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Rivera hits 2,000 in gutsy finale

LYNN — Greater Lawrence coach Tony Sarkis knows he asked a tremendous amount from his running backs in his run-heavy power-I offense. After all, it is not unusual for a player to carry 30 or more times in a game.

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Football, 11/30/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Prep corrals Andover in second half

LOWELL — Despite Andover High dictating pace for most of a scoreless first half, high school football's ultimate brawler, St. John's Prep, never stopped punching.
 
All those body shots took their toll in the second half as Prep sensation Jon Thomas finally found some room here on the Cawley Stadium turf.
 
"Jonny Rockets" zoomed through a second-half for the ages, chewing up 184 yards and scoring all three TDs on 20 carries, lifting the Prep to a 21-0 Eastern Mass. Division 1 semifinal win over the Merrimack Valley Conference champions.
 
Thomas finished his night early with 28 carried for 209 yards, adding a pair of catches for 24 yards. He accounted for all but 69 of the Prep's 302 yards.
 
"They had nine people in the box, sometimes 10, and we're still pounding it at them," said Prep coach Jim O'Leary. "He just had to get it through that first level, and he was gone."
 
St. John's will now face Brockton for the Division 1 title Saturday, most likely at Bentley University.
 
Andover clearly had the better of it in the first half, outgaining St. John's, 136-70, and making a pair of trips into the red zone.
 
But a missed field goal (wide left from 29) and a 4th-and-1 failure from the Eagles' 5, was all that Andover could muster.
 
"The missed opportunities hurt," said Andover coach E.J. Perry, who has now coached Andover to a pair of MVC titles in the last three years, falling twice in this game. "We needed to do a better job of taking advantage."
 
The 0-0 tie at the break was a new lease on life for the Catholic Conference champs.
 
Andover junior burst a big one on the first play from scrimmage after halftime, a 64-yard dash from the 18 to the 18, but the Prep defense slammed the door shut there, forcing another field goal miss (from 31) and holding the Warriors to just 50 yards over the next 14 Andover plays, forcing a pair of turnovers.
 
"That's what we do," said O'Leary, lauding the effort to hold the high-flying Warriors scoreless for the first time since a 21-0 loss in this same game to Everett back in 2010. "We're going to keep playing defense. We're going to get a turnover (actually two in the second half), and eventually we're going to break one, because we're pounding it pretty good. It's hard to keep (us) down." 
 
Meanwhile, Thomas, who already has Division 1 offers, simply wore Andover out, with TD runs of 1, 19 and 48 yards.
 
The kid was everywhere. Up 7-0 with the Prep facing a 3rd-and-4, he leaped into the picture for a 19-yard finger-tip catch to move the chains early on the Prep's second TD march.
 
With Andover's light still flickering but facing a 4th-and-4 at midfield, it was Thomas closing fast on Andover's C.J. Scarpa, swooping in to force a turnover on downs.
 
"He might be a better defender," said O'Leary. "We just don't use him that much."
 
Scarpa was forced to check down all night with the Prep loading up on the back end of things with 6 or often 7 in coverage at all times.
 
The senior finished up with 16 of 27 for 165 yards, throwing intereceptions 6 and 7 of the season. He finished with 32 TD passes.
 
Classmate Will Heikkinen caught 7 balls for 88 yards, making it 67 for 1,126 in an impeccable year. 
 
And Sylvester reminded the 2,000 or so fans gathered that all will not be lost at graduation. The Warrior junior finished with 15 carries for 146 yards, chipping in five catches for 37 yards.



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Football, 11/27/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Lowell beats Hillies, earns piece of MVC title

A physical, all-senior front line allowed Lowell to shake off five turnovers and 115 yards in penalties to defeat Haverhill, 36-23 on Thanksgiving Day and earn a portion of the MVC Large title with Andover and Central Catholic.

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Football, 11/22/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Lynnfield knocks North Reading from playoffs

The Hornets are denied the program's first league championship in 32 years as Lynnfield scores the only second-half touchdown for the 14-7 win. Carl Lipani wraps up his career with 100 yards and a touchdown.

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Football, 11/22/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
The Hornets are denied the program's first league championship in 32 years as Lynnfield scores the only second-half touchdown for the 14-7 win. Carl Lipani wraps up his career with 100 yards and a touchdown.

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Football, 11/22/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Cristian Rivera scored two TDs but the Reggies fell to Blue Hills and record-setting Vincent Burton (33 for 178, 2 TDs).

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Football, 11/22/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

LAWRENCE — The numbers, 9 of 11 for 134 yards and two TD passes, plus a running touchdown in Lawrence High's 28-0 Thanksgiving Eve shutout of Salem dictate that senior Louis Rosa breezed through the final football exam.

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Football, 11/21/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

LAWRENCE — The numbers, 9 of 11 for 134 yards and two TD passes, plus a running touchdown in Lawrence High's 28-0 Thanksgiving Eve shutout of Salem dictate that senior Louis Rosa breezed through the final football exam.

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Football, 11/21/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

EXETER, N.H. — It may not have been the upset that it was a season ago, but that didn’t mean it hurt any less for Pinkerton yesterday afternoon.

For the second straight season, Pinkerton faced off against Exeter in the Division 1 state title game. And for the second straight year Exeter was able to use its bruising, straight-ahead offense and gritty defense to outlast the Astros and take home the title, this season earning a 31-21 victory at Eustis Field

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Football, 11/17/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

EXETER, N.H. — It may not have been the upset that it was a season ago, but that didn’t mean it hurt any less for Pinkerton yesterday afternoon.

For the second straight season, Pinkerton faced off against Exeter in the Division 1 state title game. And for the second straight year Exeter was able to use its bruising, straight-ahead offense and gritty defense to outlast the Astros and take home the title, this season earning a 31-21 victory at Eustis Field

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Football, 11/17/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Tom Zargaj rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown, but Georgetown fell to Hamilton-Wenham 34-14 yesterday.

Kenny Haskell added the other Royals score, a 1-yard run. All of Georgetown's points came in the fourth after the Generals jumped out to a 20-0 first-quarter lead and scored once each in the second and third quarter.

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Football, 11/10/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

North Reading's Chris Cervizzi again impressed, returning a punt for a touchdown and rushing for 72 yards, but Brooks dropped its season finale to St. Paul's 34-6.

Cervizzi provided the Green and White's long score of the day, running a punt back 62 yards for the score. he also carried 17 times for his team-high 72 yards.

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Football, 11/10/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

WEST NEWBURY — Pentucket appeared to be on the verge of it’s signature victory of the season.

With 32 seconds left in the game, star running back Cody Rothwell dove through the air and into the end zone for the touchdown that capped an epic drive and gave the Sachems a 20-14 lead.

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Football, 11/10/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

ANDOVER — The nation's oldest prep football rivalry is turning a bit one-sided.

Phillips Exeter completed its perfect season yesterday afternoon, running away from host Phillips Andover 35-9. It was Exeter's fifth straight victory in the series that began in 1878. It's the longest winning streak in the 132-game history since Andover won six straight from 1987-92 and one year shy of Exeter's longest streak of six from 1913-1918.

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Football, 11/10/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

BILLERICA — Andover’s Will Heikkinen spent nearly the entire first half last night with the Billerica PA announcer mispronouncing his name “Heineken.”

But after the performance he delivered, Indians fans won’t be able to forget Heikkinen’s name.

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Football, 11/09/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
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