By Steve Franklin

Sun Sports Correspondent

NEW BERLIN – Friday night proved a historic one for the Marauders’ football program.

Sherburne-Earlville entered the season finale against Unadilla Valley-Edmeston looking for it’s sixth win of the season, a feat not accomplished by the Marauders in 11-man football since 1987, when head coach Mike Jasper was in the midst of helping the Homer Trojans rattle off a school record 27-game win streak. Now Jasper’s heading another remarkable win streak – this time as coach, not as an all-state linebacker.

Senior running back Greg Duvall rushed for a career-high 146 yards and two scores, and the Marauders’ defense forced four turnovers to lead S-E past UV-E, 26-6 in a battle for the George Seiler Memorial Trophy given to the winner of the Marauders and Storm contest since 1991.

The victory marks Sherburne-Earlville’s fifth in a row – the school’s longest winning streak in more than a quarter of a century. “This team has accomplished things that haven’t been done in a long time around here,” Jasper told his kids after the game. “It’s been an honor to coach this team. I couldn’t be any prouder of this group.”