PEABODY — Temperatures rose and saved rising on Saturday on the Northeast 7v7 East regional. The warmth, at instances, was loads to bear even for spectators, not to mention the opponents at Bishop Fenwick.
And regardless that Methuen was like a variety of groups and had gamers taking place within the situations, the Rangers had one of many prime quarterbacks round in junior Drew Eason, and a deep group of talent gamers.
With that mixture, Methuen earned the Large or Open Division title, whereas Lynnfield additionally beat the warmth to win the Small crown.
Methuen beat Barnstable in its last, whereas Lynnfield defeated Lowell Catholic.
The Rangers took the North last a yr in the past and at all times carry out properly on this occasion run by Milton coach Steve Dembowski.
“We won the North regional last year and East regional this year,” Eason stated. “Who knows? Maybe the South regional next year.”
Other gamers for Methuen who will probably be counted on this fall embody Eason’s youthful brother, Shane, a sophomore working again/security, senior captain and extensive receiver/security Xander Silva, senior captain and tight finish/exterior linebacker Anesti Touma, and senior extensive receiver/defensive again Kian Greeley.
“We’re tired,” Methuen coach Tom Ryan stated. “Our kids are dropping like flies with cramps, this and that. I guess the biggest thing you can say is our depth showed. We have pretty good depth at the skill positions this year. We needed every single person because kids were dropping like flies with the heat. I think if you can take anything from this, we’ve got a lot of kids that can play the skill positions: quarterback, running back, receiver, defensive back. That’s really what you look for in 7-on-7, the transferrable skills, and that’s what 7-on-7 gives you. It doesn’t really give you much else, but that’s where it does. It shows you if you’ve got some athletes, which we do.”
Barnstable had one other good match after making the South Large last final week. Barnstable coach Ross Jatkola will probably be changing loads however has some promising faces who can fill in. Sophomore Chevy Shakespeare and junior Tajardo France, and senior JJ Martin are all receivers who ought to have massive years.
Lynnfield performed two quarterbacks in David Tracy and Nick Razzaboni, and can get contributions this yr from working again/linebacker James Sharkey, working again/linebacker Steve Dreher, extensive receiver/defensive again Charlie Capachietti, working again/linebacker Robert Marley, and offensive and defensive lineman Chase Goldberg.
“They just grinded it out,” Lynnfield coach Pat Lamusta stated. “They were low-scoring games. They communicated well on defense. From each team you go to, they’re all different style of offenses. So if you don’t communicate, you’re in trouble. On offense, the quarterbacks got better each game. We were able to find the open receivers.”
For Lowell Catholic, keep watch over quarterback Nick Sawyer, extensive receiver/cornerback Riley Nichols, security/working again Aidan Virella, and defensive finish/linebacker Alijah Iraola.
For the primary time ever, Everett participated within the Northeast 7v7, however the Crimson Tide didn’t make it out of pool play.
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