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Andover Golden Warriors Football '08

Fri, Sep 19, 2008 07:00 PM @ Andover
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
B.C. High 10 14 7 7 38
Andover 0 7 0 7 14
Andover: Andover High School Golden Warrior cheerleaders cheer during the Friday night football game.  » Carl Russo, Staff PhotographerMore photos

Andover falls hard to BC High

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Saturday, September, 20 By David Willis
Staff writer

ANDOVER — Andover linebacker Steven LaFortune did his best to stay positive after the game.

“We stuck it out and gave a very good effort,” said the senior. “But we played a very good team tonight.”

A week after downing North Andover in their season-opener, the Golden Warriors fell to Boston College High, the No. 3 team in Eastern Mass, 38-14 last night. Andover fell to the Eaglets 35-20 last season.

“We made some good stops, but they made some big plays,” said Andover head coach Ken Maglio. “We hit them and hit them and hit them and they just kept moving. That’s what good teams do. We are a good team, but we are learning.”

LaFortune was a bright spot for the Golden Warriors (1-1), making a team-high 10 tackles, while safety Matt Washburn had nine stops, safety Yogi Layne had seven tackles and recovered a fumble and brothers Andrew Lebowitz and Jake Lebowitz each made five tackles.

Craig Hornung recorded his first interception of the season and had an outstanding pass breakup early on and Matt Newton stood out against the pass. But the Golden Warriors were hurt by the run. The Eaglets (2-0) gained 324 yards on 36 attempts with Kyle Ewanouski carrying 15 times for 195 yards and two scores.

Ryan Peek scored Andover’s first TD with a 92-yard kickoff return with 6:07 left in the second quarter to make the score 17-7.

The Golden Warriors’ second score came with 11 seconds left in the game on a 12-yard hookup from John Hennessy to Sean Ehlbeck.

All-State 100 meter track champion Chris McConnell led Andover with six catches for 62 yards, both career highs. Peek had five catches for 20 yards. In his second varsity start, Hennessy was 12 for 34 passing for 94 yards, but was the victim of numerous dropped passes.

“Our offense played well at times,” said Maglio. “We moved the ball, but we couldn’t put it into the end zone. And our special teams were good all night. The defense was good at times, but it broke down at times.”

Game Statistics:

First Quarter

BC — Kyle Ewanouski 8 run (Conor Flaherty kick), 8:27

BC — Flaherty 27 field goal, 3:13 

Second Quarter

BC — Ewanouski 2 run (Flaherty kick), 6:27

A  — Ryan Peek 92 kickoff return (Matt Murray kick), 6:07

BC — John Jakowowski  14 pass from Bill Kiley (Flaherty kick), 0:25

Third Quarter

BC — Kiley 20 run (Flaherty kick), 7:09

Fourth Quarter

BC — Tyler Horan 27 interception return (Flaherty kick), 5:13

A — Sean Ehlbeck 12 pass from John Hennessy (Murray kick), 0:11

 

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

RUSHING: A (13-63) — John Hennessy 4-45, Nick Enxing 4-10, Tucker Devine 5-8; BC (36-324) —  Kyle Ewanouski 15-195

PASSING: A — Hennessy 12-34-2, 94; BC — Kiley 2-5-1, 56

RECEIVING: A — Chris McConnell 6-62, Ryan Peek 5-20, Sean Ehlbeck 1-12; BC — Niall Murphy 1-42, John Jakowowski 1-14

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