2023 Preseason MaxPreps Top 25: No. 3 St. John Bosco

By Zack Poff Jun 26, 2023, 8:55am

Defending MaxPreps National Champs look to become first school to repeat since Southlake Carroll (Texas) in 2006.

No. 3 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)

Head coach: Jason Negro | Record: 140-29, 14th season
2022 record: 13-1 | National ranking: No. 1
Last five years: 54-7 | State championships: (4) 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022

Players to watch

Height: 6-3 | Weight: 220
Status: Uncommitted | Class: Senior (2024)

Height: 6-3 | Weight: 185
Status: Uncommitted | Class: Senior (2024)

Height: 6-3 | Weight: 230
Status: Uncommitted | Class: Senior (2024)



Height: 5-11 | Weight: 185
Status: Committed to USC | Class: Senior (2024)

Height: 6-2 | Weight: 190
Status: Committed to Georgia | Class: Senior (2024)

Key dates

Aug. 18 — vs. Liberty (Henderson, Nev.)
Aug. 26 — at No. 9 St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Sept. 8 — vs. No. 6 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)
Sept. 16 — at Kahuku (Hawaii)
Oct. 13 — vs. No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana)
Oct. 27 — at Orange Lutheran (Orange)
Under head coach Jason Negro (center), St. John Bosco has won 10 or more games in nine consecutive seasons. (Photo: Heston Quan)
Under head coach Jason Negro (center), St. John Bosco has won 10 or more games in nine consecutive seasons. (Photo: Heston Quan)