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Newburyport Clippers Football '15

Sat, Oct 03, 2015 02:00 PM @ Newburyport
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Pentucket 14 13 0 0 27
Newburyport 0 6 0 8 14

Pentucket lands early knockout punch

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Saturday, October, 03 By Dan Harrison

WEST NEWBURY — Attention to all Cape Ann League football teams: do not start slowly against Pentucket.
Newburyport was sluggish early Saturday and the Sachems (4-0) made the Clippers pay, scoring on their first four possessions en route to a 27-14 victory.
“We had a good start and then we kind of limped into it in the end, but (Newburyport) came out tough at the end of the first half and the beginning of the second half,” Pentucket coach Steve Hayden said.
Senior Travis Bounsy took the opening kickoff 78 yards to the end zone and the rout was on.
“The kick return was very, very big. (Bounsy’s) a first-year player. We’re glad Travis came out,” said Hayden, after his 201st career wins.
Brennan McGuirk then rushed in a touchdown from nine yards out. Sophomore quarterback Finn Graham (2 for 2, 52 yards) placed a perfect throw just out of the reach of the defender and Bounsy beat everyone down the right sideline for the score.
Junior Liam Sheehy (14 carries, 82 yards) wrapped up the Sachem scoring with a 12-yard run.
Sheehy and Bounsy also intercepted passes.
Noah Malhi, who may be the most feared edge rusher in the Cape Ann League, had his second straight game with three sacks and a number of quarterback pressures. James Lussier, Ben Thornton and Joe Raimondi finished with a sack each for the winners.
Pentucket and North Reading, who are both 4-0, will meet in West Newbury Saturday at 1 p.m.

Game Statistics:

SCORING
First Quarter

P-Travis Bounsy 78 kick return (Stevie Johanson kick)
P-Brennan McGuirk 9 run (Johanson kick)
Second Quarter
P-Bounsy 39 pass from Finn Graham (Johanson kick)
P-Liam Sheehy 12 run (kick blocked)
N-Quin Stott 17 pass from Robert Shay (kick failed)
Fourth Quarter
N-Christian O’Brien 67 run (Nicholas Gardner rush)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: Pentucket —
Liam Sheehy 14-82, Kiernan Haley 9-28, Brennan McGuirk 3-25, Brandon Wilbur 3-15, Finn Graham 1-12, Stevie Johanson 1-9, Robert Porter 1-7, Josh Devereaux 1-4, John Parsons 1-1, Gus Flaherty 1-(-3); Newburyport — Christian O’Brien 2-64; Brian Hadden 1-22, Quin Stott 6-20, Jimmy Gallo 4-19, Nicholas Gardner 1-4, Robert Shay 10-(-12).
PASSING: Pentucket — Finn Graham 2-2-52-1-0; Newburyport — Robert Shay 10-24-99-2-1.
RECEIVING: Pentucket — Bouncy 1-39, Haley 1-13; Newburyport — Owen Bradbury 3-31, Gardner 3-28, Stott 1-17, Gallo 3-13.
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