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Esposito's career day not enough for Georgetown

Friday, October, 16 By Conor Clancy
Correspondent

PEABODY — Despite a career best game for Georgetown quarterback Chris Esposito, the Royals fell to a run-heavy Bishop Fenwick team 33-15. 

Although a Georgetown quarterback last named Esposito putting up impressive numbers is not new to the Georgetown faithful, it was the first name that was different against Fenwick. After playing fullback for two seasons behind his older brother Joe, Chris Esposito made the conversion to qb look easy as he threw for 99 yards and a touchdown pass on 10-14 passing while the fullback inside him came alive as well, bulling over defenders for 128 yards rushing most of them comming between the tackles.

"I think every day that Chris has put on a helmet this season, he has made himself a better player and has certainly impressed me," said Georgetown coach Matt Bouchard.

Despite the performance, Georgetown simply had no answer for a Bishop Fenwick rushing attack led by senior Alex Crecco who ran for 124 yards and four touchdowns. 

After scoring on an eight yard run on the opening possession, Crecco and the Crusader offense got the ball back in good field position on a Georgetown punting miscue when the punting Esposito knelt on the turf to pick up the snap. Crecco then finished off Bishop Fenwicks second drive with another score from four yards out. 

Georgetown got on the scoreboard early in the second quarter on a Esposito six-yard touchdown pass to receiver Tyler Wade before Bishop Fenwick and Crecco charged back and scored again with four minutes left before half.

 "We kept digging ourselves into holes in the first half," said Bouchard. "If we had played the first half like we played the second half it could have been a completely different ballgame."

The second half was indeed a different story for the Royals, buckling down defensivly behind corner Luke Prescott who made several key tackles including a sack on Crusader qb Chris Renzulli for a safety to make the score 22-8 going into the fourth quarter. 

Esposito took the momentum generated by the sack and marched his team down the field and took a qb keeper behind the left side for a nine-yard score pulling the Royals within seven points midway through the fourth. However Crecco again answered, taking a handoff through the middle of the G'Town defense untouched and outraced everyone en route to a 55-yard touchdown to put the game away.

"We showed our inexperiance at times today," said Bouchard. "We are making progress though, last week we put ourselves in position to win and we just need to become more consistant if we want to win games like that"