The Rockets (10-0) beat the Marion Patriots (7-3) on Friday at War Memorial Stadium 52-29, in the Rockets’ highest-scoring game all season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The school had a very large pep rally on Friday with the student body, parents, alumni, Mount Saint Mary\u2019s cheerleaders and Rockettes, and Mount Saint Mary students invited. The game was originally scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday but was moved forward two hours because of bad weather.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Marion Patriots started off strong by scoring when they received the football on the opening kickoff. Later in the first quarter, junior Cade McConnell got a pick-six and got the Rockets on the scoreboard. Soon after, junior Dominic Keaton scored a touchdown on a 42-yard run and gave the Rockets the lead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n At the beginning of the second quarter, senior quarterback Sam Sanders threw a 12 -yard pass to junior Cooper Naneen who scored a touchdown and made the score 21-7. Then Marion scored a touchdown almost halfway through the 2nd quarter, bringing the score to 21-14. Dominic Keaton got his second touchdown of the night and made the score 28-14. Following Keaton\u2019s touchdown, Sam Sanders ran for a touchdown and gave the Rockets a comfortable 35-14 lead heading into halftime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After halftime, Marion scored a touchdown and got a two-point conversion to bring Marion within two touchdowns of the Rockets. Junior kicker Will Aaron scored a field goal which made the lead 38-22. Sam Sanders scored his second touchdown of the night when he ran it in, which made the score 45-22. Later, senior Cole Eichler got a pick-six and scored the Rockets\u2019 final touchdown of the night. Marion scored another touchdown, bringing the final score to 52-29.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liftoffnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_5461.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1\")
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