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LYNNFIELD WEEKLY<br />
NEWS<br />
THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL 2021<br />
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A cloud of baby powder erupts from the Lynnfield fan section after the Pioneers scored the first touchdown of the game against Saugus.<br />
Lynnfield Pioneers looking to end<br />
rollercoaster of a season on high note<br />
BY SAM MINTON<br />
The Lynnfield Pioneers’ 2021 season<br />
has been full of ups and downs, but head<br />
coach Pat Lamusta and his team will be<br />
looking to end the year with a win.<br />
Lynnfield heads into its Thanksgiving<br />
matchup against North Reading with a<br />
4-5 record.<br />
Heading into the matchup, junior<br />
Kevin Connolly said that it’s the biggest<br />
game of the year for the team.<br />
“It’s far bigger than any playoff<br />
game,” he said.<br />
The Pioneers started their season<br />
off with an impressive 28-0 win over<br />
Saugus. Junior quarterback Nick<br />
Razzaboni completed 12-of-18 passes<br />
for 127 yards and a touchdown in the<br />
season opener.<br />
That success continued into Week 2<br />
when Lynnfield defeated Ipswich 33-0.<br />
Junior running back James Sharkey stole<br />
the show against the Tigers with seven<br />
carries for 120 yards and a touchdown.<br />
But the winning stopped there as the<br />
Pioneers went on a five-game losing<br />
streak that included a heartbreaking<br />
loss against Triton. With 1:20 left in the<br />
fourth quarter, the game came down to<br />
one play with the ball on the two-yard<br />
line on fourth down. Lynnfield failed<br />
to complete a pass and went home<br />
empty-handed.<br />
The Pioneers bounced back after the<br />
difficult loss, winning their last two<br />
games heading into Thanksgiving.<br />
Junior Spencer Riley racked up 89<br />
yards on 11 carries in the 28-0 win over<br />
Shawsheen Valley Tech. In the following<br />
week, Sharkey ran for 126 yards and a<br />
touchdown on 11 carries in the 35-14<br />
win over the Georgetown Royals.<br />
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The Lynnfield football team poses for a photo prior to the start of the 2021 season.<br />
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LYNNFIELD PIONEERS VARSITY FOOTBALL ROSTER<br />
No. Name Yr.<br />
1 James Sharkey JR<br />
2 Brian Ellis SR<br />
3 Charlie Capachietti JR<br />
4 Arthur Chiaradonna SO<br />
5 Joey Cucciniello SO<br />
6 Nick Razzaboni JR<br />
7 Kevin Julian JR<br />
8 Sam Gazit JR<br />
9 Jack DiGangi JR<br />
10 Jamil Ndansi JR<br />
11 Cam Marengi JR<br />
12 David Tracy SO<br />
13 Jack Phelps SR<br />
14 Kevin Connolly JR<br />
15 Kyle Schmitz SO<br />
17 Jack Calichman JR<br />
19 Owen Mullin SO<br />
20 Rupert Thomas SR<br />
21 Ethan Francis SO<br />
23 Robert Marley JR<br />
24 Spencer Riley (Capt.) SR<br />
27 Anthony Attubato JR<br />
29 Drew MacKinnon SO<br />
30 Niccolo Antidormi SO<br />
34 Devin DeLuites JR<br />
36 Jake Vinci JR<br />
42 Cole Hawes SO<br />
44 Steven Dreher JR<br />
46 Sam Scimemi SO<br />
50 Alex Baldini SO<br />
52 Nick Marcinowski (Capt) SR<br />
53 Matthew Howell SO<br />
54 Tucker Caswell JR<br />
55 Brady Milts JR<br />
56 Brandon McCarter JR<br />
57 Ryan Zannella SO<br />
58 Anthony Morales SO<br />
60 Liam Gorman SO<br />
62 Quinn Hardisty SO<br />
64 Chase Goldberg JR<br />
65 Jimmy Marini JR<br />
66 Gabe Schmitz SR<br />
70 Mekhi Peter (Capt.) SR<br />
72 Michael O’Brien (Capt.) SR<br />
73 Brennan Curley JR<br />
75 Devin O’Connor SO<br />
78 Ethan Downey JR<br />
88 Donald Sylvester SR<br />
89 Luca Moretti SO<br />
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Saugus’ Max Anajjar wraps up Lynnfield’s Joey Cucciniello.<br />
Lynnfield fans cheer on the Pioneers during their season-opener<br />
against Saugus.<br />
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Saugus’ Gael Garcia rushes the ball up the middle.<br />
Lynnfield senior captain Mekhi Peters lets out a yell after coming up with a stop.<br />
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WEEK 1<br />
Aerial attack lifts Lynnfield football over Saugus<br />
By Sam Minton<br />
LYNNFIELD — The<br />
Lynnfield Pioneers showed off<br />
its aerial prowess Friday night,<br />
using the passing game to defeat<br />
the Saugus Sachems 28-0<br />
at Pioneer Stadium.<br />
Lynnfield head coach Pat<br />
Lamusta called Friday’s win<br />
an icebreaker that was well-deserved<br />
after a long summer. “It<br />
was important for the players<br />
to see that their hard work was<br />
going to pay off with a victory<br />
like that,” he said. “Really<br />
pleased with the execution<br />
on defense, (and) on offense.<br />
There’s some little things we<br />
need to clean up moving forward<br />
but overall the enthusiasm, the<br />
excitement, they played with intensity<br />
and that’s what we want.”<br />
After both sides went three<br />
and out to start the game,<br />
Lynnfield drained some clock,<br />
driving down the field thanks<br />
to their passing game. Nick<br />
Razzaboni completed five of<br />
his six passes for 33 yards on<br />
the drive, but James Sharkey<br />
ran the ball into the end zone for<br />
the first touchdown of the night.<br />
Saugus tried to respond with<br />
the ground game, which gave<br />
captain Mark MacEachern a<br />
steady diet of carries, but unfortunately<br />
they were unable to get<br />
past midfield. Things got even<br />
worse as a snap on the punt<br />
went over the punter’s head. On<br />
the next play, captain Spencer<br />
Riley pounded it home to give<br />
the Pioneers a 14-0 lead.<br />
Lynnfield started their first<br />
drive of the second quarter<br />
and didn’t leave the field empty-handed<br />
for a third time. A 37-<br />
yard touchdown pass caught by<br />
Robert Marley gave the Pioneers<br />
a three-touchdown lead.<br />
Razzaboni had a great game<br />
under center for Lynnfield. He<br />
completed 12/18 passes for 127<br />
yards and a touchdown. He threw<br />
some dimes and showed impressive<br />
arm strength; his head coach<br />
was happy with his performance.<br />
“He’s been awesome,” said<br />
Lamusta. “He’s a junior stepping<br />
into the quarterback role<br />
so he has to learn quickly and<br />
he’s definitely showing some<br />
leadership; he’s showing some<br />
creativity. We give him a lot of<br />
leeway to make calls at the line.<br />
I’m really pleased with Nick’s<br />
leadership and how he’s taken<br />
on the role and learned so fast.”<br />
Unfortunately for Saugus, the<br />
second half started just like the<br />
first with the Sachems going<br />
three and out. The team was unable<br />
to get anything going on the<br />
ground and fumbled the snap on<br />
a third down. Lynnfield junior<br />
Charlie Capachietti made them<br />
pay by breaking out for a 62-yard<br />
run to put the Pioneers up 28-0<br />
After the game, Saugus head<br />
coach Steve Cummings tipped<br />
his hat to the Pioneers, saying<br />
they played a great game in his<br />
eyes. With the Sachems having<br />
a younger team, Cummings<br />
stressed that it will take some<br />
time for his side to show their<br />
Lynnfield’s Nick<br />
Razzaboni completed<br />
12-of-18 passes for<br />
127 yards and a<br />
touchdown in a win<br />
over Saugus.<br />
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potential.<br />
“We got some young guys that<br />
are just going to get better, better,<br />
and better with the more stuff that<br />
they see,” Cummings said.<br />
Lynnfield (1-0) has a full<br />
week off before hosting<br />
Ipswich on Sept. 24 (7).<br />
Saugus (0-1) hosts Northeast<br />
next Friday (7).<br />
Wishing you a<br />
Happy Thanksgiving!<br />
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Lynnfield football puts it all<br />
together in blowout win over Ipswich<br />
By Sam Minton<br />
LYNNFIELD — Coach Pat<br />
Lamusta should be happy with his<br />
squad’s effort in all three phases<br />
of the game as the Lynnfield football<br />
team defeated the Ipswich<br />
Tigers 33-0 on Friday evening.<br />
The Tigers started the game off<br />
with a lengthy drive, which lasted<br />
more than eight minutes. The ball<br />
stayed on the ground with Henry<br />
