Marauders ousted from Section III playoffs
SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville’s best football season since rejoining Section III over a decade ago ended abruptly Friday night.
The hitherto unbeaten campaign was vanquished due to turnovers and a bevy of mistakes that conspired against the host Marauders in a 23-12 Class C playoff loss to Thousand Islands.
S-E (7-1) had three turnovers, a botched punt snap that led to a Vikings touchdown, and a number of penalties at crucial times that clearly aided the Thousand Islands cause.
At 7-1, the season is over, said S-E coach Mike Jasper, who does not want to risk any potential injuries to his athletes in what would be a meaningless week nine game.
“We picked a heck of a night to make mistakes that we really haven’t made that much this season,” Jasper said. ‘I don’t believe I’ve had a game where we had everything go wrong and bite us in the (butt).”
Through most of the season, the Marauders’ stingy defense held firm after any turnovers, and the offense was so dominant, at times, ball control prevailed when points weren’t being scored. On this night, though, the Vikings were able to capitalize, that despite just 101 yards of total offense.
On S-E’s first possession, an intentional grounding penalty on third down lost 17 total yards, and on fourth down, the punt snap sailed over punter Brady Sopchak’s head losing another 19, but more importantly, setting Thousand Islands up 24 yards from the S-E goal line. A Marauders personal foul penalty on third down gave the Vikings first-and-goal from the six, and Travis Anderson scored two plays later from five yards out for the first score.
Following the ensuing kickoff, S-E fumbled the ball back to Thousand Islands on the first play from scrimmage. A nice throwback screen pass from quarterback Tyler Gilfus to fullback Collin Bourcy gained 14 yards to the Marauders 12 as the first quarter came to a close. Gilfus’s bootleg scramble to the S-E two preceded Anderson’s second TD run just 53 seconds into the second quarter.
“We gave them short fields a couple of times after a muffed punt and a fumble,” Jasper said. “We just struggled in the first half.”
And it got even worse for the Marauders.
The Marauders mounted a late first-half drive getting a first-down run from Austin Jasper and a nice first-down pass completion when Cody Marango found 6-foot-4 tight end Gavin Giroux for 12 yards to the Vikings 39. Another completion by Marango, one for seven yards to Sopchak, set up a fourth-and-three from the 32. Marango looked left in the flat, but the alacrity of Vikings sophomore Miles Kearns ended in an interception and 72-yard pick six TD return.
Instead of cutting the deficit in half, S-E went into halftime trailing 21-0.
“Down 21 points, that is a big hole to climb out of, especially with an offense like ours,” Jasper said.
The Marauders have favored a dominant ground game since Jasper took the reins five seasons ago. Other than the opening drive of the second half where it ran the ball seven straight times, the last one a six-yard TD run by Austin Jasper, the Marauders never did establish the ground game, and finished with a season-low 91 rushing yards.
Thousand Islands made the comeback hopes of S-E even tougher when it used over six minutes of possession time on the first series of the fourth quarter. Two 15-yard penalties on S-E after apparent defensive stops allowed the visiting club to extend the drive into Marauders territory. Following a punt by Gilfus to the S-E three, the Marauders were sacked in their own endzone for a safety lifting the Vikings’ lead to 23-6.
S-E had three more possessions in Thousand Islands territory, but the only score came on Marango’s 33-yard TD toss to Austin Jasper.
“Right now, this loss stings,” Coach Jasper said. “I’m hoping we will look back after a little bit of time and see the overall picture. Still, we could not have had a worse night at a worse time.”
Score by quarters
TI 7 14 0 2—23
S-E 0 0 6 6—12
Scoring Summary
First quarter
TI: Travis Anderson 5 run (Gilfus kick)
Second quarter
TI: Anderson 2 run (Gilfus kick)
TI: Miles Kearns 72 interception return (Gilfus kick)
Third quarter
SE: Austin Jasper 6 run (kick failed)
Fourth quarter
TI: Safety, S-E tackled in endzone after a fumble.
SE: Cody Marango 33 pass to Austin Jasper (run failed)
Team Summary
SE TI
First downs 9 9
Rushes-yds 29-91 46-67
Passing yds 106 34
Comp-att-int 7-21-2 5-7-0
Total yds 197 101
Punts-avg 3-28.6 7-32.1
Fumbles-lost 2-1 3-1
Penalties-yds 7-65 7-55
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (SE) Austin Jasper, 7-53; Brady Sopchak, 10-49; Garrett DuVall, 4-27; Brodie Roebuck, 2-8; Cody Marango, 5- (-17); team, 1- (-19). (TI) Collin Bourcy, 14-47; Travis Anderson, 25-32; Tyler Gilfus, 7-(-12).
Passing: (SE) Cody Marango, 7-21-2, 106 yds, TD. (TI) Gilfus, 5-7-0, 34 yds.
Receiving: (SE) Jasper, 3-50, Ben Khoury, 2-37; Gavin Giroux, 1-12, Brady Sopchak, 1-7. (TI) Bourcy, 3-26; Austin Bach, 1-6; Corey Byers, 1-2.
