FINAL: No. 3 St. John Bosco [CA] blows out Eastwood [TX], 66-7

BELLFLOWER, CA, Aug. 29 — About the only thing you could say about the Eastwood [El Paso, TX] football team Friday night is they were real Troopers.

For the second straight year, they traveled to California to take on the national powerhouse St. John Bosco [Bellflower, CA] Braves in a football game. The fact they lost the 2024 game, 71-14, didn't stop them from boarding a bus and fulfilling their two-game contract. And with a severe case of bus lag, they still left their hotel for their Friday night game against the Braves, knowing full well the fate that awaited them, and showed up for the 7 p.m. local time kick.

At least physically.

In spirit, the Troopers played like a team still recovering from that long ride and maybe thinking about the next one. They quickly ended up in a 21-0 first-quarter hole which turned into 45-0 by halftime. Playing only for pride at that point, Eastwood managed to limit Bosco to 21 second-half points while scoring their only points of the game on a third-quarter Kingston Jefferies-to-Jude Walker pass and catch.

On the short end of a 66-7 outcome, there may not have been much for the Troopers to celebrate Friday night. But at least they knew boarding the bus back to El Paso, Texas, that the competition will be a whole lot easier moving forward. They'll return to action next Friday against a Chapin [El Paso, TX] Huskies, an 0-1 team that's much closer to being in their own league.

St. John Bosco, meanwhile, will get its first real test that night when the Braves host the No. 4 St. Frances Academy [Baltimore, MD] Panthers.

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WATCH: Eastwood vs. St. John Bosco live on NFHS Network

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FINAL — ST. JOHN BOSCO 66, EASTWOOD 7

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|| FOURTH QUARTER ||

And that running clock can't run fast enough for Eastwood. It's Bosco again after a long kickoff return set the Braves up with a short field.

4th Qtr — ST. JOHN BOSCO 66, EASTWOOD 7

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Eastwood finally gets on the board out in Bellflower, California. We're in the fourth quarter so the running clock has started which should shorten their misery from here out.

4th Qtr — ST. JOHN BOSCO 59, EASTWOOD 7

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|| THIRD QUARTER ||

St. John Bosco continues to pile it on.

3rd Qtr — ST. JOHN BOSCO 59, EASTWOOD 0

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Halftime couldn't get here fast enough for El Paso's Eastwood Troopers. The Texans are down big.

3rd Qtr — ST. JOHN BOSCO 52, EASTWOOD 0

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|| SECOND QUARTER ||

Halftime couldn't get here fast enough for El Paso's Eastwood Troopers. The Texans are down big.

Halftime — ST. JOHN BOSCO 45, EASTWOOD 0

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This game was never going to be a good idea, and it's gotten absurd now. Still in the second quarter, the Braves have scored in just about every way you can, including an interception return for a touchdown and a punt return for another.

2nd Qtr — ST. JOHN BOSCO 45, EASTWOOD 0

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Bosco has added another touchdown and a field goal in quick succession.

2nd Qtr — ST. JOHN BOSCO 38, EASTWOOD 0

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And, it's all Bosco as the Braves add to their lead in the second quarter.

2nd Qtr — ST. JOHN BOSCO 28, EASTWOOD 0

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|| FIRST QUARTER ||

That's where this one ends after one quarter.

End of 1st Qtr — ST. JOHN BOSCO 21, EASTWOOD 0

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DJ Tubbs scores his second touchdown of the game, and Bosco's lead is already three scores.

1st Qtr — ST. JOHN BOSCO 21, EASTWOOD 0

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Bosco strikes again quickly, and the Braves double their lead.

1st Qtr — ST. JOHN BOSCO 14, EASTWOOD 0

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Less than two minutes into the game, the Braves drive 51 yards for the game's first score.

1st Qtr — ST. JOHN BOSCO 7, EASTWOOD 0

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We are under way!

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TOP 25 AND THE GAME OF THE WEEK ...

While you're getting ready for tonight's big game, get yourself up to speed on the preseason edition of The Sporting News High School Football Top 25.

Then check out Last week's Top 25 Roundup to see how the rest of our Top 25 fared in National Week 2.

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We'll check back in here in a while with a look at some more storylines and an update on the weather.

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