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The Thanksgiving Day game between the Marblehead Magicians and Swampscott

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Record: 7-3

9/5 Lynn English 21-6 W

9/12 Bishop Fenwick 26-20 W

9/19 Shepard Hill Regional 35-22 W

9/26 North Andover 48-0 W

10/11 Beverly 35-14 W

10/17 Peabody 35-14 W

10/24 Masconomet 45-42 L

10/31 Danvers 21-7 L

11/7 Shepard Hill Regional 42-14 W

11/14 Canton 27-22 L

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Record: 7-3

9/5 St. Mary’s 28-0 L

9/12 Lynn English 20-18 W

9/19 Peabody 28-6 W

9/26 Melrose 20-6 L

10/10 Gloucester 28-22 W

10/17 Winthrop 28-20 W

10/24 Saugus 34-0 W

10/31 Salem 33-0 W

11/7 Archbishop Williams 14-7 L

11/14 Weston 35-15 W

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GAME 1

Two programs with rich histories

of success — and former conference

foes — kicked off the season under the

lights at Manning Field.

Marblehead flipped its own script.

After dropping its season-opener the

past two years, the Magicians struck

early and controlled the game en route

to a 21-6 win against Lynn English.

Senior quarterback Finn Gallup

shook off a slow start to lead the way.

After going just 2-of-5 for 9 yards

and taking a 25-yard sack in the first

quarter, he settled in and picked apart

the Bulldogs’ defense. Gallup finished

8-of-13 for 165 yards and three

touchdowns.

Gallup’s first score came on a

fourth-and-7 play midway through

the second quarter, when he

connected with Breydan Callahan

for a 37-yard score. The extra point

missed, but Marblehead went into

halftime ahead, 6-0.

In the third quarter, Gallup found

Owen Coyne across the middle for

a 28-yard touchdown, then hit him

again early in the fourth. Coyne (3

receptions, 106 yards) broke free in

the open field and sprinted to the end

zone for a 21-0 cushion.

The Magicians’ running game also

set the tone. Callahan broke free for

a 55-yard run on his first carry and

finished with 113 yards rushing.

English leaned heavily on

quarterback Shane Knowlton-Simard

and running back Xavier Beauchamp.

Knowlton-Simard rushed for 170

yards, while Beauchamp logged 94.

But the Bulldogs were stopped

short on key fourth-down attempts,

with Marblehead’s defense coming up

big each time.

Late in the fourth quarter, after the

Bulldogs forced Marblehead to punt,

fans held out hope for a comeback

with less than four minutes remaining.

That said, Marblehead’s Madden Lyons

intercepted a deep pass and returned

it to English territory.

Gallup kneeled out the clock to seal

the Magicians’ first win of the season.

From left, Jack Morin and Breydan Callahan line up on the defensive side

of the ball.

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GAME 2

Marblehead’s football team (2-0)

worked its magic again — this time, with

the Bishop Fenwick Crusaders in town at

Piper Field.

With a 26-20 final in the books, coach

Jim Rudloff and his Magicians took down

Fenwick for the first time in two years.

James Machado, Breydan Callahan,

and Rylan Golden (from quarterback

Finn Gallup) scored touchdowns for the

Magicians, while kicker Finbar Bresnahan

converted two field-goal attempts.

Better yet, Marblehead faced adversity

in this one. Fenwick led, 13-10, at halftime

and cut the lead to 26-20 late.

Callahan rushed for 75 yards, while

Gallup added another 60 on the ground.

Gallup threw for more than 200 yards as

well, capping off a terrific night under

center.

Golden (137 yards) and Owen Coyne

(69) led Marblehead’s receiving attack. The Marblehead Magicians celebrate after a big play against Bishop Fenwick.

GAME 3

Marblehead linemen await a snap.

Shepherd Hill scored first in this one, but against good teams, that’s not the

end of the world. The Marblehead Magicians (3-0) stayed perfect and had the

last laugh 35-22 in enemy territory.

Finn Gallup found Rylan Golden for a 15-yard touchdown just before

halftime for a 7-6 lead. And from there, coach Jim Rudloff’s visitors turned up

the pressure with 28 second-half points.

Gallup and Breydan Callahan (2 TDs) reached the promised land before

Golden secured the win with another touchdown — this one in the final two

minutes.

It’s been quite the season for the Red and Black, who have scored more than

20 points in each of their three outings against Lynn English, Bishop Fenwick,

and now Shepherd Hill. In total, Marblehead has outscored opponents 82-48.

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GAME 4

GAME 5

Marblehead stayed perfect (5-0) with a

dominant performance in Beverly (4-2). Breydan

Callahan scored three consecutive rushing

touchdowns to lead the Magicians.

Despite Beverly’s Danny Pierce getting

things started with a 1-yard rushing touchdown,

Marblehead didn’t panic. Rylan Golden caught a

9-yard touchdown pass from Finn Gallup to put

the visitors on the board.

