#mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; } Sepulona also has three sacks. By the time he was a senior at Bosco, he was in his third year and second full season as the starting signal caller. The Tigers had Uiagaleleis heart, though, and it was time to make it official. See About archive blog posts. 1 dual threat QB Bryce Young (Mater Dei). Diaz didnt want to meddle in offensive coordinator Steven Los game plan, but gave Uiagalelei little nuggets of information here and there. Nate has been married to his wife Anita for 14 years, has a daughter Maren, and resides in Huntington Beach. Jason Negro, St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) Prior to Negro taking over at St. John Bosco in 2010, the Braves rarely won 10 games, let alone a Trinity League title, a state championship or a national No. What did Disney actually lose from its Florida battle with DeSantis?
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,The junior has emerged as a force for the Monarchs. And its turned into a coaching battle, pitting the Bosco coach who turned his school into a powerhouse with Bruce Rollinson, who has been the Mater Dei head coach for 27 years and part of the faculty for 40. However, Negro says that was never an issue when Rosen was in high school. he went back to his alma mater, what have you decided to stir up now, mr non-bias high school football fan? Post Aubreys three-star rating isnt as high as some other players on the team, but hes made a strong impact defensively.
HPW: I know most high school coaches dream about working at the next level, but even then, maybe theres nothing quite like coaching at this level, with this kind of support. The California native earned a bachelors degree in journalism from Baylor University in 2014. offered the same help to another player in the past. Coach Arteaga and his wife Desiree have three children, Janai, Noah and Jaxson. All I am is an educator. St. John Bosco High School players stood in the Mater Dei visitors locker room. Coach Negro was an All-CIF Linebacker for the Braves during his senior season as he helped lead the Braves to the CIF Quarterfinal round of the playoffs. 1 spot in the final national rankings, it proved an easy choice. Creative Commons. Negro spent the last seven years at Trabuco Hills, where his teams reached section title games in 2007 and 2009. @Kamehameha #! St Louis looked good vs. a very overrated Narbonne team who didnt beat anybody decent on its way to their 3rd tier CA state title last year. Negro also credited ASUs recruiting director, Antonio Pierce, for bringing Southern California players to Tempe. Im not thinking that, Oh my gosh, there goes our season, or our ability to win a CIF, state or national title. So our whole opportunity that we have here at St. John Bosco is to try to get kids to play and to expose them to as many collegiate markets as possible.. It took Diaz several moments to process that DJ Uiagalelei, then standing around 6-foot-2, was only an eighth-grader and a quarterback for Boscos youth program. The Eagles couldnt break into the Trinity League elite. HPW: When I look at your roster, youve got a 6-foot-5, 238-pound quarterback whos only a junior (DJ Uiagalei). One more element of the office is tough to miss: The business cards from college recruiters who visited Bosco. Diaz called it the saddest Notre Dame win hed ever experienced. Diaz agreed to take Uiagalelei to school every day. If this rivalry has turned into a battle of the quarterbacks, Friday nights game is in keeping with that theme, pitting 247 Sports No. As a first-year head coach at St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) in 2010, Negro he was tasked with changing the culture of the program. Thousands of miles and three time zones away from the Upstate of South Carolina, the Diaz family will be rooting on Uiagalelei, who Diaz now considers like a son. It made sense.. Framed articles from the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and other publications highlight state championship runs by the Bosco Braves. "You know, never once did I ever question whether Josh wanted to be a high level football player. In addition to his coaching duties, Coach Adams is a teacher at SJB, heads up the strength and conditioning program with Coach Lo and runs the Early Edge program for the Braves. First and foremost, I guarantee you when we do open our season we will throw a quarterback out there; he will be playing, so were not going to leave that position vacant. Negro: One of the things that really defines who we are is the community that we call Brave Nation. Quarterbacks, especially high-school seniors, arent supposed to look like him. The players absolutely loved him. He turned on Sirius XMs ESPNU channel to listen to Full Ride, which has become part of his morning routine. It was a completely different mindset than when I went to Bosco, Negro said. Negro, 43, is a Bosco alum who jokes that he would never get to play on this team. Coach Diaz is a former teacher in the science department and is the current plant manager for SJB. He knew as soon as he saw the Bosco facility in 2010 that the weight room approach needed a facelift. Arizona States doing a great job, the coach said. So before I talk about what my feelings are in terms of our football program and our spring practice and how thats going to affect us moving into the fall, I have to say that Im very, very saddened for the current 2020 seniors and the spring sports athletes who were unable to finish their seasons.. You know anybody know if the game will be televised? At the conclusion of the 2013 season, Coach Negro was an assistant coach to the US Army All-American Bowl Game in San Antonio, TX. Coach Lo also serves as the head strength and conditioning coach for the Braves.Uiagalelei, the No 1 pro-style quarterback per 247Sports, has taken another step forward in his second year as the starting quarterback.
