Marauders blow out Little Falls, 42-7
SHERBURNE – In just two weeks, Sherburne-Earlville has gone from a team struggling to score points, to a club that is now finding a home in the endzone.
The Marauders tucked away their second straight blowout win Friday night scoring four touchdowns over the final 17 minutes of the game to run away from winless Little Falls, 42-7.
In reality, the contest was a shutout for the Marauders’ defense as the only Little Falls score came on a tipped ball and interception return for a touchdown in the first half. The Mounties’ offense never threatened to score a point on their own, and only crossed midfield into S-E territory two times, the closest to the endzone being the Marauders’ 41.
“This is probably the third or fourth game in a row where the defense has played really well,” said S-E second-year coach Mike Jasper. “It’s our strength this year, and the kids played hard and play every down. They keep us going until our offense finds a rhythm.”
The Marauders didn’t have much trouble moving the ball, but the old bug-a-boo – ill-timed penalties – robbed the host team of two touchdowns. What could have been at least a three-touchdown lead at halftime was a mere 13-7 advantage on the strength of TD runs from Chris Santiago and Greg DuVall.
“We did a lot of things in the first half that we had been doing earlier in the year – the penalties – that kept us out of the endzone,” Jasper said. “It was a frustrating first half because we felt we should have had a bigger lead, and we didn’t.”
Jasper said the focus in the second half was to take the kickoff down the field and score. It looked like the Marauders would do just that moving for four first downs. DuVall carried the ball for 29 yards, and quarterback Ethan Johnson hit Austin Jasper on a 13-yard first-down pass. On a second down play from the Little Falls 14, Johnson rolled out to his right and threw into the endzone. The ball was slightly underthrown, and Little Falls’ Tim Morgan intercepted the ball and was tackled at the two.
Turns out the untimely turnover was just the kick in the pants S-E needed. The Marauders stuffed Little Falls’ offense on three plays, and took over in great field position at the 37. This time S-E put together a scoring march. Johnson had a 21-yard TD run called back due to a holding penalty, but DuVall provided a quick bailout with a 15-yard first-down run. Four plays later, Santiago scored from three yards out.
On the first play of the fourth quarter, Little Falls quarterback, Morgan, was picked off by Johnson. It was Johnson’s third interception of the game, and he returned it 35 yards for the score.
S-E churned out the yards in big chunks in the fourth stanza as the defense stood up Little Falls holding the visitors to just two first downs in the second half. DuVall’s two-yard score with 7:25 capped his 128-yard rushing day.
Backup running back Cody Williams came on with the rest of the reserves in the late stages of the game, and behind the second-unit, raced 32 yards for the final touchdown. The Marauders finished with 342 yards of total offense, and with next week’s home game against Mt. Markham, can finish with a winning record in division play. At 3-3 overall and with two losses in division play, it looks like S-E will not make the playoffs, though.
“We made some of the mistakes that cost us earlier in the season, but the nice thing is that the kids continued to play with their heads up,” Jasper said. “At this point, whatever happens with the playoffs, we can’t control that. What we have to do is control what we can…we can still do a lot of firsts for the program. I don’t think we’ve had six wins in a season in a long time, and that’s a goal of ours. We want to finish with a winning record, and win each of our last three games one at a time.”
The Marauders struck first on the scoreboard on their second drive, an 8-play, 58-yard excursion. The Marauders received a 30-yard run from Santiago, and a Johnson-to-DuVall 17-yard pass set S-E up at the five. Santiago finished off the drive with the first of his two scores.
Little Falls put its only points on the board after Johnson’s short pass to Will Slentz deflected off Slentz’s hands, and the ball fell into the arms of Zack McLaughlin, who had nothing but open space returning the ball 26 yards for the score.
S-E answered that play with a quick scoring drive set up by Manuel Moreno’s 38-yard kickoff return into Little Falls territory. DuVall had a 16-yard run, and Johnson’s 15-yard keeper set up DuVall’s seven-yard scoring run.
Score by quarters
LFalls 0 7 0 0—7
S-E 7 6 8 21—42
Scoring Summary
SE: Chris Santiago 5 run (Justin Coye kick), 1st, 4:33
LF: Zack McLaughlin 26 interception return (Dominic LaCoppola kick), 2nd, 9:13
SE: Greg DuVall 7 run (kick failed), 2nd, 7:58
SE: Santiago 3 run (DuVall run), 3rd, 1:21
SE: Ethan Johnson 35 interception return (Coye kick), 4th, 11:48
SE: DuVall 3 run (Coye kick), 4th, 7:28
SE: Cody Williams 32 run (Tony Cruz kick), 4th, 2:04
Football Summary
SE LF
First downs 17 6
Rushes-yds 53-312 32-87
Passing yds. 30 8
Comp-att-int 2-7-2 1-9-3
Punts-avg 1-29 5-26
Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-1
Penalties-yds 4-40 5-27
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (SE) Greg DuVall, 19-128; Ethan Johnson, 11-54; Chris Santiago, 7-46; Cody Williams, 2-28; Manuel Moreno, 2-27; Will Slentz, 3-20; Austin Jasper, 1-(-2). (L) Tim Morgan, 10-37; Tyler McLean, 12-29; Travis Dawley, 3-7; Will Robinson, 3-4; Nick Hubbell, 1-7; Zack McLaughlin, 1-3; Dan Korce, 2-0.
Passing: (SE) Ethan Johnson, 2-7-2, 30 yds; Morgan, 1-8-3, 8 yds; Robinson, 0-1-0, 0 yds.