Wright and David Lonergan receiving<br />
a heavy dose of carries.<br />
But the passing game did Ipswich<br />
in with Lynnfield sophomore<br />
Arthur Chiaradonna going on to<br />
snag an interception to give the<br />
Pioneers the ball with 3:45 left in<br />
the first quarter.<br />
Lynnfield’s offense would<br />
make them pay as the Pioneers<br />
quickly made it a 7-0 game thanks<br />
to a 35-yard touchdown pass<br />
from junior Nick Razzaboni that<br />
was caught by Joey Cucciniello.<br />
Friday night was another impressive<br />
game for the junior<br />
quarterback, who continued to<br />
show his ability to make magic<br />
happen with his arm. But it was<br />
junior James Sharkey who was<br />
the talk of the town after racking<br />
up 108 yards rushing and averaging<br />
15 yards a carry; he also<br />
had a touchdown on the evening.<br />
Lamusta described Sharkey as<br />
a runner whose feet don’t stop<br />
moving after the win.<br />
“He’s a north/south guy,” the<br />
coach said. “He’s really a downhill<br />
runner so it was awesome to<br />
see him capitalize on those runs<br />
today.”<br />
Ipswich would get the ball on<br />
its own 31 to start their second<br />
drive of the game with 2:32<br />
left in the first quarter, but they<br />
wouldn’t have the ball long as<br />
the Tigers fumbled the ball on<br />
a reverse and the Pioneers Jack<br />
Phelps recovered the ball with<br />
FILE PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK<br />
Lynnfield’s James Sharkey breaks a tackle during a shutout win over Ipswich Friday night at Pioneer Stadium.<br />
less than a minute left in the<br />
quarter.<br />
Lynnfield carried possession<br />
through the beginning of the<br />
second quarter and got all the<br />
way down to their opponent’s<br />
five-yard line. Unfortunately for<br />
the Pioneers, a fumbled snap<br />
killed their momentum and<br />
Lynnfield wound up turning the<br />
ball over on downs.<br />
Luckily the Pioneer defense<br />
answered the call and caused<br />
Ipswich to go three and out with<br />
seven minutes left in the half.<br />
Lynnfield made quick work of<br />
Ipswich’s defense, as a less than<br />
two-minute drive was capped<br />
off with Spencer Riley running<br />
30 yards into the end zone with<br />
just over five minutes left in the<br />
second quarter. The Pioneers’<br />
front seven brought the pressure<br />
to the Tiger’s offensive line in<br />
the following drive, forcing an<br />
intentional grounding in their<br />
opponent’s end zone; this caused<br />
a safety, giving Lynnfield a 16-0<br />
lead. The half ended with the<br />
score line unchanged.<br />
The Pioneers had a perfect start<br />
to the second half, with Sharkey<br />
scampering for a 54-yard touchdown<br />
run after Lynnfield recovered<br />
Ipswich’s on-side kick<br />
attempt to start the half. The<br />
Pioneers failed to convert the<br />
two-point conversion, giving<br />
them a 22-0 lead with 11 minutes<br />
left in the third quarter.<br />
Lynnfield’s defense came<br />
through again, forcing yet another<br />
three and out from Ipswich<br />
that was capped by a sack from<br />
junior Steven Dreher with nine<br />
minutes left in the third quarter.<br />
Lamusta said his defense had<br />
an awesome performance against<br />
Ipswich.<br />
“It’s a fast defense,” he said.<br />
“We might not be the biggest,<br />
but we are very fortunate to have<br />
some fast, athletic guys on D and<br />
you were able to see that today.”<br />
The Pioneers drove down to<br />
their opponent’s red zone, but<br />
were stopped by the Tigers’ defense,<br />
which forced them to kick<br />
a 22-yard field goal. The kick was<br />
good, courtesy of junior Kevin<br />
Connolly, who gave Lynnfield a<br />
25-0 lead.<br />
Ipswich sustained a long drive<br />
before turning the ball over with<br />
seven seconds left in the third<br />
quarter. It wouldn’t take long for<br />
the Pioneers to score once again<br />
on the ground, as junior Robert<br />
Marley broke off for a 63-yard<br />
rushing touchdown, which gave<br />
Lynnfield a 33-0 lead after a<br />
successful two-point conversion<br />
with 11 minutes left in the game.<br />
Lynnfield is now 2-0 and plays<br />
Newburyport on the road next<br />
Friday (6:30).<br />
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Helicopter ball drop on Senior Night<br />
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Left, the helicopter is<br />
loaded with golfballs for<br />
the 50/50 golfball drop on<br />
senior night.<br />
Right, golfballs tumble out<br />
of a helicopter onto the turf<br />
of the football field.<br />
Bottom left, Callen<br />
Blanchette, 3, helps the<br />
bigger kids clean up.<br />
Bottom right, kids helped<br />
clean up the football field<br />
after the drop.<br />
Good luck to the Peabody Tanners and Lynnfield Pioneers!<br />
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Lynnfield’s Steven Dreher wraps up a Newburyport ball-carrier.<br />
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Lynnfield football struggles<br />
in road loss to Newburyport<br />
By Mike Alongi<br />
NEWBURYPORT — The<br />
Lynnfield football team was<br />
in a close battle at the halftime<br />
break, but Cape Ann<br />
League foe Newburyport had<br />
other plans in the second<br />
half. The Clippers outscored<br />
Lynnfield 27-6 in the second<br />
half, handing the Pioneers a<br />
34-6 loss on the road.<br />
Newburyport started out<br />
strong when quarterback<br />
Finn Sullivan (17-of 20 for<br />
175 yards and two touchdowns)<br />
found Grant Mosesian<br />
on a 10-yard strike late<br />
in the first quarter. A senior,<br />
Mosesian was his team’s top<br />
target on the night — hauling<br />
in six passes for 85 yards<br />
and a score.<br />
After Sullivan added the<br />
PAT to make it 7-0, however,<br />
both offenses went cold until<br />
the second half.<br />
But Newburyport drove<br />
right down in less than two<br />
minutes to start the third<br />
quarter, and scored on Sullivan’s<br />
first TD run. The<br />
Clippers then capped their<br />
following possession with another<br />
Sullivan scamper, this<br />
one coming from the threeyard-line,<br />
to go up 19-0<br />
Lynnfield did score to make<br />
it a 19-6 game heading into<br />
the fourth, but Sullivan finished<br />
the Clippers ensuing<br />
drive by finding Angus Webster<br />
on a three-yard scoring<br />
strike. It was Webster’s first<br />
career reception.<br />
Later in the quarter, backup<br />
Clippers quarterback<br />
Sean Miles completed his<br />
only pass attempt of the<br />
night to sophomore Logan<br />
Jones. Also his first career<br />
reception for the Clippers,<br />
Jones took that pass 20 yards<br />
to the house for a TD to make<br />
it 34-6.<br />
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WEEK 5<br />
Field position woes hurt Lynnfield<br />
football in loss to Hamilton-Wenham<br />
By Mike Alongi<br />
HAMILTON ― It’s hard<br />
to win a football game when<br />
you’re playing most of the<br />
game with your back against<br />
your own end zone, and the<br />
Lynnfield football team found<br />
that out the hard way Saturday<br />
afternoon in a 35-8 loss to<br />
Hamilton-Wenham in a Cape<br />
Ann League matchup.<br />
“The field position battle was<br />
heavily in Hamilton-Wenham’s<br />
favor, and they were able to take<br />
advantage of that all day,” said<br />
Lynnfield coach Pat Lamusta.<br />
“We made some mistakes on<br />
special teams and we just can’t<br />
do that. We need to work on that<br />
phase of the game so we’re not<br />
playing from behind the eight<br />
ball on every drive.”<br />
While the offensive side of the<br />
ball didn’t have many highlights<br />
for Lynnfield, the Pioneers’ defense<br />
saw some strong play<br />
from Nick Marcinowski (seven<br />
tackles, one tackle for loss) and<br />
Spencer Riley (seven tackles).<br />
After a slow start to the game<br />
with both teams exchanging<br />
punts, Hamilton-Wenham got<br />
itself into a great field position<br />
after pinning Lynnfield<br />
deep in its own zone. When<br />
the Generals took over on the<br />
Pioneers’ 25-yard line, it only<br />
took a few plays for running<br />
back Chris Domoracki to break<br />
free for a 10-yard touchdown to<br />
