GAME NIGHT 8/31: St. John Bosco/Mililani

St. John Bosco (Calif.) 52, Mililani 14

BOX SCORE
at St. John Bosco
Mililani (3-1) 7 7 0 0 — 14
St. John Bosco (3-0) 14 21 10 7 — 52

Mil—Kai Banks 47 pass from Dillon Gabriel (Liam McGehee kick)
SJB—George Holani 80 run (Jacob Garcia kick)
SJB—Jake Bailey 13 pass from DJ Uiagalelei (Garcia kick)
SJB—Jude Wolfe 5 pass from Uiagalelei (Garcia kick)
SJB—Colby Bowman 27 pass from Uiagalelei (Garcia kick)
Mil—Maka Hill 5 pass from Gabriel (McGehee kick)
SJB—Bowman 30 pass from Uiagalelei (Garcia kick)
SJB—Kristopher Hutson 49 pass from Uiagalelei (Garcia kick)
SJB—FG Garcia 23
SJB—Bowman 25 pass from Uiagalelei (Paul Giangualano kick)

RUSHING—Mililani: Kilifi Malepeai 4-7, Raysen Motoyama 3-3, Gabriel 14-(minus 4). St. John Bosco: Holani 7-96, Keith Savage 7-46, Matt Colombo 4-31, Uiagalelei 4-8.
PASSING—Mililani: Gabriel 21-34–0-251, Mystik Sampaga 0-1-0-0, Cy Kuboyama-Hayashi 0-1-1-0. St. John Bosco: Uiagalelei 27-33-0-371.
RECEIVING—Mililani: Kai Banks 7-116, Motoyama 4-42, Hill 4-40, Sampaga 3-25, Malepeai 1-14, Reichel Vegas 1-9, Kanoa Gibson 1-5. St. John Bosco: Bowman 9-142, Bailey 7-77, Hutson 5-92, Tyus Poyer 2-23, Wolfe 2-17, Colombo 1-14, Holani 1-9.

Gabriel eats his sixth sack as Bosco keeps its starters in the game. Three-and-out. Running clock and we’re nearing the end.

Uiagalelei remains in the game in the fourth. Mark Pasternak gets Mililani’s first sack. Shane Kady was also in there. Bosco with 17 penalties with 180 yards. Uiagalelei finds Bowman for the third time for a TD. 25 yards. 52-14, 6:14. Uiagalelei 27-33, 371 yards, 6 TD.

Gabriel sacked for the fifth time on the first play of the fourth quarter. It’s third-and-long.

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The Braves engineer an 11-play drive but Mililani forces a couple of incompletions down in the end zone and Bosco settles for a 23-yard field goal with 54 seconds remaining in the third quarter.

Trojans get a first down but then three straight incomplete passes (one drop). Mililani will punt.

Uiagalelei with a 49-yard TD pass to Kristopher Hutson, who makes the catch, beats the DB one-on-one and then speeds to the end zone.

St. John Bosco will receive. Uiagalelei remains at QB. Mililani shuts down the RB for -2 yards on two carries and it’s third-and-12. Uiagalelei scrambles to his left and just goes out of bounds. Mililani forces a punt. Gabriel escapes a sack and then makes a throw to Kai Banks who forces a missed tackle and then picks up 30 yards. Banks is an impressive looking freshman. Gabriel with another completion but Mililani is called for a hold. Bosco gives it back with a personal foul. Gabriel drops the snap and then gets sacked by Cole Aubrey. Gabriel avoids another sack and gets a 14-yard completion to Malepeai. Fourth-and-10. Gabriel throws a prayer and it’s dropped by the defender but turnover on downs.

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HALFTIME STATS
at St. John Bosco
Mililani (3-0) 7 7
St. John Bosco (2-0) 14 21

Mil—Kai Banks 47 pass from Dillon Gabriel (Liam McGehee kick)
SJB—George Holani 80 run (Jacob Garcia kick)
SJB—Jake Bailey 13 pass from DJ Uiagalelei (Garcia kick)
SJB—Jude Wolfe 5 pass from Uiagalelei (Garcia kick)
SJB—Colby Bowman 27 pass from Uiagalelei (Garcia kick)
Mil—Maka Hill 5 pass from Gabriel (McGehee kick)
SJB—Bowman 30 pass from Uiagalelei (Garcia kick)

RUSHING—Mililani: Gabriel 11-20, Kilifi Malepeai 2-5, Raysen Motoyama 3-3. St. John Bosco: Holani 2-82, Uiagalelei 2-14, Keith Savage 4-4.
PASSING—Mililani: Gabriel 15-22–0-179, Mystik Sampaga 0-1-0-0, Cy Kuboyama-Hayashi 0-1-1-0. St. John Bosco: Uiagalelei 16-19-0-214.
RECEIVING—Mililani: Motoyama 4-42, Kai Banks 3-67, Hill 3-31, Sampaga 3-25, Reichel Vegas 1-9, Kanoa Gibson 1-5. St. John Bosco: Bowman 7-108, Bailey 3-48, Wolfe 2-17, Kristopher Hutson 2-16, Tyus Poyer 1-16, Holani 1-9.

