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9/11/07-Football
Second half surge sustains St. Mary's gridders
By MIKE ROSENBAUM of The West Bloomfield Eccentric
TOLEDO--Orchard Lake St. Mary's broke open a 14-14 game with three third-quarter touchdowns Saturday on its way to a 35-14 victory at Toledo St. Francis DeSales.
The Eaglets, who've yet to play a Catholic League game, are 2-0 overall. St. Francis dropped to 1-2.
Running back Dominique White opened the scoring for St. Mary's with a 31-yard run four minutes into the game. Sean Graham added the first of his five extra points for a 7-0 lead.
The Eaglets defense helped set up the next score when Donald Coleman forced a fumble that was recovered by Carl Goeckel. St. Mary's took advantage of the turnover with a scoring drive capped by White's 27-yard touchdown run, with three minutes left in the opening quarter.
The Knights responded in the second quarter, scoring on a 16-yard pass from quarterback Maks Babuder to Brendan McHugh and a one-yard run by Chris Weiland to knot the score at halftime.
St. Mary's quickly regained the lead on White's third TD of the game – and seventh of the season – a one-yard plunge early in the third quarter. Dion Sims made it 28-14 when he scooped up an errant option pitch and ran 21 yards for a score. Justin Semmes closed the scoring with a one-yard dive with 1:07 left in the third.
Meanwhile, the St. Mary's defensive front, led by Goeckel, Matt Sargent and Jason Semmes, controlled the line of scrimmage and shut down St. Francis' running attack in the second half.
White finished with 137 yards on 13 carries and also contributed an interception on defense. Quarterback Robert Bolden ran the offense smoothly and completed three of seven passes for 46 yards.
The Eaglets visit Dearborn Divine Child Saturday at 7 p.m. The game will be played at Crestwood High School, which is Divine Child's home field.
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