put Hamilton-Wenham on top<br />
7-0.<br />
The next Lynnfield offensive<br />
drive was much of the same,<br />
with the Pioneers pinned deep<br />
at their own five-yard line. A<br />
three-and-out forced another<br />
punt, and Hamilton-Wenham<br />
once again took over at<br />
Lynnfield’s 25. And once again,<br />
it only took Hamilton-Wenham<br />
a few plays to find the end zone<br />
― with Domoracki once again<br />
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Lynnfield’s Mekhi Peters, left, and Jack Phelps wrap up Hamilton-Wenham’s Chris Domoracki during a loss Saturday.<br />
punching it in from a few yards<br />
out.<br />
On the ensuing possession<br />
for Lynnfield, quarterback<br />
Nick Razzaboni attempted a<br />
screen pass but it was cut off by<br />
Generals defensive back Zenas<br />
Zhao, who grabbed the interception<br />
and took it back all the<br />
way for a touchdown to make it<br />
21-0.<br />
Things didn’t get any better<br />
for Lynnfield from there, as<br />
the Pioneers had a Hamilton-<br />
Wenham punt bounce off a<br />
player and get recovered by<br />
the Generals. Then, Hamilton-<br />
Wenham quarterback John Ertel<br />
connected with receiver Markus<br />
Nordin ― who made a highlight-reel<br />
catch ― for a 42-yard<br />
touchdown to put the Generals<br />
ahead 28-0.<br />
And even when the Pioneers<br />
were able to punch it deep into<br />
Hamilton-Wenham territory<br />
― like in the final seconds of<br />
the first half when they got inside<br />
the five-yard line ― things<br />
didn’t go right. Lynnfield had a<br />
second-and-goal from the oneyard<br />
line with 15 seconds left,<br />
and Hamilton-Wenham stuffed<br />
the Pioneers on three straight<br />
plays to bring the 28-0 lead into<br />
halftime.<br />
Domoracki added his third<br />
rushing touchdown of the<br />
day for the Generals midway<br />
through the third quarter to<br />
round out the scoring for<br />
Hamilton-Wenham.<br />
It took all the way until the<br />
final two minutes of play for<br />
Lynnfield to get on the scoreboard,<br />
with receiver Brian<br />
Ellis making a leaping touchdown<br />
catch from quarterback<br />
David Tracy with 1:29<br />
remaining to make it a 35-8<br />
game.<br />
Lynnfield (2-2) returns home<br />
Friday (6:30) for its Senior<br />
Night game against Pentucket.<br />
“This senior class has had a<br />
unique career, and they hold a<br />
really special place in my heart<br />
because they’re the first group<br />
of incoming freshmen I had as a<br />
head coach here,” said Lamusta.<br />
“It’s a great group of players<br />
and a great group of men, and<br />
it will be really special to celebrate<br />
them on Friday.”<br />
Good Luck!<br />
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Bad start dooms Lynnfield football in home loss<br />
By Mike Alongi<br />
LYNNFIELD ― The<br />
Lynnfield football team got off<br />
to a disastrous start and was<br />
never able to recover Friday<br />
night, falling by a score of 27-7<br />
to Pentucket on Senior Night<br />
in a Cape Ann League bout at<br />
Pioneer Stadium.<br />
Prior to the game, the<br />
Pioneers honored their group of<br />
nine seniors ― Brian Ellis, Jack<br />
Phelps, Rupert Thomas, Spencer<br />
Riley, Nick Marcinowski, Gabe<br />
Schmitz, Mehki Peters, Michael<br />
O’Brien, and Donald Sylvester<br />
― for their contributions to<br />
the program over the past four<br />
years.<br />
Lynnfield quarterback David<br />
Tracy completed 10-of-17<br />
passes for 65 yards with one<br />
touchdown and one interception<br />
in the loss, while Riley<br />
was the team’s leading rusher<br />
with 33 rushing yards. Charlie<br />
Cappachetti added a touchdown<br />
reception in the loss.<br />
The Pioneers got off to a truly<br />
unfortunate start. After forcing<br />
a punt and getting pinned deep<br />
in its own zone, Lynnfield fumbled<br />
on a bad snap over Tracy’s<br />
head and Pentucket recovered<br />
the ball in the end zone to go up<br />
7-0. Then, on the ensuing drive,<br />
the Pioneers fumbled again and<br />
Jackson Rich picked the ball<br />
up for Pentucket and raced 35<br />
yards for another score to put<br />
Lynnfield in a 14-0 hole.<br />
But the Pioneers settled down<br />
from there, and once they got<br />
the ball back they started an<br />
extended drive. Lynnfield took<br />
10 plays to drive 70 yards,<br />
eventually finding the end zone<br />
when Tracy hit Cappachetti on<br />
a three-yard slant to make it a<br />
14-7 game.<br />
The score remained there<br />
until the five-minute mark of the<br />
third quarter, when Pentucket<br />
got a big play when quarterback<br />
Chase Dwight threw a 53-yard<br />
pass to get inside the Lynnfield<br />
five. One play later, he punched<br />
it in from four yards out to make<br />
it 20-7.<br />
Pentucket added to its lead<br />
with about two minutes to play<br />
in the third when Dwight hit Che<br />
Condon on a 40-yard touchdown<br />
pass to make it 27-7.<br />
Lynnfield tried to play<br />
catch-up from there, with Tracy<br />
throwing some deep passes<br />
down the field on the next few<br />
drives. It eventually came back<br />
to bite them, as Pentucket came<br />
up with a big interception at the<br />
end of the third to squash any<br />
Pioneer momentum.<br />
The Pioneers continued to try<br />
and push the pace in the fourth<br />
quarter, but one final fumble<br />
with five minutes to play effectively<br />
sealed the win for<br />
Pentucket.<br />
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to make a stop.<br />
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for a pass.<br />
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Lynnfield struggles in loss to Amesbury<br />
By Mike Alongi<br />
The Lynnfield football team<br />
didn’t quite have its best game<br />
Friday night, coming up short to<br />
Cape Ann league foe Amesbury<br />
by a score of 28-18 on the road.<br />
“It was a tough game out<br />
there for us,” said Lynnfield<br />
coach Pat Lamusta. “We had<br />
some good moments, but we’ve<br />
got to be better as a whole.”<br />
Lynnfield quarterback David<br />
Tracy threw for two touchdowns<br />
and ran for another in<br />
the loss for the Pioneers, while<br />
Joey Cucciniello had more than<br />
150 receiving yards with two<br />
touchdowns.<br />
Both teams got off to a bit of<br />
a slow start, and the school remained<br />
tied at 0-0 at the end of<br />
the first quarter.<br />
But the fireworks started in<br />
the second quarter, as Amesbury<br />
got on the board first when<br />
Luke Arsenault broke free and<br />
scored on a 10-yard touchdown<br />
run to put Amesbury up 8-0.<br />
The Pioneers answered<br />
right back, as Tracy found<br />
Cucciniello for a 53-yard<br />
touchdown bomb to make it an<br />
86 game.<br />
Amesbury was able to grab<br />
one more score before the half,<br />
as Henry O’Neil caught a 32-<br />
yard touchdown pass from<br />
Drew MacDonald to make it a<br />
14-6 game at the break.<br />
After McDonald and O’Neill<br />
connected on a 55-yard touchdown<br />
early in the third quarter<br />
to make it 21-6, Lynnfield’s<br />
offense started driving. The<br />
Pioneers pushed the ball inside<br />
the Amesbury 10-yard line, and<br />
Tracy capped things off when<br />
he rushed one in from five yards<br />
out to make it a 21-12 ballgame.<br />
But in the 4th quarter, Nicholas<br />
Marden scored on a 10-yard run<br />
for Amesbury to go back up by<br />
two scores. Running out of time,<br />
Lynnfield sent another heave for<br />
the end zone, and this time Tracy<br />
and Cucciniello connected on a<br />
79-yard touchdown pass to get<br />
within 10 points at 28-18. But<br />
the Pioneers just couldn’t get<br />
that extra score on the board<br />
and Amesbury was able to run<br />
out the clock and take home the<br />
victory.<br />
Lynnfield (2-4) travels to<br />
Triton Friday (7).<br />
“It’s another tough Cape Ann<br />
Lee game and we’re going to<br />
have to be ready, and we’re<br />
going to have to be ready,” said<br />
Lamusta. “We’re hoping to<br />
close out the season with a conference<br />
win.”<br />
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Lynnfield football comes up short against Triton<br />
By Sam Minton<br />