Marblehead’s Tim Wales (12-yard pass from

Gallup) scored the game’s final touchdown. Gallup

put on a show with nearly 250 yards passing.

GAME 6

Breydan Callahan runs the ball downfield.

This one was never in

doubt.

Marblehead High’s varsity

football team defended

Piper Field in style, cruising

to a 48-0 win against North

Andover. The team entered

its bye week with a perfect

record of 4-0.

The Scarlet Knights had

no answer for Marblehead’s

versatile, high-powered

offense. Despite holding the

Magicians scoreless for one

quarter, Marblehead struck

first when Finn Gallup rushed

16 yards to the promised land

in the second (7-0).

Tim Wales (from Gallup)

upped the advantage when

he raced 50-plus yards to the

end zone. Midway through

the second quarter, it was

14-0 in favor of the hosts.

Rylan Golden hauled in a

pass from Gallup toward the

tail-end of the first half —

one that ended with a 21-0

Marblehead lead behind

some extra-point kicks from

Finbar Bresnahan.

Owen Coyne, Vidal

Clark, Breydan Callahan,

and Armany Villar joined

the scoring barrage in the

second half.

Just like that, the Red and

Black had defended home

turf from another visitor.

Marblehead moves

forward with wins against

Lynn English, Bishop

Fenwick, Shepherd Hill, and

now North Andover under

its belt.

Finn Gallup takes Peabody’s Cory Dooley with him for a few yards.

Records were out the window between the

Marblehead and Peabody football teams. The

Tanners (0-6) gave the Magicians (6-0) a good

fight at Coley Lee Field, but Marblehead turned

it up late en route to a 35-14 Northeastern

Conference victory.

Marblehead’s Finn Gallup (265 yards

passing, 65 yards rushing) collected three total

touchdowns, Brayden Callahan (169 yards

rushing) rushed twice for scores, receiver

Madden Lyons (7 catches, 112 yards) made a

big difference in the passing game, and both

Tim Wales and Trent Brown caught touchdown

passes.

As for Peabody — which had the game

tied, 14-14, in the second half — Cory Dooley

and Mark Mendonca scored touchdowns.

Quarterback Luke Maglione completed 12

passes for 77 yards with a touchdown and an

interception, while receiver Jack Smith hauled in

four balls for 34 yards.

This season, coach Jim Rudloff and his

Magicians have outscored opponents, 200-76.

They’ve collected wins against Lynn English,

Bishop Fenwick, Shepherd Hill, North Andover,

Beverly, and now Peabody.

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6-1 record a pleasant

surprise for Rudloff

After a few seasons of slow starts,

Marblehead’s varsity football team flipped

the script this fall. The Magicians, under

longtime coach Jim Rudloff, began the

season with six wins before suffering their

first loss against Masconomet (Game 7).

“This year, however, to be honest, we’re

just as surprised as anybody else. Of all the

past three years put together, this is the

year that we should have started off slow

on paper,” Rudloff said. “The last two years,

I’ve scheduled King Philip for a Week 2

matchup and that game is kind of one of

those games where you can almost cross it

off. Bishop Fenwick caught us twice when

we weren’t ready. We lost Miles O’Neil to

a private school and had two sophomore

quarterbacks who had never played in a

varsity game.”

The Magicians graduated 27 seniors

from last year’s team and returned only

a small handful of experienced players.

Some of this year’s seniors, Rudloff said,

had never played football before joining the

team.

“We thought the beginning of this year

was going to be rough, regardless of who we

played.”

Still, a strong returning presence at

quarterback made a difference. Senior

signal-caller Finn Gallup, who played half

of the snaps last season, has provided

leadership and stability on offense.

“Having someone who can explain

everything to the guys in the huddle or

in a meeting helps so much,” Rudloff

said. “A returning quarterback impacts

your running backs and receivers — he

can tell a running back if they’re lined

up wrong. That reduces the amount of

mistakes on the field.”

Gallup has led a balanced Marblehead

attack, while senior captain Breydan

Callahan has emerged as the team’s top

running back — despite not even playing

at the position last season.

Rudloff doesn’t see one dominant

strength defining this year’s group, but

instead credits its overall balance.

“This is one of the most balanced teams

I’ve had, at least up to this point in the

season,” he said. “We don’t really have

a defensive or offensive identity. I think

Finn’s ability to run and throw makes us

very versatile on offense. I don’t think

we’re great at anything; I just think we’ve

been pretty good at everything.”

GAME 8

Junior Finbar Bresnahan attempts a field goal at Piper Field.

Host Marblehead (6-2) fell short

against Danvers (6-2), 21-7, in a

late October meeting of Division 4

contenders. As of that week’s MIAA

power rankings, the Magicians

ranked fifth, while the Falcons

checked in at No. 12.

Marblehead’s Breydan Callahan

scored a rushing touchdown to tie

the game during the first quarter.

Danvers held a 14-7 lead after three

quarters before scoring again in the

fourth.

