

They also pressured the Spartans into an unheard-of four fumbles, and a string of first-half penalties that killed three De La Salle drives that looked promising to score. By taking that early lead, and suppressing the Spartans’ run game for much of the contest, they forced them to throw in third-and-long situations, which didn’t work well for De La Salle. They decided they wanted the Spartans to throw the ball, since that’s their obvious weakness-and they made them.

They went up early, as the Spartans usually do. They execute flawlessly, letting the yellow hankies rain down on the other sideline, and they come at their opponent relentlessly.īut on Saturday, it was the Braves who had the upper hand. The Spartans expose a team’s offensive weakness and then back them into that corner like a skilled prizefighter. John Bosco’s Open Division state championship bowl win was how the Braves “De La Salle-d” De La Salle from start to finish.Īnyone who has watched the Spartans run over the last decade would have found the way Bosco played to be pretty familiar. With apologies to the copy editors who have to work on this column, the thing that struck me from beginning to end in St. Whether it was against the Long Beach Poly 2001 team, or the string of teams they’ve faced in the recent bowl games, they’ve always played spoiler. “Happens every year,” he said with a justifiable smirk.Īfter all, he’s right: until Saturday night, it had happened year after year after year after year. Kowalski wasn’t seeing it, though, and thought the chatter was empty. John Bosco to be the ones to reverse the trend. The talk from around this area was that fans expected St.

In fact, Time Warner analyst Mike Pawlawski was having a laugh about that fact in the broadcasting booth before the cameras started rolling. That’s the chorus of Southern California high school football fans everywhere, as somebody finally gave Concord De La Salle a wedgie and a wet Willie after years of watching the Spartans knock off lauded SoCal teams.ĭLS came into Saturday night with an unprecedented string of four straight state championships, oftenīeating teams that were considered to be more talented, or more highly ranked. As they'll all have access to personal photos of themselves, these will also be used to create a larger image that everyone can share.CARSON > Mama, you don’t have to worry about that bully anymore. This trend is an excellent way to make everyone feel involved in the process of taking photos together. As the photo fills out the more photos are taken, you can also organize a fun game centered around guessing what the mosaic image will end up being. These are just some of the many examples offered by digital mosaics, as the large photo you create with your mini photos can really be anything you like. Or at weddings, you can make smaller photos of guests combine to show the bride and groom together. This could be the company logo at corporate events. Then, these photos are blown up onto a large digital mosaic of a larger image. People take a single photo of themselves in a photo booth. This trend, in particular, is excellent for larger corporate events or parties with loads of attendees. Mosaic recap video of all photo booth photos trend Digital Mosaics