BYFIELD — The 13th ranked<br />
(Division 6) Lynnfield Pioneers<br />
football team made the trek up<br />
to Byfield to battle against the<br />
17th ranked (Division 5) Triton<br />
Vikings and went home disappointed<br />
losing 20-14.<br />
Even in the loss, Pioneers head<br />
coach Pat LaMusta was proud of<br />
his team.<br />
“We had some plays where<br />
things weren’t going well and we<br />
jumped right back so I thought<br />
there was this perseverance factor<br />
today with the team,” he said.<br />
Lynnfield took over possession<br />
after a Triton three and out and established<br />
the running game early.<br />
Senior captain Spencer Riley<br />
received the bulk of the carries<br />
with five touches for 32 yards,<br />
but Charlie Capachietti punched it<br />
home from three yards out to give<br />
the Pioneers a 7-0 lead with just<br />
over four minutes left in the first<br />
quarter.<br />
The Vikings regained possession<br />
with 4:30 left in the quarter<br />
and found more success getting<br />
the ball all the way to the red<br />
zone after starting the drive at<br />
their own 34-yard line. A pass<br />
interference call doomed the<br />
Pioneers as Triton quarterback<br />
Max Ciaramitaro tossed a 20-yard<br />
pass to Jared Leonard to even the<br />
score at 7-7 with 11:20 left in the<br />
second quarter.<br />
The second drive for the<br />
Pioneers wasn’t the best as they<br />
went three and out and gave<br />
Triton possession on the 42-yard<br />
line. The Vikings drove 68 yards<br />
down the field and Nathan Miller<br />
powered his way into the red zone<br />
from a couple of yards out to give<br />
Triton a 14-7 lead with 3:44 left<br />
in the half.<br />
Sophomore quarterback David<br />
Tracy began to march the Pioneers<br />
down the field with a 30-yard pass to<br />
Joey Cucciniello but even after two<br />
pass interference calls got Lynnfield<br />
into the red zone, Triton’s defense<br />
answered the bell and forced the<br />
Pioneers to attempt a field goal with<br />
11 seconds left. The kick from over<br />
20-yards out was no good and the<br />
Vikings entered the half with a 14-7<br />
lead.<br />
At the start of the third quarter,<br />
Lynnfield started on its own 20-yardline<br />
but poor field position wasn’t a<br />
problem for the Pioneers. Thanks to<br />
the connection between Tracy and<br />
Cucciniello in the air. After gaining<br />
50 yards in the passing game, Arthur<br />
Chiaradonna ran into the end zone<br />
from 11 yards out to tie the game<br />
with 6:30 left in the third quarter.<br />
After completing a 10-yard pass<br />
to Brian Elliot, the Pioneers were<br />
stonewalled and forced to punt in<br />
their following drive. Triton got<br />
good field possession taking over<br />
at midfield with 10 minutes left in<br />
the fourth quarter. Lynnfield’s defense<br />
came up big as they forced<br />
a punt with less than eight minutes<br />
left in the quarter.<br />
The Pioneers took over possession<br />
at their own 20-yard<br />
line looking to find a crucial<br />
touchdown. Disaster struck for<br />
Lynnfield as Cole Piaseczynski<br />
snagged a pick-six that gave<br />
Triton a 20-14 lead with 5:47 left<br />
in the quarter.<br />
“One of the greatest plays I’ve<br />
ever seen here at Triton,” said<br />
head coach Eric Burgos. “Cole<br />
Piaseczynski is just a grinder, a<br />
workhorse and he did what he is<br />
supposed to do and it showed.”<br />
Sharkey was the star of the<br />
final drive for the Pioneers offense,<br />
He broke off a 40-yard run<br />
after Lynnfield gained possession<br />
as its own 27-yard line and he<br />
continued to get carries as they<br />
got into the red zone.<br />
With 1:20 left, the game came<br />
down to one play with the ball on<br />
the two-yard line on fourth down.<br />
Lynnfield failed to complete a pass<br />
and went home empty-handed.<br />
Lynnfield finishes the regular<br />
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Lynnfield football gets back on<br />
winning track, shuts out Shawsheen<br />
BY MIKE ALONGI<br />
BILLERICA — Behind a<br />
relentless offensive attack and<br />
good, hard-nosed defense,<br />
the Lynnfield football team<br />
knocked off Shawsheen Tech by<br />
a score of 28-0 in a non playoff<br />
game on the road at Shawsheen<br />
Tech Friday night.<br />
Senior captain running back<br />
Spencer Riley led the offensive<br />
attack for the Pioneers,<br />
rushing the ball 12 times for<br />
100 yards and a touchdown and<br />
also catching one pass for 35<br />
yards and a touchdown. Junior<br />
running back Robert Marley<br />
also had a solid game, rushing<br />
the ball 11 times for 62 yards<br />
and a touchdown. Sophomore<br />
receiver Kyle Schmitz had two<br />
receptions for 16 yards and a<br />
touchdown.<br />
Winfield also opted to go for<br />
a two-quarterback approach in<br />
Friday night’s game, as junior<br />
Nick Razzaboni and sophomore<br />
David Tracy both saw<br />
time under center. Razzaboni<br />
completed 5-of-11 passes for 84<br />
yards and a touchdown while<br />
also rushing a touchdown in<br />
from one yard out. Tracy also<br />
had a good day, completing<br />
7-of-8 passes for 84 yards and<br />
a touchdown.<br />
The Pioneers opened up<br />
the first drive of the game in<br />
solid fashion, with Riley getting<br />
a handful of carries and<br />
breaking one off for 33 yards.<br />
The run pushed Lynnfield<br />
into the red zone, where<br />
Razzaboni ended up finishing<br />
things off by rushing for a<br />
one-yard touchdown to make<br />
it 7-0.<br />
The next two drives were<br />
filled with mistakes for<br />
Lynnfield’s Spencer Riley runs the ball up the outside.<br />
Lynnfield, with Razzaboni and<br />
Tracy each throwing an interception<br />
on their respective<br />
drives. But after getting a key<br />
fourth-down stop deep in their<br />
own territory, the Pioneers got<br />
the ball back and started driving<br />
again.<br />
Tracy was the star of this<br />
drive for Lynnfield, completing<br />
all seven of his passes on the<br />
drive and working the Pioneers<br />
down the field for more than 75<br />
yards. The drive was capped<br />
off when Tracy hit Schmitz for<br />
a six-yard touchdown pass on a<br />
quick slant to double up the lead<br />
at 14-0.<br />
After taking that lead into the<br />
halftime break, Lynnfield came<br />
out in the second half and shut<br />
the Shawsheen offense down<br />
defensively on the opening<br />
drive. The Pioneers then got<br />
the ball back, and put the ensuing<br />
drive squarely on the<br />
shoulders of Marley. The junior<br />
back carried the ball nine times,<br />
covering 52 yards in total and<br />
capping things off with a oneyard<br />
touchdown run to make it<br />
a 21-0 game.<br />
The fourth quarter was<br />
much of the same, with the<br />
Pioneers’ defense stifling<br />
Shawsheen and the offense<br />
methodically moving the<br />
ball up the field. Lynnfield<br />
rounded out the scoring with<br />
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quick screen pass and Riley<br />
rumbled 35 yards for the final<br />
score of the game to make it<br />
28-0.<br />
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Lynnfield football takes down Georgetown<br />
By Mike Alongi<br />
GEORGETOWN — The<br />
Lynnfield football team put<br />
together a solid effort in all<br />
three phases Thursday evening,<br />
as the Pioneers took<br />
down Georgetown by a score<br />
of 35-14 in a non-playoff game<br />
at Georgetown Middle-High<br />
School.<br />
“It may not have been pretty<br />
at times, but we went out there<br />
and made enough plays to take<br />
home the win,” said Lynnfield<br />
coach Pat Lamusta. “We had a<br />
good week in practice and we<br />
really wanted to come out and<br />
win this one, so it was great to<br />
get a good performance from<br />
everyone. “<br />
The ground attack was<br />
once again prominent for the<br />
Pioneers, as junior James<br />
Sharkey was the game’s high<br />
rusher with 130 yards and a<br />
touchdown. Senior captain<br />
Spencer Riley had another big<br />
night with 73 rushing yards and<br />
three touchdowns, while junior<br />
Robert Marley rushed for 58<br />
yards and a touchdown.<br />
But one of the true tests of<br />