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STATE TOURNAMENT

In MIAA Division 4 state

tournament football action, Breydan

Callahan was a man on a mission for

the No. 6 Magicians, who took down

No. 11 Shepherd Hill 42-14 at Piper

Field in the Round of 16.

Callahan scored three rushing

touchdowns to go with another through

The Marblehead Magicians, over

the last few seasons, have been known

as a slow-starting group, but that was

anything but the case this fall.

The Magicians started the year with

six victories, including impressive wins

against Bishop Fenwick (26-20 final)

and Shepherd Hill (35-22). Last season,

Marblehead started 0-2 with losses

against Fenwick and King Philip before

rattling off seven consecutive wins.

Behind stellar and consistent

quarterback play from Finn Gallup, he

had his team putting up points at will.

the air. Finn Gallup threw a pair of

touchdown passes to Landon Dosch as

Marblehead cruised in Division 4.

The following week, a Round of

8 matchup against No. 3 Canton,

Marblehead’s (7-3) season came to an

end in a 27-22 final.

Canton (8-2) advanced to the Final

Four for the first time in program

history. Better yet for Bulldogs’ fans,

the home victory came in comeback

fashion.

The Magicians jumped on the hosts

right away. Armany Villar returned

the opening kickoff for a touchdown

before Finn Gallup’s rushing score put

Magic on display in Marblehead

Marblehead scored 48 points against

North Andover as well as 35 against

Peabody and Beverly — all while

playing solid defense, allowing two or

less scores five times this year.

Coach Jim Rudloff said Gallup has

helped the young team settle.

“Having someone who can explain

everything to the guys in the huddle or

in a meeting helps so much,” Rudloff

said. “A returning quarterback impacts

your running backs and receivers. He

can tell a running back if they’re lined

up wrong — that reduces the amount of

mistakes on the field.”

What helps Gallup is having toptier

receivers like Tim Wales and Rylan

Golden — to name a few. Against

North Andover, each caught receiving

touchdowns. Not only are they a pair of

safe hands for Gallup, but they’re hard

to bring down in the open field.

Pick your poison, as Marblehead can

also hurt you on the ground. Against

Beverly, Breydan Callahan scored three

rushing touchdowns. Entering the

season, he had no varsity experience

as a running back, but Rudloff knew he

Marblehead ahead 14-0 during the

first quarter.

But Marblehead didn’t score again

until a safety in the fourth quarter.

Gallup connected with Callahan

through the air to make it 27-22 with

less than three minutes to go.

could trust him.

Rudloff also spoke about the team

being balanced.

“We don’t really have a defensive

or offensive identity. I think Finn’s

ability to run and throw makes us very

versatile on offense. I don’t think we’re

great at anything; I just think we’ve

been pretty good at everything.”

With 12 consecutive Thanksgiving wins,

Marblehead looks to extend its streak to 13

in front of the Piper Field faithful.

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LAST YEAR’S GAME

Bodie Smith swings the Silver Slugger Trophy as his team celebrates

at Fenway Park.

Around here, there are few rivalries

bigger than Marblehead vs. Swampscott.

When schedules get released — no matter

the sport — every Magician and Big Blue

athlete checks to see when they play the

other side.

And in 2024, they met at historic Fenway

Park in Boston.

Marblehead walked out of Fenway Park

victorious — and it didn’t need a walk-off to

do it. Whether it was through the air, on the

ground, or on defense, Marblehead seemed

to have every advantage in a 42-6 win.

Marblehead opened the game with a

65-yard scoring drive. The Magicians faced

a critical fourth-and-3 inside their own 50

and elected to go for it — a choice that paid

off. Fast forward a few plays, and Yandel

Garcia ran one in from 5 yards out to make

it 7-0. The drive took 8:47 off the clock.

Before you knew it, the score was 14-0

thanks to a Bernardo Bannis score.

Then, after another three-and-out from

Swampscott, Marblehead hit a home run

with Finn Gallup tossing one to Brady

Selvais for a 48-yard score.

“It’s something that I thought about

coming in,” Selvais said of his touchdown

celebration. “I’m only going to be in

Fenway Park once in my entire life playing

a football game, so might as well hit a funny

baseball side after scoring a touchdown.”

Swampscott, with two minutes

remaining in the half and down 21-0, got

the ball back thanks to a Jay Domelowicz

interception. However, the potential spark

that Swampscott needed was halted when

defensive tackle Gunther Fehrenbach

dropped into coverage and came up with

an interception of his own.

“That’s a coach’s dream,” Marblehead

coach Jim Rudloff said of the lineman’s

big play.

From there, Gallup found Crew Monaco

for a 48-yard touchdown to make it 28-0

with five seconds left.

Fortunately for the Big Blue, they only

needed five seconds to answer back. On

the ensuing kickoff, Gabe Tripp picked

the ball up from the 30 and bolted past

the coverage, sprinting into the end zone

to end the half, 28-6, after the PAT was

blocked.

The second half was more of the same,

with Marblehead winning the margins and

making the right plays at the right time.

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