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Central fends off Lawrence

LAWRENCE – Heading into Thursday’s Turkey Day contest between Merrimack Valley foes Central Catholic and Lawrence, the biggest question was whether the game would feature the area’s top two throwing quarterbacks.

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Football, 11/28/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Central fends off Lawrence

LAWRENCE – Heading into Thursday’s Turkey Day contest between Merrimack Valley foes Central Catholic and Lawrence, the biggest question was whether the game would feature the area’s top two throwing quarterbacks.

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Central fends off Lawrence

LAWRENCE – Heading into Thursday’s Turkey Day contest between Merrimack Valley foes Central Catholic and Lawrence, the biggest question was whether the game would feature the area’s top two throwing quarterbacks.

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Lawrence falls at Billerica

BILLERICA – Looking to win a second straight game for the first time in a year, Lawrence continually struck big plays Friday night, scoring four times on plays of at least 50 yards.

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Football, 11/01/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Mistakes doom Lawrence in loss to Lowell

LOWELL — When it needed it most, Lawrence seemed to find the big play it needed.
 
Trailing by just one score in the second quarter, Lancers QB Jacob Tamayo dropped back and lofted a pass to Manny Lara, who sprinted in for a 50-yard touchdown.
 
That momentum shift, however, proved to be short-lived. The touchdown was called back for an illegal block, and six plays later, Lowell ran a punt back for a touchdown. 
 
Lawrence never recovered, falling to the Red Raiders 28-6 on Friday night.
 
“We had too many blunders in important situations,” said Lancers coach Rhandy Audate. “They just kept riding their momentum. Even when their quarterback (Naujiye Neal) went out, they were still able to move the ball. We didn’t play good football tonight.”
Lawrence miscues led to Lowell’s two first-half touchdowns. The Red Raiders turned a Lancer fumble into their first score of the day. Then, after a pair of dropped passes near the end zone forced Lawrence to punt, Lowell’s Jakob Rivers ran the kick back for a TD.
“Those two dropped touchdown catches were big,” said Audate. “The punt return really shifted the momentum. Whenever you have key mistakes at crucial moments, and the other team capitalizes, that’s how you lose football games.”
Lawrence, meanwhile, struggled to move the ball early. The Lancers managing just 70 yards of offense in the first half, 46 of those on one scramble by Tamayo on the final play before halftime. 
Trailing 21-0 to start the fourth quarter, Lawrence finally found a spark. Tamayo (120 passing yards) scrambled for a 24-yard gain, then found Lara (7 catches, 117 receiving yards) for gains of 17 and 14 before connecting with him in the end zone for a 3-yard touchdown.
One possession later, however, Lowell forced a turnover on downs. University of New Hampshire football commit Brendan Tighe — playing single-wing QB due to injury — ran for his third touchdown of the day to ice the win.
“Lawrence has a lot of team speed and they are very tough,” said Lowell coach John Florence. “Tamayo is so shifty and fast back there, and he creates a lot on broken plays. We tried to force him up the middle and not let him get to the sidelines.”
Another bright spot for the Lancers was linebacker Eric Sanchez, who had 12 tackles, two sacks and a fumble recovery.
Lawrence will look to bounce back when it travels to Methuen (4-1) scheduled for next Friday (7 p.m.)
“We’re never going to quit,” said Audate. “We’re always going to play until the end. We are looking forward to going for an upset against Methuen. We can do it, but we have to limit our mistakes. We need to do better.”
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Football, 10/18/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Mistakes doom Lawrence in loss to Lowell

LOWELL — When it needed it most, Lawrence seemed to find the big play it needed.
 
Trailing by just one score in the second quarter, Lancers QB Jacob Tamayo dropped back and lofted a pass to Manny Lara, who sprinted in for a 50-yard touchdown.
 
That momentum shift, however, proved to be short-lived. The touchdown was called back for an illegal block, and six plays later, Lowell ran a punt back for a touchdown. 
 
Lawrence never recovered, falling to the Red Raiders 28-6 on Friday night.
 