the evening was slowing down<br />
Georgetown’s high-powered<br />
passing attack. In the more than<br />
40 plays Georgetown ran on the<br />
night, the Royals only ran the<br />
ball twice.<br />
“You’ve got to give a lot of<br />
credit to Georgetown; that’s<br />
an impressive offense,” said<br />
Lamusta. “But our goal coming<br />
in was to go out there, use our<br />
speed and make place. We had a<br />
discipline week of practice and<br />
we executed the game plan the<br />
way we needed to.”<br />
It was an ugly start to the<br />
game for both teams, as the<br />
two sides exchanged turnovers<br />
in the opening minutes. But<br />
after an interception from Jack<br />
Phelps, the Pioneers set themselves<br />
up in Royals territory.<br />
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Lynnfield’s Robert Marley III points to parents who were waiting on the sideline after running the ball into the endzone.<br />
It took seven plays to find<br />
the end zone from there, with<br />
Riley capping off the drive with<br />
a three-yard touchdown run to<br />
make it a 7-0 game.<br />
But after Tracy threw an interception<br />
in his own territory<br />
early in the second quarter,<br />
Georgetown took advantage.<br />
Senior quarterback Anthony<br />
Plumb aired one out on the first<br />
play and found senior receiver<br />
Jack Lucido for a 32-yard<br />
touchdown; then the two connected<br />
on the two-point conversion<br />
to take a one-point lead.<br />
After losing the ball due to<br />
a fumble on the ensuing drive,<br />
Lynnfield finally started to<br />
build some momentum again<br />
when Anthony Attubato picked<br />
off a pass for the Pioneers.<br />
Riley busted a 24-yard run on<br />
the first play of the drive and<br />
Marley finished things off,<br />
eventually running one in from<br />
11 yards out to retake the lead.<br />
After Tracy hit Joey Cucciniello<br />
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took a 15-8 lead into the halftime<br />
break.<br />
The Pioneers then started off<br />
the third quarter with a bang,<br />
getting a 29-yard touchdown<br />
run from Sharkey just 44 seconds<br />
into the frame. Riley<br />
added two more touchdown<br />
runs before the quarter was<br />
over, and the Pioneers coasted<br />
to the victory in the fourth.<br />
Lynnfield (4-5) returns to the<br />
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“It’s always a big one against<br />
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Schedule/Results<br />
Date Opponent Score<br />
1 (9/10) vs. Saugus 28-0 W<br />
2 (9/17) Bye Week N/A<br />
3 (9/24) vs. Ipswich 33-0 W<br />
4 (10/1) at Newburyport 34-6 L<br />
5 (10/9) at Hamilton-Wenham 35-8 L<br />
6 (10/15) vs. Pentucket 27-7 L<br />
7 (10/22) at Amesbury 28-18 L<br />
8 (10/29) at Triton 20-14 L<br />
9 (11/5) at Shawsheen 28-0 W<br />
10 (11/12) at Georgetown 35-14 W<br />
11 (11/19) Bye Week N/A<br />
12 (11/25) vs. North Reading N/A<br />
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football Thursday,<br />
November 28,<br />
2019 at North<br />
Reading High<br />
School.<br />
2021 North<br />
Reading football<br />
Schedule/Results<br />
Date Opponent Score<br />
1 (9/11) at Northeast 49-20 W<br />
2 (9/17) vs. Greater Lawrence 46-9 W<br />
3 (9/24) vs. Pentucket 20-0 W<br />
4 (10/1) at Ipswich 41-13 W<br />
5 (10/8) at Triton 48-7 W<br />
6 (10/15) vs. Amesbury 30-28 L<br />
7 (10/22) vs. Newburyport 42-7 W<br />
8 (10/29) vs. Hamilton-Wenham 42-18 W<br />
9 (11/5) vs. Fairhaven 56-21 W<br />
10 (11/13) vs. Norton 33-6 W<br />
11 (11/19) vs. Pentucket N/A<br />
12 (11/25) at Lynnfield N/A<br />
North Reading<br />
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runs with the<br />
ball during<br />
Thanksgiving Day<br />
football Thursday,<br />
November 28,<br />
2019 at North<br />
Reading High<br />
School.<br />
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Lynnfield’s David<br />
Capachietti carries<br />
the ball as North<br />
Reading’s Will Taylor<br />
and Robert Tammaro<br />
rush in during<br />
Thanksgiving Day<br />
football Thursday,<br />
November 28, 2019 at<br />
North Reading High<br />
School.<br />
PHOTO |<br />
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Lynnfield-North Reading rivalry through the years<br />
YEAR WINNER SCORE<br />
1959 Lynnfield 6-0<br />
1960 Lynnfield 22-6<br />
1961 Lynnfield 20-6<br />
1962 Lynnfield 16-0<br />
1963 Lynnfield 20-16<br />
1964 Lynnfield 14-0<br />
1965 Lynnfield 6-0<br />
1966 N. Reading 3-2<br />
1967 N. Reading 7-0<br />
1968 N. Reading 20-12<br />
1969 Lynnfield 18-0<br />
1970 Lynnfield 42-14<br />
1971 Lynnfield 16-6<br />
1972 Lynnfield 38-8<br />
1973 Lynnfield 30-14<br />
1974 Lynnfield 12-7<br />
1975 Lynnfield 16-12<br />
1976 Lynnfield 6-0<br />
1977 N. Reading 30-0<br />
1978 N. Reading 21-8<br />
1979 N. Reading 13-6<br />
1980 N. Reading 7-6<br />
1981 N. Reading 20-15<br />
1982 N. Reading 26-6<br />
1983 Lynnfield 20-7<br />
1984 Lynnfield 26-7<br />
1985 Lynnfield 13-0<br />
1986 Lynnfield 27-6<br />
1987 N. Reading 16-6<br />
1988 Lynnfield 26-22<br />
1989 N. Reading 28-14<br />
1990 Lynnfield 14-13<br />
1991 Lynnfield 27-10<br />
1992 Lynnfield 7-0<br />
1993 N. Reading 35-14<br />
1994 N. Reading 47-20<br />
1995 Lynnfield 14-0<br />
1996 Lynnfield 22-0<br />
1997 Lynnfield 23-7<br />
1998 N. Reading 14-6<br />
1999 N. Reading 28-12<br />
2000 Lynnfield 29-23<br />
2001 N. Reading 21-6<br />
2002 N. Reading 13-12<br />
2003 Lynnfield 28-0<br />
2004 N. Reading 35-20<br />
2005 N. Reading 34-6<br />
2006 N. Reading 22-0<br />
2007 N. Reading 30-12<br />
2008 Lynnfield 21-0<br />
2009 Lynnfield 35-14<br />
2010 Lynnfield 21-6<br />
2011 N. Reading 37-18<br />
2012 Lynnfield 14-7<br />
2013 N. Reading 42-35<br />
2014 Lynnfield 35-0<br />
2015 Lynnfield 28-10<br />
2016 N. Reading 21-20<br />
2017 N. Reading 26-13<br />
2018 N. Reading 32-0<br />
2019 N. Reading 21-19<br />
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Lynnfield sends seniors off with<br />
one last winning season<br />
By Mike Alongi<br />
The Lynnfield football team came<br />
into the “Fall Sports II” season this past<br />
spring with a roster full of seniors and<br />
a hunger to finally play football again.<br />
And, in a shortened seven-game season,<br />
the Pioneers made the absolute most of<br />
it.<br />
Behind senior leadership from the likes<br />
of DJ Capachietti, Trent Balian, Bakari<br />
Mitchell and Austin Sutera ― along<br />
with fellow seniors Evan Balian, Jack<br />
Ford, Joe LaFerla, James Considine, Phil<br />
Berquist and Blake Peters ― Lynnfield<br />
went 5-2 in an all-Cape Ann League<br />
schedule.<br />
It started with a big 46-21 win over<br />
Triton in the season opener at home,<br />
where Sutera completed 19-of-22 passes<br />
for 361 yards and six touchdowns ―<br />
three to Ford, two to Mitchell and one to<br />
Peters. Ford had six receptions for 119<br />
yards, while Mitchell had five receptions<br />
for 111 yards. Spencer Riley added nine<br />
tackles and one sack on the defensive<br />
side.<br />
The defense picked up the slack<br />
for Lynnfield in Week 2 against<br />
Newburyport, making a key stand on<br />
fourth down with less than 30 seconds to<br />
play to secure a 13-7 victory. On offense,<br />
Ford had a big game for the second week<br />
in row, hauling in six passes for 150 yards<br />
and both of Lynnfield’s touchdowns.<br />
Sutera completed 13-of-25 passes for<br />
245 yards and two touchdowns, while<br />
Capachietti led the ground attack with<br />
nine carries for 59 yards.<br />
Another defensive win over Pentucket<br />
followed in Week 3, then the Pioneers<br />
pitched a 29-0 shutout over Manchester-<br />
Essex to move to 4-0.<br />
But then came a dose of reality against<br />
another unbeaten team in Ipswich, and<br />
the Pioneers came up on the short end of<br />
a 33-7 loss.<br />
Week 6 was a gut-check game for<br />
Lynnfield and it passed the test, outlasting<br />
Triton in double overtime to pull<br />
out a 30-22 win. Capachietti rushed for<br />
40 yards and two touchdowns in the win,<br />
while Sutera completed 13-of-20 passes<br />
for 145 yards and two touchdowns<br />
while also adding 54 rushing yards.<br />
Mitchell (five receptions for 43 yards)<br />
