Sherburne-Earlville 30, Lafayette 6

MORRISVILLE – Sherburne-Earlville rushed for over 300 yards winning its fourth straight game, while also clinching the team’s first winning season since 2005. The Marauders have the opportunity to win six games for the first time since 1994 when it played in the Tri-Valley League.

“Securing the winning season was really important for the program, and the way we won... ,” said S-E head coach Mike Jasper. “The line was really physical. We took care of the gaps on blitzes, and the backs ran hard.”

Greg DuVall had his third straight 100-yard rushing game. He scored on a 64-yard TD run in the first quarter on S-E’s second play from scrimmage, and he added an eight-yard TD run in the second. Senior Will Slentz had two long TD runs – each over 60 yards – in the second quarter called back due to penalty. Still, despite having over 170 yards of runs wiped away because of ill-time penalties, the Marauders were able to persevere finishing with 353 yards rushing. “We seem to get penalties at the worst possible time, and that cost us against Westmoreland and Frankfort-Schuyler when the offense wasn’t there yet to allow us to bounce back,” Jasper said. “The team is playing with a lot of confidence, and when things go wrong now, we continue to play hard and keep fighting. They realize they can do a lot of good things, and they’re playing to win.”