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THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL
WEEK 2
Tough trip to Danvers for Tanners
By Anne Marie Tobin
DANVERS — It was one
step forward, two steps back
for the Peabody football team,
which was manhandled by
Danvers, 30-3, Friday night at
Dr. Deering Stadium.
Dropped passes, costly penalties
and a defense that couldn’t
keep up with the faster, quicker
Falcons added up to an ugly
night of football.
“We had our opportunities,
but we simply didn’t play
well,” Peabody coach Mark
Bettencourt said. “We took way
too many penalties, we lined
up incorrectly way too many
times, we didn’t read defensive
keys, and we didn’t do a good
job blocking. We knew exactly
what Danvers was going to do.
Our footwork was slow, but in
the end penalties just strangled
us. Every time we had some momentum,
a flag was thrown and
that killed us.”
Peabody had no answers for
Falcons’ senior quarterback
Brendan Treacy and senior
running back Matt McCarthy.
Treacy threw for 230 yards, and
completed touchdown passes
of 47 and 54 yards, while
McCarthy ran for 175 yards
and 3 touchdowns. The Falcons
racked up 345 yards of net offense,
while Peabody mustered
only 147.
“We absolutely knew that
McCarthy was their big threat,
but we allowed him to control
the game,” Bettencourt said.
“The kids need to pay more
attention to what we are doing
and focus on fundamentals.
They need to know their responsibilities
and do their jobs.”
Danvers served notice on
Peabody’s first possession,
forcing a three-and-out. After a
Peabody quarterback Matt Jandrisevits takes off on a quarterback keeper during last Friday night’s game.
37-yard punt by Declan Russell,
the Falcons methodically drove
to the Tanners’ 9-yard line before
the drive stalled. Max
Leete converted a 26-yard field
goal to give the Falcons an early
3-0 lead.
After the Tanners turned the
ball over on downs at their 49,
Danvers needed only three
minutes to make it 10-0, with
McCarthy doing the honors
from 9 yards out (Leete PAT).
The Tanners let a golden opportunity
slip on the next drive
when, from the Tanners’ 22,
quarterback Matt Jandrisevits
had Russell open at the Falcons’
40, but Russell couldn’t hold
on.
Another penalty on the
Tanners on Danvers’ next drive
set up the next Falcons touchdown
-- a 45-yard strike from
Treacy to McCarthy (Leete
PAT) to make it 17-0.
The Tanners finally broke the
ice when Austin Leggett nailed
a 40-yard field goal to end the
half.
“The one good thing is
knowing that we have Austin
as a field goal option in situations
like that when we needed
to put points on the board,” said
Bettencourt.
It went from bad to worse in
the second half for Peabody,
which put up only 46 yards of
offense, all of them (and 36
on one rush by Angel Paulino)
coming on the game’s final
drive.
Danvers added two more second-half
scores on a Treacy to
Ezra Lombardi 54-yard strike
and a McCarthy 2-yard run.
Paulino finished with 57
yards on eight carries, while
Jandrisevits (6-of 14, 70 yards)
finished with 45 yards on 10
carries. Jared Ridley led the
receivers with 25 yards on four
catches. Guridys chipped in
with two receptions good for 38
yards.
It’s back to the drawing board
PHOTO | BOB CARBONE
for Peabody.
“I don’t know if we’re
moving too fast and losing kids,
but if you ask the coaches, they
and I would agree that we are
not,” said Bettencourt. “Tonight
it came down to the shot gaps
and we didn’t pick them up.
Our footwork was slow and
that led to penetration, which
led to us not being very smooth
on offense and unable to find
any rhythm. And we have to
understand that swarm doesn’t
mean hit after the whistle. We
dropped some passes and that’s
the scary thing about the spread
as you have to throw it, but you
also have to catch it.”
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