CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA – It was the Madden Williams show.

The junior wide receiver delivered a stellar performance to give St. John Bosco a 38-28 victory over visiting Sierra Canyon on Saturday night.

“It was one of the best wide receiver performances I’ve ever seen,” St. John Bosco coach Jason Negro said.

For Williams’ first act, he hauled in a catch and run for a 96-yard touchdown. Williams’ second act came in the third quarter with a 16-yard jump ball into the back corner of the end zone. The score put St. John Bosco ahead 24-14 late in the third quarter.

“With (Madden), I think the 50-50 jump balls are more like 70-30,” Negro said.

Williams’ best performance came last. He blazed up the middle, caught a pass from freshman QB Koa Malau’ulu, who was replacing starter Matai Fuiava due to injury, then made a defender miss and waltzed in for a touchdown that served as a dagger with less than six minutes to play. The score gave St. John Bosco a 31-21 lead.

Williams finished with 10 catches for 252 yards and three touchdowns against a talented Sierra Canyon secondary featuring USC commit Madden Riordan and Cal commit Jae’yon Young. Young returned an interception early in the game for a touchdown of 74 yards.

“That’s crazy,” Williams said, laughing when he heard his stats. “I was just trying to do my job and win.”

Williams had one negative play Saturday night when he fumbled on a catch in the second half.

“I have to point out his fumble. I’ll deduct points for that,” Negro said jokingly.

Williams is a 4-star recruit with offers from Arizona, Auburn, Texas, Tennessee, Oregon and Penn State.

St. John Bosco improved to 3-0 and Sierra Canyon moved to 2-2. It was a preview of what could come in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs.

Sierra Canyon had the ball inside St. John Bosco territory and was down only 24-21 with a chance to take the lead with 10 minutes left, but the St. John Bosco defense held firm and was able to get the ball back to the offense. On the ensuing possession, Fuiava took a hard hit that sidelined him for the rest of the game.

Koa Malau’ulu sprang into action and orchestrated an impressive drive in the heart of the fourth quarter, which culminated with Williams’ final touchdown.

“He showed a lot of maturity,” Negro said of the freshman.

Fuiava threw for 274 yards and three touchdowns on 17 of 29 passing. Malau’ulu was 4 of 9 passing for 38 yards and the solo touchdown pass to Williams.

“We’ve been working on it in practice,” Williams said of his rhythm with Malau’ulu. “Just in case Matai ever fell and he got up.”

Sierra Canyon’s Wyatt Becker was 12 of 24 for 171 yards and a touchdown. Running back Jaxsen Stokes ran for 72 yards and a touchdown on eight rushing attempts. The Trailblazers were without 2022 Mission League MVP Dane Dunn, who is out 2-4 weeks with an elbow injury.

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