LYNN — After teaching the Swampscott soccer workforce’s seniors since they had been enjoying youth soccer within the first grade, assistant coach Fred Dubiel felt the distinction of seeing their hometown journey end in December with a repeat Super Bowl victory.
It turned out, although, there could be yet one more cease.
By enjoying main roles within the sixtieth Agganis Foundation All-Star Game at Manning Field Wednesday evening, a couple of of these seniors helped ship the North workforce a 49-12 win over the South, marking the most important margin of victory within the historical past of the sport.
Big Blue star Xaviah Bascon received MVP honors for the North with 199 whole yards and two touchdowns, together with a 93-yard kick return rating that blew the doorways open within the second quarter. Teammate Cam O’Brien racked up 118 whole yards with three whole touchdowns through the air, on the bottom and on protection, pairing completely with Marblehead George Percy (89 speeding yards, TD) to guide the win.
Despite 99 speeding yards and a landing from South MVP Piero Canales (KIPP Academy), Swampscott as soon as once more had its fingerprints throughout historical past.
“From Swampscott, that’s what we do, is we come out to win,” Dubiel mentioned. “Because I spent a lot of time with a lot of these players, actually all of the Swampscott kids that were part of this (North) team, it was kind of a curtain call for me, personally. But an absolute pleasure to be able to just come out and coach these kids one last time.”
In their first recreation since profitable the Big Blue’s second straight Div. 5 Super Bowl at Gillette within the fall, Bascon and O’Brien didn’t take lengthy to make their influence on Wednesday.
A pair of huge runs from the 2 on the very first drive arrange Percy for a 5-yard landing for an early lead. Defense was king for the remainder of the primary quarter, led by a drive-busting sack from South’s Derek Omoregie (Lynn Classical) and a North interception from Jovante Dailey (Peabody).
But the remainder of the sport informed a a lot completely different story, with O’Brien discovering Bascon within the flat for a 36-yard catch-and-run TD to make it 14-0 early within the second quarter. South responded with a protracted drive that includes first down runs from Canales and Lynn Classical’s Mohamed Dale (22 speeding yards) earlier than Jesse Maggs (Lynn English) took a keeper for a 2-yard landing, however the ensuing kickoff noticed Bascon rip off a 93-yard landing return.
South couldn’t get any of its hurry-up drives into the tip zone from there till the fourth quarter, and North took full benefit by lighting up the scoreboard. O’Brien punched in a 1-yard keeper for a 28-6 lead earlier than halftime, Peabody’s Jordan Tompkins ran in a 16-yard landing early within the third quarter, and Ipswich’s David Lonergan added a 17-yard TD run within the fourth.
O’Brien capped it off with a 24-yard interception return for the ultimate rating.
“Great feeling because you get to finish it off, again, with the same guys that you did it with at Gillette,” Bascon mentioned. “We really made a statement tonight, made an impact tonight. I hope people see what Big Blue football is made of after this, and even what the (Northeastern Conference) is made of.”
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