The hitherto unbeaten campaign was vanquished due to turnovers and a bevy of mistakes that conspired against the host Marauders in a 23-12 Class C playoff loss to Thousand Islands.
S-E (7-1) had three turnovers, a botched punt snap that led to a Vikings touchdown, and a number of penalties at crucial times that clearly aided the Thousand Islands cause.
At 7-1, the season is over, said S-E coach Mike Jasper, who does not want to risk any potential injuries to his athletes in what would be a meaningless week nine game.
“We picked a heck of a night to make mistakes that we really haven’t made that much this season,” Jasper said. ‘I don’t believe I’ve had a game where we had everything go wrong and bite us in the (butt).”
Through most of the season, the Marauders’ stingy defense held firm after any turnovers, and the offense was so dominant, at times, ball control prevailed when points weren’t being scored. On this night, though, the Vikings were able to capitalize, that despite just 101 yards of total offense.
On S-E’s first possession, an intentional grounding penalty on third down lost 17 total yards, and on fourth down, the punt snap sailed over punter Brady Sopchak’s head losing another 19, but more importantly, setting Thousand Islands up 24 yards from the S-E goal line. A Marauders personal foul penalty on third down gave the Vikings first-and-goal from the six, and Travis Anderson scored two plays later from five yards out for the first score.
Following the ensuing kickoff, S-E fumbled the ball back to Thousand Islands on the first play from scrimmage. A nice throwback screen pass from quarterback Tyler Gilfus to fullback Collin Bourcy gained 14 yards to the Marauders 12 as the first quarter came to a close. Gilfus’s bootleg scramble to the S-E two preceded Anderson’s second TD run just 53 seconds into the second quarter.
“We gave them short fields a couple of times after a muffed punt and a fumble,” Jasper said. “We just struggled in the first half.”
And it got even worse for the Marauders.
The Marauders mounted a late first-half drive getting a first-down run from Austin Jasper and a nice first-down pass completion when Cody Marango found 6-foot-4 tight end Gavin Giroux for 12 yards to the Vikings 39. Another completion by Marango, one for seven yards to Sopchak, set up a fourth-and-three from the 32. Marango looked left in the flat, but the alacrity of Vikings sophomore Miles Kearns ended in an interception and 72-yard pick six TD return.
Instead of cutting the deficit in half, S-E went into halftime trailing 21-0.
“Down 21 points, that is a big hole to climb out of, especially with an offense like ours,” Jasper said.
The Marauders have favored a dominant ground game since Jasper took the reins five seasons ago. Other than the opening drive of the second half where it ran the ball seven straight times, the last one a six-yard TD run by Austin Jasper, the Marauders never did establish the ground game, and finished with a season-low 91 rushing yards.
Thousand Islands made the comeback hopes of S-E even tougher when it used over six minutes of possession time on the first series of the fourth quarter. Two 15-yard penalties on S-E after apparent defensive stops allowed the visiting club to extend the drive into Marauders territory. Following a punt by Gilfus to the S-E three, the Marauders were sacked in their own endzone for a safety lifting the Vikings’ lead to 23-6.
S-E had three more possessions in Thousand Islands territory, but the only score came on Marango’s 33-yard TD toss to Austin Jasper.
“Right now, this loss stings,” Coach Jasper said. “I’m hoping we will look back after a little bit of time and see the overall picture. Still, we could not have had a worse night at a worse time.”
Score by quarters
TI 7 14 0 2—23
S-E 0 0 6 6—12
Scoring Summary
First quarter
TI: Travis Anderson 5 run (Gilfus kick)
Second quarter
TI: Anderson 2 run (Gilfus kick)
TI: Miles Kearns 72 interception return (Gilfus kick)
Third quarter
SE: Austin Jasper 6 run (kick failed)
Fourth quarter
TI: Safety, S-E tackled in endzone after a fumble.
SE: Cody Marango 33 pass to Austin Jasper (run failed)
Team Summary
SE TI
First downs 9 9
Rushes-yds 29-91 46-67
Passing yds 106 34
Comp-att-int 7-21-2 5-7-0
Total yds 197 101
Punts-avg 3-28.6 7-32.1
Fumbles-lost 2-1 3-1
Penalties-yds 7-65 7-55
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (SE) Austin Jasper, 7-53; Brady Sopchak, 10-49; Garrett DuVall, 4-27; Brodie Roebuck, 2-8; Cody Marango, 5- (-17); team, 1- (-19). (TI) Collin Bourcy, 14-47; Travis Anderson, 25-32; Tyler Gilfus, 7-(-12).
Passing: (SE) Cody Marango, 7-21-2, 106 yds, TD. (TI) Gilfus, 5-7-0, 34 yds.
Receiving: (SE) Jasper, 3-50, Ben Khoury, 2-37; Gavin Giroux, 1-12, Brady Sopchak, 1-7. (TI) Bourcy, 3-26; Austin Bach, 1-6; Corey Byers, 1-2.
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