LYNN — A yr in the past, Lynn Classical’s Brian Vaughan was laying in a hospital mattress after struggling an enormous harm to his left knee in opposition to arch rival Lynn English.
After tearing all of the ligaments in that knee and struggling nerve harm, Vaughan wasn’t anticipated to be again in a uniform this season not to mention on Thursday morning in opposition to the Bulldogs. Yet, there the junior was and he was an enormous difference-maker.
His two second-quarter landing passes have been greater than sufficient for the Rams, who held English to 30 yards of complete offense, blocked two punts and scored a defensive landing in an 18-0 blanking of the Bulldogs.
“Our defense just played lights out,” Classical coach Brian Vaughan Sr. stated. “They’ve been carrying us all year and it certainly showed (Thursday)”
It was a dominant effort in all three phases of the sport for the Rams on Thursday. English picked up a primary down on its preliminary sequence of the sport however wouldn’t get one other one with out the good thing about a penalty for the remainder of the day.
The Bulldogs needed to punt eight instances, two of them being blocked, whereas the Rams additionally had two interceptions and the fumble restoration for a rating.
“Our offense just couldn’t get anything going and that’s all credit to Classical,” English coach Anthony LaFratta stated.
The Rams didn’t put up a ton of yards offensively (187), however they made a pair of huge performs to steer on the half.
Off the primary of the 2 blocked kicks, Classical took over on the English 19. The Rams drove to the 5 the place on fourth and purpose, Vaughan hit RJ Faessler with a five-yard fade for a rating and a 6-0 lead.
“We just felt like we had to go for it there because we haven’t been able to score in the red zone,” Vaughan stated.
The second large play got here off a punt with 1:58 left within the half. On first down on the Classical 21, Vaughan hit John Nasky (7 catches, 129 yards) with a fast go that the junior changed into a 79-yard dash to the home for a 12-0 halftime lead.
It stayed 12-0 till nicely into the fourth quarter when the Rams delivered the knockout punch as English quarterback Edwin Castro was stripped contained in the 5, with Yoel Sosa recovering ultimately zone with 3:46 to go.
All that was left was the Classical celebration and an emotional hug between father and son after the sport.
“Brian was in a really dark place after what happened and he’s worked so hard to get back from that,” Vaughan stated. “I’m simply so pleased with him.
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