Football

Sherburne-Earlville 34, Tully 0

SHERBURNE – How much better will the Marauders be this season when their head coach, after another shutout win, was not entirely pleased with the performance?

“To be honest, we were a little sloppy, and we had a lot of penalties that would have killed us in other games,” said Marauders coach Mike Jasper.

Senior Austin Jasper had TD runs of one and five yards giving S-E a 13-0 halftime lead. That margin stood until the fourth quarter when the Marauders blew the game open. Brodie Roebuck scored on an 18-yard dash, and Brady Sopchak accounted for the final two touchdowns with jaunts of 15 and 13 yards.

S-E’s defense remained stout holding Tully to 55 yards of total offense. Touted Tully running back Joe Warner was bottled up finishing with just seven yards on the ground. “We’re happy with the shutout, and although it was a non-league game, it was important for us to focus against a better team,” Jasper said. “We had a bit of adversity this week at school (a bomb scare and excessive heat) where we couldn’t practice a couple of days. Those things had us a little out of sync. We didn’t let that become too much of a distraction, and we got back to our identity in the fourth quarter.”

S-E returns to league play this Friday when it travels to Mt. Markham.

Score by quarters

Tully 0 0 0 0–0