METHUEN — There are wins after which there are assertion wins. On Friday night time at Nicholson Stadium, Methuen jumped on Andover early and by no means took its foot off the fuel.
Led by three landing passes from Drew Eason and a passing, dashing and receiving landing from brother Shane Eason, the Rangers blitzed the Golden Warriors for 30 first-quarter factors en path to a 51-18 win.
“We played well in all three phases,” Methuen coach Tom Ryan stated.
Mother Nature seemingly dealt each excessive powered offenses a curveball as a gradual rain had the potential to make dealing with the ball tough. In reality, it was the Golden Warriors who struggled to adapt to the weather.
A fumble and an 11-yard punt on its first sequence set the tone for Andover’s first quarter. On its first snap, Methuen ran a flea flicker that changed into an Eason to Kian Greeley 32-yard landing and a 7-0 lead after the primary of Omar Aboutoui’s seven additional factors.
Aboutoui’s robust leg resulted in fixed touchbacks that gave Andover a protracted area all night time. Moments after the flea flicker landing, a nasty snap resulted in a security that upped the result in 9-0.
“You could really feel the energy on the sideline after that safety and could see over there that theirs was down,” Ryan stated
Off the following free kick, Methuen once more moved into scoring place due to a 23-yard Eason to Eason hookup. Three performs later it was fourth and purpose on the eight and the Rangers went deep within the playbook once more.
Drew flipped the ball to Shane, who then pulled up and fired to Joe Bolduc ultimately zone to make it 16-0. It grew to become 23-0 4 minutes later when Josh Kwayke niftily reversed area and scampered 36 yards for a rating. Andover lastly bought untracked on the subsequent sequence when Dante Berger went 67 yards for a rating.
Any momentum the Golden Warriors had evaporated within the ultimate seconds of the quarter because the Eason’s connected for an 88-yard TD on the ultimate play of the primary to make it 30-6 after one.
The groups traded landing passes within the second quarter earlier than Andover minimize the deficit to 37-18 with 5:49 left within the third on a Dominic Papa to Berger landing move. It was as shut because the guests might get as Shane Eason delivered the knockout punch with a 63-yard home name two performs later.
Drew Eason completed 11-of-16 for 233 yards with the three TDs and two interceptions. Shane Eason added 111 dashing yards to his three touchdowns. Papa threw for 180 yards and two scores for Andover, whereas Berger rushed for 130 yards on 19 carries.
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