Menlo-Atherton’s offense proved to be too much for Bellarmine as the Bears made quick work of the San Jose school in a 40-10 blowout at home on Saturday.
Junior quarterback Teddy Dacey was outstanding, tossing three touchdown passes and using his legs for another. He completed 15 of 21 passes for 261 yards.
Running back Angelo Marin totaled 127 yards from scrimmage to go along with two receiving touchdowns and a rushing score.
The game was stopped momentarily at the end of the first quarter after Bellarmine senior running back Reece McKeever was tackled on the left sideline and unable to get back on his feet. McKeever was tended to by medical professionals when paramedics came to the field.
After nearly 30 minutes, the senior was eventually carted off and the game resumed shortly after.
M-A struck first when Dacey found Marin streaking down the middle of the field on a fourth down, 49-yard touchdown pass to put the home team up 7-0.
In the second quarter, Marin found the end zone for his second touchdown of the first half on a six-yard rush up the middle, putting the Bears up two scores.
After M-A’s Devin Hyde forced a fumble that was recovered by Marin on the ensuing possession, Dacey threw his third touchdown of the game to JT Roeder from 33 yards out to make the score 20-3 going into halftime.
The Bears’ defense held Bellarmine’s spread attack to just 75 yards of total offense and forced three fumbles – two of which were recovered by M-A.
M-A put the game away early in the second half.
On the Bears’ first possession of the third quarter, Dacey led M-A on a seven-play drive that ended with a 20-yard touchdown to senior receiver Joshua Olsen. Later in the quarter, Dacey connected with Marin a second time on a 39-yard pitch and catch that put the Bears up 33-3 with just under seven minutes left in the quarter.
Bellarmine scored its lone touchdown of the game when senior Nicholas Weber found sophomore receiver Dominic Vaccaro for a 48-yard score, cutting the M-A lead to 23 points.
But by then it was too late.
M-A tacked on seven more after Dacey rushed in for a 10-yard touchdown to put the game away for good.
The Bears get an exciting win in their season opener and will travel to Monterey next week. Bellarmine will hope for a better result when it hosts Jesuit-Carmichael on Friday.
