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Patriots roll, enter playoffs unbeaten
METRO CHRISTIAN 56, OKMULGEE 6

By MIKE MOGUIN World Correspondent
Published: 11/7/2009 2:22 AM
Last Modified: 11/7/2009 2:32 AM

Beau Marsaln had another big night through the air as Metro Christian cruised to a 56-6 win over Okmulgee Friday night at Patriot Stadium, finishing the regular season unbeaten for the first time in nine years.

The Class 3A third-ranked Patriots (10-0, 7-0 in district), who had already clinched the 3A-4 title, stuffed the Bulldog run game, limiting it to 153 yards.

Marsaln finished with 346 yards on 17-of-24 passing with touchdowns of 20, 54, 56, 25, 15 and 21 yards.

The performance also boosted his season total to 2,718 yards.

"The line was blocking well for me tonight," Marsaln said. "I had no pressure on me whatsoever. My receivers were really focused. They caught every pass."

The Patriots scored quickly as Marsaln found Conner Rodich for a 20-yard score. The TD was set up by a fumble recovery made by Jake Schooley.

Metro Christian missed a 30-yard field-goal attempt on its next drive, but got a 1-yard TD run from Grant Schmitz to make it 14-0.

The Bulldogs cut the lead to 14-6 on a 45-yard jaunt from Kevin Littlejohn 1:15 into the second period.

The Patriots then got three more TD passes from Marsaln en route to a 34-6 halftime advantage.

One, a 54-yarder, was a short throw to Ethan Roe, who scampered down the sideline to the goal line.

"He broke a pretty good run," Marsaln said of Roe. "And he just kept going. It is just the heart of our seniors."

Roe's TD made it 21-6. He scored another TD from 15 yards at the start of the second half.

Metro last finished the regular season unbeaten in 2000.

Metro Christian 56, Okmulgee 6

Okmulgee 0 6 0 0 — 6 Metro Christian 14 20 13 9 — 56

MC: Rodich 20 pass from Marsaln (Weldman kick)

MC: Schmitz 1 run (Weldman kick)

O: Littlejohn 45 run (kick blocked)

MC: Roe 54 pass from Marsaln (Weldman kick)

MC: Rodich 56 pass from Marsaln (Weldman kick)

MC: Rodich 25 pass from Marsaln (kick failed)

MC: Roe 15 pass from Marsaln (Weldman kick)

MC: Schooley 21 pass from Marsaln (kick failed)

MC: Safety, ball went out of end zone off of bad snap of Okmulgee punt attempt

MC: Prince 30 run (Weldman kick)

Okmulgee Metro

First Downs 11 20 Rushes-Yards 48-123 19-153

Passing Yards 58 369

Comp-Att-Int. 6-19-1 19-27-1

Punts-Avg. 7-21.7 1-34 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 2-1

Penalties-Yards 2-10 3-25 By MIKE MOGUIN World Correspondent

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Spikey, (11/7/2009 7:33:40 AM)

Beau Marsaln has GOT TO BE one of the best passing QB's in the nation. I'm surprised Texas Tech is not recruiting him. It doesn't seem he gets very much publicity in the Tulsa World. Marsaln should be the 1st Team All-Metro QB for sure.

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