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Lawrence Lancers Football '13

Fri, Sep 06, 2013 07:00 PM @ Central Catholic
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Lawrence 6 7 0 14 27
Central Catholic 13 13 13 0 39

Central's offense is as good as advertised

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Friday, September, 06 By By Bill Burt
Sports editor

LAWRENCE — Central Catholic had a strong offense on paper heading into the 2013 season. One game into its season, the paper wasn't lying.

Central exploded for four touchdowns on four first half possessions to break it open at Lawrence Veterans Stadium last night, 39-27.

The Merrimack Valley Conference foes had already traded two touchdowns apiece only a minute into the second quarter before Central added two more second quarter scores to break it open, eventually going ahead 39-13 through three quarters.

Central rushed for 225 yards on 34 carries with senior D'Andre Drummond-Mayrie getting 101 of those yards on 11 carries. Junior quarterback Mike Milano was near-perfect completing 10 of 11 passes for 104 yards.

But Central's No. 1 star was running back/linebacker Markus Edmunds who not only scored three TDs (two rushing), but he had a dozen tackles. 

Lawrence High, though, was no slouch on this night, though, particularly on offense. Junior quarterback Nelson Valerio completed 14-of-23 passes for 244 yards and four TDs. He did throw three interceptions.

Sophomore Luis Crispin (5 catches, 111 yards) and junior Justin Rivera (3 catches, 125 yards) both made big catches, including Crispin's one-arm grab while falling down in the end zone for his second score.

Game Statistics:

First Quarter

L—Justin Rivera 63 yard pass from Nelson Valerio, pass failed, 7:35

CC — Markus Edmunds 27 yard run, kick failed, 5:46

CC — Mike Milano 4 yard run, (Jon Panaro kick), 2:52

Second Quarter

L — Luis Crispin 24 yard pass from Valerio, (Eddie Cabrera kick), 9:45

CC — D'Andre Drummond-Mayrie 23 yard run, (Panaro kick), 7:41

CC — Edmunds 29 yard pass from Mike Milano, kick failed, 5:34

Third Quarter

CC — Drummond-Mayrie 6 yard run, (Panero kick), 9:34

CC — Edmunds 1 yard run, kick failed, 1:35

Fourth Quarter

L — Crispin 51 yard pass from Valerio, pass failed, 6:48

L — Rivera 54 yard pass from Valerio, (Crispin conversion pass from Valerio), 1:47

 

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

RUSHING: CC (34-255) — Drummond 11-101, Milano 8-59, Edmunds 4-29, Nick Boes 5-21, Kevin Montbleau 1-10, Mike Balsalmo 2-6, Blades Shields 1-1, Cody Demers 1-0; L (22-33) — Valerio 10-22, Mikey Caban 1-5, Edison Urena 2-5, Rainer Almonte 2-2, Kenny Richards 4-1, Christian Valentin 1-(-2) 

PASSING: CC — Milano 10-11, 104 yards, Boes 0-1; L — Valerio 14-23-244, 3 int., 4 TDs

RECEIVING:  CC — Demers 4-67, Balsalmo 3-33, Edmunds 1-29, Steven Jackson 1-16, Montbleau 1-10; L — Luis Crispin (5 catches, 111 yards), Justin Rivera (4 catches, 128 yards)

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