St. Edward plows Aurora Central Catholic under

St. Edward football coach Mike Rolando didn't need a lot of time with his team after the Green Wave beat Aurora Central Catholic Friday.

Rolando made his post-game talk simple. He told the Green Wave he was proud of them, played hard, hustled and were awesome.

St. Edward's 42-7 win against the Chargers in Aurora was not only all of the above for the Green Wave, but it was also their first Suburban Catholic Conference win of the season. The win improved them to 3-1, 1-1.

"This is what you want to see," Rolando said. "I'm sure there were some questions in their minds as well as everyone else's, but I think they heard the challenge and they came out and answered it.

"Going into our conference, there is not going to be an easy game, and I think they know that. ACC is a good team, and (quarterback Mike) Adams (ACC's do-it-all senior), we had all 11 guys, 22 eyes, on him every play. He's tough to contain."

"We came out flat last week," added senior Moises Quiroga, whose Green Wave was shut out by Immaculate Conception in the first SCC game of the season. "We really stressed being physical and staying focused this week because if we would have dropped this game this week, our playoff chances would have been jeopardized."

All 42 of St. Edward's points were tallied before ACC (0-4, 0-2) could score. Quiroga started the scoring for the Green Wave on an 11 yard run down the middle. Less than two minutes left in the first quarter, Jim Waclawick Jr. ran for 19 yards for another touchdown.

A minute and a half into the second quarter, all David Hoebbel needed was a 1 yard run to give the Green Wave the 20-0 advantage at the break.

The Green Wave scored 22 points in the third quarter, thanks to a Jimmy Mathisen 10 yard touchdown, a big 46 yard run from Quiroga and an even bigger 65 yard run from Hoebbel.

"The out-hit us, they out-tackled us, they out-blocked us (and) they out-intensified us," ACC coach Mike Curry said. "We are just no match for them. What are you going to do? I wish I had an answer. They are a tough running team and we could not stop them."

ACC finally scored with less than a minute left in the game when Adams scored on a 3 yard run. This was the Chargers' second consecutive conference loss where they scored just 7 points.

"If we catch the ball, we can do some things," Curry said. "We dropped some passes...there's nothing I can do."