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Tewksbury clinches title

Touchdowns by Colin Langford and Mike Baglieri were not enough for Methuen as Tewksbury clinched the MVC 2 title.

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Football, 11/02/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Tough day for Knights

 
TEWKSBURY – One more possession, one more touch, that’s always Casey Walsh needed.
 
His counterpart, Johnny Aylward and his Tewksbury High mates wouldn’t let it happen.
 
The Redmen locked down on the MVC Division 2 title track, eating up the final 7:44 to deny Walsh and the Knights a miracle, 49-42, here at Doucet Field.
 
“We needed a stop on defense, maybe once, maybe twice, but we couldn’t get it done,” said Knights’ coach John Rafferty. “We couldn’t stop the run today. That’s what it came down to. It’s as simple as that.”
 
Walsh, the junior in his first season at the Knight helm, enjoyed an afternoon for the ages, hitting 15 of 21 passes for 253 yards and 4 TDs. Connor-and-Brandon’s-little-brother-no-more added 12 carries for 67 yards and the other two Knight touchdowns.
 
“Casey is a tough kid,” said Rafferty. “He did a great job trying to lead us out of that hole.”
 
The only problem was that Walsh couldn’t get back on the field after slicing a 33-14 halftime hole to 49-42 with a two-yard bull rush inside the 8-minute mark.
 
But the Redmen, and Aylward especially, cruelly and unusually tortured the Knights on the final possession.
 
What stung the Knights all afternoon  — third-down defense – ultimately put the lights out on this one. Three times, North Andover had a chance to force the Redmen to give it up. All three times the chains got moved, and that was it. All 13 plays on the drive, including the final two kneel-downs, were rushes.
 
For the day, Tewksbury converted 10 of 12 third-downs and scoring a TD on one of the two fourth-downs they faced.
 
“They just physically beat us. We tried a number of things, they beat us up front,” said Rafferty. “Their offensive line got it done. It’s old-fashioned football, and it sure was effective.”
 
The loss leaves Tewksbury (3-0) alone at the top of MVC2, needing to slay only 0-2 Methuen and 0-2 Dracut to punch its
playoff ticket.
 
The junior Aylward, son of Redmen coach Brian Aylward, played Walsh’s equal all afternoon long.
 
“He wants the ball. If he didn’t he’d probably be the wrong guy to have in there,” said the elder Aylward after watching his son run run 17 times for 122 yards and hit 7 of 9 passes for 111 yards. He threw a TD pass and ran for two other scores. “He wants the ball in those situations. He feels safe with it. He scares the daylights out of me every time he carries it …”
 
But Aylward is darn lethal.
 
North Andover, 3-4 overall, joins Haverhill on the outside looking in at 2-1 in the league.

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Football, 10/27/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Lawrence hangs tough in loss

The Lancers were unable to maintain its first lead of the season as Tewksbury scored 24 unanswered third-quarter points and held on for a 38-20 MVC 2 victory.

Sophomore quarterback Nelson Valerio continued to mature, completing 15 of 30 passes for 161 yards and a touchdown to Fanger Baez, who hauled in seven receptions for 111 yards. Baez also caught a TD pass from Louis Rosa while Chris Pena's 40-yard run gave the Lancers a 6-0 lead late in the opening period.

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Football, 10/20/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Central toughens up in red zone, downs Tewksbury

LAWRENCE — It may not have always been pretty, but Central Catholic toughened up in the clutch last night.

The Raiders saw Tewksbury drive inside their 40-yard line on four of their five possessions in the second half, but all four times Central turned the Redmen away without points on the way to a 16-7 victory.

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

Offensive outburst leads Andover past Tewksbury

TEWKSBURY — Cam Farnham and the rest of the Andover players and fans held their collective breath as officials dug through he pile to find the potentially game-deciding loose ball.

“My heart stopped,” said Farnham. “I saw the Tewksbury crowd go crazy and just through, ‘This can’t be happening.’ Then I saw (Andrew) Deloury come out of the pile with the ball and it was just the best feeling.”

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Football, 10/06/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Tewksbury denies Haverhill

CARL RUSSO/Staff photo. Haverhill's tri-captain, Chance Brady (right) breaks the tackle from Tewksbury's co-captain, Kyle Pandolph who dives at Brady from behind in Friday night football action. 9/14/2012. 14 Photos

Looking to open a season with a second straight win for the first time since 2006, Haverhill surrendered the game-winning touchdown with 99 seconds remaining.

Chance Brady, who finished with 125 yards on 20 carries, scored his second touchdown late in the third quarter as Haverhill tied the score at 22. But Tewksbury took advantage of a Hillie turnover that led to a 24-yard game-winning scoring drive.

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Football, 09/14/12 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars