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VIDEO: Is something wrong with St. John Bosco football offense? We discuss why the St. John Bosco football offense isn’t putting up the big numbers that helped the Braves win the CIF-SS and CIF State titles last season. Advertisement Click here to subscribe to Digital & Home Delivery - 50% off About the Author JJ Fiddler is a sportswriter and videographer who has been coveri...

TORRANCE >> In a showdown of nationally-ranked programs, St. John Bosco wore down Chaminade in the second half for a 31-17 victory over the Eagles. “They’re a good football team, that was a quarterfinalist last year,” said Bosco coach Jason Negro. “I didn’t think we’d play so poorly offensively; we should’ve been up by more at halftime.” The first half was all about the defenses, though, as ...

BELLFLOWER >> “Our expectations are to win a national championship,” St. John Bosco senior Jaiden Woodbey said after a recent practice. “We have the mentality and leaders to do it.” St. John Bosco is one of few high school football programs in the country where a player can say something like that with conviction. Coming off of its second CIF State title in four years, Bosco is a legitimate ...

Tampering is an NBA problem, no doubt. Particularly when the tamperers and tamperees are one and the same. Paul George made it known, through the many media outlets and “industry sources” at his and his agent’s disposal, that he wanted out of Indiana and into Staples Center. His contract doesn’t end until next year. So now the NBA is investigating the Lakers for getting too public about George. This has become the definition of tampering, apparently. You might as well punish an ostrich for buryi...

BELLFLOWER >> Most of the local high school football teams are participating in preseason scrimmages this week, and reigning CIF State champion St. John Bosco hosted its scrimmage Thursday against Long Beach Wilson. Bosco, ranked No. 4 in the nation according to MaxPreps, dominated the abbreviated game and special teams portion in preparation for the Aug. 25 season opener in Florida against St. Thomas Aquinas. “It was about time we played another opponent,” Bosco coach Jason Negro said. “I...

Little context is required to understand John Stevens’ loyalty. Since Stevens was 18, the Kings coach’s employment record consists of three hockey organizations. He tued 51 in May. Before the Kings promoted him to head coach in April, his other NHL head coaching stint was for the same Philadelphia...

Trumaine Johnson will play for the Rams in 2017, but it seems increasingly unlikely that the Califoia native will stick around long term. As expected, the Rams failed to agree to terms with Johnson, their top coerback, before Monday’s deadline. That means Johnson will play out the 2017 season un...

Patrick Rodgers shot a 7-under 64 on Friday to take a two-shot lead after the second round of the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic in Silvis, Ill. Rodgers had eight birdies and a bogey to finish at 13-under 129 at TPC Deere Run. Finishing on the front nine, he had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch b...

The St. John Bosco defense shined at the Edison High School “Battle at the Beach” 7v7 event on a hot Saturday afteoon. The Braves went 3-1 in pool play and defeated Cathedral and Edison in the first two rounds of the Gold Division pool play before falling 7-6 to Mater Dei in the championship. “I w...

EL SEGUNDO >> The crowd hovered around LaVar Ball, reporters and cameramen eager to document what Lonzo Ball’s outspoken father might say next. LaVar Ball never has shied away from his bold proclamations. So he wrote everyone’s headline for them. “I don’t think the Lakers are going to make the...

EL SEGUNDO – Extensive research led Magic Johnson down a path that was not limited to watching Lonzo Ball play in person and on video. Johnson also traveled to Ball’s former high school in Chino Hills where the Lakers’ president of basketball operations asked detailed questions to his principal and ...

EL SEGUNDO >> The first son bo into a basketball family, Lonzo Ball was bred for stardom. What he knew about Magic Johnson, a superstar who last played in the NBA a year before he was bo, came from the stories his father, LaVar, told and what he could glean from the grainy footage of games...

Jimmie Johnson sped off on the final restart and eaed another slice of NASCAR history, winning at Dover Inteational Speedway for the 11th time and moving into a tie for sixth on the career victories list. Johnson again made an impact Sunday at his favorite track — and he worked hard to take this...

STANFORD – Cal State Fullerton got an impressive pitching performance from John Gavin and just enough timely hits to defeat Stanford 4-1 on Friday at the Stanford Regional of the NCAA baseball touament at Sunken Diamond. Gavin went seven innings, allowing just one run on three hits and striking ou...

Interview with St. John Bosco football head coach Jason Negro at the college showcase with 50 colleges represented. Bosco will be trying to repeat as CIF Southe Section Pac-5 Division and state champions. With three months until the season begins, the team currently has 22 players with a Division 1 scholarship offer.AdvertisementLet's block ads! بخوانید...

LOS ANGELES >> Fourteen years ago, when Joe Maddon was the Angels bench coach, his team handed the ball for Game 7 of the World Series to an untested rookie named John Lackey. On Wednesday, as manager of the Chicago Cubs, Maddon will hand the ball for Game 4 of the National League Championship Series to a wily old veteran named … John Lackey. And, to hear Maddon tell it, there is little difference. “He hasn’t changed at all,” Maddon said. “He’s in better shape. That’s my answer. He’s actua...

ATLANTA >> Dustin Johnson made one mistake that suddenly put some intrigue into the final day of the PGA Tour season — the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup. Johnson clipped a tree trying to get out of the rough on the 17th hole and made double bogey, and only a birdie on the final hole at East Lake on Saturday allowed him to shoot a 1-under 69 and regain a share of the lead with Kevin Chappell. Chappell went from a four-shot deficit on the front nine to a one-shot lead when he made a 10...

LA MIRADA >> More big plays helped St. John Bosco dominate La Mirada 34-0 in nonleague play on Friday. Bosco junior quarterback Re-al Mitchell finished with four touchdowns, two rushing and two passing, while senior running back Terrance Beasley racked up 254 yards rushing on 16 carries. “This was a tough week for us,” St. John Bosco head coach Jason Negro said. “We just got back (from Cincinnati) and we’ve got (Las Vegas Bishop Gorman) on the horizon next week so we didn’t want to look pa...

More big plays helped St. John Bosco shutout La Mirada, 34-0, in nonleague play on Friday at La Mirada High. Bosco (2-0), ranked No. 3 in the latest CIF Southe Section Division 1 poll, hasn’t allowed a point yet this season. La Mirada (1-1) came into the week ranked No. 1 in CIF-SS Division 3 after beating Orange Lutheran last week. Bosco quarterback Re-al Mitchell finished with four touchdowns, two rushing and two passing, while running back Terrance Beasley racked up 254 yards rushing on 16 ca...

VIDEO: St. John Bosco football hosts scrimmage Home → Sports → High School Football BELLFLOWER >> St. John Bosco hosted Long Beach Wilson for a preseason scrimmage on Friday afteoon. Advertisement Digital & Driveway Delivery - 50% Off About the Author JJ Fiddler is a sportswriter and videographer who has been covering the Long Beach-area sports world for multiple newspapers since 2004. After attending Long Beach State and creating the first full sports page ...