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Merrimack Tomahawks Football '21

Fri, Oct 01, 2021 07:00 PM @ Pinkerton
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Merrimack 6 6 0 0 12
Pinkerton 14 13 13 7 47

Yennaco, Astros roll

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Saturday, October, 02 By Mike LeGage

DERRY— Following a tough home loss last week against archrival Londonderry, Pinkerton bounced back on Friday night with a dominating victory over Merrimack. The Astros were without star running backs Jacob Albert and Jack Mackiernan, allowing for junior sensation Cole Yennaco to step up and take control of the ground game. 


Pinkerton….47  Yennaco struck early scoring a 43-yard touchdown

Merrimack...12        to give the Astros the early 7-0 lead. This however


would just be the beginning of a spectacular night for Yennaco as he found the endzone three more times in the first half including a 7-yard touchdown near the end of the half that was set up by an incredible 52 yard run by teammate Lorenzo Milana. 

Yennaco finished the game with 209 yards on 17 carries for 4 touchdowns, all of which came in the first half. Following the game, coach Brian O’Reilly had this to say about his star running back, “the plan was to give him the ball, with Albert and Mackiernan out, he was the only one of the three starting running backs, at least until we got the other guys worked into the game, the plan was to pretty much rely on Cole (Yennaco), not shocked that he came through”. 

Even with Yennaco on the bench for the majority of the second half, Pinkerton did not let up, scoring 20 second half points, including a long 32-yard touchdown from Lorenzo Milana who finished the game with 6 carries, 104 yards and a touchdown. While Yennaco and Milana saw the majority of the carries for Pinkerton, the Astro’s ground attack featured carries from 12 different backs for a whopping combined total of 445 yards on 45 carries. Following tonight's victory, Pinkerton and its formidable Wing-T offense has now outscored its opponents 177-79 on the year.

Looking forward to next week's affair, the Astros, now (4-1) travel to Nashua South, next Saturday to face the Panthers (1-4) @2pm

Game Statistics:

First Quarter

P — Cole Yennaco 43 run (Picasso Bates kick)

M — Shea Goodwin 6 pass from Kyle Crampton (pass fail)

P — Cole Yennaco 12 run (Bates kick)

Second Quarter

P — Cole Yennaco 1 run (kick fail)

M — Shea Goodwin 13 pass from Kyle Crampton (pass fail)

P — Cole Yennaco 7 run (Bates kick)

Third Quarter

P — Matthew Morrison 6 run (Bates kick)

P — Lorenzo Milana 32 run (kick fail)

Fourth Quarter


P — Dino Savvas 5 run (Bates kick)

 

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

RUSHING: Pinkerton (45-445) — Cole Yennaco 17-209, Lorenzo Milana 6-104, Dino Savvas 5-35, Matthew Morrison 6-31, Picasso Bates 2-16, Jared Sag 1-14, Timothy Hersom 1-12, Nathan Campos 3-10, Caden Michaud 1-4, Brodan Kimbark 1-4, Bradley Niemaszyk 1-(-1); Merrimack (24-36)— Reimello Hyde 11-39, Dominik Helmig 3-9, Kyle Crampton 9- (-3), Shea Goodwin 1-(-9) 

PASSING:  P — Campos 1-2-0, 15, Hersom 1-1-0, 9; M — Crampton 15-27-0, 175;, Trent Jackson 0-1-0, 0

RECEIVING: P — Logan Gokey 2-24; M — Goodwin 7-111, Conor Dunn 1-60, Aiden Centrella 2-8, Rodimon 1-(-1), Hyde 4-(-3)

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