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Varsity Football Squad plows through the Valley Vikings in a 31-6 Victory!

by Sargon Benjamin

The Marauders came into the home game on October 17, 1998 with great confidence and rightfully so. They were backed up by an experienced coaching staff, the help of Jesuit priests, and a home crowd powered by the Sixth Man and the Pep Band. Like the JV squad, the Varsity' offense struggled in the first half but the presence of the monstrous defensive line consisting of Josh Day, Brandt Mori, Mike Catapano, and Mike Luca, brought up the intensity of the game with some big plays. The first touchdown came in the first half when running back K.C. Maxwell stammered his way into the end zone making the score 7-0 in favor of Jesuit.

K.C. Maxwell uses power and speed to run
down the field hungry for six points which he gets.

Then, after the Marauder defense stuffed the Viking offense, the Jesuit offense came onto the field adding three points to the score with a field goal by the star kicker Jared Siegel. Consequently, the first half ended with the Jesuit Marauders up 10-0 over the Vikings. As the Marauders are known to play big in the second half, they did just that with a 45 yard reception to K.C. Maxwell from quarterback Brian Karns resulting with seven more points on the scoreboard. In addition, Bell turned on the after burners to run a 65 yard td pass after a quick pitch from Karns.

Jeff Geremia, junior receiver, goes all the way
after catching a 50 yard pass to add 7 more points.

The score then became 24-0 and the Sixth Man was going crazy. Jesuit dominated the game by simply doing what they do best - play hard - and it proved worthy when the final buzzer rang and the score was 31-6 Jesuit. Key players in the game were offensive linemen like Scott "Boomer" Nygard and Ashur Benjamin. The Varsity squad will be practicing rigorously to prepare for their next on-the-road game against Hiram Johnson on Saturday October 18 at 1:00pm. This should prove to be an exciting game.