from Nevada, Florida, Maryland and Hawaii in its preseason before beginning Trinity League play against Santa Margarita.
Here is a breakdown of the Braves’ opponents and a brief preview of each game:
8/18 LIBERTY, NEVADA
Bishop Gorman is the most dominant team in Nevada but Liberty is loaded with Power 5 prospects. Washington commit Landon Bell Landon Bell 6'3" | 190 lbs | ATH Newbury Park | 2024 State CA can cause matchup problems for the Braves on both sides of the ball. Linebacker Kahekili Paaoao has seven offers including Arizona, BYU and Washington State. He will be tasked with stopping the Bosco running game that features Cameron Jones Cameron Jones 6'2" | 220 lbs | RB St. John Bosco | 2024 State CA , Chauncey Sylvester Chauncey Sylvester 5'11" | 190 lbs | RB St. John Bosco | 2024 State CA and Khalil Warren Khalil Warren 5'10" | 200 lbs | RB St. John Bosco | 2024 State CA .
8/26 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS (FLORIDA)
St. Thomas Aquinas is a perennial top program in Florida who has some very famous alumni. This year’s squad features Earl Kulp Earl Kulp 6'2" | 175 lbs | DB Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas | 2024 State FL (Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri), James Madison II James Madison II 6'3" | 175 lbs | WR Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas | 2024 State FL (Alabama and 30 other offers), Ryan Mack Ryan Mack 5'11" | 165 lbs | DB Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas | 2024 State FL (Alabama, Colorado, Ole Miss and Penn State) and Nick Rodriguez Nick Rodriguez 6'1" | 195 lbs | LB Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas | 2024 FL (Arizona, LSU, Ole Miss). St. Thomas Aquinas has two great running backs in Jordan Lyle Jordan Lyle 6'0" | 190 lbs | RB Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas | 2024 State FL (Florida and USC) and Stacy Gage Stacy Gage 5'11" | 200 lbs | RB Fort :Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas | 2024 State FL (Alabama, Ohio State and USC). This team is one of the few teams that can matchup with Bosco at the skill positions. It will be a real test for Bosco’s defense especially top cornerback Marcelles Williams Marcelles Williams 6'0" | 185 lbs | DB St. John Bosco | 2024 State CA and linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa 6'3" | 225 lbs | LB St. John Bosco | 2024 State CA .
9/1 MIAMI NORLAND (FLORIDA)
The strength of Norland is its defensive line which is loaded with highly-ranked prospects. Edge rushers Jeremiah Marcelin Jeremiah Marcelin 6'2" | 225 lbs | DL Miami Norland | 2024 State FL (Auburn, Tennessee, Texas A&M) Tycoolhill Luman Tycoolhill Luman 6'4" | 245 lbs | DL Miami Jackson | 2024 State FL (Arkansas, Auburn, Oklahoma) and Tyclean Luman Tyclean Luman 6'3" | 245 lbs | DL Miami Jackson | 2024 FL (Miami, Oklahoma) can rush the passer and interior defensive lineman Dimitry Nicolas Dimitry Nicolas 6'3" | 275 lbs | DL Miami Monsignor Pace | 2024 State FL (Georgia, Michigan) is a force. This will be a big test for Bosco’s offensive line led by King Large King Large 6'5" | 295 lbs | OL St. John Bosco | 2024 State CA and Matai Jefferson Matai Jefferson 6'6" | 350 lbs | OL St. John Bosco | 2025 State CA .
9/8 ST. FRANCES (MARYLAND)
St. Frances came to Bosco a few years ago to play Mater Dei and lost to a Bryce Young led Mater Dei team. Michael Van Buren is one of the higher-ranked quarterbacks Bosco will face this season with offers from Alabama, Michigan and Tennessee among others. The running game is strong too with Dejuan Williams (Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State) and offensive lineman Logan Bennett. Defensively, St. Frances has big names like Ify Obidegwu, Edrees Farooq, Simeon Coleman and Wake Forest commit Darius Jones. It will be interesting to see how Bosco quarterback Caleb Sanchez Caleb Sanchez 6'4" | 225 lbs | QB St. John Bosco | 2024 State CA does against another high-profile quarterback. Sanchez got meaningful snaps against Mater Dei last season when Pierce Clarkson Pierce Clarkson 6'1" | 195 lbs | QB St. John Bosco | 2023 State CA suffered an injury.
9/16 KAHUKU (HAWAII)
This is the easiest game on Bosco’s schedule. Kahuku has no class of 2024 players ranked on 247Sports. This could be a crucial “get healthy” game for Bosco after the tough Florida and St. Frances games.
