Final: Everett 31, St. John's 7
Matt Costello caught three touchdown passes and Everett cruised past St. John's 31-7 to win the Division 1 Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium.
Costello's scores came on 29-, 10- and 36-yard passes from quarterback Jonathan DiBiaso. Everett, which lost last year's Division 1 Super Bowl to Xaverian, finished the season 12-0.
Everett outgained St. John's 422-201 and had 20 first downs to St. John's 10.
"We said from the beginning of the year we were not gonna be satisfied winning the [Greater Boston League], making the playoffs, winning the first round, making it to Gillete. We wanted to win in Gillette," Everett coach John DiBiaso Jr. said.
Costello finished with 145 yards on 11 receptions. Manny Asprilla had 84 yards on three catches, and also ran 10 times for 78 yards.
"Its a team effort. I couldn't have done it without (my team)," Costello said. "Manny being on the field at the same time as me, it makes it harder for them to cover just me. Manny takes up a lot of attention over the middle, so that a lot of times leaves me with just the CB to work off of. We knew this was our last year in D1, we wanted to make a statement. It's great to be part of such a great program like Everett with such a history of winning."
DiBiaso connected on 16 of 21 pass attempt for 248 yards and three touchdowns.
"It feels really good, this is the last time I'll play with all these kids, I'll miss them all.We didn't come here to get here, we came here to win," Asprilla said.
Tyler Coppola had 22 carries for 151 yards for St. John's (8-5).
(Globe correspondent Mike Carraggi contributed to this report)
In-game updates:
4th quarter, 1:18, Everett 31-7: Victory formation for Everett to run out the clock.
4th quarter, 7:37, Everett 31-7: Matt Costello's third TD catch further expands Everett's lead. Costello now has 11 catches for 145 yards.
3d quarter, 3:46, Everett 24-7: Gilly DeSouza's 21-yard field goal pads Everett's lead.
2d quarter, 0:46, Everett 21-7: Matt Costello catches another TD pass, this for 10 yards, to push Everett ahead by two touchdowns.
2d quarter, 8:20, Everett 14-7: Everett's Manny Asprilla scores on a two-yard run to give Everett its first lead.
1st quarter, 5:35, Tied 7-7: Everett's Matt Costello catches a 29-yard TD pass from Jonathan DiBiaso to even things up.
1st quarter, 7:49, St. John's 7-0: Tyler Coppola races 48 yards to put St. John's on top.
St. John's Prep has deferred to the second half and will kick off.
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