FOOTBALL

Notre Dame/Rome Catholic 56, Sherburne-Earlville 29

WATERVILLE – Sophomore Kevin Warmack had a 16th birthday to remember Saturday afternoon at Waterville High School.

The Notre Dame/Rome Catholic quarterback threw for five touchdowns and ran for two more leading his club to a 56-29 rout of Sherburne-Earlville.

Warmack directed his team to touchdowns on eight of its first nine possessions and 541 yards of total offense against an S-E club that has now allowed over 1,000 yards of offense over the past two weeks.

“We’ve struggled defensively, no doubt, the past two weeks,” said S-E coach Mike Jasper. “This team (Notre Dame/Rome Catholic) isn’t as good as Skaneateles (winners over S-E two weekends ago), but they threw it well. Our secondary struggled where we stepped up and let the ball get behind us, and a couple of times they outjumped us. If we don’t give up those big pass plays, we’re in the game. Those types of plays are killing us.”

But the Marauders, much like last week, did give up copious big plays.

Warmack had his club on the board less than three minutes into the game driving his club 65 yards for the opening score. His 17-yard TD hookup with Sonny Sorce started the TD parade. Late in the first quarter, Warmack called his own number on a 60-yard option keeper lifting the advantage to 14-0.

Warmack went to the air for three TD passes in the second quarter, all to 6-foot-4 receiver Zane Smith. Smith outleapt S-E d’backs Felix Rodriguez and Ben Khoury on a 35-yard TD, scored a on 23-yard TD pass on a fourth down play, and completed the trio of six-pointers on a 33-yard toss where he again outjumped the S-E secondary.

The Marauders’ lone response was Matt Smith’s 5-yard TD pass to Austin Jasper. Still, The Marauders found themselves in a 35-7 halftime hole, one that was too steep to dig out.

“We do emphasize pass defense, but we have some injuries and some young kids back there,” Jasper said. “The one thing about this team is that it doesn’t quit, and it continues to play hard every down.”

The Marauders traded touchdowns with the Jugglers in the second half. S-E Sophomore quarterback Cody Marango threw TD passes of 31 yards to Devven Ferris and a perfect 34-yard strike to Khoury, while sophomore running back Garrett DuVall added a one-yard TD plunge.

Warmack and his crew were equal to that task. Warmack added another TD pass to Sorce, and ran in his second TD midway through the fourth quarter. Reserve running back Ryan Halpin hit paydirt from 39 yards out on his only carry of the game.

S-E’s 2012 season may be over, Jasper said. A week nine opponent has yet to be scheduled, and Jasper was not optimistic his team would find a team to play by Monday. Still, the 4-4 record is the third straight non-losing season for the Marauders, the first time that has occurred in 11-man football in 40 years.

“We’ve played playoff-caliber teams the last two weeks, and we have to learn to play at their level if we want to aspire to take the next step,” Jasper said.

Score by quarters

SE 0 7 6 16—29

ND/RC 14 21 7 14—56

Scoring Summary

NRC: Kevin Warmack 17 pass to Vinny Sorce (Zane Smith kick)

NRC: Warmack 60 run (Smith kick)

SE: Matt Smith 5 pass to Austin Jasper (Garrett DuVall kick)

NRC: Warmack 35 pass to Smith (Smith kick)

NRC: Warmack 23 pass to Smith (Smith kick)

NRC: Warmack 33 pass to Smith (Smith kick)

SE: Cody Marango 31 pass to Devven Ferris (run failed)

NRC: Warmack 32 pass to Sorce (Smith kick)

NRC: Warmack 5 run (Smith kick)

SE: Duvall 1 run (Marango pass to Ben Khoury)

NRC: Ryan Halpin 39 run (Smith kick)

SE: Marango 34 pass to Khoury (Marango pass to Jasper)

Team Summary

SE NRC

First downs 12 21

Rushes-yds 41-246 34-303

Passing yds 106 238

Comp-att-int 8-12-0 15-19-0

Punts-avg 4-36.8 1-47

Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0

Penalties-yds 9-74 5-50

Individual Statistics

Rushing: (NRC) Kevin Warmack, 12-134; Antonio Aceto, 9-50; Kevin Halpin, 1-39; Vinny Sorce, 3-32; Joe Giglio, 4-24; Alex Kondzeilawa, 4-20; #31, 1-4. (SE) Justin Holmquist, 12-81; Garrett DuVall, 15-55; Julienne Alsheimer, 2-51; Devven Ferris, 7-41; Cody Marango, 3-14; Matt Smith, 2-4.

Passing: (NRC) Warmack, 15-19-0, 238 yds, 5 TDs; (SE) Cody Marango, 6-8-0, 92 yds, 2 TDs; Matt Smith, 2-4-0, 14 yds, TD.

Receiving: (NRC) Zane Smith, 7-139; Sorce, 3-61; Jerome Brabham, 2-20, Joe Giglio, 2-20; Antonio Aceto 1-(-2). (SE) Ben Khoury, 1-39; Devven Ferris, 2-35; Austin Jasper, 3-22; Felix Rodriguez, 1-6; Justin Holmquist, 1-4.

Groton 30, Bainbridge-Guilford 23

GROTON – Bainbridge-Guilford’s second playoff appearance against Groton in four years will be remembered for the missed opportunities.

The Bobcats forced three turnovers, but were held out of the end zone all three times, despite prime field position as the Indians came from behind in a Section IV Class D quarterfinal.

Zeke Wright’s second TD of the game, a 35-yard run with seven minutes left in the fourth, gave the Indians the lead for good. Wright finished with 229 yards rushing, and added a 75-yard TD scamper in the third quarter.

“We had some missed opportunities, and you can’t leave points like that on the field,” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly.

Groton pulled within 23-22 on Joey Scaglione’s nine-yard run. On the ensuing kickoff, B-G was unable to handle the short boot leading to a Groton recovery. Four plays later, Wright scored the winner.

The Bobcats’ Jake Mazzarella rushed for 169 yards on 15 carries and two scores. He had a 32-yard TD run in the first quarter, and extended his team’s lead to 16-8 on a 55-yard scoring dash in the third. Quarterback Corbin Palmer found Tyler Ouimet on a 20-yard scoring pass that snapped a 16-16 tie.

“It’s a disappointing result because it’s a game we thought we could have won,” Mattingly said. “Give Groton credit. They have some good running backs, and we weren’t able to come up with the stops when we needed them.”

Score by quarters

B-G 6 3 14 0–23

Grot. 0 8 8 14–30

Scoring Summary