9/29 SANTA MARGARITA
Santa Margarita lost a ton of talent that was ranked highly on Prep Redzone but the Eagles still have some marquee players. Emmett Mosley Emmett Mosley 6'1" | 180 lbs | ATH Santa Margarita Catholic | 2024 State CA was First Team All-County by the OC Register and is back at receiver after leading the Trinity League in receptions. Former top Colorado quarterback Bekkem Kritza Bekkem Kritza 6'4" | 180 lbs | QB Santa Margarita Catholic | 2025 CA will start at quarterback for the Eagles who had a prolific passing offense last season. Bosco beat the Eagles 56-14 last season when Cameron Jones Cameron Jones 6'2" | 220 lbs | RB St. John Bosco | 2024 State CA ran for three touchdowns and Peyton Woodyard Peyton Woodyard 6'2" | 195 lbs | DB St. John Bosco | 2024 State CA had a big game defensively.
10/6 SERVITE
Servite was a rebuilding team in 2022 and has a new coach this season. The Friars have a really good 2025 class with quarterback Leo Hannan Leo Hannan 6'3" | 200 lbs | QB Servite | 2025 State CA , receiver Ethan Naudin Ethan Naudin 6'1" | 185 lbs | WR St. John Bosco | 2025 State CA , two-way guy Brayden Kim Brayden Kim 6'0" | 190 lbs | ATH Servite | 2025 CA and running back Quaid Carr. Quinn Rosenkranz is a talented athlete at receiver. The Braves beat Servite 49-3 when they ran for 14 yards per carry and Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa 6'3" | 225 lbs | LB St. John Bosco | 2024 State CA had 12 tackles and a pick-six.
10/13 MATER DEI
This is obviously the marquee matchup of the season. The teams split the season series last season with Bosco winning when it mattered in the CIF championship game. Mater Dei has elite quarterback Elijah Brown Elijah Brown 6'2" | 180 lbs | DB Narbonne | 2024 State CA and receivers Jack Ressler Jack Ressler 5'11" | 185 lbs | WR Mater Dei | 2024 State CA , Marcus Brown Marcus Brown 5'10" | 170 lbs | WR Mater Dei | 2024 State CA and Marcus Harris Marcus Harris 6'1" | 175 lbs | WR Mater Dei | 2025 State CA . The strength of Mater Dei is its offensive line with DeAndre Carter DeAndre Carter 6'5" | 350 lbs | OL Mater Dei | 2024 State CA , Brandon Baker Brandon Baker 6'5" | 290 lbs | OL Mater Dei | 2024 State CA and Sione Tohi Sione Tohi 6'4" | 300 lbs | OL Mater Dei | 2025 State CA among others. The Monarchs have two elite edge rushers in Nasir Wyatt Nasir Wyatt 6'2" | 225 lbs | LB Mater Dei | 2025 State CA and Tanner Williams Tanner Williams 6'1" | 210 lbs | LB Mater Dei | 2024 State CA . Mater Dei’s secondary is loaded with Zabien Brown Zabien Brown 6'1" | 180 lbs | DB Mater Dei | 2024 State CA , Daryus Dixson Daryus Dixson 6'1" | 180 lbs | DB Mater Dei | 2025 State CA , Chuck McDonald III Chuck McDonald III 6'1" | 180 lbs | DB Mater Dei | 2025 State CA and Khristian Dunbar-Hawkins Khristian Dunbar-Hawkins 6'0" | 175 lbs | DB Tustin | 2024 State CA . The Monarchs return almost every significant player from last year’s team.
10/20 JSERRA
JSerra has a new coach and was the surprise team of the Trinity League last season. The Lions have a great edge rusher in Luke Webb and a good linebacker in Clarence Chaney Clarence Chaney 5'10" | 205 lbs | LB JSerra | 2024 State CA . JSerra added two highly-touted recruits in DB Madden Faraimo Madden Faraimo 6'3" | 210 lbs | LB JSerra | 2025 State CA (Cathedral Catholic) and QB Michael Tollefson Michael Tollefson 6'1" | 195 lbs | QB Tustin | 2025 State CA (San Juan Hills). Bosco beat JSerra 31-0 last season. Viliamu-Asa led the defense and Jordan Lockhart Jordan Lockhart 6'3" | 220 lbs | ATH St. John Bosco | 2024 State CA had a big game for the Braves. Playing JSerra is always a grind and I expect a similar tough game this season.
10/27 ORANGE LUTHERAN
Orange Lutheran is loaded with young talent, particularly on defense. Jojo Edwards is a great linebacker along with Wallace Filemu. Jireh Moe was All-County and was always in the backfield. Talanoa Ili Talanoa Ili 6'4" | 215 lbs | LB Orange Lutheran | 2026 State CA was the best freshman in the league and Auma Jennings was not far behind. TJ Lateef TJ Lateef 6'2" | 185 lbs | QB Orange Lutheran | 2025 State CA is the quarterback for the Lancers and they have depth there with John Gazzaniga John Gazzaniga 6'6" | 230 lbs | QB Santa Margarita | 2025 State CA and Alex Medyn Alex Medyn 6'0" | 200 lbs | QB Chino Hills | 2026 State CA . Orange Lutheran has the talent on defense to make this a competitive game, but I don’t know if the Lancers will be able to score on Bosco.