ORANGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PREP EXTRA : Mater Dei’s Schley Takes Starring Role in Victory : Football: He rushes for 67-yard touchdown in fourth quarter as the Monarchs beat Servite, 10-7.

SANTA ANA —  Byron Schley is a second-generation Monarch, and Friday night at the Santa Ana Bowl, he did the first generation proud.

Schley, who has always run with the second-team offensive line in his three-year varsity career, ran 67 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to give second-ranked Mater Dei a 10-7 victory over No. 8 Servite.

It was only the third time in the game Schley had carried the ball. He lost a yard on his two previous carries.

“Here’s a kid who’s been in the program for four years--his dad [Paul] is an old Monarch--and I couldn’t be more proud,” Mater Dei Coach Bruce Rollinson said.

“That’s what this game comes down to, some kid who makes the big play.”

And that kid was Schley.

“We weren’t running that play at the beginning of the game,” he said. “They weren’t ready for it.

“There were some good blocks there. I didn’t feel anyone hit me.”

Schley took the ball up the middle, appeared to escape a leg tackle, cut back against a player in the secondary and then made like Carl Lewis.

Mike Fischbeck added the extra point to put the Monarchs ahead, 10-7, with 10 minutes 3 seconds left in the game.

Mater Dei (1-0) shut down Servite’s comeback with three timely plays with the Friars on the Monarch 36 with 3:14 left. Brad Williams knocked down Greg Cicero’s pass at the line, Kevin Braga broke up a pass, and Williams sacked Cicero on fourth down.

Cicero and receiver Jason Cantor nearly made the decisive play of the game in the third quarter.

Cicero found Cantor streaking up the middle of the field for a 66-yard score on Servite’s first play from scrimmage after it fell behind, 3-0.

Matt Montgomery kicked the extra point and Servite had the lead with 2:31 left in the third quarter.

Rollinson said then he didn’t think his team would lose because of the effort he was getting from that defense, which gave up 222 yards, including 180 in the air and 157 in the second half.

“Our defense presented our offense with some good field position and we didn’t take advantage,” he said.

That was evident in the first half. Although Fischbeck missed field-goal attempts of 30, 35 and 23 yards, the field position on those series were the Servite 26, 47 and 44.

Mater Dei played without starting tailback James Farley (sprained knee), but still had 162 yards rushing and got 96 yard in passing from Nick Stremick.

The Friars began the season a week before everyone else with a 51-6 victory over Chicago De La Salle. “We’re good,” Coach Larry Toner said, “but we weren’t good enough.” Servite dropped to 1-1.

“This went exactly the way I saw it,” Rollinson said. “Servite’s a very good football team. Their experience showed and our inexperience showed.

“I feel fortunate to come out of here with a win.”