NORTH ATTLEBORO – It takes a number of self-discipline to close out an offense like North Attleboro, particularly at residence.
Foxboro pressured a few well timed turnovers together with a few key fourth down stops to clean the Red Rocketeers 14-0 at North Attleboro High on Friday night time.
“(North Attleboro) was very difficult to prepare for because they showed about every offensive set you can run in football,” stated Foxboro coach Jack Martinelli.
After a scoreless first quarter, Foxboro (2-0) got here up with a cease within the crimson zone as North Attleboro (1-1) turned the ball over on downs on the Warriors’ 14-yard line.
Just three performs later, junior Ben Angelini took it to the home from 69 yards out after breaking by means of the secondary to present Foxboro the 7-0 lead with 4:41 left within the first half.
“Play calling and getting North Attleboro to jump offsides, that helped a lot,” Angelini stated concerning the crew’s means to regulate the road of scrimmage on either side of the ball. “It’s definitely our blocks and getting the guy and pushing them back.”
Angelini completed with 16 carries with 150 yards and the rating on the bottom with six of these carries approaching the opposite scoring drive to start out the third quarter.
On that drive, senior captain Lincoln Moore punched it in from one yard out to cap a 13-play, 75-yard drive that ate 7:13 off the clock and put Foxboro up 14-0 with 4:40 to go within the third.
Junior quarterback Mike Marcucella aided by going 9-of-14 with 116 yards by means of the air.
On the opposite facet of the ball, the protection got here up with well timed stops with senior captain Shane Henri grabbing a choose to finish the primary half and one other key interception for Marc Francois, Jr. with 4:23 remaining.
“We went after the quarterback with just three and dropped everybody deep, so we got a couple picks and a couple of knockdowns,” stated Martinelli. “To me, he was the kid you had to stop.”
The protection got here away with a cease on fourth-and-goal earlier than the offense ran out what was left on the clock late within the fourth quarter.
For North Attleboro, junior Chase Frisoli completed 14-of-31 for 167 yards by means of the air and ran it 11 instances for 52 yards and it was the latter that Foxboro centered on stopping.
“My main concern was making sure we had to stop (Frisoli) running the football,” Martinelli stated. “The kids did a great job. We packed the box and we relied on our athletes back deep to play good coverage.”
Next week, Foxboro will host Scituate on Friday at 7 p.m. The Red Rocketeers will head to Leominster on Friday for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
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