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Mililani quarterback Dillon Gabriel threw a touchdown pass to Kai Banks and St. John Bosco was trailing in a game after giving up its first points of the season.
One play later, the Braves showed why MaxPreps has Bosco as its best team in the country.
George Holani ran for an 80-yard touchdown on the Braves’ first offensive play and DJ Uiagalelei, the No. 1-rated junior quarterback recruit in the country, threw six touchdown passes to lead the Braves to a 52-14 rout of the Trojans on Friday night in Bellflower, Calif.
Playing just its second game in its brand-new $7.2 million stadium, St. John Bosco, ranked No. 2 by USA Today, rolled up 552 total yards of offense. Uiagalelei completed 27 of his 33 throws and threw three of his touchdown passes to Colby Bowman, a Stanford commit who had nine receptions for 142 yards.
“Those guys are No. 1 for a reason, and you could see why,” Gabriel said in a phone interview after the game. “It was a great opportunity for us to kind of get better and see the top talent.”
A staggering 18 penalties for 170 yards couldn’t slow the Braves, who have 11 players on their roster with at least 10 Division I scholarship offers.
St. John Bosco shut out its first two opponents and allowed only 9 total yards in its game last week, but Mililani struck first on its opening drive.
Gabriel, who threw for 251 yards and two touchdowns, found a wide-open Banks, who is only a freshman, from 47 yards out for his 80th career TD pass.
Gabriel added a 5-yard touchdown pass to Maka Hill in the second quarter, but the Trojans were shut out the rest of the game.
The first half ended when Gabriel was stuffed on the goal line on a QB sneak on fourth down, keeping Bosco ahead 35-14.
“I think at least two or maybe three more touchdowns we left on the board,” Gabriel said. “I think that one right before half we didn’t get in was a key one. You can’t make mistakes like that, but we learned a lot and we’ll get better from it.”
Gabriel completed 21 of 34 passes and has thrown 14 touchdown passes without an interception this season. He also became the seventh player from an Oahu high school to surpass 7,000 career passing yards.
Mililani played just its third game on the mainland. The Trojans lost at Liberty High School in Henderson, Nev., 76-53 in 2015, and beat Clayton Valley in California 49-30 last year.
St. John Bosco is scheduled to play Mililani on Oahu next season. The Braves traveled to Hawaii in 2014 and beat Saint Louis 63-14 with current Arizona Cardinal Josh Rosen at quarterback.
“The loss doesn’t look good, but for us, it’s not a loss,” Gabriel said. “When we get back (to Hawaii) a lot of things will slow down. One through 11 those guys were 6-foot-3 and up and huge and strong. The windows were a lot tighter and getting out of the pocket was a lot harder. But we’ll be better.”
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GAME SUMMARY
St. John Bosco (Calif.) 52, Mililani 14
At Bellflower, Calif.
>> Mililani (3-1) 7 7 0 0 — 14
>> St. John Bosco (3-0) 14 21 10 7 — 52
Mililani — 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)
Mililani — 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 27-33-0-374.
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.
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