He has a lot of faith in his players. 1 and No. Its nice to be recognized with some of the best teams in the country, and were really excited about the rankings but ultimately, its mythical.. The main goal for us is to get the ball into our playmakers hands based on what the defense is giving us. I think anybody that knows anything about high school football knows that. Dillon Gabriel is accurate and can run, and on defense theyre extremely aggressive. 82 players at an all-boys school with total enrollment of 850 through four grade levels. Alexis Cubit serves primarily as the Clemson sports reporter for The (Columbia) State newspaper. Bosco relies on a four-way concept called the Oratory: A home, church, school and playground. And definitely that home aspect people come back here because they know they can rely on their brothers.. Its mythical anyway, really, unless there is some sort of tournament, Negro said. Negro began his coaching career with Junior All-American in Bellflower and was an assistant at Bosco from 1998-2000 until he took a coaching job at Trabuco Hills. Like Makena, who sat in the back seat, the high school freshman was cordial but on the quiet side. Back then we werent competing with the best teams in our area.. Family has always been important to D.J. Everyone understands their role. Negro: Hes my brother. You have to make sure every staff member has a role, and that each and every one of them knows that their role is equally important as everyone elses. Currently, he teaches Biology at California High School in Whittier. Heres how to stream, UNC womens basketball handles Clemson, sets up ACC tournament showdown with rival Duke, After sweep, UCF baseball trolls Clemson by running down hill at football stadium, Clemson reports 11 NCAA violations during 2022 calendar year, 5-star linebacker takes measured approach to recruiting. Think about that Calis version of St LuLu just with a much larger pool to recruit from. October 12, 2018 8:49 am ET. We had Josh Rosen as our quarterback when we played Saint Louis and Tua (Tagovailoa) was a sophomore, and Coach York and his team are very impressive. Negro: No, hes a righty. The ride to the top of the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 rankings has been phenomenal. He disappeared in the middle of the season. Negros teams went 40-14 over the last four years. You can take away the excuses, we have to take a bus to games, we dont have a locker room at games. Still, Uiagalelei had to go through the process of getting to know schools and talking to their coaches. Just little small things like that. Our soccer team has their own field. A graduate of Gilroy High School, where he played football and was a member of its wrestling team, Coach Lo spent eight years coaching football at his alma mater. */. In 2015, St. John Bosco was taking on Bishop Amat during the state semifinals when Diaz noticed what he thought was a high school student. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Diaz is a born and raised Southern Californian but has always loved Notre Dame. But right now, I dont know. 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Two years later with a stronger weight room emphasis and a new spread offense, Negro took the Trabuco Hills head coaching job and led the Mustangs to five straight playoffs and two CIF finals appearances. He has been an offensive line coach in the Trinity League for over 9 years. Theres so much more pride in our school because were able to compete with some of the best programs in the country. Were a melting pot. Coach King is an Esperanza High School graduate and is the sole owner of a real estate appraisal company located in Orange County. As a parent, I had great respect for him and the staff he assembled. He works closely with Coach Adams and Coach Lo in our Strength and Conditioning program. Chris King is entering his thirteenth year as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at St. John Bosco High School. When Rosen came along, the team was only two years removed from its previous coaching staff, but he said there werent any underlying remains of the mindset before Negro and then-offensive coordinator Chad Johnson arrived. At St. John Bosco in Bellflower, Calif., head coach Jason Negro has his share of blessings. I looked at it as something that was really beneficial to our team because it made us a better program and better coaches. Everybody got into the locker room and theyre kind of looking at each other and it was a really weird scene to be a part of, Bosco head coach Jason Negro said. Well-polished trophies line the room, representing such championships as the Mission Viejo High School Football Classic and the Battle of the Beach. No matter whats happening on and off the field, the quarterback always shows resilience. And one way you do that is you allow kids to be kids.. Now, with transfers galore, certain schools keep winning every season, and people want to join the crowd. 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Currently living in Long Beach, Mia is married to his beautiful wife of 28 years, Ulu, and they have two girls, Kawehi, age 28 and Keala, age 22. A former St. John Bosco assistant, Jason Negro, the head coach at Mission Viejo Trabuco Hills, has taken over for Mendoza. After his third season at St. John Bosco, Coach Negro, along with his incredibly talented staff, captured an undefeated Trinity League Championship and made a Pac 5 division semi-final appearance. If someone could bring this program into the 21st century (Bosco) would be scary. The show had become a go-to listen on the ride to school. After graduation, Coach Adams attended the University of Oregon on a full athletic scholarship where he started four years for the Ducks. Negro believes that the strength of the Trinity League and his aggressive nonleague scheduling has helped catapult his program into an elite group. For more high school stories, stats and videos, visit