BURLINGTON – BC High stared down a well-recognized foe Tuesday night time at Burlington High School and was capable of pull conscious with sturdy protection and clutch late scoring to beat Acton-Boxboro 13-9 in a Div. 1 state semifinal.
Deadlocked at 6-6 to start the second half, BC pulled forward with a aim from sophomore Luke Allen simply 49 seconds in. Senior Patrick Maroney would rating 21 seconds later to make it an 8-6 lead.
The Eagles protection was smothering within the third body, however A-B’s Cam Matthews was capable of break by means of for his third of the night time with 7:06 remaining to chop the deficit to 8-7.
Senior Will Emsing would acquire his third on a rocket from 25 ft out, to regain the two-goal cushion with 4:22 left within the third.
Acton-Boxboro would get inside one when Trey Clayton (aim, three assists) netted a bouncer simply 39 seconds into the ultimate quarter.
The Eagles would strike again rapidly with objectives from Maroney and Brody Rice on the 9:11 and eight:01 marks to make it 11-8.
Revolution senior Ryan Cho scored his third of the night with 3:07 remaining to present A-B some life, however BC High’s Cooper Chapman (two objectives) would get it again simply 1:05 later, earlier than Hayes McCarron scored with 34 seconds remaining to spherical out the scoring.
The senior class scored 10 of BC High’s 13 objectives.
“Those seniors have been in these moments throughout their career,” stated BC High head coach Marcus Craigwell. “They kept their poise, we had some long possessions which extended their defense, and we were able to capitalize.”
The Eagles will transfer onto the state title recreation for the third consecutive 12 months in opposition to St. John’s Prep, which defeated them every of the final two seasons.
BC High kicked off a raucous first quarter with Emsing’s first of the night time. Tyler Clayton and Ryan Cho would rating 24 seconds aside to present Acton-Boxboro a 2-1 lead. The Eagles struck again 19 seconds later when Cooper Chapman and Shane McDonnell scored simply six seconds aside.
Cho knotted it up 3-3 earlier than Luke Allen and Emsing closed out the primary quarter scoring to place BC High up 5-3.
The Revolution slowed down the Eagle assault within the second quarter, and had been capable of even the rating at 5-5 with two objectives from Cam Matthews, earlier than Brody Rice reclaimed the lead for BC with 1:56 remaining within the body. Tyler Clayton would internet the equalizer, making it 6-6 simply 27 seconds earlier than the buzzer to set the stage for the second half.
“We knew it was going to be a battle,” stated Craigwell. “We had to show up … we had to stick to our guns and stick to our plan. It couldn’t have prepared us better for the next game.”
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