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North Andover Scarlet Knights Football '15

Fri, Oct 30, 2015 07:00 PM @ Westford Academy
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Andover 7 0 0 0 7
Westford Academy 7 20 0 6 33

Westford Academy advances with win over North Andover

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Friday, October, 30 By Kyle Gaudette

WESTFORD — Westford Academy took it to North Andover 33-7 in Friday night's Division 2 North first round matchup.
Senior Ben Cassidy rushed for 122 yards on the ground, while junior quarterback Connor Degenhardt threw for 153 yards and a score. The tandem powered the Grey Ghost's to a 20-point outburst in the second quarter that broke the game open.
After a Cassidy touchdown, North Andover answered with a 75-yard, seven-play drive to tie the game 7-7 on a Joseph Samuelman 1-yard run. Westford reclaimed the lead early in the second when Cassidy scampered 46 yards for the first of his three touchdowns on the night. The score came with 8:05 remaining in the half, and the Grey Ghosts never looked back.
The Scarlet Knights struggled to sustain drives, as they were only one-for-eight converting on third downs. North Andover moved the ball the best when they gave it to Samuelman.
"Great kid, great player," said North Andover head coach John Dubzinski on Samuelman. "He's one of the guys that we lean on heavily, and we're going to continue to do that until the end of the season."
Samuelman rushed for 112 yards on the night and was in on 12 tackles. He constantly broke through the Westford offensive line and was in on nearly all of North Andover's five tackles for loss.
Unfortuantely, North Andover couldn't stop shooting itself in the foot. Over the 44 minutes of football, North Andover committed 14 penalties for a total of 140 yards. These penalties helped to give Westford great field position on multiple drives, and put the Knights in difficult third down situations. One of North Andover's many block in the back penalties negated what would have been a touchdown catch and run by Thomas Regan.
Though the loss eliminates North Andover from the playoffs, the Knights' season will continue, and coach Dubzinski knows there is still work to do.
"The season's not over yet. We got three games left with a great group of seniors, and we're going to get geared up for these last three," said Dubzinski. "We told the guys that we want to win November."   

Game Statistics:

First Quarter

W— Connor Degenhardt 7 run (Kyle Pilachowski kick), 5:58

NA — Joseph Samuelman 1 run (Ryan Weinberg kick), 2:31

Second Quarter

W — Ben Cassidy 46 run (Pilachowski kick), 8:05

W — Cassidy 10 run (Pilachowski kick), 2:35

W — Kevin Enos 4 pass from Degenhardt (pass failed), 0:11

                                                                           Fourth Quarter

W — Cassidy 2 run (pat blocked), 5:41

 


INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

RUSHING: North Andover (35-171) — Joseph Samuelman 12-112, Jukka Morales 13-30, Seamus Lambert 7-13, Thomas Regan 3-16, Westford (29-156) — Ben Cassidy 23-122, Connor Degenhardt 6-34

PASSING: North Andover — Seamus Lambert 1-4-0 35, Westford — Connor Degenhardt 11-18-1 153

RECEIVING: North Andover — Thomas Regan 1-35, Westford — Nicholas Fiorillo 5-103, Eric Jacobsen 3-36, Kevin Enos 3-14

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