Metea Valley can't weather Storm
The offensive juggernaut that is the South Elgin Storm continued its stellar play Friday night.
The Storm moved to 4-0 after a 48-13 road victory over Metea Valley, scoring on seven of their eight offensive possessions and forcing a running clock in the second half.
South Elgin is averaging 49.3 points per game this season and head coach Dale Schabert attributes the success to unselfish play.
"Years ago, I had a group that was like this; a ton of talented kids, but a very unselfish group," Schabert said. "These kids are just like that. They don't care who does it, as long as (the ball) gets in the end zone. Everybody knows their part on this team and everybody wants to do their part."
The scoring began on South Elgin's first offensive possession when running back Bradley Birchfield scored on a 40-yard run just one minute into the contest.
After Metea Valley went three-and-out, South Elgin quarterback John Menken marched his team 91 yards on nine plays, finishing the drive with a 30-yard touchdown pass to Domico Failla, putting his team ahead 14-0.
Two more touchdown runs by Birchfield made the score 28-0, followed by a 38-yard touchdown pass from Menken to Adolfo Pacheco to put the Storm up 34-0.
Menken finished South Elgin's first half scoring on a bootleg 49-yard run to put his team up 41-0 with 4:30 left before halftime.
South Elgin held Metea Valley without a first down until its final offensive possession of the first half. The Mustangs put together a 13-play, 80-yard drive, scoring on a 5-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jarrett House to Raysean Parker to cut the deficit to 41-6 heading into halftime.
A 49-yard touchdown run by backup quarterback Zachary Gross gave South Elgin a 48-6 lead, but the Mustangs didn't give up, going on their second 80-yard drive of the night that ended in a score. House connected with Tre'Sean Mackey from 1 yard out early in the fourth quarter after Mackey's runs of 10, 7, 3 and 11 yards set up the final score.
"For us to quit, fold the tents, pack it in and go home, you really lose an opportunity to grow as a program," Metea Valley head coach Ted Monken said of his first-year varsity program. "It hurts to have a running clock, but at the same time, this was an opportunity for us to become better blockers and better tacklers."