and Ford (four receptions for 50 yards)<br />
each caught one touchdown in the win,<br />
while Peters added three receptions for<br />
34 yards.<br />
The final game of the season came<br />
against Thanksgiving Day rival North<br />
Reading on April 23, and the Pioneers<br />
couldn’t quite find their offensive<br />
footing in a 12-6 loss. Sutera completed<br />
10-of-15 passes for 70 yards and a<br />
Lynnfield’s<br />
Bakari Mitchell<br />
breaks through<br />
the defense as he<br />
carries the ball.<br />
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had one reception for 8 yards and one<br />
touchdown. James Considine (three receptions<br />
for 25 yards) and Mitchell (two<br />
receptions for 23 yards) also contributed<br />
to the passing game.<br />
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Date Opponent Score<br />
1 (3/12) vs. Triton 46-21 W<br />
2 (3/20) vs. Newburyport 13-7 W<br />
3 (3/26) vs. Pentucket 13-7 W<br />
4 (4/3) at Manchester-Essex 29-0 W<br />
5 (4/9) at Ipswich 33-7 L<br />
6 (4/16) at Triton 30-22 W (2OT)<br />
7 (4/23) at North Reading 12-6 L<br />
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Lynnfield’s Bakari Mitchell breaks through the defense as he carries the ball.<br />
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Lynnfield quarterback Austin Sutera fires a pass as he scrambles away<br />
from pressure.<br />
Lynnfield players<br />
(Clockwise from<br />
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Spencer Riley, DJ<br />
Capichetti, and<br />
John Berquist,<br />
take down<br />
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Lynnfield’s Spencer Riley takes the ball up the<br />
middle.<br />
FILE PHOTOS | SPENSER HASAK<br />
Lynnfield’s Nick Marcinowski, left, and James Sharkey celebrate a touchdown.<br />
Lynnfield head varsity football coach Pat Lamusta looks<br />
down field as his team takes on Saugus.<br />
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Lynnfield’s Samantha Bunar played soccer last fall before joining the football team in the spring.<br />
By Hannah Chadwick<br />
LYNNFIELD ― Samantha<br />
Bunar is not only a superstar<br />
on the soccer field, but a pro<br />
on the gridiron as well. Due to<br />
COVID-19 and the resulting<br />
change in the scheduled sports<br />
season this past spring and fall,<br />
Bunar was able to play her favorite<br />
sport as well as start a<br />
new one she loved to watch.<br />
Bunar’s love for both football<br />
and soccer started at a very<br />
young age; the LHS senior<br />
said she fell in love watching<br />
the Miami Dolphins football<br />
team with her father every<br />
weekend. From then on, she<br />
and her family always watched<br />
America’s favorite sport.<br />
While she watched football<br />
every weekend, she played<br />
soccer every week. Growing<br />
up, Bunar was thrown into<br />
soccer, she said, but she added<br />
that she began to love it in time.<br />
By the age of 12, she fell into<br />
goalkeeping, which is her position<br />
today.<br />
Bunar has also traveled the<br />
world with soccer, and she<br />
said that having been given the<br />
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Being a goalkeeper has taught<br />
Bunar many things, including<br />
being self-driven and never settling<br />
for less.<br />
“They always tell you it has<br />
to go through 11 players first,<br />
and that it is a team effort, but<br />
being a goalie, you can’t help<br />
but feel you should’ve done<br />
something different,” she said.<br />
Those two qualities are what<br />
lead her to football, she said.<br />
In the spring of her junior year,<br />
Bunar felt the need to do more<br />
and to widen her horizons.<br />
Luckily, the football season had<br />
changed and moved to spring<br />
due to COVID, which created<br />
the perfect scenario.<br />
Bunar went to the football<br />
coach with a unique proposition<br />
― a spot on the team. She was<br />
then invited to watch a practice<br />
in order to fully commit to the<br />
sport. While there wasn’t much<br />
practice for kickers, Bunar used<br />
that self-driven personality and<br />
created her own workouts and<br />
practices, which she did while<br />
the rest of the team partook in<br />
their other workouts.<br />
In her first game, the pressure<br />
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her to do more.<br />
“I came off and told my<br />
coach, ‘this isn’t me,’” she said.<br />
“I won’t settle for this”.<br />
While she had a great time<br />
with the team, soccer became<br />
her future ― and it’s what she’ll<br />
do when she moves on to college.<br />
Bunar has committed to<br />
the Bates College soccer team<br />
in Lewiston, Maine, where she<br />
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Kevin Connolly<br />
kicks off for<br />
Lynnfield.<br />
FILE PHOTO |<br />
SPENSER HASAK<br />
Kevin Connolly: Lynnfield’s<br />
special teams extraordinaire<br />
By Sam Minton<br />
When it comes to kicking and special<br />
teams, it can be an overlooked aspect<br />
of high school football, but Lynnfield<br />
Pioneer junior Kevin Connolly is<br />
showing just how important it can be.<br />
Connolly has been lights out in 2021<br />
converting on 15 of his 17 kicks. He has<br />
also been crucial on the kickoff team as<br />
his average kickoff goes nearly 44 yards,<br />
with his longest kickoff going 60 yards<br />
in the air.<br />
Lynnfield head coach Pat Lamusta<br />
said that having a kicker like Connolly<br />
has added a sense of calm after scoring<br />
touchdowns.<br />
“When we score touchdowns we want<br />
to know that you are going to go and get<br />
that extra point. You want that presence<br />
of mind, that confidence. We’ve gone up<br />
against teams that always go for the two<br />
(points) and we’ve been very fortunate<br />
to have Kevin (Connolly) as an option.<br />
He’s been very close to perfect this year<br />
so he’s done an awesome job.”<br />
The junior played soccer up until sixth<br />
grade and he credits playing the sport for<br />
developing his kicking leg. That same<br />
year he played football for the first time<br />
and he said that he had a natural talent<br />
for kicking.<br />
While most football players are used<br />
to spending a lot of time in the weight<br />
room, Connolly’s weight room is out on<br />
the field. The junior kicks during the entire<br />
offseason to continue to work on his<br />
craft.<br />
“I have a kicking coach that I go to<br />
sometimes when I’m not feeling well or<br />
whatever (and) he can fix me up but I’ll<br />
come out here and practice as much as<br />
some guys would hit the weight room.”<br />
Connolly doesn’t just kick either. He<br />
is a part of other special teams units as<br />
well.<br />
“He’s a very detail-oriented kid too so<br />
I’m hoping we can boot some field goals<br />
in the Thanksgiving game and also next<br />
year we will have him as a senior,” said<br />
the head coach. “So it’s exciting to have<br />
him back.”<br />
One of the more enjoyable parts of the<br />
2021 season has been the fact that it’s<br />
a return to normalcy. Connolly prefers<br />
playing in the fall compared to playing<br />
in the dead of winter with snow on the<br />
ground like the team had to last year.<br />
“Last season was just so bad playing<br />
in February in ankle deep snow out here.<br />
Being out here with my friends as it gets<br />
colder, that’s what I really like, coming<br />
out here, it’s pitch black, it’s fun.”<br />
Connolly says that this team means<br />
the world to him.<br />
“These guys are my family,” he said.<br />
They really are a bunch of my brothers<br />
and there’s 60 of them which is awesome.<br />
It’s just so fun coming out here<br />
on this field every single day with my<br />
family playing football.”<br />
While Connolly enjoys kicking, he<br />
said that he is hoping to be recruited as a<br />
wide receiver in college. Still, the junior<br />
said he would be happy to continue to<br />
kick in college.<br />
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Spencer Riley laying the boom for the Lynnfield Pioneers<br />
By Sam Minton<br />
Lynnfield Pioneers senior running<br />
back Spencer Riley isn’t afraid of a little<br />
contact.<br />
