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SEPTEMBER7, 2019

Schoolfootball

By Karl Capen

GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

CM 42

LynnClass. 12

The mo-
ment the
loud bang
of a blown transformer sound-
ed off in the distance, the
CatholicMemorial football
team kicked it into highgear
on Friday evening.
Unfortunately forLynn
Classical (0-1), this occurred
only moments into the game.
The No. 2 Knights’ were
rhythmic on offense andstin-
gy on defense — highlighting a
depth of talent with six players
finding the end zone in the
first half.
It is something you’d see
from a team halfway through a
season but the Division 1 final-
ist in2018 seemingly hasn’t
skipped abeat.
CM outscored the Rams,
42-0, in the opening 24 min-
utes and outgained them, 305-
84, en route to a 42-12 open-
ing-week victory.
“One weekat a time. O ne
gameat a time. That’s what we
say,” saidCM coach John DiBi-

aso. “This is just the firststep.”

Despite thestats being

spread across the board, the

Knights’ senior quarterback

Barrett Pratt still stood out.

Pratt ran a no-huddle tonear

perfection — directing his

teammates and calling out

coverage s beforethe snap.

His touchdown passes of 50

and 79 yards showcased his

ability to throw the deep ball

with precision.

Pratt finished 5 for 10 for

180 yards andtwo touch-

downs.

“[Barrett] did a great job —

like a point guard — in distrib-

uting the ball,” said DiBiaso.

The Knights’starters were

lifted midway through the sec-

ond quarter following junior

ZachMitchell’s 22-yard touch-

down run that made it 42-0.

Juniors Shiloh White,

ThomasLeonard, and Darrius

LeClair, along with seniorsJa-

mall Griffin and DanielLopes,

also scored for CM.

Karl Capen can bereached at

[email protected].

ByNate Weitzer

GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

Spring.Central 40

Everett 12

EVERETT —The

best football team

in thestate may

not be a Division 1 program and the best

quarterback in thestate may be an under-

classman.

SpringfieldCentral, the defendingD3

state champion, came all the way east to

Everett for its opener and dropped the

hammer on the perennial D1 power, dom-

inating from wire-to-wire for a 40-12 vic-

tory.

Freshman William Watson (16-for- 28

passing, 305 yards, TD)was simply bril-

liant in his firstvarsity start.

Already offered by UMass Amherst,

Watson showed his advanced skill set

with an array of deep throws and incredi-

ble escapability in the pocket, pacing the

Golden Eagles to a 33-0 lead midway

through the third quarter with help from

his loaded receiving corps and junior run-

ning backMarcus Crawford (18 carries,

187 yards, 4 touchdowns).

“There’s a lot ofexpectations for[Wat-

son] and part of that falls on the coaching

staff,” saidCentral coachValdamar Brow-

er, a former All-Americanat UMass. “I

keep my distance and support him, but

we just have tostay level-headed.”

The gamestarted on a somber note.

Everett junior linebacker EganGouveia

appeared to suffer a serious injury on the

opening kickoff and was taken off the

field on astretcher.Assistant coaches lat-

er found out thatGouveia was on the road

to recoveryat Massachusetts General

Hospital.

“Our prayers our withEgan,” said Ever-

ett coachTheluxon Pierre.“We got wo rd

that he’s doing OK, sothat’s themostim-

portant thing tonight.”

WithWatson at the controls, theGold-

en Eagles scored touchdowns ontwo of

their first three possessions, outgaining

Everett, 243-73, en route to a 21-0 half-

time lead.

Watson found sophomoreJoe Griffin

Jr. (seven receptions, 132 yards) for a 28-

yard touchdown to openthe third quarter,

and Crawford broke off touchdown runs

of 71 and 25 yards toput the gameaway.

“I hope they’re awake now,” Pie rre said

of his team.“There was noeffort on the

Everett side today and that never hap-

pens.Never. So, we’ll get to the bottom of

that.”

Central will continue its tough early

schedule with a testat Central Catholic

next week before taking on formerEverett

coachJohn DiBiasoand CatholicMemori-

al.

Brower relishes the opportunity to face

the best competition in thestate, and

clearly, hisGolden Eagles can handle the

challenge.

“Everett is a great program and we

want tokeep thisgoing,” saidBrower.

“This was a great win for 2019, but this is

something I hope is a long-termrelation-

ship.It’s just good for the program.

“We have high expect ations and we

just wantto compete against anybody.”

Nate Weitzer can bereached at

[email protected].

