BILLERICA — In each method, their backs had been in opposition to the wall, however someway the Shawsheen Tech soccer staff was in a position to knock it down.
On Saturday afternoon, the Rams hosted Bedford, one of many prime Division 4 groups within the state, who additionally entered the sport with a superior quarterback, a a lot larger offensive and line of defense, and the higher hand after final yr’s 42-14 spanking over the Rams in Week 1.
Trailing 7-0 after the primary 38 seconds of the sport and 20-6 early within the second quarter, Shawsheen was in a position to pull out an unimaginable comeback. A Ryan Copson interception arrange the game-winning landing with 3:27 to go, and Copson put the nail within the coffin by intercepting his second go on the Rams’ 8-yard line on the ultimate play of the sport, giving Shawsheen the dramatic 30-26 victory at Cassidy Field.
“I am so proud of these guys, just so proud,” mentioned Shawsheen head coach Al Costabile. “We took a big blow at the beginning of the game and a lot of teams would have folded by then. We took (Bedford’s) blows, we took everything they had and these kids just fought back. They are so resilient and I’m just so proud of all of the players and so proud of all of my coaches. I’m a lucky guy.”
Bedford took a 26-23 lead simply six seconds into the fourth quarter. Shawsheen marched down the sphere and finally went for a 24-yard area objective, but it surely missed broad left.
Three performs later, Copson intercepted his first go on the Bedford 30 and returned it to the 23. Mavrick Bourdeau gave the Rams the lead for good, catching a 10-yard go from quarterback Sidney Tildsley for a 30-26 lead after the additional level.
Bedford then began its final drive by itself 25 and after shifting it as much as the 40, a perfectly-executed hook-and-ladder play moved the chains all the way down to the Rams’ 11-yard line with 1:43 to go. Two penalties pushed the Bucs again 10 yards, which was adopted by two operating performs by quarterback Eric Miles. With the ball on the Rams’ 12, Bedford ran the clock all the way down to 16 seconds, however Copson’s decide on the following snap ended the sport.
“I saw the wide receiver going and I saw the tight end coming around, so I just stayed there and I got the pick,” mentioned Copson. “I did it for my team. I ran it back as far as I could and then slid. All my boys then came out on the field to celebrate the win. This win is very big. We lost to this team last year. We knew that we had them on the schedule and wanted to get revenge and technically we did, 30-26.”
Copson admitted that it was very tough to learn Miles, who completed with 17 rushes for 186 yards and two touchdowns, and accomplished 13-of-18 passes for 210 yards and a pair of scores.
“He’s just such a tough quarterback. I give him all of the credit. He’s a very good player. He would do the pullbacks (faking a hand-off and then keeping it) and run right up the middle. Those were so tough to read. He’s fast and he’s a big kid,” mentioned Copson.
Copson was simply one in every of many gamers who had large days for the Rams. Besides his two picks, he caught a 10-yard TD go from Tildsley, who additionally had a giant sport finishing 17-of-32 passes for 162 yards and two landing passes. Bourdeau accomplished two halfback choice passes, each to Dyllon Pratt, for a mixed 100 yards, and had 4 receptions for 35 yards and three rushes for 20 extra yards.
“This was a tough game. It takes a lot (to come back) and you can’t do it by yourself,” mentioned Bourdeau. “You need your entire team working together and digging deep. We worked through it, we kept going and going. Obviously last year (when we lost to them) wasn’t the same story, but today we kept going back-and-forth and made sure that they didn’t work harder than us. I couldn’t be any happier for me and my boys.”
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