LOWELL — Once once more St. John’s Prep finds itself on the verge of a Super Bowl title.
Carson Browne rushed for 136 yards and three touchdowns whereas the Eagles protection dominated within the second half as No. 7 St. John’s Prep superior to the Division 1 Super Bowl with a 28-7 win over No. 3 Central Catholic on Friday evening.
St. John’s Prep will play defending champion Springfield Central within the Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium. It’s the Eagles’ third Super Bowl look in 4 seasons.
“I was looking at the clock the whole fourth quarter,” Browne mentioned. “I was just waiting for it to hit zeros. I don’t even know how to explain it. I am just so happy right now.”
The sport was tied 7-7 on the half however turned within the third quarter. Facing a fourth and 4 from the Central 42, the Eagles transformed a profitable faux punt courtesy of Santi Quiceno to maintain the drive alive. Moments later, Browne capped off a 14-play drive with a 3 yard landing run to place St. John’s Prep on prime 14-7.
After the Eagles (9-2) protection compelled a 3 and out, their offense continued to say itself on the line of scrimmage. Seven performs on the bottom precluded a Mason McSweeney 23-yard reception to arrange a two yard rating from Browne.
In all of the Eagles ran 24 of the primary 27 performs within the second half over a 13-minute span that spilled into the fourth quarter and gave them a 21-7 lead. Browne placed on the ending touches with a four-yard rating on the Prep’s ensuing drive halfway by way of the fourth quarter.
“We needed to be physical,” Browne mentioned. “It showed in the second half. A lot of young guys are stepping up in their roles. We played great tonight.”
Most spectacular in regards to the Eagles 21-0 second half was they did it with out star extensive receiver Jesse Ofurie.
“We were angry,” St. John’s Prep coach Brian St. Pierre mentioned of the second-half effort. “There is a rivalry involved here. Our kids were pretty animated at half. We heard them saying stuff at halftime coming off the field and our kids heard it, we discussed it, and then we decided we were going to do something about it and we did.”
St. John’s Prep struck first on its opening drive as Browne obtained the pitch, rolled proper, and hit Stephon Patrick for a 29-yard rating off a halfback go to place the Eagles up 7-0. Central Catholic evened the sport halfway by way of the second quarter when Blake Hebert related with Mike Ryan for a 44-yard landing.
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