NEWTON – Perhaps the largest monkey on the again of the Weymouth soccer staff in recent times has been its lack of ability to win a recreation away from residence on a Saturday afternoon throughout coach T.J. Byrne’s 4 years on the helm.
Well, that’s now only a dangerous reminiscence for the Wildcats as they took benefit of some well timed takeaways and rode the again of a dominant working recreation to roll to a 35-20 win over Newton North on Saturday.
“This is probably a game that we would have lost two or three years ago,” Byrne mentioned. “We talked about it all week and the kids responded great.”
It was additionally a intestine verify win in some ways for the Wildcats (2-0) as they needed to play the whole second half with out beginning working again Anthony Smith, who injured an ankle late within the second quarter after having discovered the top zone twice.
“We always talk about the next guy having to be ready in case something happens. And I was very impressed with the way the other backs stepped up and did the job,” Byrne mentioned.
The tone for the day was set nearly proper from the outset.
The Tigers (0-2) bought the opening kick off however Akeale Rather fumbled on the third play from scrimmage, with Richard Murphy recovering for Weymouth on the Newton North 25-yard line. It took solely 4 performs for the Wildcats to transform as Smith scored from 7 yards out.
It was deja vu on the subsequent collection as quarterback Adam Landry (16-of-27, 190 yards, 2 TD) mishandled on an choice play. The ensuing fumble was recovered by Michael Mastrocola on the Tigers 16.
Three performs later, Smith powered in from the 1 to provide the Wildcats a 14-0 lead lower than six minutes into the sport.
“We were able to take advantage of those mistakes and capitalize on them by scoring 14 points. That was huge,” Byrne mentioned.
The Tigers lastly steadied themselves late within the quarter and started shifting in the direction of the Weymouth finish zone. On the primary play of the second quarter, Brendan O’Guin took a shovel move from Landry and scored from 9 yards out to chop the hole to 14-7.
On the following kickoff, Cam Fernandez mishandled the ball however recovered at his 9. After breaking two tackles, he bought into the open discipline and raced 91 yards to the home to provide Weymouth a 21-7 halftime lead regardless of solely working 18 offensive performs in comparison with Newton North’s 36.
The third quarter was dominated by Weymouth’s floor recreation as they ran almost eight minutes off the clock earlier than being turned away within the purple zone. After the Tigers punted on their first drive of the second half, Weymouth used an enormous play to take a three-score lead early within the fourth quarter on Brandon Riley’s 60-yard sprint down the left sideline on a third-and-20 play.
The Tigers didn’t give up as Landry discovered Rather huge open out of the backfield for a 44-yard landing with 8:32 to go that lower the result in 28-14. Newton North elected to attempt an onside kick however the Wildcats recovered on the 48 and proceeded on one other clock-grinding drive.
Converting a second and 23 and a pair of third downs throughout an 11-play march, Weymouth put the sport away on Cam Aieta’s 5-yard run with 2:37 to go.
“Newton North is so explosive and you know they’re going to score points,” Byrne mentioned. “Our defense did a great job of keeping everything in front of them for the most part.”
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