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Andover Golden Warriors Football '14

Sat, Nov 15, 2014 10:00 AM @ Lexington
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Andover 13 6 6 14 39
Lexington 20 13 14 0 47

Christopher stars, but Andover loses shootout

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LEXINGTON — Andover scored two fourth quarter touchdowns to cut its deficit to just one touchdown, but that was as close as the Golden Warriors could get, falling to Lexington 47-39 Saturday afternoon.

"It was a real shootout and we just ran out of time," said Warriors coach E.J. Perry. "The offense played very well and I feel like the young kids really stepped up, but we fell just short."

The Golden Warriors took a 13-6 lead in the first quarter on a pair of rushing touchdowns by Anthony Christopher. But Lexington responded with four touchdowns to grab a commanding lead before Andover QB E.J. Perry IV hit Zach Walker for a 5-yard score to make it 33-19 heading into halftime.

A Perry touchdown pass to Alex Marshall made the score 47-25 heading into the fourth quarter, but the Warriors could not complete the rally.

Christopher, a converted receiver who saw his first serious varsity time last week in place of injured running backs Kevin Chen and Andrew Soucy, led the Golden Warriors with 19 carries for 103 yards and three touchdowns. Max Grant added eight carries for 65 yards.

Perry IV added to his big sophomore season, passing for 174 yards and three touchdowns, giving him 25 for the season. 

"Christopher played an excellent game," said Perry the coach. "He stepped up. Nicholas also made some big catches and so did (Alex) Marshall. (Brian) Duffy also had an exceptional game."

The Golden Warriors close out their season with their third meeting of the season with Central Catholic on Thanksgiving Day, the final installment of the holiday rivalry.

Game Statistics:

First Quarter

L — Alex Huff 19 run (kick blocked)

A — Anthony Christopher 3 run (Charlie Ziegenbein kick)

A — Christopher 3 run (rush failed)

L — Elan Harris 6 pass from Jeff Costello (Costello kick)

L — Evan Zarba 51 run (Costello kick)

Second Quarter

L — Christian Pusatere 2 pass from Costello (kick failed)

L — Connor Murphy 30 pass from Costello (Costello kick)

A — Zach Walker 5 pass from E.J. Perry IV (kick failed)

Third Quarter

L —Colby Harlow 19 pass from Costello (kick failed)

A — Alex Marshall 10 pass from Perry IV (kick failed)

L — Costello 81 run (Costello run)

Fourth Quarter

A — Christopher Nicholas 11 pass from Perry IV (Walker pass from Perry)

A — Christopher 3 run (pass failed)

 


INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

RUSHING: A  — Anthony Christopher 19-103, Max Grant 8-65, E.J. Perry IV 5-25, Jeremy Travaglini 4-28

PASSING: A — Perry IV 16-42-2, 174

RECEIVING: A — Zach Walker 4-22, Dan Gemmell 5-68, Christopher Nicholas 3-45, Alex Marshall 4-39

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