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Three-for-three: Sault coup Barrie, 34-3
St. Mary’s won another Central Bowl for the Sault in fine fashion
By Gene Pereira of Barrie Examiner with files from Randy Russon of Soo Today Sat. Nov. 9, 2002

Mark Palombi rushed for two touchdowns and quarterback Anthony Amadio threw for two more to help Sault Ste. Marie’s St. Mary’s College Knights knock off Barrie’s Eastview Secondary School Wildcats 34-3 in the OFSAA Central Ontario Bowl Saturday before 600 fans at York University.
The win gave St. Mary's the senior high school football NOSSA title to go with a city championship earned the week prior. It also boosted the Knights' overall season record to 8-0 and sends them to the Central Bowl at York University for the second time in three years.
It’s the third consecutive year that a Sault high school team has won the Central Bowl. In 2000, St. Mary’s beat Orillia and last November Sir James Dunn knocked off Innisdale.
Saturday, Adam Zuccato ran for a game-high 127 yards on 16 carries for the Knights. Palombi finished with 76 yards on eight carries while Amadio completed five-of-nine pass attempts for 54 yards.
Knights’ head coach Marty Smith said his team took control in the second half.
“We played well the whole game, but they really had trouble staying with us in the second half,” said Smith. “We overwhelmed them. We ran the ball well and our defence played really, really well.”
St. Mary’s led 13-3 at halftime before scoring eight unanswered points in the third quarter and added two touchdowns in the final quarter.
“I’m happy for the kids,” Smith added. “They worked hard all year, persevered and had a great attitude. We’re not the biggest team, but we play big and we have great character.
“We accomplished what we set out to do. To see something through from beginning to end is always nice.”
“St. Mary’s College was the better team,” said Eastview coach Mark Welch. “Full value to St. Mary’s for the win, they‚re an excellent team.”
Amadio hit slotback Kyle Dugas on a swing pass from seven yards out for the major, but the game’s biggest play came in the second quarter on a fake punt Zuccato scampering 18 yards for a first down on the Eastview 17-yard line.
Four plays later Palombi powered his way in from a yard out to give the Knights a 13-3 half-time lead.
Palombi and Jason Wysynski scored TDs in the second half.
Mark (The Bus) Palombi rushed for two touchdowns and quarterback Anthony Amadio threw for two more as the St. Mary's Knights won the senior high school football Central Bowl Saturday at York University. A 34-3 St. Mary's of the Soo win over the Eastview Wildcats of Barrie kept the Central Bowl in the Sault for the third straight year. The Sir James Dunn Eagles won the Central title last year and St. Mary's won it the year before.

Mark Palombi loves to block.
The 17-year old did just and then some to power the St. Mary's Knights to a 51-25 conquest of the North Bay West Ferris Trojans at snowy Rocky DiPietro Field on Saturday.
The win gave St. Mary's the senior high school football NOSSA title to go with a city championship earned the week prior. It also boosted the Knights' overall season record to 8-0 and sends them to the Central Bowl at York University for the second time in three years.
The Central Bowl will be played on Sat. Nov. 16. A bruising fullback, Palombi created considerable space for slippery halfback Adam Zuccato, and had enough left in the reserve tank to run up a few clicks on his own in the win over West Ferris, champions of the Nipissing District.
When all was said and done, Zuccato sprinted his way to three touchdowns and Palombi bulled his way to three others on an afternoon made for a Knight. "It's a great feeling to be a part of a team that is so close and it's a better feeling to be on a championship team," said the unassuming Palombi, who was junior league MVP three years ago, but has played in the shadow of Zuccato, who is a year older, as a senior.
Not that his role bothers Palombi in the least. "I'm just happy to be playing," said Palombi, who missed three games and part of another during the five-game regular season because of a strained knee ligament. "For a while I thought I'd be out for the season."
Palombi's smash-mouth style of football complements that of the elusive Zuccato. "I like blocking for Adam," Palombi related. "It feels good to pop someone and see Adam break it for a big gain."
Besides the three touchdowns apiece from Palombi and Zuccato, receiver Jason Wysynski rounded out the St. Mary's major scoring with an end zone catch from flawless quarterback Anthony Amadio. Kicker Josh Davidson converted all seven TDs and West Ferris gave up a two-point safety to complete the Knight for St. Mary's.
The see-saw contest was fitting as the teams had battled to a 14-14 tie during the regular season. St. Mary's was in control for most of the game only to have Sir James Dunn -- which refused to give up even when trailing by 13 points midway through the fourth quarter -- win the thriller, with the Weise convert making the difference.
Posteraro converted one of the two St. Mary's touchdowns but it was the one miss that was the difference in the game.
Ironically, the game featured the same two schools that had competed in the city senior final the week prior. In that one, it was St. Mary's defeating the Dunn, before going on to win Saturday's NOSSA against North Bay.

Eastview Wildcats came and they conquered as they bounced the favoured Innisdale Invaders 12-1 in Barrie on Saturday.
The win gave Eastview the senior high school football GBSSA title for the first time to go with a city championship earned the week prior. It also boosted the Wildcats' overall season record to 4-4 and sends them to the Central Bowl at York University for the first time ever.
The Central Bowl will be played on Sat. Nov. 16. On a perfect football day, Ryan Yousof, number 22, ran the ball effectively all day long, racking up over 100 yards of rushing, and scored the day's only touchdown on a 15 yard sweep to the left side. Huang Ngyen, number 16, and Phil Mercer, number 36, accounted for the rest of the offense making the highly touted Innisdale defense look like a "deer in the headlights". Mercer, in particular, played every down of the entire game, capping a brilliant football career.
Defensively, the Eastview stuffed the Invaders offense all day long including three cracks at it from the 2 yard line during the fourth quarter. Coach Mark Welch is commended for bringing the Wildcats from bottom of the barrel to the top of the heap in 5 tense seasons. Even this run was not without its ups and downs. The Eastview started the year with an 0-4 record only to go 4-0 when it really counted.

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