Receiving: (SE) DuVall, 1-17, A. Jasper, 1-13. (LF) McLaughlin, 1-8.
The Marauders tucked away their second straight blowout win Friday night scoring four touchdowns over the final 17 minutes of the game to run away from winless Little Falls, 42-7.
In reality, the contest was a shutout for the Marauders’ defense as the only Little Falls score came on a tipped ball and interception return for a touchdown in the first half. The Mounties’ offense never threatened to score a point on their own, and only crossed midfield into S-E territory two times, the closest to the endzone being the Marauders’ 41.
“This is probably the third or fourth game in a row where the defense has played really well,” said S-E second-year coach Mike Jasper. “It’s our strength this year, and the kids played hard and play every down. They keep us going until our offense finds a rhythm.”
The Marauders didn’t have much trouble moving the ball, but the old bug-a-boo – ill-timed penalties – robbed the host team of two touchdowns. What could have been at least a three-touchdown lead at halftime was a mere 13-7 advantage on the strength of TD runs from Chris Santiago and Greg DuVall.
“We did a lot of things in the first half that we had been doing earlier in the year – the penalties – that kept us out of the endzone,” Jasper said. “It was a frustrating first half because we felt we should have had a bigger lead, and we didn’t.”
Jasper said the focus in the second half was to take the kickoff down the field and score. It looked like the Marauders would do just that moving for four first downs. DuVall carried the ball for 29 yards, and quarterback Ethan Johnson hit Austin Jasper on a 13-yard first-down pass. On a second down play from the Little Falls 14, Johnson rolled out to his right and threw into the endzone. The ball was slightly underthrown, and Little Falls’ Tim Morgan intercepted the ball and was tackled at the two.
Turns out the untimely turnover was just the kick in the pants S-E needed. The Marauders stuffed Little Falls’ offense on three plays, and took over in great field position at the 37. This time S-E put together a scoring march. Johnson had a 21-yard TD run called back due to a holding penalty, but DuVall provided a quick bailout with a 15-yard first-down run. Four plays later, Santiago scored from three yards out.
On the first play of the fourth quarter, Little Falls quarterback, Morgan, was picked off by Johnson. It was Johnson’s third interception of the game, and he returned it 35 yards for the score.
S-E churned out the yards in big chunks in the fourth stanza as the defense stood up Little Falls holding the visitors to just two first downs in the second half. DuVall’s two-yard score with 7:25 capped his 128-yard rushing day.
Backup running back Cody Williams came on with the rest of the reserves in the late stages of the game, and behind the second-unit, raced 32 yards for the final touchdown. The Marauders finished with 342 yards of total offense, and with next week’s home game against Mt. Markham, can finish with a winning record in division play. At 3-3 overall and with two losses in division play, it looks like S-E will not make the playoffs, though.
“We made some of the mistakes that cost us earlier in the season, but the nice thing is that the kids continued to play with their heads up,” Jasper said. “At this point, whatever happens with the playoffs, we can’t control that. What we have to do is control what we can…we can still do a lot of firsts for the program. I don’t think we’ve had six wins in a season in a long time, and that’s a goal of ours. We want to finish with a winning record, and win each of our last three games one at a time.”
The Marauders struck first on the scoreboard on their second drive, an 8-play, 58-yard excursion. The Marauders received a 30-yard run from Santiago, and a Johnson-to-DuVall 17-yard pass set S-E up at the five. Santiago finished off the drive with the first of his two scores.
Little Falls put its only points on the board after Johnson’s short pass to Will Slentz deflected off Slentz’s hands, and the ball fell into the arms of Zack McLaughlin, who had nothing but open space returning the ball 26 yards for the score.
S-E answered that play with a quick scoring drive set up by Manuel Moreno’s 38-yard kickoff return into Little Falls territory. DuVall had a 16-yard run, and Johnson’s 15-yard keeper set up DuVall’s seven-yard scoring run.
Score by quarters
LFalls 0 7 0 0—7
S-E 7 6 8 21—42
Scoring Summary
SE: Chris Santiago 5 run (Justin Coye kick), 1st, 4:33
LF: Zack McLaughlin 26 interception return (Dominic LaCoppola kick), 2nd, 9:13
SE: Greg DuVall 7 run (kick failed), 2nd, 7:58
SE: Santiago 3 run (DuVall run), 3rd, 1:21
SE: Ethan Johnson 35 interception return (Coye kick), 4th, 11:48
SE: DuVall 3 run (Coye kick), 4th, 7:28
SE: Cody Williams 32 run (Tony Cruz kick), 4th, 2:04
Football Summary
SE LF
First downs 17 6
Rushes-yds 53-312 32-87
Passing yds. 30 8
Comp-att-int 2-7-2 1-9-3
Punts-avg 1-29 5-26
Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-1
Penalties-yds 4-40 5-27
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (SE) Greg DuVall, 19-128; Ethan Johnson, 11-54; Chris Santiago, 7-46; Cody Williams, 2-28; Manuel Moreno, 2-27; Will Slentz, 3-20; Austin Jasper, 1-(-2). (L) Tim Morgan, 10-37; Tyler McLean, 12-29; Travis Dawley, 3-7; Will Robinson, 3-4; Nick Hubbell, 1-7; Zack McLaughlin, 1-3; Dan Korce, 2-0.
Passing: (SE) Ethan Johnson, 2-7-2, 30 yds; Morgan, 1-8-3, 8 yds; Robinson, 0-1-0, 0 yds.
Receiving: (SE) DuVall, 1-17, A. Jasper, 1-13. (LF) McLaughlin, 1-8.
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