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Shawsheen Rams Football '07

Sat, Oct 20, 2007 01:00 PM @ Shawsheen
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Whittier 0 0 0 0 0
Shawsheen 7 6 0 7 20

Wildcats shutout by Shawsheen

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Sunday, October, 21 By Mike McMahon
Staff writer

It's hard to stop what you know nothing about.

That's the lesson Whittier Tech learned yesterday as the Wildcats fell to Shawsheen Valley, 20-0. Last week, the Rams had to plug running back Cory Foss into the backfield due to a rash of injuries. In his first high school game, the sophomore torched Chelsea for 135 yards on 13 carries and three touchdowns. Yesterday, it was more of the same as Foss ran over the Wildcats for 149 yards on 20 carries and a TD.

"We knew nothing about him, he hasn't been out there," said Whittier head coach Kevin Bradley. "We were gearing up for (Christopher) Clark, we knew what he can do. All of a sudden last week, they plug that Foss kid in and he played great, and he played great again today."

Foss opened up the field for Rams quarterback Joe Gore to throw for 146 yards and two touchdowns against the Whittier secondary. The Wildcats were inches away from snatching three interceptions that would have kept them in the game, but couldn't come down with the ball.

"It was just the little things," Bradley said. "How many times did we almost pick Gore off? And, he's a very good quarterback, this is a very good team. If we come down with a couple of those balls, it stalls them and we are talking about a different game. All together, I was really happy with the way our defense played today."

The Whittier offense had a tough time getting started in the first half, but quarterback Dillon Ryan was 5 of 7 in the second half for 45 yards, and converted on two third-and-longs. The sophomore orchestrated drives of 14 and 16 plays, but both times the Wildcats turned the ball over on downs on fourth-and-short deep inside Rams territory. In all, the Wildcats turned the ball over on downs four times, twice coming at the Shawsheen 10-yard line.

"Those long drives are the ones we need to score on," Bradley said. "I'm proud of the way that Dillon played; he is growing.

"If we put those balls in the end zone, they probably don't score that third touchdown. If we convert on that long drive in the fourth, they all of a sudden we might be kicking an extra point to win the game, it was that close."

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