WESTWOOD — Ben Shuffain has tried to construct a brand new tradition ever since he arrived at Carver, one the place his gamers can compete with nearly any opponent.
He has already had loads of success, and it will seem the Crusaders have many causes to be enthusiastic about this upcoming season. On Sunday, Robbie Peterson corralled an 8-yard landing cross from Tyler Lennox, then sealed the sport with an interception within the waning moments, as Carver received the annual Northeast 7vs7 South Small Regional soccer championship Sunday with a really spectacular 14-12 win over Dexter Southfield at Xaverian Brothers High School.
“It’s awesome,” Lennox mentioned afterward. “We knew coming in that it was going to be a tough challenge. We had a really tough pool going in since they combined the small and the large (schools). We just came in with the same mindset, and got it done.”
The Crusaders cruised to a 3-1 document in pool play to start the day, with wins over Plymouth South (22-12) and Attleboro (22-8). They additionally picked up a win towards the very foe they might conflict with within the title sport throughout a contest earlier within the afternoon with Dexter Southfield (16-12). The college’s lone loss got here towards South Shore League rival Abington, 33-24.
To make issues extra spectacular? The Crusaders have been teaching themselves as gamers, whereas Shuffain stood off to the facet, watching intently.
Carver was certainly one of eight colleges to make the playoffs later within the day, and opened its match run with a 12-7 victory over Norwood. The Crusaders adopted that sport up with a implausible victory towards one of many harder groups in New England with a 20-18 exhibiting towards Kingswood Oxford (Conn.), establishing a rematch with the NEPSAC powerhouse.
“I think the fact that they beat (Dexter Southfield) earlier (made it easier),” mentioned Shuffain. “We played them twice today, so it wasn’t like the big bad brother we had to play against. Made a very important two-point conversion catch by our sophomore Nate Helms. Quarterback Tyler Lennox was great as always, and the defense just locked it down when we needed to.”
After Dexter Southfield reduce it to an 8-6 sport off a two-yard landing cross from Joe McCauley to Quinn Carver with 9:20 remaining, Lennox and his teammates responded. The quarterback linked with Peterson for the 8-yard rating with just below 5 minutes to play, as Carver took a 14-6 lead. Dexter Southfield would rating a late landing, however Peterson got here away with a clutch interception on the conversion bid to ice the sport.
“When everyone out there is communicating and playing as a team, everyone can play better,” Peterson mentioned. “Just everybody plays above what they could play normally vs. when they’re alone. Everybody communicating, and Ty throwing absolute dots to me, it all came together.”
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