DANVERS — Carson Browne ensured St. John’s Prep sat down on the Thanksgiving Day dinner desk with a lot to smile about.
Browne rushed for 202 yards and two touchdowns whereas the hosts had seven sacks on the day as St. John’s Prep defeated rival Xaverian, 27-14, on Thursday morning at Cronin Memorial Stadium in Danvers.
St. John’s Prep (10-2) will now head to the Div. 1 Super Bowl having outscored its earlier 4 opponents 149-41.
“We had guys banged up who decided to play, that’s what this game means to them,” St. John’s Prep coach Brian St. Pierre mentioned. “Lot of success between both programs and so for us it’s always great to beat Xaverian.”
Junior linebacker John Drogittis had 3.5 sacks whereas senior kicker Jackson Selby drilled discipline objectives from 26 and 44 yards, the latter of which gave the Prep a 27-7 lead with 8:58 left.
“We work together. I was getting in there because our secondary was locking down their receivers,” Drogittis mentioned.
Ahead 10-7 on the break, the Prep opened the sport up early within the third as Browne broke free for a 54-yard landing run on the primary play of the half.
After Jackson Tucker stuffed a Xaverian speeding try on fourth and quick deep in its personal territory, the hosts expanded their lead. Browne took the ball on 5 of six performs, the final of which was a five-yard landing to make it 24-7.
The Eagles lead was 20 factors earlier than Henry Hasselbeck related with Charlie Comella for a 65-yard landing.
Eagles sophomore quarterback Deacon Robillard, nevertheless, rushed for a key first down with just below 4 minutes to play to finish the comeback bid.
Xaverian struck first early within the second quarter when Hasselbeck hit Comella for a 52-yard landing on a crossing sample. The Prep, nevertheless, instantly responded as Robillard related with Jesse Ofurie within the again nook of the top zone for a 20-yard rating and a tie sport.
The Eagles took the lead going into the break when a facemask penalty and a 16-yard reception by Jack Fillion arrange a 26-yard discipline aim from Selby.
The Eagles protection, in the meantime, sacked Hasselbeck 4 occasions within the opening half to go together with an Ofurie interception.
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