Streveler passes Marian Central to win

Updated: September 30, 2011 10:31PM

Junior quarterback Chris Streveler led the charge for Marian Central (6-0, 3-0), completing 10 of 16 passes for 186 yards and four touchdowns in a 47-3 win over St. Edward Friday.

Six of those completions went to senior Kyle Thompson, who finished with 119 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns.

“All offseason all we do is go to 7-on-7 passing leagues, and we always want to call ourselves a well-oiled machine,” said Thompson, who also recorded an interception. “We just try to work as a unit and do everything as well as we can.”

St. Edward (4-2, 1-2) had little margin for error coming into the contest, and some missed opportunities early loomed large.

The Wave went three-and-out on the game’s first possession, but a muffed punt by the Hurricanes gave St. Edward the ball at the Marian Central 31-yard line. The Wave failed to cash in and punted four plays later, but it got the ball back when the Hurricanes went three-and-out and punted on their first set of downs.

St. Edward again failed to move the chains on the subsequent possession, and a long punt return for the Hurricanes shortened the field as Sam Calderaro scored the first of his three first-half touchdowns on an 11-yard run with 4:17 left in the first quarter.

Calderaro added a 15-yard run and Thompson caught a 64-yard bomb from Streveler as Marian Central pushed its lead to 19-0 by the end of the first quarter. The onslaught continued from there as Scott Stochl caught a 22-yard touchdown pass, Calderaro scored on a 33-yard run and Thompson hauled in a 10-yard touchdown strike as the Hurricanes went to halftime with a 40-3 lead.

“You’ve got to try to keep the momentum and not make any mistakes,” Streveler said. “When you get going like that you just want to keep it going.”

It was more of the same on the opening possession of the second half as Streveler hit Nikko Theodorou for a 30-yard touchdown pass three plays into the third quarter. With a running clock in effect, Marian Central pulled its starters and began to celebrate clinching its third straight trip to the playoffs.

Calderaro finished with 110 rushing yards on 11 carries for Marian Central, which enjoyed a 393-196 advantage in total yards of offense.

The Green Wave’s only points came on a 35-yard field goal by Bob French in the second quarter. French also completed 12 of 34 passes for 167 yards but was intercepted twice.

The outcome marked another lopsided loss in the rugged SCC Blue for St. Edward, which still needs one win to become playoff eligible for the third straight year.

“(Marian Central) is a good football team and they had us outmatched at a lot of positions,” St. Edward coach Mike Rolando said. “I still think we’re a good 4A football team, and if we can get one more win here in the next three weeks maybe we get a chance show people that. But obviously we didn’t show it tonight.”

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