Moore can't hold lead in loss against Xavier
Winless Mavericks lose 35-12 as Knights pull away in second half

Sunday, October 02, 2005
By KEVIN FLOOD
ADVANCE STAFF WRITER

Xavier scored three unanswered touchdowns in the second half to beat host Moore Catholic 35-12 in a CHSFL contest yesterday.  The Mavericks (0-4) managed two touchdowns in the first half as Jeremy Rozan broke off a 47-yard run on the first play from scrimmage, and later went over from the 2-yard line for an early 6-0 lead.

Mavs' linebacker Charlie Caruso picked off a pass and returned it 56 yards for a TD in the second quarter to give the Mavericks their second lead of the game at 12-8, but it was all downhill for the Island squad after that play.

The Knights scored on the last play of the first half to make it 14-12, and then went on a 13-play, six-minute drive to open the second half, and when quarterback Kevin Wilkinson went over from the 1 it was 20-12 Xavier.

Moore drove to the Xavier 6 on the ensuing drive, but an interception on the five yardline by Xavier linebacker Ryan McTiernan on fourth-and-goal stopped the momentum.   The visitors then went on a 17-play drive that ate up the last two minutes of the third quarter and the first six of the fourth, and put the contest away (28-12) when Marvin Jean-Baptiste went over from the 3.