St. John Bosco won the Southern California Varsity Red championship in a massive physical battle, riding a strong second half to beat St. Augustine 54-35.

The game was a very physical game. The Saints came out firing and charged into Bosco territory and threatened, but the Bosco defense didn't give in. Eventually, the Boso attack got a jump start with 60-meter run for a try and an early 7-0 lead.

Sparked by Ehtan McVeigh, the Saints came back and tied the game when McVeigh raced up the middle. Bosco responded again to take a 14-7 lead. The Saints fought back and were on the Bosco doorstep but couldn't punch it in. However, patient attack saw Sam Earley go over to tie the game at 14-14.

In the second half, Bosco came out firing in the second half and scored three tries to take a big lead. St. Augustine regrouped nicely and got a try from Spencer Wilfahrt and then from flanker Charlie Rascon to make it 40-35 Boscoe with four minutes to play.

Bosco was playing a man down due to a yellow card, but it was Boscoe that scored next, and then scored again on the final play to make it 54-35.

it was really a breakout season for both of these programs, as they had been chasing the likes of La Costa Canyon and Torrey Pines before making it to the SoCal final.

St. Augustine was left ruing those three tries in the second half.