It has been 10 years since Bishop Gorman and St. John Bosco (California) past faced off, and some programs person remained among the apical precocious schoolhouse shot teams successful the country.
St. John Bosco is ranked No. 1 nationally by MaxPreps and volition look No. 2 Bishop Gorman astatine 7 p.m. Friday astatine Gorman’s Fertitta Field successful the 3rd matchup betwixt the programs.
The crippled is being called the de facto precocious schoolhouse shot nationalist title successful the 16th gathering betwixt No. 1- and No. 2-ranked teams successful MaxPreps’ rankings.
Here are 3 things to cognize astir St. John Bosco earlier Friday’s showdown against Bishop Gorman:
1. Longtime caput coach
St. John Bosco’s ascension arsenic a nationalist powerhouse has coincided with Jason Negro’s tenure arsenic the Braves’ caput coach.
Negro is simply a 1991 postgraduate of the schoolhouse and joined the unit successful 1998. He became the Braves’ caput manager successful 2010, and the programme burst onto the nationalist country with a 16-0 2013 play erstwhile it was the CIF Open Division authorities champion.
St. John Bosco won different CIF titles successful 2016, 2019 and 2022 successful the grueling Trinity League successful California. The Braves were coined nationalist champions by MaxPreps and USA Today successful 2019 and 2022.
“When I archetypal started 17 years ago, I was taking implicit a programme that was struggling astatine the time,” Negro said successful an interrogation with the High School Football America Podcast. “I deliberation I’ve built capable equity successful the show and the occurrence that we person had to consciousness a small much assured successful the decisions that I’m making and I’m amended disconnected for that. I don’t deliberation there’s thing that I’m not prepared for.”
2. Solid all-around
St. John Bosco has endowment astatine each position. The Braves mightiness not person four- and five-star assemblage prospects astatine each position, but they person multi-year starters astatine each presumption who are Division I talents.
Offensive lineman Elisha Mueller is St. John Bosco’s lone four-star recruit, according to 247Sports, and the tract has 15 different Braves arsenic three-star prospects.
Among those three-star prospects are multi-year starters Koa Malau’ulu (QB), Josiah Poyer (LB), DJ Tubbs (WR) and Isala Aisa Wily-Ava (DB).
“We’re going to proceed to beryllium a young shot team, which I’m OK with, but we got a batch of equilibrium there,” Negro said successful the High School Football America Podcast. “We person immoderate older guys, immoderate experienced veterans that are going to premix good with the young guys.”
3. Las Vegas ties
A fewer St. John Bosco players volition person a small spot of a homecoming erstwhile the Braves travel to Las Vegas this week.
St. John Bosco added 2 incoming transfers successful the offseason from Southern Nevada schools — erstwhile Gorman antiaircraft backmost Justin Colin and erstwhile Sloan Canyon antiaircraft lineman Simote Tupou.
Colin, a 6-foot, 170-pound cornerback, played successful six games with the Gaels past twelvemonth arsenic a inferior and recorded 15 full tackles. He recorded 29 tackles successful 14 varsity games played for the Gaels.
Tupou was a first-team Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada antiaircraft lineman past twelvemonth for Sloan Canyon arsenic a sophomore. The 6-foot-1, 235-pound antiaircraft lineman has 131 tackles, 66 for nonaccomplishment and 35 sacks successful 2 seasons with Sloan Canyon.
One of Gorman’s caller transfers is acquainted with St. John Bosco. Gorman inferior moving backmost Corey Hinton Jr. transferred to the Gaels aft spending 2 seasons with the Braves. As a sophomore, Hinton rushed for 410 yards and six touchdowns with St. John Bosco past year.
Hinton, a 5-foot-11, 190-pound back, rushed for 43 yards connected 3 carries with a touchdown for the Gaels past Friday. Hinton is simply a three-star enlistee with notable offers from Missouri, Oklahoma, Utah and Wisconsin.
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Who: No. 1 St. John Bosco (California) vs. No. 2 Bishop Gorman
When: 7 p.m. Friday
Where: Gorman's Fertitta Field
Stream: MaxPreps' website and YouTube channel
All-time series: Bishop Gorman 2-0 (34-31 successful 2014 and 35-20 successful 2016).
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