No. 2
St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) got a huge night from Texas A&M commit
Madden Williams in a 21-14 win over No. 4
St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.) on Friday in the MaxPreps Game of the Week.
Each time St. Frances Academy took the lead in the fourth quarter of the cross-country battle, Bosco answered quickly with a pair of two-play drives.
Williams caught eight passes for 193 yards and a score while sophomore quarterback
Koa Malau'ulu tossed three touchdown passes to different receivers. Malau'ulu finished 14 of 26 for 275 yards and scoring strikes to Williams, running back
Maliq Allen and
Carson Clark.
Madden Williams had eight catches for 193 yards as No. 2 St. John Bosco overcame a fourth-quarter deficit to beat No. 4 St Frances Academy 21-14 on Friday in the MaxPreps Game of the Week. (PHOTO: Rene Morales)
St. Frances Academy was led by quarterback
Jae'Oyn Williams, who ran for 130 yards and a score and added 108 more in the air.
Allen's 44-yard TD catch out of the backfield was the first half's lone score.
St. Frances Academy answered on its first two possessions of the second half, scoring on a 49-yard run from
Jaylen Burke and then a 19-yard keeper from Williams for the 14-7 lead.
Bosco knotted the score with 9:30 left in the game as Madden Williams housed it on a catch down the far side. After a Jae'Oyn Williams interception on the Panthers' next possession, Malau'ulu hit Williams for 36 before a 2-yard arrow route to Clark put the Braves up for good with four minutes left.
The game was loaded with talent as 76 players hold offers from FBS or FCS programs.
St. John Bosco (3-0) hosts Northern California power
Junipero Serra (San Mateo) on Sept. 12. The Braves beat the Padres 45-0 in the 2022 Open Division state championship game when they were also named MaxPreps National Champion.
St. Frances Academy (1-1) travels to
St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia, Pa.) on Sept. 13.
St. John Bosco running back Maliq Allen caught a 44-yard touchdown pass in the Braves' 21-14 win over No. 4 St. Frances Academy on Friday in the MaxPreps Game of the Week. (PHOTO: Rene Morales)
