BROCKTON – In a matchup of robust Catholic Central opponents, it was the Bishop Feehan protection that got here out on high on the highway Friday.
With 5 sacks and 5 compelled turnovers, Bishop Feehan was capable of shut out a potent Cardinal Spellman offense 24-0 at Potvin Field.
“We have a tremendous amount of respect for Spellman,” mentioned Bishop Feehan coach Bryan Pinabell. “They are a very well-coached team. They do a lot of good things on offense and going into it I knew we would need to have our best defensive game of the year.”
The protection answered that decision as they pressured Cardinal Spellman’s offensive line all recreation, together with two sacks every for junior Reid Clemente and senior captain Sean Judge.
“Judge is a big part of that, but so is Reid,” Pinabell mentioned concerning the playmaking skill of his protection. “A lot of the sacks that were caused, Reid does not get credit for his pressure. Sean has been getting better week by week.”
Judge additionally added a choose within the second half in addition to two tackles for loss.
“Getting after the quarterback is fun,” mentioned Judge about his skill to trigger stress. “I love this defense a lot. It’s just aggressiveness, to be honest with you.”
On the opening drive, Bishop Feehan (5-1) opened up the scoring with a 38-yard subject aim for junior Austin Clement thanks in an enormous half to a 41-yard catch-and-run for senior captain Brett McCaffery (seven catches, 79 yards).
The defenses took over after that as sophomore Bradyn Goodwin picked off Cardinals Spellman’s Matt O’Donnell close to the tip zone.
Sophomore Andrew Orphanos picked off O’Donnell on the subsequent sequence with Cardinal Spellman (5-1) backed into their very own finish zone. Orphanos introduced it again 24 yards for the choose six to present the Shamrocks a 10-0 benefit early within the second quarter.
The remainder of the second was spent buying and selling punts because the groups mixed for 43 yards, with the Cardinals ending the primary half with simply 57 yards of offense to 103 for the Shamrocks.
Orphanos added one other interception proper earlier than halftime with Cardinal Spellman with the ball round midfield. He additionally grabbed his third of the day within the fourth because the Cardinals had been held to fewer than 100 yards offensively.
On the offensive aspect of the ball, junior David Quinn did the majority of his work within the second half with scores from 4 yards out with 3:35 left within the third in addition to from two yards out to make it 24-0 with 1:22 remaining. He completed with 79 yards on 14 carries.
Next up, Bishop Feehan will play at Bishop Fenwick subsequent Thursday at 6 p.m. Cardinal Spellman will host St. Mary’s of Lynn subsequent Friday at 6:30 p.m.
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