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Pinkerton Astros Football '15

Fri, Sep 25, 2015 07:00 PM @ Pinkerton
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Londonderry 0 7 6 7 20
Pinkerton 7 14 7 7 35

Pinkerton beats Londonderry for 18th straight time

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Friday, September, 25 By Jeff Hamrick

DERRY  — The Lancers from Londonderry arrived unfashionably late — waiting until just before the school bands hooked up for the Star Spangled Banner before showing up on the Pinkerton Field.

The Astros controlled the early going then ran away with a 35-20 win. It was Pinkerton's 18th consecutive victory over its border rival. The Lancers' last win in the rivalry was in 2001.
"I'm proud that we answered the bell against a team that really, truly wanted to take it to us," Pinkerton coach Brian O'Reilly said after his Astros won their fourth consecutive game to open the season. "Waiting until just before the game to show up and then fake punts, on-side kicks, hook-and-ladder (passes) ... they gave us everything we had, and we needed to be able to answer to that type of situation.

"I'm not going to quibble over a 35-20 game, but I would have liked to have stopped them on that last score and not let them drive down the field."

Spending the entire first quarter on the Londonderry side of the 50, the undefeated Astros first shook off a stout Lancer defense that stymied their first two possessions before opening a 21-point lead midway through the second quarter.

James Tulley sparked the offense with a 5-yard run late in the opening stanza before Ryan Albrecht hooked up with sophomore receiver Kayden Baillargeon on a 49-yard pass. Brett Dattilo followed with a 73-yard burst for the 21-0 lead with 5:57 left untill halftime.

Baillargeon's catch came one play after the Astros stopped Londonderry on a fourth-and-1, and Dattilo's run came three plays after a fourth-and-7 stop at the Pinkerton 14.

"It's our rivalry game, but we try to take it game by game," said Albrecht, who had his second straight strong outing, completing three of his six passes for 96 yards. "I thought (Londonderry showing up late) was disrespectful not to warmup before playing our team. It provided a little fire."

Londonderry (1-3) cut the deficit with a 31-yard Jake Stevens' run before intermission, but the Astros reclaimed a 21-point lead when Baillargeon recovered a Tulley fumble in the end zone.

"I'm proud we took care of the offensive line of scrimmage in the second half," O'Reilly said.
The Lancers received touchdowns from Cam Reddy on an 8-yard pass from David Wiedenfeld and Nick Donnelly hauled in a 15-yarder from Stevens in the fourth. But those scores were offset by a 28-yard Nick Coombs run for Pinkerton with 10 minutes left in the fourth.

"I just didn't want my guys to look over and see Pinkerton," Londonderry's second-year coach Jimmy Lauzon said of performing pregame warm-ups at home before the bus trip. "Sometimes (the Astros) win games just because of the jerseys they wear. We wanted to focus on how we do things. They have a mental hold on us at this point, and have for the past (17) years."

 

Game Statistics:

First Quarter

Pinkerton — James Tulley 5 run (Kyle Cantalupo kick), 0:18

Second Quarter

Pinkerton — Kayden Baillargeon 49 pass from Ryan Albrecht (Cantalupo kick), 10:24

Pinkerton — Brett Dattilo 73 run (Cantalupo kick), 5:57

Londonderry — Jake Stevens 31 run (Nick Donnelly kick), 4:01 

Third Quarter

Pinkerton — Baillargeon fumble recovery in end zone (Cantalupo kick), 8:06

Londonderry — Cam Reddy 8 pass from David Wiedenfeld (kick failed), 0:49 

Fourth Quarter

Pinkerton — Nick Coombs 28 run (Cantalupo kick), 10:00

Londonderry — Donnelly 15 pass from Stevens (Donnelly kick), 8:10 

 


INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

RUSHING: Londonderry (37-123) — Wiedenfeld 7-42, Stevens 11-36, Peter Navarro 4-17, Donnelly 5-16, Eric Doran 6-5, Ben Johnson 3-8, Brandyn Proulx 1-(-1); Pinkerton (39-272) — Dattilo 18-176, Albrecht 6-37, Coombs 4-30, Tulley 4-19, Nico Buccieri 5-3, Michael Curley 12-7;

PASSING: Londonderry (14-23-182, 1 interception) — Jake Stevens 13-20-174, 0, Wiedenfeld 1-1, 8, Johnson 0-3, 1, ; Pinkerton — Ryan Albrecht 3-6-96, 0

RECEIVING: Londonderry — Donnelly 4-64, Navarro 4-47, Wiedenfeld 4-46, Doran 1-8,Cameron McDonald 1-7, Proulx 1-(-2); Pinkerton — Baillargeon 2-75, Coombs 1-21

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