The St. John Bosco Braves will venture away from home to square off against the Mater Dei Monarchs at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. St. John Bosco's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
St. John Bosco managed to keep up with Servite until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. St. John Bosco lost 3-0 to Servite. While losing is never fun, the Braves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 454th, while the Friars are ranked 40th).
Meanwhile, Mater Dei's undefeated season came to an end after nine games on Friday. They came up short against JSerra Catholic, falling 4-0. Having soared to a lofty five goals in the game before, the Monarchs' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Having lost for the first time this season, Mater Dei fell to 9-1. As for St. John Bosco, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7-6.
St. John Bosco suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to Mater Dei in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point St. John Bosco was down 3-0.
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