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The Centralia Orphans improved to 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the South Seven after beating visiting Marion on Homecoming at Evers Field by a score of 55-28.  The Orphans jumped out to a 41-20 lead after a very long first half.  Archie Goewey threw for 366 yards and 7 touchdowns before giving way to his backup late in the 4th quarter.  Centralia will have a showdown in the conference next week when they play at 5-1 Cahokia who is also unbeaten in the league after winning at Mt Vernon yesterday 42-18.  Marion is 3-3 overall and 1-2 in the conference.