HANOVER – South Shore Voke bore down on either side of the ball to take down Blue Hills within the ultimate minutes Thursday evening.
The Vikings scored to take the lead with slightly below two minutes left and acquired a cease simply yards away from their very own finish zone to upend the Warriors 18-14 within the MVADA Small semifinals.
“I couldn’t be prouder of them,” stated South Shore Voke coach Matt Doyle. “We gave up the lead with seven minutes to go and now we have been preaching all week that this can be a nice Blue Hills group and it will take all 48 minutes to beat them. When they took the lead with seven minutes left, I used to be very pleased with our youngsters for placing collectively an extended drive to attain after which I used to be even prouder of the protection to complete the sport as soon as they acquired into our territory.
“It was very nice to finally get a win versus these guys. The past two years they have put a pretty good beating on us.”
After Blue Hills (4-7) went up 14-12 on a one-yard run for senior captain Jake Reissfelder (21 carries, 81 yards) with 7:06 left, South Shore Voke (7-4) turned to the arm of senior Jared Madden on the following drive.
The drive went 14 performs as he accomplished an enormous 33-yard cross on fourth all the way down to junior Lucas Salvucci earlier than discovering Salvucci 10 performs in a while a play-action cross from 15 yards out for the 18-14 benefit with 1:52 remaining.
“Jared (Madden) has improved all season as a leader,” Doyle stated. “He has full command of the huddle and has a great relationship with the offensive coordinator Allam Burns.”
Aiden Lantas returned the following kickoff 39 yards to the Vikings’ 41 to present Blue Hills nice discipline place with about 1:40 left. Six performs later, sophomore Brayden Mahoney spiked the ball with 26 seconds to go to arrange a Third-and-8 from the South Shore Voke 9.
After an incomplete cross, a Caiden Montas run got here up a yard quick on fourth down and that sealed the victory for the Vikings.
“It is amazing,” stated Madden concerning the comeback. “My team didn’t hang their heads. They just kept fighting to the last second.”
In the primary half, the Vikings opened up the scoring within the second quarter with a 13-play drive with a Madden keeper from 1-yard out to go up 6-0 halfway via the second quarter.
Blue Hills answered with a 5-play drive as sophomore Brayden Mahoney discovered junior Jadimilson Cardoso for a 38-yard rating to knot the rating 6-6.
The tie didn’t final lengthy as junior Todd Egan (21 carries, 163 yards) ran for a 70-yard rating on the following play from scrimmage staking a 12-6 halftime benefit.
“(Egan) has been running the ball well all year,” stated Doyle. “We always know he has the ability to break one and even if he doesn’t break one, we have a senior-heavy line and they really clear the way for him.”
Next up, South Shore Voke will play Holbrook Wednesday at 5 p.m. earlier than taking part in Nashoba Valley Tech within the MVADA Small championship in two weeks.
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