St. John Bosco beats Santa Margarita: Final score, results, highlights from Trinity League football game

Lance Smith

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St. John Bosco, the consensus No. 1 team in high school football, moved to 8-0 on Friday with a 27-14 victory against Santa Margarita to nearly clinch a Trinity League title.

Sophomore QB Koa Malau'ulu dazzled once again for the Braves, throwing one touchdown each to all four star members of Bosco's receivers room.

The Braves never quite pulled away thanks to their nearly 200 yards from a litany of penalties, but they also avoided any late drama and close calls.

St. John Bosco set the tone with a 63-yard touchdown from Carson Clark exactly one minute into the game and took a 14-0 lead with 3:46 left in the first on a long touchdown catch by Daniel Odom. Trent Mosley got Santa Margarita's offense going on the following drive, taking a handoff 70 yards to the one-yard line and punching it in shortly afterwards via wildcat snap. Then St. John Bosco went up 21-7 a few seconds into the second quarter when Malau'ulu completed his 11th straight pass to start the game to DJ Tubbs for another touchdown.

It looked like St. John Bosco was about to run away with the game not long after that when Joshua Holland grabbed an interception. But Santa Margarita's defense locked in and was stout from there on out. The Eagles had a chance to cut the deficit to 21-10 going into halftime but missed a 38-yard field goal.

Santa Margarita made it a one-score game with 4:53 left in the third quarter on another rushing touchdown from Mosley. The final score of the game came two minutes later when Malau'ulu connected with Madden Williams for a 35-yard touchdown.

Scroll down for scoring and results from the game.

Santa Margarita vs. St. John Bosco live score, updates, highlights

4TH QUARTER:

0:41: The Braves turn Santa Margarita over on downs in the red zone to ice the game.

3RD QUARTER:

2:28 – St. John Bosco 27, Santa Margarita 14: It's another bomb from Malau'ulu, this time from 35 yards out to Madden Williams. Santa Margarita blocks the PAT.

4:53 – St. John Bosco 21, Santa Margarita 14: Mosley takes a handoff and outruns the defense to the end zone for a four-yard touchdown.

2ND QUARTER:

0:06: Santa Margarita misses a 38-yard field goal, and St. John Bosco will take a 21-7 lead into halftime unless either team manages to score in the final six seconds.

2:55: Dutch Horisk sacks Johnson for the third time in the first half, this time on 4th-and-4.

8:40: Joshua Holland picks off Trace Johnson and the Braves take over a bit behind midfield.

11:53 – St. John Bosco 21, Santa Margarita 7: This time Malau'ulu finds DJ Tubbs for a touchdown. Malau'ulu has completed his first 11 passes.

1ST QUARTER:

1:57 – St. John Bosco 14, Santa Margarita 7: Trent Mosley gets Santa Margarita on the board on the next play on a tough one-yard run off a wildcat snap.

2:02: Trent Mosley gives the Eagles some life with a wild 70-yard run to St. John Bosco's one-yard line on 3rd-and-1.

3:46 – St. John Bosco 14, Santa Margarita 0: St. John Bosco extends its lead on another explosive play, a long contested catch by Daniel Odom through heavy single coverage.

11:00 – St. John Bosco 7, Santa Margarita 0: The Braves strike just a minute into the game on a 63-yard dime from Koa Malau'ulu to Carson Clark.

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Lance Smith

Lance has covered high school basketball, football and softball since 2019. A graduate of The USC Marshall School of Business, Smith dabbles in linear algebra and football and basketball computer rankings.