Mater Dei 36, St. John Bosco 35: A Freshman Quarterback Threw Two Touchdowns in the Final 3:26 and Then Went for Two

Mater Dei 36, St. John Bosco 35: A Freshman Quarterback Threw Two Touchdowns in the Final 3:26 and Then Went for Two

Down 35-21 with 4:35 left, No. 18 Mater Dei scored twice through freshman Paytyn Guess and converted a two-point pass with 7.5 seconds left to beat No. 11 St. John Bosco in the Trinity League finale.

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St. John Bosco led 35-21 with 4:35 to play on Friday night and had scored 21 straight points to get there. Mater Dei's freshman quarterback answered with two touchdown passes, the second with 7.5 seconds left, and then head coach Raul Lara skipped the tie and went for two.

Mater Dei won 36-35 at Santa Ana Stadium in the last Trinity League game of the regular season. In the MaxPreps national Top 25 read through BallerTube's Parse feed, Bosco came in at No. 11 and Mater Dei at No. 18; MaxPreps' matchup page lists Mater Dei at 8-2 and Bosco at 7-3 afterward.

Paytyn Guess: 12 of 16 for 249 Yards

Guess, a Class of 2030 quarterback, finished 12 of 16 for 249 yards and, by BVM Sports' count, five total touchdowns. The comeback ran this way, per High School On SI: Maliq Allen's 4-yard run put Bosco up 35-21 with 4:35 left; Guess hit Gavin Honore for 55 yards at 3:26; and after Mater Dei got the ball back, Guess found Tristan Brown from 12 yards out with 7.5 seconds on the clock. Sophomore tight end Tyler Fritz bobbled the two-point pass before securing it.

Bosco quarterback Koa Malau'ulu went 24 of 35 for 357 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another, per High School On SI. Bosco came into the night averaging 37.5 points a game with 375 scored and 203 allowed; Mater Dei had scored 293 and allowed 202, per MaxPreps.

Second Place in the Trinity League, and Sunday's Brackets

Mater Dei finished 4-1 in league, second behind Santa Margarita, which beat Orange Lutheran 43-21 the same night to finish 10-0 and take its first outright Trinity League title. Both Mater Dei and Bosco lost to Santa Margarita earlier this month. BVM Sports projects Mater Dei as the No. 3 seed in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 bracket and Bosco at No. 4 or No. 5; the brackets come out Sunday, and the first round is Friday, Nov. 6.

Mater Dei has now won five straight in the rivalry and leads the series 34-13, per BVM Sports. More Friday results are on the BallerTube high school football page.