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Methuen Rangers Football '15

Fri, Oct 09, 2015 07:00 PM @ Lawrence
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Methuen 7 7 7 6 27
Lawrence 6 0 8 7 21

McAndrew, Rangers hold off Lawrence

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LAWRENCE — Methuen didn’t make it easy on itself, but it walked out of Lawrence Stadium with a 27-21 win over Lawrence Friday night in front of a rowdy crowd on homecoming.
Lawrence took a 6-0 lead on the game’s opening drive but the momentum soon swung in Methuen’s favor.
The Rangers took a 7-6 lead with 3:39 left in the first quarter. On the ensuing kickoff, Angel Abreu collected Jordan Perdomo’s kick at his own 12 and sprinted 63 yards to the Methuen 25 before he fumbled the wet ball making a cut, and it was recovered by the Rangers.
Methuen didn’t score after recovering — Perdomo hit the upright on a 38-yard field goal try — but it allowed the Rangers to eat up a huge chunk of the clock. Methuen had possession for 14 of the game’s 22 minutes in the first half.
“We started to feel the momentum come our way after we scored,” said Methuen head coach Tom Ryan. “Then after the fumble, even though we didn’t really cause it and we didn’t score, to get the ball back there helped settle us down.”
Michael Bodenrader completed a fake punt earlier in the half to keep a drive alive. With 22 seconds left in the second quarter he hauled in a halfback option pass from Brian McAndrew to extend the Ranger lead to 14-6.
Then just 2:08 into the third quarter, McAndrew was at it again. The senior took a short pass from Kendrick Denose and hustled 46 yards for a score to give the Rangers a comfortable 21-6 lead.
“He’s sort of our Mr. Everything,” Ryan said. “He’s a receiver, he’s our backup quarterback, he’s just a gym rat. He made a nice play on the fake punt and that kept a drive alive. We need guys like him playing the way he did.”
Methuen would need some of that cushion after the Lancers drove 70 yards on eight plays, capping off the drive when Eddie Cabrera dove to catch a pass from Ismael Jenkins in the end zone. On the conversion, Jenkins hit Abreu in the corner of the end zone to make it 21-14.
After forcing a pair of three-and-outs, Lawrence was driving late in the game down just one touchdown but the Methuen defense held the Lancers on fourth down at their own 15. Kendrick Denose then added even more insurance with an 83-yard touchdown run. It was a good thing, because Lawrence again drove down field, with Jenkins hitting Eddie Cabrera for a 71-yard touchdown strike with just 1:26 left.
However the Rangers recovered an onside kick attempt to end the ballgame.
“We have some things we need to work on for sure,” Ryan said. “A win is a win, but we’re going to need to play a lot cleaner to beat a team like North Andover. This is still a really good Lawrence team that never quits, and I know that this place is a tough place to come in and play so it’s good to get a win here.”
Lawrence targeted Eagle-Tribune All-Star receiver Luis Crispin eight times, but the Rangers defense held him to just two catches for 35 yards, double-teaming him most of the night.

Game Statistics:

First Quarter

L - Mikey Caban 40 run (kick failed), 6:49
M - Kendrick Denose 1 run (Jordan Perdomo kick), 3:39

Second Quarter

M - Michael Bodenrader 9 pass from Brian McAndrew (Perdomo kick), 0:22

Third Quarter

M - Bodenrader 46 pass from Denose (Perdomo kick), 8:52
L - Eddie Cabrera 10 pass from Ismael Jenkins (Angel Abreu pass from Jenkins), 1:48

Fourth Quarter

M - Denose 83 run (kick failed), 2:18
L - Eddie Cabrera 71 pass from Jenkins (Cabrera kick), 1:26

 


INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

RUSHING: L — Mikey Caban 3-65, Darryl Munoz 5-49, Ismael Jenkins 11-36, Angel Abreu 4-15; M — Kendrick Denose 26-142, Brian McAndrew 10-90, Kevin Denose 1-20, Eric Rosario 1-5.

PASSING: L — Jenkins 7-13-0, 120; M — Kendrick Denose 2-5-0, 42; Michael Bodenrader 2-2-0, 49; McAndrew 1-1-0, 9.

RECEIVING: L — Eddie Cabrera 3-84, Luis Crispin 2-31, Mike Caban 2-5; M — Bodenrader 2-55, McAndrew 2-31, Nick Ramirez 1-14.

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