Look: All-State safety Joseph Bey on Serra's shutout win over De La Salle, recruiting: 2-minute drill

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SAN MATEO, Calif. — It was the first time De La Salle has been shutout in almost 20 years. It was the storied program's worst shutout loss in 44 seasons. 

Serra's 28-0 win over the Spartans was spurred by the Padres' vaunted, talented and experienced defense. Perhaps its best in school history, though last season's was pretty good, allowing just 192 in 14 games (13-1 record). Of those, 45 were scored by national No. 1 St. John Bosco

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The leader of the defense, All-State safety Joseph Bey offered his opinion on why the team is so stout on that side of the ball. It helps that nine of them returned from last season. 

Bey, a long, physical and fast 6-foot-1, 185-pounder, is a four-year letterman who is headed to San Jose State. He was polite, thoughtful and measured during this segment of SBLive's 2-minute drill in the interview above. 


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Mitch Stephens, SBLive Sports
MITCH STEPHENS, SBLIVE SPORTS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.