ByTrevor Hass

GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

Brockton2 7

Duxbury 14

BROCKTON
— Brockton
and Duxbury
have bothhad tremendous suc-
cess on the football field, but
untilFriday night, thetwo
schools had never met.
The No. 11 Boxersescaped
with a 27-14 winat home, scor-
ing two touchdowns in the final
2:09 to pullaway in the teams’
season opener. Sixth-ranked
Duxbury held a 14-7 lead mid-
way through the third quarter
before Brockton scored 20 un-
answered points.
Senior running back Ahmik
Watterson paced the Boxers
with 11 carries, 136 yards, and
three rushing touchdowns, and
junior quarterback Devonte
Medley racked up 70-plus yards
both in the air and on the
ground.
“It was toughat the begin-
ning, and theneverybody
caught on to what they were do-
ing, got their assignment down,
and we justkept it going,” Wat-
terson said.“Then westarted
rolling andwe werehitting ev-
erything.”
On his firstvarsity snap,
Duxbury freshman quarterback

MattFesta found senior run-

ning back TimLandolfi fora

49-y ard score.Watterson deliv-

ered from 13 yards with 1:00

left in the second quarter, and

the teams went into halftime

knotted at 7.

Landolfi, who finished with

19 carries for88 yards and

three re ceptions for 76 yards,

converted again with 6:15 left

in thethird.Then the momen-

tumshifted,as Wattersonbroke

free fora 48-y ard score on the

ensuing drive.

Neither side capitalized for

several minutes before Brock-

ton senior defensiveback Devin

Fortes intercepted a pass and

ran it back to the Duxbury 12.

Medley took care of the rest, je t-

ting his way into the end zone

from 10 yardstwo minutes lat-

er.

Watterson added a 45-yard

score forgood measure, and the

Boxers found a way toprevail.

“We knew it wasgoing to be

a challenge,” Brockton coach

Peter Colombo said.“They’re

very well coached, andwe knew

we had to play well tonightto

win. It’s a quality win.”

Trevor Hass can bereached at

[email protected].

No. 1 Everett pr oves no match

FreshmanWatson throws for 305 yards in D3 Springfield Central’s rout

Watterson, Brockton

runaway from Duxbury

No. 2 CM erupts

in opening rout

MATTHEW J. LEE/GLOBESTAFF

Springfield Central’s TysonThornton takes this interception the other way despite theefforts ofEverett’s EliAuguste.

JOHN WILCOX FORTHE GLOBE

AhmikWatterson (2) celebrates his TD withTrey Ciulla-
Hall in Brockton’s winover Duxbury onFriday night.

By BradJoyal

GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

Barnstable20

Xaverian 14

BARNSTABLE — Barn-

stable football coach

RossJatkola knew he

was testing his Red Raiders squad whenhe

scheduled a seasonopener against noncon-

ference foeXaverian.

On Friday night, the Barnstable players

showed their coach theywere up to for th e

challenge, dominating the line of scrim-

mage in a 20-14 victory over the fourth-

rankedHawks.

“We knew we hadsomething specialgo-

ing,” said a soaked Jatkola after therain-

filledgame. “I don’t think thescore iseven

indicative of how we played. I think we left

a lot of points on the board.”

Barnstable used its rushingattack to

build atwo-score leadin the first half, as se-

niorsColby Burke and Luke Locasio each

scored on 2-yard runs to help the Red Raid-

ers take a 14-0 lead into halftime.Xaverian

cut its deficit to 14-7 after sophomoreJoe

Kelcourseran forhis first oftwo rushin g

scores — a 4-yard plunge — on the first play

of the fourthquarter.

The No. 14 Red Raiders answered on

their next possession, though, as sopho-

more EugeneJordan rumbled in for a 9-

yard touchdownrun thatextended their

lead to 20-7 with 6:24 remaining.Kel-

course added a 3-yard touchdown run with

three seconds le ft, but Barnstable recov-

ered an onside kick moments later to se-

cure a Week 1 victory.

It was Barnstable’s ground gamethat

helped theRed Raiders control the time of

possession throughout the night.The team

finished with 222 rushingyards, led by se-

nior BrianFrieh, who finishedwith 112

yardson 15 carries.

“We struggled at times obviously,”

Xaverian coach AlFornaro said of his de-

fense. “I think, systematically, there werea

couple things that maybe we could’ve done

better. They’re a good football team, I’ll give

them credit — they’re going togo a long

way.”

Kelcourse led theHawks with 66 rush-

ing yards on 12 carries.

BradJoyal can bereached at

brad [email protected].

