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Aurora Christian shows its mettle

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St. Edward's DaVontae Elam is wrapped up by Aurora Christian's Noah Roberts as he dives for extra yards to set up a touchdown run during the first half Friday night in Elgin.

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St. Edward's DaVontae Elam (34) drives in for a touchdown in the first half against Aurora Christian Friday.

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St. Edward's Mikey Castoro (8) moves up field after pulling in an interception in the second quarter against Aurora Christian Friday.

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Aurora Christian's Brandon Walgren (3) almost pulls in an interception in the second quarter as St. Edward's Andrew Yarwood pulls him down during Friday in Elgin. The pass fell incomplete.

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St. Edward's Dwayne Allen (24) looks on as Aurora Christian's Ryan Suttle (32) is greeted by teammate Cory Windle after scoring a touchdown in the first quarter Friday in Elgin.

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St. Edward's Tighe Koehring (2) looks for an opening down field as Aurora Christian's Jackson Carpenter (56) and Johnah Walker try to slip past St. Edward's Collin Holte (55) Friday in Elgin.

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Aurora Christian's Joel Bouagnon (23) moves upfield as St. Edward's St. Edward's DaVontae Elam tries to pull him down Friday in Elgin.

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After coaching in the Suburban Christian Conference for several years, St. Edward head coach Mike Rolando knows a thing or two about facing powerful state champions and what makes those teams champions. The Green Wave faced defending Class 3A state champion Aurora Christian Friday night at Greg True Field in Elgin and they had a plan — defend against the combination of Chad Beebe and Ryan McQuade. That duo combined for 4 touchdowns last week so St. Edward did all it could to stop the Eagle passing game and it worked — kind of. McQuade struggled throwing 4 interceptions this week but the Eagles showed what makes a champ as they changed gears and rushed for 4 TDs and gained 295 yards on the ground to pull away for a 42-10 victory.

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