Junior running back Mike Mastrioanni rushed 38 times for 240 yards and a touchdown to lead the top-ranked Falcons to this SCC interdivision win before 3,500 at the Maclary Complex in Cheshire.

Mastrioanni scored on a 6-yard run in the fourth quarter for Xavier (3-0).

No. 5 Cheshire (2-1) responded with a 50-yard touchdown pass from Michael Ecke to Sebastian Little on the first play of the next series.

Xavier went up by three points when Cheshire snapped the ball out of bounds on a punt.