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9/19/05-Football
OLSM nearly perfect in victory
By KEITH DUNLAP of The Oakland Press
DETROIT —Orchard Lake St. Mary's gave up a 70-yard touchdown pass in Sunday's game against Dearborn Divine Child.
And so ends the list of things that went wrong for the Eaglets.
St. Mary's rode several big plays to a convincing, 47-6 win over Divine Child at the Catholic League Classic at Ford Field.
Six of the Eaglets' touchdown plays were 10 yards or longer, and three of them covered 60 yards or more.
“We're a big-play team,” St. Mary's head coach George Porritt said. “We have to be able to run the ball more efficiently. I don't think we did that great a job. It's hard when you've got guys in the box, but we have to work on that.”
Kudos to Porritt for trying to keep his team grounded in the wake of a 41-point blowout. The Eaglets didn't look like a team that needs much.
After quarterback Justin Siller put the Eaglets up, 7-0, on a 1-yard touchdown run with 5:15 remaining in the second quarter, the fireworks began.
On Divine Child's ensuing possession, St. Mary's senior Ian Dupack sacked Divine Child quarterback Matt Forystek and forced a fumble, which was recovered by Eaglets senior Alex Delisi.
On the next play, sophomore running back Dominque White put the Eaglets up 13-0 (the extra point failed) on a 10-yard touchdown run with 4:05 remaining.
St. Mary's (4-0, 1-0 CHSL Central) led, 19-0, at halftime on a 63-yard touchdown pass from Siller to junior Taurian Washington, and then took a 26-0 lead when junior Dionte Allen opened the second half by returning the kickoff 78 yards for a touchdown.
Senior Anthony Bowman then ran for a 21-yard touchdown run and junior Chris Mitchell returned an interception 28 yards for a touchdown to put St. Mary's ahead, 40-0, in the third quarter.
After Forystek hit Pat Nagle for a 70-yard touchdown pass for Divine Child (2-2, 0-1) to cut the lead to 40-6, junior Kourtney Price made one last big play for St. Mary's when he ran for a 60-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.
St. Mary's entered the game knowing it would have to deal with one of the state's better quarterbacks in Forystek, who might awake this morning with Eaglets hand prints on his back.
The Eaglets pressured Forystek constantly, sacking him three times and inducing three interceptions and a fumble. Forystek finished 14-of-25 passing for 199 yards.
“The No.1 thing coaches said was that things were going to happen,” Allen said of containing Forystek. “We've just had to bounce back up and have a short-term memory.”
Offensively, Siller led the way with 148 yards passing for St. Mary's, which ran for 194 yards as a team.
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