PLYMOUTH – Hanover had a bit revenge on their minds.
After shedding 4 straight to their Patriot League Fisher Division foe, the Hawks blew the doorways off Plymouth South 42-7.
Last season Hanover (4-0) went down 21-0 however marched again to tie issues up with 12 seconds left to go on a Ben Scalzi landing. But a failed two-point conversion gave the Panthers the win.
In this one, Scalzi didn’t go away something to likelihood because the senior captain threw for 3 touchdowns and no interceptions. Wideout John McDonald pulled down 11 passes for 151 yards, two touchdowns, and added a 3rd rating on the bottom early within the fourth quarter.
“This is huge because it is our first league game and we are not looking ahead but we knew this was a big one to start league play,” stated McDonald. “I think it is just confidence because I know if I get open on my route (Scalzi) is going to put it where it’s supposed to be. I have a lot of trust in him.”
Scalzi discovered Sebastian Brown on an 11-play opening sequence to get Hanover on the board at 7:19 of the primary quarter on a six-yard crossing route. But Plymouth South was within the recreation early within the second quarter because the Panthers had been inside Hawks territory on the 44-yard line on a Casious Johnson 23-yard scamper.
On the run, Johnson broke the all-time Town of Plymouth colleges’ dashing file of 4,400, held since 2014 by fellow Panther Dylan Oxsen, but additionally – for the second time in as many video games in opposition to Hanover – Johnson injured his leg on the deal with. Johnson completed the sport with 4,423 yards.
“I thought we were going to put something together there down 7-0, so when Casious broke off that long run maybe we could put something together and tie this thing up,” stated Plymouth South head coach Darren Fruzzetti. “When Casious went down, it’s next man up, but I told everyone no one is going to cry for Plymouth South. Everyone has had our games circled on their schedule, so we don’t have any real time to feel sorry for ourselves as we now have a must-win next Thursday against North Quincy.”
Hanover put the stress again on with a 15-play, 92-yard drive that ate up 7:52 of the second quarter and ended with McDonald’s first landing reference to Scalzi for 18 yards.
The Panthers (2-2) couldn’t catch a break within the first half because the Hanover protection picked up a unfastened ball on the kickoff and had been arrange inside Panthers’ territory on the 29-yard line. Plymouth South may solely muster 13 performs from scrimmage within the first two quarters.
Six performs later, the Scalzi-McDonald connection took care of enterprise once more as they scored back-to-back touchdowns in lower than 40-seconds of time to go up 21-0 on the break.
“At halftime, we just made sure we stayed locked in this time,” stated Scalzi. “We didn’t let them come back and let them back in the game.”
More of the identical on Plymouth South’s first possession of the second half as dual-threat sophomore quarterback Timmy Durocher ripped off an electrical quarterback counter down contained in the five-yard line of the Hawks. While Johnson gave it go on a couple of performs from scrimmage, he was achieved for the sport as a miscue on the following play within the backfield resulted within the second Panthers turnover and a touchback.
Scalzi handed off to McDonald on a three-yard finish round to cap off an eight-play drive on the following sequence for the 35-0 lead early within the fourth quarter to place the sport to mattress.
Nicholas Kudrikow scored Plymouth South’s lone landing on a 68-yard run after working time had began halfway via the fourth quarter.
Head coach Brian Kelliher credited his senior captains with their first league win of the season as Plymouth South heads again to the drafting board with their first loss in league play in over two years.
“It all goes to these guys, they go out there and make the plays. When you have a quarterback like Scalzi and Johnny (McDonald) and Vinny (Mancini) with (John) Regan anchoring the line – when you have those guys, they are tough to match up with,” stated Kelliher, who’s in his first yr as head coach of the Hawks program.
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