Scouting Carmel Catholic at Marian Catholic

Posted October 07, 2010 11:00 pm

By Joe Aguilar

Carmel Catholic (6-0, 4-0) at Marian Catholic (5-1, 3-0)

When: 7:30 p.m., today

Last week: Carmel def. Benet Academy, 42-0; Marian Catholic def. Crete-Monee, 31-27.

Skinny: For the second time in three Fridays, Carmel travels south for a tough ESCC road game. The Corsairs came through after their long bus ride to Marist two weeks ago, and now they'll try to duplicate the effort in Chicago Heights. Marian Catholic has won five straight after a season-opening loss to Homewood-Flossmoor. Coach Dave Mattio's Spartans average 27.8 points and allow 21 per game. They're led offensively by RB Jerel Taylor, who rushed for 209 yards and 4 TDs on 27 carries against Crete-Monee. ... Carmel's triple-option attack has produced an ESCC-best 243 points (40.5 per game) and features FB Jordan Kos (858 rushing yds., 9 TDs), RB Michael Panico (521 yds., 6 TDs, 1 receiving TD) and QB Brian Serio (331 rushing yds., 5 TDs). Injuries the last couple of weeks have expanded RB Brian Brennan's role in the offense. He's up to 186 rushing yards and has scored 4 TDs. ... Defensively, Carmel is led in tackles by LBs Luke Venegoni and Tyler Less with 65 and 64, respectively. Defensive back Mike Fitzgibbons has 3 interceptions. ... Marian and Carmel are the only ESCC teams without a loss.

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