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Chelmsford Lions Football '11

Fri, Oct 28, 2011 07:00 PM @ Chelmsford
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Central Catholic 3 0 0 14 17
Chelmsford 13 13 0 7 33

Turnovers doom Central Catholic

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Friday, October, 28 By Jeff Hamrick
Staff writer

CHELMSFORD —Chelmsford, ranked seventh in Eastern Massachusetts, forced four turnovers, including a pair of interceptions turned into touchdown returns, in a 33-17 win over Central Catholic.

 The Lions (7-1) got the victory despite running 20 fewer plays and gaining 100 fewer yards.


“That’s kind of been the case all season,” Central coach Chuck Adamopoulos said. “We played pretty well last week (in a 36-0 victory over Lawrence). Tonight, obviously, we played a very good team, but we didn’t execute consistently enough to win.”


Trailing 26-3 at intermission, Central (3-5 overall, 0-2MVC Division 1) appeared ready to claw its way back after Brandon Lamphier recovered a squib kick to start the third. Eight plays later the Raiders faced a fourth-and-goal at the 3, but Chelmsford recorded one of its five sacks to quench the threat.


On its next possession, Central reached the Chelmsford 15, but a pair of sacks and two incompletions once again finished off the Raiders.


“We’ve had good play calls and good everything,” quarterback Matt McDermott said. “We just haven’t finished. We haven’t executed. That’s a lot on me. We had a lot of drives in this game. We were there. We just didn’t finish. It’s disappointing.”


The Raiders did cut their deficit to 15 on a 5-yard scoring pass from McDermott to Alexander Estrella with 7:14 left in the fourth. But Chelmsford (7-1, 2-0 MVC Division 1) secured the victory with 1:49 left on a 16-yard interception return by Jake Maniscalco.


“We’ve been doing that all year,” Chelmsford coach Bruce Rich said. “It starts with solid defense. We have kids who are very quick to the ball. We force mistakes, and that’s kind of been our theme all year.”


Central, which opened the night’s scoring with a 27-yard field goal by freshman Bryce Santos, also got a 68-yard touchdown run by D’Andre Drummond-Mayrie with 1:20 remaining.


The loss was Central’s fourth in five games, and in those losses the Raiders have been outscored by a combined 137-47. The Raiders hope to bounce back Friday night at Methuen.

Game Statistics:

First Quarter

CC — FG Bryce Santos 27, 7:05

C — Eddie Sheridan 9 run (kick failed), 4:58

C — Connor Brimley 54 interception return (Charlie Calenda kick), 2:55

Second Quarter

C — Colby Emanouil 25 run (Calenda kick), 7:34

C — Sheridan 5 run (kick blocked), 0:20

Fourth Quarter

CC — Alexander Estrella 5 pass from Matt McDermott (kick bloked), 7:14

C — Jake Maniscalco 16 interception return (Calenda kick), 1:49

CC —  D'Andre Drummond-Mayrie 68 run (Drummond-Mayrie run), 1:20


INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

RUSHING: CC (30-150) — Drummond-Mayrie 2-67, McDermott 17-39, Devon Lattrell 3-32, Santino Brancato 6-9, Anthony Terranova 1-2, Estrella 1-1; C (24-175) — Emanouil 8-94, Sheridan 14-72, Matt Rabbito 1-12, Jeff D'Auria 1-(-3)

PASSING: CC — McDermott 12-24-3, 191 yards; C — Emanouil 5-10-0, 66

RECEIVING: CC — John Bilsky 6-131, Michael Barry 4-57, Estrella 1-5, Lattrell 1-(-2); C — Eric Van Gelder 2-28, Vinny Maniscalco 1-19, Joe St. Hilaire 1-14, Tim Joy 1-5

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