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9/15/05-Football
Balanced offense, strong defense keep St. Mary's gridders undefeated
| by Mike Rosenbaum
of the Observer and Eccentric
Orchard Lake St. Mary's played its first home game of the season last Saturday, but most everything else remained the same as the Eaglets improved to 3-0 with a 28-7 victory over Davison. Justin Siller continued his strong quarterback play and, as he's done all season, Siller spread the ball around to several of the Eaglets' dangerous ballhandlers Saturday. Additionally, St. Mary's defense continued to play well, narrowly missing a shutout. "The key, I thought, was our defensive line," St. Mary's coach George Porritt said. "Our defense held a good offensive team. Really we shut them out, until the last few seconds of the game. We had big play from our defensive line - Jerron Horn, Matt Brimer and Jon Misch." The Eaglets scored twice in the second quarter. Anthony Bowman crossed the goal line on a four-yard run, then Siller scored on a one-yard sneak. Siller added two touchdown passes in the third quarter - a 34-yarder to Pat Carroll and a 16-yard toss to Taurian Washington. Steve Andrews booted all four extra points. Davison closed the scoring on a 15-yard TD pass. Siller completed 11 of 15 passes for 191 yards. Bowman was a dual threat, catching two passes for 78 yards while rushing 10 times for 52 more. The Eaglets are off until Sunday, when they'll travel to Ford Field to compete in the first Catholic League Classic. St. Mary's plays the second game, against Central Division rival Dearborn Divine Child, which is scheduled to kick off at 3:30 p.m. Birmingham Brother Rice meets Detroit Catholic Central at 1 p.m. while Warren DeLaSalle plays U-D Jesuit at 6 p.m. "It's an important game," Porritt said. "It's our first league game; We're going to play a real good team. Divine Child has got a great quarterback and they always give us a tough time. So it'll be a great day. It'll be fun to play at Ford Field." |
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