“We had too many blunders in important situations,” said Lancers coach Rhandy Audate. “They just kept riding their momentum. Even when their quarterback (Naujiye Neal) went out, they were still able to move the ball. We didn’t play good football tonight.”
Lawrence miscues led to Lowell’s two first-half touchdowns. The Red Raiders turned a Lancer fumble into their first score of the day. Then, after a pair of dropped passes near the end zone forced Lawrence to punt, Lowell’s Jakob Rivers ran the kick back for a TD.
“Those two dropped touchdown catches were big,” said Audate. “The punt return really shifted the momentum. Whenever you have key mistakes at crucial moments, and the other team capitalizes, that’s how you lose football games.”
Lawrence, meanwhile, struggled to move the ball early. The Lancers managing just 70 yards of offense in the first half, 46 of those on one scramble by Tamayo on the final play before halftime. 
Trailing 21-0 to start the fourth quarter, Lawrence finally found a spark. Tamayo (120 passing yards) scrambled for a 24-yard gain, then found Lara (7 catches, 117 receiving yards) for gains of 17 and 14 before connecting with him in the end zone for a 3-yard touchdown.
One possession later, however, Lowell forced a turnover on downs. University of New Hampshire football commit Brendan Tighe — playing single-wing QB due to injury — ran for his third touchdown of the day to ice the win.
“Lawrence has a lot of team speed and they are very tough,” said Lowell coach John Florence. “Tamayo is so shifty and fast back there, and he creates a lot on broken plays. We tried to force him up the middle and not let him get to the sidelines.”
Another bright spot for the Lancers was linebacker Eric Sanchez, who had 12 tackles, two sacks and a fumble recovery.
Lawrence will look to bounce back when it travels to Methuen (4-1) scheduled for next Friday (7 p.m.)
“We’re never going to quit,” said Audate. “We’re always going to play until the end. We are looking forward to going for an upset against Methuen. We can do it, but we have to limit our mistakes. We need to do better.”
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Football, 10/18/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Schmidt makes amends

 

LAWRENCE — Vinny Schmidt wanted another chance to be a hero and he made the most of it.

Early in the fourth quarter, the Lawrence junior fumbled the ball just inches from the Haverhill endzone of a second-and-1 with the Lancers trailing Haverhill 14-12.

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Football, 10/12/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Lawrence falls short to Dennis-Yarmouth

SOUTH YARMOUTH — Eric Sanchez starred with two sacks — giving him six for the season — but Lawrence fell to Dennis-Yarmouth 28-0.
 
The Lancers (0-4) twice drove inside the Dolphins' 30-yard line, but twice turned the ball over. 
 
"(Wide receiver) Isaias Richards made a few big plays," said Lawrence coach Rhandy Audate. "He's been doing that consistently for a while. Manny Lara also made some big catches like he has been. But the turnovers hurt us. Eric and Dewy Baez played really good games for us on defense. But it wasn't enough."
 
The Lancers could do little to slow Dennis-Yarmouth receiver Geoffrey Jamiel (three touchdowns), who is being recruited by UMass Amherst and other Division 1 schools. 
 
Lawrence will next host Haverhill (0-4) on Friday (7 p.m.)
 
"Both teams want to get into the win column," said Audate. "Haverhill is always a tough team that can do things on both sides of the ball. We will need to limit our mistakes."
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Football, 10/05/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Ramos, Andover eventually break away from resilient Lawrence

LAWRENCE - The pieces are all starting to come together for the Andover football team.

Saturday's impressive 52-28 win over a gritty Lawrence club had a little bit of everything on both sides of the ball, and when you have Josh Ramos playing the way he has this season, the rest of the Merrimack Valley should be on notice.

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Football, 09/28/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Lawrence loses another heartbreaker

DRACUT — For the second week in a row the Lawrence football team showed its tremendous heart, but for the second week in a row ultimately fell in heartbreaking fashion.

The Lancers trailed Dracut 28-6 at halftime, but clawed all the way back to make it a 28-26 game in the fourth quarter. But the game-tying two-point conversion run was stuffed, and the Middies were able to pick up a couple of first downs and run out the clock to earn the 28-26 win.

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Football, 09/20/19 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars
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