Driscoll 62, Aurora Central 35

Driscoll (7-0, 5-0) kept its perfect record intact by defeating Aurora Central 62-35 Friday night at Bob Stewart Field in Aurora.

The quarterbacks for both teams put up staggering numbers before Driscoll's David Schwabe finally outdueled Aurora Central's Mike Adams, but not before the Chargers' junior signal-caller threw 3 touchdown passes to his brother Mark and also tallied two long scoring runs.

Schwabe tossed 4 touchdown passes and compiled 183 yards through the air and ran for 61 yards. Mike Adams ran for 134 yards and picked up 208 through the air on 15-of-26 passing.

"We wanted to give our other guys some time to play," Schwabe said of Driscoll's huge first-half lead. "But it got too close and we had to come back and go with what we started with.

"Aurora Central did not back down and they were tough kids. For them to come back on us like that, I have a lot of respect for them."

Aurora Central (1-6, 1-4) did stage an impressive second half, partially sparked by scoring on the final play of the first half on a 46-yard screen pass from Mike Adams to Mark Adams.

It kept the Chargers from going into halftime down 42-0, which would have triggered a running clock in the second half because of the lead of more than 40 points.

Driscoll followed the quick feet of running back Tim Franken, who had 3 touchdowns in the first half, 2 on the ground and 1 a 26-yard scoring reception.

Mike Adams suffered through a tough first half in which he threw 4 interceptions, and the Highlanders also scored on a blocked punt when Tyler Jenkins recovered and rumbled 8 yards for the score.

The Adams brothers excited ACC fans by connecting on the three touchdown passes in the second half, and Mike Adams also bolted for long touchdown runs of 45 and 76 yards.

At one point, late in the game, Franken answered Adams's scoring jaunt on Driscoll's first snap with a 62-yard touchdown run of his own. Adams responded with his 76-yard gallop on Aurora Central's very next step, finishing off the wild night.

"It was basketball on a football field," ACC coach Mike Curry said. "We just don't have enough power up front to stop them and that's what it came down to.

"The kids played much better in the second half, but it is tough when we can't much up line-wise with teams in the league and stop people," Curry added.

The Chargers had to play without sparkplug Chad Roscoe, who dislocated his thumb in the opening offensive series when a long pass was deflected just slightly and it clipped his thumb.