Riley has been one of the top running<br />
backs for the Pioneers. He leads the<br />
team in rushing touchdowns (5) and has<br />
amassed nearly 295 yards headed into<br />
Lynnfield’s Thanksgiving game against<br />
North Reading.<br />
The Pioneers got off to a good start<br />
this season winning their first two games<br />
of the season by a combined score of<br />
61-0 but also dealt with some low points.<br />
Riley said after some struggles the<br />
team has really been able to pull things<br />
together.<br />
“Definitely started off on a high note<br />
with the two wins,” Riley said when<br />
asked about his season. “Throughout<br />
the (middle) of the season it was tough<br />
taking those losses but I feel as a group,<br />
the seniors, the captains, everybody as a<br />
team has definitely pulled together and<br />
these last two games have gone well for<br />
us.<br />
After being eliminated from the<br />
Division 6 tournament in a heartbreaking<br />
defeat against Triton, Lynnfield has won<br />
its last two games by a large margin once<br />
again with a combined score of 63-14.<br />
Each running back has their own style.<br />
Looking at the pros of today you can<br />
see someone like Austin Eckler use his<br />
speed and agility to get by defenders<br />
while Derrick Henry will run you over<br />
and have you rethinking your career<br />
choices. Riley is definitely someone<br />
who enjoys handing out the physicality<br />
instead of being on the receiving end.<br />
“I definitely like to lower my head and<br />
lay some boom,” Riley said. You know<br />
get somebody on the ground, keep running<br />
over them. I like the hits. I like to<br />
get cheers from the teammates, it’s really<br />
fun.”<br />
Lynnfield head coach Pat Lamusta<br />
described his running style as an “awesome”<br />
mix of patience and power.<br />
“He’s going to get in sync with the<br />
pulling guard when he needs to and<br />
sometimes he’s just going to bury you<br />
for an additional four yards, basically destroying<br />
anyone that comes in his path.”<br />
Lamusta also credited Riley’s ability<br />
to read plays as he is running.<br />
“It’s natural to him,” the coach said.<br />
For the senior, this year’s team isn’t<br />
just a group of guys playing football.<br />
They are family.<br />
“Honestly everybody on this team is a<br />
family member to me,” Riley said. Since<br />
day one they all worked together as a<br />
team and obviously, the hopes have been<br />
up all season, everybody’s energy has<br />
been up too. It’s been really great.<br />
Lynnfield’s<br />
Spencer Riley<br />
looks up field as he<br />
rushes the ball.<br />
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Lamusta added that Riley is a role<br />
model to everyone in the locker room.<br />
“He has this balance of vocal leadership<br />
and leading by example,” the head<br />
coach said. “He doesn’t overdo it, the<br />
guys respect him. When he starts to talk,<br />
everybody listens and I think the kids really<br />
do look up to him.”<br />
Riley doesn’t know yet if he will be<br />
playing football in college but did mention<br />
he is interested in studying business<br />
after high school. No matter what decision<br />
he makes, Riley will have a family<br />
for life in the Lynnfield football team.<br />
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The Bishop Fenwick football team poses for a photo prior to the start of the season.<br />
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Bishop Fenwick Roster<br />
No. Name Yr. Pos.<br />
1 Zac Marron Sr. WR/DB<br />
2 Jason Romans Sr. WR/DB<br />
4 Thomas Swanton Jr. WR/DB<br />
7 Costa Beechin (Capt) Jr. WR/DB<br />
9 Mike Zaimi FR. TE/DE<br />
10 Steven Woods (Capt) Sr. QB/DB<br />
11 Jacob Behn So. WR/DB<br />
12 Bryce Leaman So. QB/DB<br />
13 Chris Faraca (Capt) Sr. WR/DL<br />
14 Brayden Clifford FR. QB/DB<br />
15 Quentin Bullard Sr. WR/DB<br />
18 Brady McCormack So. WR/DB<br />
19 Will Perillo Jr. WR/DB<br />
20 Michael Gulla So. RB/LB<br />
21 Luke Connolly So. RB/DB<br />
22 Troy Irizarry Jr. RB/DE<br />
23 Jacob Vargus Sr. RB/DL<br />
28 Kurtis Bruch So. RB/LB<br />
32 Michael Hatch Jr. WR/DB<br />
34 Patrick Fitzgerald Sr. WR/DB<br />
41 Joe Morceau FR. RB/LB<br />
44 Lincoln Dugan FR. WR/DB<br />
50 Mark Clanton So. OL/DL<br />
52 Chris DaSilva Jr. OL/LB<br />
53 Luke Coleman Jr. OL/DL<br />
54 Jonathan Hinnant Sr. OL/LB<br />
56 Devin Tiburcio Jr. OL/DL<br />
60 Anthony El-Hed So. OL/DL<br />
62 Nick Kenny-Krutchkevich So. OL/DL<br />
63 William Gibbs Jr. OL/DL<br />
64 Aidan Silva FR. K<br />
66 Jonathan Soares Jr. OL/DL<br />
70 Daniel Berry So. OL/DL<br />
72 Nick Caputo Sr. OL/DL<br />
73 Rudy Zaimi So. OL/DL<br />
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Schedule/Results<br />
Date Opponent Score<br />
1 (9/10) vs. South Hadley 35-14 W<br />
2 (9/18) at Arlington Catholic 48-7 W<br />
3 (9/24) vs. Austin Prep 28-7 W<br />
4 (10/1) vs. St. Mary’s 21-19 L<br />
5 (10/8) at Cardinal Spellman 31-0 W<br />
6 (10/15) vs. Arch. Williams 35-14 W<br />
7 (10/22) vs. Bishop Feehan 27-15 L<br />
8 (10/29) at Bishop Stang 36-21 W<br />
9 (11/5) vs. Maynard 49-14 W<br />
10 (11/12) vs. Hudson 42-13 W<br />
11 (11/19) vs. Swampscott N/A<br />
12 (11/25) vs. Malden Catholic N/A<br />
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Bishop Fenwick football chasing<br />
down another Super Bowl<br />
BY MIKE ALONGI<br />
PEABODY ― Two years ago, the<br />
Bishop Fenwick football team walked<br />
off the field at Gillette Stadium after<br />
losing the Division 6 Super Bowl to<br />
Ashland. And with a win Friday night<br />
against an undefeated Swampscott team,<br />
the Crusaders will be back in the big<br />
game.<br />
It’s been another strong year for the<br />
Crusaders, who went 7-0 in the spring<br />
and brought that momentum right into<br />
the fall season. Fenwick averaged nearly<br />
40 points per game over its first three<br />
games, setting up a date with perennial<br />
rival St. Mary’s ― which was also undefeated<br />
― in early October. The game<br />
was an instant classic, with the two sides<br />
battling it out to force overtime before<br />
St. Mary’s was able to gut out a 21-19<br />
win at Donaldson Stadium.<br />
But the loss didn’t slow the Crusaders<br />
down, and Fenwick came back the<br />
following week to blow out Cardinal<br />
Spellman 31-0, then followed that up<br />
with a 35-14 win over Archbishop<br />
Williams.<br />
Fenwick dropped to 5-2 after losing a<br />
road game to Bishop Feehan, but that was<br />
the last loss the Crusaders would suffer<br />
to date. After closing the season with a<br />
win over Bishop Stang on Halloween<br />
weekend, Fenwick earned the No. 3 seed<br />
in the Division 5 playoffs and earned a<br />
home game in the opener.<br />
That game also went Fenwick’s way, as<br />
the Crusaders blew out No. 14 Maynard<br />
by a score of 49-14 at Donaldson<br />
Stadium. It was a banner night for senior<br />
quarterback Steven Woods and senior receiver<br />
Jason Romans. Woods completed<br />
10 of his 13 passes for more than 250<br />
yards and six touchdowns. Romans had<br />
a combined four touchdowns and more<br />
than 100 yards receiving.<br />
After No. 11 Hudson upset No.<br />
6 Austin Prep on the other side of<br />
the bracket, Fenwick went into the<br />
Division 5 quarterfinal against another<br />
unfamiliar foe. But it didn’t matter<br />
much to the Crusaders, who rolled<br />
right past the Hawks behind another<br />
stellar performance from the Woods-<br />
Romans duo.<br />
Woods completed 15-of-29 passes for<br />
271 yards and four touchdowns in the<br />
win, while Romans caught five passes<br />
for an eye-popping 174 yards and two<br />
touchdowns. Tight ends Aidan Breen<br />
and Mike Zaimi each caught a touchdown<br />
pass for Fenwick, while running<br />
backs Troy Irizarry and Luke Connolly<br />
each rushed for a touchdown.<br />
The win sets up a date with undefeated<br />
No. 2 Swampscott in the Division<br />
5 semifinal, with the game to be played<br />
at a neutral site in Manning Field.<br />
Nearly equidistant from each school’s<br />
home field, the game has the potential to<br />
be one for the ages ― with the winner<br />
moving on to the Super Bowl at Gillette<br />
Stadium.<br />