By Dan Shulman
GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
The firstFriday of the football sea-
son did notstart as planned for King
Philip. VisitingNorth Attleboro
marched 80yards in
just over six minutes
to take a 7-0lead that
lasted wellinto the second quarter.
For the remainder of the game,
though, the King Philip defense held
the Red Rocketeers to just 28 yards of
offense.
Meanwhile, theWarriorsused a 54-
yard touchdown pass from RobbieJar-
est to Alex Behling tocut the deficitto
7-6 just before halftime and shift the
momentum of the contest on the way
to a 25-7win.
“They settled in and did what they
were supposed to do,” said King Philip
coach BrianLee. “If youdon’t get that
[first touchdown], yougot a real uphill
climb.”
Receiving the kickoffat the start of
the second half,King Philip took its

opening drive 68 yards for thego-

ahead touchdown. On fourth and 7

from theNorth 20 , Jarest rolled out

and found Behling open in the corner

of the end zone for his second scoring

reception.

“[Behling] runs a corner really

well,” saidJarest. “His d efender went

inside and he went for a corner andI

laid it right in there and knew he

would score.”

WhenJarest (8 for 15, 150 yards)

wasn’t passing he was handing off to

Ryan Halliday. The senior running

back finished with 122 yards on 24

carries, including a pair of fourth-

quarter touchdowns.

Mansfield 31,BC High 10— Senior

Cincere Gillatoned for a drop by run-

ning 64 yards for a TD and sending the

seventh-rankedHornets to a rout of

the No. 12 Eagles.

It was Gill ’s second touchdown run

of t he game, his first from 29yard s on

a fourth and 1 with an assist ona

spring block from fullback NicoHolm-

es.

The Hornets had a knack for the big

play allevening, withMichael DeBolt

tacking on a 48-yard touchdown re-

ception and 79-yard touchdown runin

the fourth quarter to put the game on

ice.

“We feel like we could get stuffed a

play or two, but if you canget Cincere

or Michaelin open space, you cango

60 yards in a hurry,” Mansfield coach

Michael Redding said.“We might not

be able to grind it on a regular basis,

but if you make a mistake, we’re abl e

to pop one.”

Apponequet 42, Middleborough 26—

An 89-yard third-quarter touchdown

fromKevin Hughes(219rushing

yards, 3 TDs) helped theLakers pull

away from the Sachems.Middlebor-

ough quarterback Tim Crowley threw

for 395 yards and four tou chdowns in

the defeat.

Beverly 21,Winthrop 6— Joey Loreti

(123 yards rushing) scored on fourth-

quarter runs of 63 and 30yardsto help

the Pantherspull away from the Vi-

kings.

BishopFenwick 35,Stoneh am 14—

Senior David Cifuentes needed just 11

carries to rush for 110yards andthree

touchdowns for the Crusaders.The re-

turning All-Scholastic also kicked five

extra points forFenwick, which added

scores fromJoe Rivers on a 10-yard

run and AngelMartinez on a 62-yard

punt return.

Falmouth 35,Dartmouth 14— Cam

Rowell rushed for 90 yards andtwo

scores on five carries and quarterback

Kyle Connolly added 249 all-purpose

yards (112 passing, 137 rushing) and

two touchdowns to put the game out

of reach for theClippers.

Hingham 34, Braintree 27— In Mark

Nutley’s debut as coach, theHarbor-

men rode a massive fourth quarter to

victory. Hingham rushed for more

than 300 yards, with senior Zach

Kellehergoing for 200.

Wit h 49 .67 seconds left, j uniorCoo-

per Estesran a kickoff back 90 yards

for a touchdown for a 7-point lead. On

final play, the Hingham D intercepted

a Hail Mary attemptin the end zone.

Milton 17, BishopFeehan 7— The

Wildcats overcame a 7-0 first-quarter

deficit with 17 unanswered points on

Luke Botsford’s 19-yard TD catch from

Chase Vaughn,Max Winkler’s go-

ahead 35-yard fieldgoal, andJohn

Barros’s clinching 1-yard TD plunge in

the fourth quarter.

New Bedford 24,Taunton 13— Nigel

Palmer found the end zone three times

as the Whalersrecordedtheir first win

over Taunton since 2015.

Scituate 24, Marshfield 0— Senior

Will Sheskey ( 25 carries, 100 yards)

scored a pair of touchdowns to carry

the 18th-ranked Sailors. Senior quar-

terbackMat t Sc ibilio was 9 of17 for

110 yard s.

Jake Levin contributed fromMansfield

and Bob Holmes fromPeabody.To

report scores, call 617-929-2860/3235

or email [email protected].

King Philip slow to get going before it can put away North Attleboro

ROUNDUP

Barnstable upto test, knocks offXaverian

MATTHEW J. LEE/GLOBE STAFF

Everett’s EganGouveia is tended by

trainers after getting hurt on a tackle.

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