http://usatodayhss.com. Coach Adams is beginning his 20th year of coaching and his thirteenth with the Braves. Just trying to be real at this point in the season. So its not just understanding the asset that I have to protect game-in, game-out, and play-in, play-out, (but) that hes a great guy. The teenagers are still learning, growing and maturing. Despite the losses, four years ago and now, Diaz said hes never seen Uiagalelei in a bad mood. Good luck mililani. Tweets from https://twitter.com/OCConnect/lists/hs-football Two weeks ago, Bosco won the California Interscholastic Federation championship Open Division bowl game, 49-28, for a third state title in a decade a feat that would have been hard to imagine before Negro arrived. There used to be rebuilding years. Upon graduating, he enlisted in the military where he served for 9 years. He needed to change the language and get the school. That connection we have with one another is definitely important, Satele said. was coming home and the older brother would assure the middle-schooler, whos now at Bosco and one of the countrys top-rated recruits, hed be there soon. For Bosco, it was the 2017 season, where Re-al Mitchell, currently playing at Iowa State, was quarterbacking the Braves in his senior year. But at what cost? Two years after losing 42-12, the Braves best Mater Dei 24-3. When youre standing in the locker room the kids are all looking at each other like, Oh my gosh. It was just kind of a dream.. In addition to his coaching duties, he teaches Algebra and Geometry at Bosco. Uiagalelei had a season for the ages in 2019, throwing for 4,225 yards, 48 TDs and just two interceptions. I think just observing, I think some of the best advice is how to be a good husband, how to be a good father, how to treat your kids, how to be a good husband, how to treat your wife, Uiagalelei said. Now all of a sudden youre beating those guys on a consistent basis and youre gong to be talked about with some of the great teams across the country. Its only out-of-state loss under Negro was to two-time National Champions Bishop Gorman. In that 2010 matchup vs. Mater Dei, the Braves had led in the fourth quarter before the Monarchs scored two unanswered touchdowns. !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)? Mia Tui is a graduate from Long Beach Poly HS and will be coaching the defensive line at the varsity level. Uiagalelei earned his first two career starts as a true freshman that fall. Love Coach Diaz.. The kids help each other get better.. Keep an eye out; the junior doesnt have any offers from colleges, per 247 Sports. Bosco would boat race St. Louis. D.J. 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,Ricks is the only everyday defender on the team to have an interception he has four of them, one of which was a pick-six. He acknowledged it wont be easy to determine the starter because of what could be very limited in-person assessment time. St. John Boscos never out of the spotlight. You let them know how valuable they are, constantly, then theyre going to operate at the highest level and make you successful., His rise to success has happened quickly because those of us who work for and with (Negro) believe in him, Christensen said. by digitaluzer Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:15 pm, Post You know he believes in those around him and to me, that stands for a whole heck of a lot., Everyone said Bosco always had talent but just didnt have the discipline, the coaching, or that Bosco was archaic offensively and defensively, Johnson said. While in the military, he continued his football playing career in the Armed Forces Football League (AFFL) for 4 years from 1998-2002 as a defensive end. It was Oct. 14, 2010.
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,While the Mater Dei secondary is impressive, its not every week they face a 6-foot-3, 190-pound specimen like Stanford commit Colby Bowman.
He was a long time shot put coach where he saw his athletes also excel at the college level. HPW: Youve got another two-way player, (WR/CB) Jake Bailey, who had a big game in your opener. He's ridiculous. "We've been pretty blessed. Rob is married to Joanne, has 5 children, and lives in the city of Cerritos. The quarterback who evolved into one of the nation's top recruits and rode shotgun with Diaz in the Honda every weekday had graduated from St. John Bosco in December 2019 and enrolled at Clemson. Coach Negrotook the reigns of Bosco Football asHead Coach in 2010. Uiagalelei the chance under the lights. Paul Diaz is in his 25th year coaching varsity football for St. John Bosco High School. While joking around in the car one day, Diaz suggested Uiagalelei reach out to Full Ride radio show to talk about his decision to commit to Clemson once he made it public. Everyone seems to forget that there was a time schools didnt win every year. St. John Bosco had gone 15-13 in Trinity League play over the previous four seasons. HPW: The only thing that would be more amazing is if he was a lefty. Its really more so about the whole program., Boscos football practices are run like no other. This years trips have worked out well for Brave Nation, taking their talents to Nevada and Hawaii in September, and blowing out the competition in each game. Eric Sondheimer is the prep sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times. It took him a few weeks or a few months, I guess I can say, in order to gain that necessary experience on how to watch film, how to translate what you watch from film onto the practice field and then eventually in games, Negro said, and by the time we got to the fifth game, or sixth game of the season, he had played just starting to surpass the other kid and took over the job.. Once the fall rolled around, either Uiagaleleis mother, Tausha, or his father, David Big Dave Sr., would drop their son off at the Diaz residence around 6:30 a.m., a drive that was less than 20 miles from their home in the Inland Empire.