Regardless of which way Friday’s<br />
game shakes out, Fenwick is guaranteed<br />
at least one more game when it<br />
hosts Malden Catholic on Thanksgiving<br />
morning at Donaldson Stadium. The<br />
last time the two teams met was on<br />
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St. John’s Prep Roster<br />
COURTESY PHOTO | ST. JOHN’S PREP ATHLETICS<br />
No. Name Yr. Pos.<br />
2 Dylan Wodarski SR LB<br />
4 Matthew Mitchell* SR DB<br />
5 Jesse Ofurie JR WR<br />
6 James Guy* SR RB<br />
7 Tyee Ambrosh SR DB<br />
8 Charles Wilmot SR WR<br />
9 Jack Perry SR QB<br />
10 Michael Nabbout JR TE<br />
10 James Nardone SO QB<br />
11 Dylan Aliberti SO DB<br />
12 Stephon Patrick JR WR<br />
13 Mason Butler SR DB<br />
14 Jackson Delaney* SR WR<br />
15 Samuel Roberts SO WR<br />
16 Deacon Robillard FR QB<br />
16 John Molloy SO WR<br />
17 Victor Harrington SR QB<br />
18 Michael Pallazola JR WR<br />
19 Rocco Masciarelli SR WR<br />
20 Mason McSweeney SO TE<br />
21 Ryan Grenier SR DB<br />
22 Lucas Verrier JR DB<br />
23 Andrew Davis JR WR<br />
24 Christopher Esposito JR DB<br />
25 Maximillian Samiei JR DB<br />
25 Shane Williams SR DB<br />
26 Jack Fillion JR <strong>FB</strong><br />
26 Austin Lambert SO<br />
27 Jonathan Zion SR RB<br />
28 Alexander Brescio SO<br />
28 Carson Browne JR RB<br />
29 Samuel Wilmot FR WR<br />
30 Nicholas Gregory SO LB<br />
31 Jack Angelopolus SO WR<br />
32 Jackson Tucker FR LB<br />
33 Eric Boyd SR LB<br />
34 Charles Stark SR LB/K<br />
35 Cameron LaGrassa SO <strong>FB</strong><br />
36 John Droggitis SO LB<br />
37 Anthony Bechalany SO DB<br />
38 Nico Cox SO LB<br />
39 Nicolas Petrosino JR DB<br />
40 Matthew Smith SO LB<br />
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42 John Hayes SO WR<br />
43 Chase Moylan SR TE<br />
44 Conan Keefe SR LB<br />
45 Justin Fogarty SR <strong>FB</strong><br />
46 Andrew Heffernan SO DE<br />
46 Parker Sherlock JR DB<br />
47 Connor Regan SR LB<br />
48 Ryan O’Leary JR LB/LS<br />
49 Ryan Albano JR LB<br />
50 Sam McCormack JR OL<br />
51 John Bennett JR DT<br />
52 Wells Gillett SO OL<br />
53 Christian Galatis JR OL<br />
54 Andrew Connolly SR OL<br />
55 Xavier Blais JR LB<br />
56 Hudson Kortbus SR OL<br />
57 Colin Vaughan JR DT<br />
58 Patrick Dever JR OL<br />
59 Aidan White SR LB<br />
61 David Keefe SO OL<br />
63 Quinn Fortuna JR OL<br />
64 Connor Queenan SR DE<br />
65 Jonathan Pasterczyk SO DT<br />
66 Daniel Baumfeld SO DT<br />
67 William Guggenberger SO OL<br />
68 Charles Ralfs SO OL<br />
68 Graham Roberts FR DL<br />
69 Kurt Plakans SR OL<br />
70 Pius Ejindu JR OL<br />
71 Alex Cianciaruso SO DE<br />
72 Sean Murphy JR OL<br />
73 Samuel English JR DE<br />
74 Cristhian Difo JR OL<br />
75 Conall Gallagher SO OL<br />
76 Kyle Webster SR OL<br />
77 Jacob Cuddire* SR OL<br />
78 Charles Magauran Smith JR DT<br />
79 Dylan Roberts SR DT<br />
80 Austin Hart SR DE<br />
81 William Mueller JR TE<br />
82 James Driscoll SO TE<br />
82 Vaughn DeAngelo JR WR<br />
83 Joseph Gannon SO WR<br />
84 Gavin Gold SO WR<br />
85 Joshua Haarmann FR LB<br />
86 Anthony Caputo SR TE<br />
87 Noah Brown JR DE<br />
88 Timothy Haarmann SR TE/K<br />
89 Matthew Callahan SO DE<br />
90 Nicholas Riccio JR DE<br />
91 Maximus Rizza JR DE/K<br />
92 Benjamin Mazer JR DB<br />
93 Anthony Carusi SO DE<br />
94 Braden Hughes SO DE<br />
95 Kaleel Javier SO DE<br />
96 Christian Kaminski SO TE<br />
97 Nico Ilardi SO LB<br />
99 Matthew Abate SO DT<br />
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2021 St. John’s<br />
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Schedule/Results<br />
Date Opponent Score<br />
1 (9/10) at Marshfield 47-42 W<br />
2 (9/18) vs. Central Catholic 49-14 W<br />
3 (9/24) vs. Haverhill 42-6 W<br />
4 (10/1) at Bridgewater-Raynham 40-14 W<br />
5 (10/8) at Malden Catholic 39-21 W<br />
6 (10/15) vs. Catholic Memorial 38-9 L<br />
7 (10/22) at BC High 40-26 W<br />
8 (10/30) vs. St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 35-28 L<br />
9 (11/5) vs. Shrewsbury 28-0 W<br />
10 (11/12) vs. Wachusett 57-20 W<br />
11 (11/19) vs. Central Catholic N/A<br />
12 (11/25) at Xaverian N/A<br />
FILE PHOTOS | SPENSER HASAK<br />
St. John’s Prep’s Dylan Wodarski lets out a yell after making a big stop.<br />
St. John’s Prep’s Stephon Patrick takes the ball up the middle.<br />
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St. John’s Prep football trying<br />
to make it a three-peat<br />
By Mike Alongi<br />
DANVERS ― The St. John’s Prep<br />
football team knows what it’s like to<br />
play in big games, and the Eagles have<br />
once again put themselves in a position<br />
to play for a Super Bowl title in 2021.<br />
The two-time defending Super Bowl<br />
champions in Division 1, St. John’s Prep<br />
had a middling 3-3 season in the spring<br />
and went 1-3 in Catholic Conference<br />
play. But that didn’t quite carry over<br />
to the fall, as the Eagles opened up the<br />
season with a 47-42 win over a tough<br />
Marshfield team.<br />
But still, the Prep went into its Week<br />
2 game against perennial power Central<br />
Catholic as a home underdog ― not<br />
something the Eagles are used to. St.<br />
John’s showed why it was a mistake<br />
to doubt it, as the team rolled Central<br />
Catholic 49-14.<br />
Both sides of the ball played dominant<br />
football for the Eagles, but it was<br />
the Prep defense that had a truly stellar<br />
game. The Eagles held Central quarterback<br />
Ayden Periera ― who scored 10<br />
total touchdowns in the previous week’s<br />
victory ― to just 59 yards of total offense<br />
and one touchdown.<br />
On the offensive end, the Eagles soared<br />
behind an incredible air attack. Senior<br />
quarterback Jack Perry had arguably the<br />
best game of his career, throwing for 261<br />
yards and a career-high six touchdowns.<br />
Star senior running back James Guy contributed<br />
115 rushing yards, while senior<br />
receiver Jackson Delaney hauled in three<br />
touchdown receptions. Junior receiver<br />
Jesse Ofurie added a pair of touchdown<br />
receptions himself, while junior receiver<br />
Stephon Patrick had one touchdown reception<br />
and senior running back Ryan<br />
Grenier had one rushing touchdown.<br />
Junior defensive back Lucas Verrier also<br />
had himself a big game, kicking seven<br />
PATs and also adding an interception.<br />
Blowout wins over Haverhill (42-<br />
6), Bridgewater Raynham (40-14) and<br />
Malden Catholic (39-21) followed, but<br />
the Eagles were given a dose of reality<br />
in mid-October when Catholic Memorial<br />
came to town and handed them a 38-9<br />
loss. The Prep got back on track with a<br />
win over BC High the following week,<br />
but a poor performance in the regular<br />
season finale led to a loss to St. John’s<br />
(Shrewsbury) and a No. 3 seed in the<br />
Division 1 playoffs.<br />
The Eagles drew No. 14 Shrewsbury<br />
in the playoff opener, and despite<br />
a heavy ground attack from the<br />
Colonials, St. John’s was able to grind<br />
out a 28-0 win and move on to the next<br />
round.<br />
The quarterfinal saw the Prep match<br />
up with No. 6 Wachusett, and the Eagles’<br />
offense came alive. St. John’s Prep<br />
rolled 57-20, as running back Carson<br />
Browne ― who has filled in incredibly<br />
well for the Eagles in the absence of Guy<br />
― rushed for more than 100 yards to<br />
go along with three touchdowns. Perry<br />
continued his stellar senior season by<br />
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three touchdowns while adding a rushing<br />
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yards in the win, with Patrick catching<br />
two touchdowns and Delaney catching<br />
one.<br />
The Eagles (8-2) now stand one win<br />
away from another shot at a Super<br />
Bowl, and a rematch with No. 2 Central<br />
Catholic Friday night (7) at Lowell’s<br />
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way.<br />
Whether or not the Prep makes it back<br />
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against rival Xaverian on Thanksgiving<br />
morning. After winning the 2019 edition<br />
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to take home a win on the road.<br />
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