READING — Five days after enjoying a state semifinal and 9 days earlier than enjoying for a state title, Stoneham went for one more win on Thanksgiving.
Playing their starters for almost the whole recreation, the Spartans pulled out a 30-22 victory over Reading on Thursday at Hollingsworth Field.
“It’s an individual decision, but I think it’s a mistake to sit on Thanksgiving Day and not play your rival,” stated Stoneham coach Bob Almeida, whose group will play St. Mary’s of Lynn for the Division 6 championship at Gillette Stadium on Dec. 3. “In 2018, in the freezing cold, we played Reading and it went to overtime and it was the best thing for us.”
Stoneham (11-1) scored on the finish of two lengthy drives within the second half to safe the victory. Thirteen performs after the opening kickoff of the third quarter, Stoneham quarterback Jason Nutting discovered Colin Farren in the midst of the sphere for a 35-yard landing move, placing the Spartans within the lead for the third time. On the conversion, James Landers rushed to make it 24-16 with 4:43 left within the third.
Reading (9-2) got here again on the subsequent drive, with quarterback James Murphy scoring on a 1-yard run by means of the left aspect of the road with 10:21 left within the fourth quarter. On the conversion, Farren stopped Alex DiNapoli wanting the aim line after DiNapoli caught a move from Murphy, kepping the Spartans within the lead by two factors.
Stoneham expanded its lead on the subsequent sequence with a 16-play, 86-yard drive that took eight minutes and 4 seconds. Farren completed the drive with a 7-yard run with 2:17 left. The rush failed and Reading remained inside eight factors.
On the ultimate drive Reading made it to the Spartans’ 29 earlier than turning it over on downs with 1:24 left.
Nutting completed with 122 speeding yards on 16 carries, most of it up the center behind linemen Sal Asaro, Bobby Ingemi-Jones and Jarred Linehan.
“The line always does a good ob for me,” Nutting stated. “I really appreciate what they do.”
Murphy, Reading’s quarterback who will play for Brown subsequent yr, accomplished 31 of 44 passes for 401 yards (1 interception) and two touchdowns.
After a scoreless first quarter the rating was tied at halftime 16-16.
The groups traded touchdowns on 4 successive possessions. The Spartans broke by means of first when Nutting barged in from the two with seven minutes left within the half. Farren rushed for the conversion
Reading responded two minutes and 49 seconds afterward a 15-yard move from James Murphy to Tyan Strout.
After Nutting linked with Sam Serreda for 73 yards earlier than Jake Palm stopped him on the 1, Nutting scored once more and Farren added one other two-point rush
Reading tied it once more with 2:27 left within the half on a 16-yard completion from Murphy to Aidan Bekkenhuis. Murphy handed to Strout for the conversion, tying it at 16.
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