ROBERT PAROLI, FRANK LENTI REACH MILESTONES
Seventy-First head coach Robert Paroli earned win No. 400 after dropping the first four games of the season.
Photo by Ken Kassens
After starting the season with four losses, Robert Paroli finally notched his 400th career coaching victory as
Seventy-First (Fayetteville, N.C.) defeated E.E. Smith (Fayetteville, N.C.), 24-14.
The Falcons had an 8-6 lead over Lumberton (N.C.) with just 30 seconds left the previous week, only to be stunned by a 35-yard field goal.
The 80-year-old in his 54th year of coaching now can set his sights on North Carolina's state record, which is 410 victories by Jack Holley.
Paroli told MaxPreps, "People find this difficult to believe, but I never discussed this with the kids or coaches. I've been asked so many times about getting 400. I haven't been able to get it out of my consciousness. It's a sense of accomplishment that only two of us in North Carolina have ever won that many."
Because it was cold and rainy, Paroli's wife of 58 years, Billie, stayed home for the record game. She hasn't missed many over the years, however, and her husband calls her "a great coach's wife."
Paroli credits his longevity to his son, Michael, who has been his assistant coach for the past 28 years and has passed up at least five head jobs to stay with his father.
"He's been a great blessing," Paroli said. "He should have been a head coach a long time ago. Michael has kept me going. He does it all. I always say my only regret is that I don't have another 54 years. It's been a great profession."
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Mount Carmel (Chicago) crushed St. Joseph (Westchester, Ill.), 62-8, to give coach Frank Lenti his state-record 307th career victory. Lenti has won nine state titles since taking over a losing program in 1984.
St. Joseph officials presented the veteran coach an engraved crystal trophy after the game.
Lenti, who turns 60 on Tuesday, told the Chicago Sun-Times, "I've really tried to not think about (the record). You know eventually it's going to happen. I didn't talk to the kids about it, because I didn't want it to be the focus. I wanted the focus to be on the ‘we' thing, not the ‘me' thing."
Mount Carmel's dominance has been due in great part to its veteran coaching staff. Lenti's brother, Dave, and Pete Kammholz have been on the staff for all of his 307 wins. Bill Nolan and Mark Antonietti also are long-term assistants.
* Junior quarterback
Blake Gimbel completed 42 passes for a state-record 567 yards as
Marshalltown (Iowa) raced to a 63-41 victory over East (Sioux City, Iowa). He also passed for 405 yards in the season opener.
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Colton Storla celebrated his 18th birthday by running for a school-record seven touchdowns as
Marion (Iowa) routed Anamosa (Iowa), 58-35. He finished with 260 yards on 23 carries after being taken out midway through the third quarter.
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Jefferson (Dallas) ended a 36-game losing streak with a 19-16 victory over Diamond Hill-Jarvis (Fort Worth, Texas). The Patriots had been outscored 180-0 in their first three games.
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Mount Tabor (Winston-Salem, N.C.) outlasted Carver (Winston-Salem, N.C.), 87-52. The 139 combined points were just three short of the state record, which was set in 1930 when Windsor clobbered Creswell, 142-0.
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Lake Oswego (Ore.) defeated Skyline (Sammamish, Wash.) 56-46 despite the outstanding effort of junior
Max Browne, who completed 40 of 53 passes for a school-record 459 yards.
Steven Long ran 28 times for 428 yards and seven touchdowns to pace the winners.
Maty Mauk connected for five touchdowns.
Photo courtesy of Kenton Times
* Senior quarterback
Maty Mauk passed for 469 yards and five touchdowns as
Kenton (Ohio) defeated Shawnee (Lima, Ohio), 34-7.
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Jamie Sutcliffe made up for three earlier misses by booting a 40-yard field goal as time elapsed to give
Thousand Oaks (Calif.) a 27-24 victory over Moorpark (Calif.).
* Defending Class 6A state champion Aloha (Beaverton, Ore.) lost for the first time in 15 games as
Grant (Portland, Ore.) posted a convincing 51-27 victory. Senior
Paris Penn passed for 315 yards and ran for 142 yards. The defense held junior sprint champion
Thomas Tyner to 27 yards on 15 carries, although he did make two catches for 108 yards.
* Air Force recruit
Garrett Owens kicked a 57-yard field goal to help
Arroyo Grande (Calif.) defeat Templeton (Calif.), 45-17.
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Memphis East (Tenn.) senior
Brian Kimbrow continues to tear up defenses. The Vanderbilt recruit ran for 441 yards and three touchdowns (77, 74 and 73 yards) to spark a 41-6 rout of Hamilton (Memphis, Tenn.).
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Marion (Ark.) amassed 713 yards during an 82-51 victory over Greene County Tech (Paragould, Ark.). Marion's
Tre Franklin averaged 13.8 yards per carry while scoring six times.
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Boerne-Champion (Boerne, Texas) outlasted Marble Falls (Texas), 35-29, in five overtimes.
* Senior quarterback
Neal Burcham (6-2, 185) passed for 453 yards and four touchdowns as
Greenbrier (Ark.) defeated Benton (Ark.), 42-35.
* The University of Notre Dame picked up a pair of talented recruits over the weekend. Their first junior commitment came from offensive tackle
Steven Elmer (6-6, 300) of Midland, Mich. The 15th senior recruit is
Chris Brown (6-2, 185), a swift wide receiver, who caught 52 passes for 1,105 yards and 16 touchdowns last year for
Hanahan (S.C.).
* Mount Carmel (Chicago) defensive tackle
Vontrell Williams (6-2, 270) used the MaxPreps/Tom Lemming television show to announce that he will attend the University of Illinois.
* Vanderbilt University has landed another blue chipper, four-star wide receiver
Andre McDonald, according to the Star-Tribune. The 6-2, 200-pounder had 64 catches for 1,144 yards and 19 touchdowns as a junior at
Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minn.).
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Batavia (Ill.) defensive back
Jon Gray had three interceptions during a 35-13 victory over Bartlett (Ill.).
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