Kilifi Malepeai is back and gets 11 yards on his first run of the game. Mililani back in the Bosco red zone as Gabriel completes four straight passes. Make that five straight as Banks hauls in a throw at the 5. Add a personal foul on Bosco. Timeout Mililani with 2:01 to go. Gabriel tries a bootleg and goes down for a loss of 7. Two runs to the 1. On the final play of the first half, Gabriel is stuffed on a QB sneak at the 1. Halftime.

TV notes St. John Bosco has 11 players with at least 10 D-I offers. Third-and-10 and Uiagalelei takes off running for a big gain but a bad blindside block is a penalty. Trojans players upset. That was a cheap shot. Asher Pilanca takes the hit and is down but eventually is up and gets off the field on his own. Uiagalelei with a 30-yard TD over the middle to Bowman. 35-14, 5:00, Q2. Uiagalelei 16-19, 214 yards, 4 TD.

Mililani moves the ball inside the 30. They try a fly sweep pass with Sampaga and the receiver is open but they can’t make the connection. Gabriel sprints out to his left and gets 16 yards on third-and-15. Moves the chains and ball inside the Bosco 20. Gabriel finds Motoyama for 12 and then a 5-yard TD pass to Maka Hill. 28-14, 7:07.

Trojans ball on the 20. Mililani goes three-and-out as Gabriel is sacked on second down and then Mililani tries a run on third-and-6 that goes nowhere. Colby Bowman, a Stanford commit, gets in on the action with a 27-yard TD Pass from Uiagalelei. 28-7.

Darius Muasau blows up the RB for a 2-yard loss. It’s now third-and-goal. Uiagalelei throws it up to 6-6 TE Jude Wolfe for a 5-yard TD on third-and-goal. St. John Bosco 21, Mililani 7, Q2.

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Braves move the ball with two completions and Mililani calls timeout with 2:51 left in first quarter. Uiagalelei has a receiver drop a TD and then overthrows a receiver on fourth down and it’s a turnover on downs but NO. They call defensive holding. First down Braves. Final play of the first quarter is a fourth-and-8 for Bosco at the Trojans 27. Braves convert a fourth down on final play of first quarter and have it first-and-goal inside the 5. Uiagalelei steps up as Mililani blitzes and throws a dart over the middle on that fourth down.

Mililani converts a fourth-and-1 from its 31 on a 9-yard pass to Reichel Vegas. Bosco gives up a first down jumping offsides and then another on a roughing-the-passer penalty. A 14-yard pass puts the ball inside the Bosco 20. A delay of game penalty and then a timeout by Mililani as Gabriel looked upset. Liam McGehee has a field goal blocked and then an INT by Bosco after Mililani tried to throw it.

Miguel Mosqueda blocks the punt. Braves ball on the Mililani 25. QB DJ Uiagalelei with a 13-yard TD Pass to Jake Bailey. 14-7 Braves.

Spencer Lytle with a sack for Bosco to force third-and-long. Gabriel with his first incomplete pass on third down and Mililani will punt.

RB George Holani with an 80-yard TD on Bosco’s first offensive play.

Trojans get the ball first and QB Dillon Gabriel is sacked on the first play for a loss of 4 yards. Gabriel finds Kai Banks for 10 yards and then Maka Hill for 12 yards to the 39. Bosco calls timeout. Gabriel runs for 5 yards and a penalty on Bosco and the Braves call a second timeout. Freshman Kai Banks is WIDE OPEN and Gabriel hits him for a 47-yard TD. 7-0 Trojans.

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The Mililani Trojans, ranked No. 3 in the state of Hawaii, face the No. 1 team in the nation according to the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 and No. 2 team according to the USA Today Super 25 rankings. Kickoff at St. John Bosco’s new $7.2 million home stadium is 4 p.m. Hawaii time.

The Trojans didn’t practice from Wednesday through Sunday last week because of the the threat of Hurricane Lane and did not practice Tuesday because of travel.

Bosco will be just the third team from the mainland Mililani has played in school history. The Trojans dropped a 76-53 contest at Liberty (Nev.) in 2015 with McKenzie Milton at QB and beat Clayton Valley (Calif.) 49-30 in California last year with Dillon Gabriel throwing for 156 yards in the win.

St. John Bosco senior cornerback Chris Steele, the No. 43 overall prospect in the class of 2019, is committed to USC. Starting quarterback DJ Uiagalelei is rated as the top QB in the country in the class of 2020 according to 247Sports and the No. 5 prospect overall. Junior RB Nathaniel Jones is also a top-200 recruit.

Q&A: St. John Bosco coach Jason Negro

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