LOWELL — In the face of a valiant effort from Amesbury, West Boylston confirmed it was each bit a high seed.
Jamie McNamara rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns whereas Connor Muldoon had three second-half scores as No. 1 West Boylston held off No. 4 Amesbury, 33-20, on Friday night time to advance to the Div. 7 Super Bowl.
Michael Sanchez rushed for 151 yards and a landing within the dropping effort.
“We knew going in that we had to play mistake-free football,” Amesbury coach Colin McQueen mentioned. “West Boylston is exactly what people said they were — a tough, physical, well-coached team.”
The recreation was tied at 12 on the half, however the Lions (10-1) gained separation within the third quarter. After forcing a turnover on downs, Bobby Humphrey rushed for 27 yards to arrange a 12-yard Muldoon rating.
A second consecutive turnover on downs gave the Lions the ball again at their very own 45. Four straight rushes, capped off by a Muldoon 23-yard rating, put West Boylston on high 26-12. Defensively, in the meantime, West Boylston put the clamps on Amesbury’s offense. The Lions compelled three turnovers on downs within the second half whereas additionally corralling two interceptions, one by Muldoon.
“I couldn’t be happier,” West Boylston coach Mike Ross mentioned. “We’re a defense-first team. We made some stops in the second half. We knew how good Amesbury was, but our kids just came to play in the second half.”
Muldoon’s second-half interception arrange his personal 35-yard rating early within the fourth quarter that put the sport firmly out of attain at 33-12.
In the primary half, the 2 sides have been true to type, combining for simply 4 move makes an attempt.
While there might have been no aerial assault, the 2 groups traded blows on the bottom.
West Boylston opened up with an 11-play, 54-yard drive capped off by a two-yard landing from McNamara to go on high 6-0. Amesbury tied the rating early within the second quarter on an 82-yard landing run by Sanchez however the Lions answered with a 39-yard rating by McNamara to return in entrance 12-6.
The Indians, nonetheless, tied the sport up earlier than the half as Luke Arsenault accomplished his solely move try of the primary half on fourth all the way down to arrange his personal one-yard landing rush to even the rating at 12 going into the half.
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