Bosco Stuns Servite, 31-18

With its offense piling up yardage and using up the clock, St. John Bosco surprised Servite, 31-18, in a Serra League football game Saturday at Cal State Fullerton.

The Braves had 482 yards of total offense and had possession for 31 of the game’s 48 minutes in winning for only the third time in nine games, and for the first time in the Serra League. They ran off 61 plays to Servite’s 42.

Servite, ranked No. 7 in Orange County, dropped to 5-4 and 0-2 in the league.

After falling behind, 7-0, Servite tied the game on Justin Domineck’s 58-yard run with 7:23 left in the first quarter.

But St. John Bosco answered with a 78-yard drive in 10 plays to take the lead for good, capped by Derek Williams’ nine-yard touchdown run.

A pair of field goals by Mike Matuz increased the Braves’ lead to 19-7 early in the second quarter. The second came after Servite’s Doug Ford fumbled a kickoff return, giving St. John Bosco possession at Servite’s 33-yard line.

Servite then went 40 yards in 12 plays, using up six minutes and getting a 29-yard field goal by Stephen Ayers.

But the Friars’ lone possession of the third quarter ended when Marcus Cassell intercepted Adam Ernst’s pass at St. John Bosco’s 13-yard line.

The Braves put the game away by using 7:36 of the fourth quarter to drive for a touchdown. Beginning at their own five-yard line, the Braves ran 13 plays, all on the ground, scoring on a nine-yard run by Andre Ramirez.

After Ernst was intercepted on the Friars’ next play, Williams scored on a 25-yard run with 2:20 to play to make the score 31-10.

St. John Bosco was led by Williams, who gained 144 yards in 20 carries, and Gilbert Porras, who rushed for 124 yards in 13 carries.