St. Bede started out strong on its opening drive Friday, but it was all Peoria Notre Dame after that as the Irish cruised to a 47-13 victory in Peru.

Gino Ferrari was sacked early on, but on third-and-22 threw a 28-yard strike to Drew Carboni to keep the drive going.

Ferrari followed that with a 10-yard run and an 8-yard pass to Jose De Le Torre. On third-and-1, Ferrari picked up the first with a 3-yard run.

That gave the Bruins first-and-goal and Ferrari ran it in from 3 yards and after the two-point conversion failed, the Bruins led 6-0.

“I thought we started out really well on offense,” St. Bede coach Jack Brady said. “We executed the game plan perfectly and were able to punch it into the end zone.”

The Irish wasted no time taking the lead as Blake Maxwell broke free of several ta

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