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6 ESSEX MEDIA GROUP THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL 2022<br />
LYNN TECH<br />
Tech seeks to put KIPP<br />
in the eye of the tiger<br />
By Ryan VeRmette<br />
<strong>Item</strong> news edItoR<br />
The fourth installment of the Lynn Tech<br />
Tigers and KIPP Panthers <strong>Thanksgiving</strong> Day<br />
matchup is shaping up to be a good one, and<br />
an important one for Tech. A 38-12 win by<br />
KIPP last year gave the Panthers a slim 2-1<br />
lead in the series, and the Tigers will try to<br />
pull out a victory to even things up in this<br />
battle of wildcats.<br />
Lynn Tech won the inaugural matchup in<br />
2018 by a score of 24-6. KIPP took the next<br />
two with ease, however. The Panthers shut<br />
out the Tigers in 2019, 25-0. In the Covid-2<br />
season in <strong>2021</strong>, the annual matchup was put<br />
on pause before resuming in the fall of <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
where KIPP ran right through Lynn Tech.<br />
Lynn Tech dropped its season opener to<br />
Essex Tech by a score of 28-14, but went<br />
on to win two in a row. The Tigers blew out<br />
Minuteman Regional 47-0 before beating the<br />
Whittier Wildcats 28-12 – the first time since<br />
2010.<br />
It was a promising 2-1 start for the Tigers,<br />
but the team has dropped five straight coming<br />
into this contest and finished with a record of<br />
2-6. After its second loss of the season against<br />
Nashoba Valley, Lynn Tech lost a highscoring<br />
affair against Tech Boston Academy,<br />
38-21. Two more losses to Manchester Essex<br />
and Greater Lowell Tech ensued, but the<br />
Tigers still wound up making the playoffs,<br />
but fell to Blue Hills by a score of 40-14.<br />
It was a disappointing end to a season<br />
that started very well for Head Coach James<br />
Runner’s squad, but a win<br />
against KIPP in this<br />
newly generated rivalry<br />
would lift the teams’<br />
spirit significantly.<br />
The Panthers enter this<br />
game with a 6-4 record<br />
and are fresh off of a<br />
deep playoff run. There’s no<br />
question that KIPP will be<br />
ready, but Lynn Tech will<br />
have a little more rest than<br />
its opponent.<br />
In a rivalry matchup with<br />
as little sample size as this one,<br />
anything can happen, and both<br />
sides should expect the unexpected<br />
when they face off Wednesday night at<br />
7 p.m at the Manning Bowl.<br />
LYNN TECH (7-3)<br />
9/7............ St. Mary’s 30 Millis 12<br />
9/15.......... St. Mary’s 39 So. Boston 22<br />
9/21.......... St. Mary’s 14 Cath. Mem. 42<br />
9/29.......... St. Mary’s 40, Spellman 22<br />
10/6.......... St. Mary’s 28 Arl. Cath. 12<br />
10/13........ St. Mary’s 20 Williams 27<br />
10/19........ St. Mary’s 24 Mashpee 30<br />
10/26........ St. Mary’s 49 Georgetown 6<br />
11/2 .......... St. Mary’s 30 Gr. Lawrence 24<br />
11/9 .......... St. Mary’s 39 Nashoba Tech 14<br />
11/16 ........ vs. Cohasset (at Medford, 7)<br />
11/22 ........ at Fenwick (10)<br />
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Good luck to all the teams!
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