FOXBORO – King Philip soccer head coach Brian Lee was somewhat nervous that the aid of avenging consecutive losses within the Div. 2 Super Bowl would outweigh the enjoyment of profitable in this system’s third straight look Thursday night time at Gillette Stadium.
Once he took a take a look at his gamers in closing minutes of the top-seeded Warriors’ 42-14 win over No. 3 Marshfield, although, that concern was put to relaxation.
Behind three landing passes from quarterback Tommy McLeish, three extra scores from Tallan King and 4 complete turnovers from the protection as a part of a second-half shutout, he’ll by no means understand how a 3rd straight loss at this stage would’ve affected him.
A whole effort produced 28 unanswered factors in opposition to a Rams workforce that averaged over 50 factors this postseason, and King Philip (13-0) is champion once more for the primary time since 2017.
“Seeing the kids’ faces, it just makes it all worth it,” Lee mentioned. “I told my good friend, Darren, today, I’m like, ‘I don’t think I can handle another (loss).’ … I’m just so proud of them. God, the kids are wonderful.”
“The goal was to come back here,” McLeish added. “We wanted to win every game up to this point. Doing this and finally seeing it all come together, it’s unreal. I’ll never, never forget this. … All these guys, they deserve every minute of it.”
The potent Marshfield offense scored a landing on its first possession. King Philip struggled to sort out, and Rams quarterback Tor Maas orchestrated a 7-0 lead on simply six performs.
But other than permitting one other fast landing drive to Marshfield to tie the rating at 14-14 with 4:13 left within the half, the Warriors’ protection was as stout because it could possibly be in a championship sport.
David Constantine picked off a deep ball from Maas on the Rams’ second drive. Sean King recovered a fumble on the fourth. King Philip didn’t permit a primary down on the final two Marshfield drives of the primary half to carry a 21-14 lead on the break, and two turnover-on-downs within the second half – together with one on the Warriors’ 12 – proved the ultimate blows to forestall a comeback.
“We pride ourselves on defense,” Lee mentioned. “Matt Wassel, our defensive coordinator, (is) by far, without a doubt, the best defensive coordinator in the state. And so when you have that, the kids know that. They feel it. They want to be a part of our defense, they don’t want to give up any points. They’re very stingy.”
Meanwhile, the offense had little situation transferring the ball via a formidable show of stability. Andrew Laplante’s 134 yards on the bottom have been bolstered by Tallan King’s 92 yards and Jack Berthiamue’s 40 yards over a number of methodical drives, which solely opened up area in play-action for McLeish (11-for-15, 166 yards) to flourish.
Tallan King tied the rating at 7-7 within the first quarter, and McLeish discovered Daniel Silveria (5 catches, 62 yards, two touchdowns) from seven yards out for a 14-7 lead within the second quarter. McLeish heaved a 42-yard landing strike to David Holland for the halftime lead, and two robust landing runs from Tallan King from 23 and 16 yards paced a 21-0 second half.
King Philip completed with twice as many yards (447) as Marshfield (203).
“The line was moving people all night,” McLeish mentioned. “They were doing everything they could up there, and it just made the passing game that much more open.”
“We have a very good offensive line, and they’re tight,” Lee added. “It was nice to see them get in that groove and at the end, just grind the clock out. That just felt like a dream, just KP football at the end.”
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