Fri, Oct 21, 2011
07:00 PM @
North Reading
| Team |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Final |
| Georgetown |
0 |
3 |
0 |
14 |
17 |
| North Reading |
14 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
35 |
North Reading runs past Georgetown
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Friday, October, 21
By Christopher Smith
Staff writer
NORTH READING — The Hornets have attempted only 10 passes in their first six games.
But North Reading surely doesn't need to pass. Not when it has talented running backs Carl Lipani and C.J. McCarthy.
Exhibit A: Last night Lipani and McCarthy ran wild, combining for 281 yards on 18 carries.
The fearsome backfield duo helped North Reading post a 35-17 victory over a young and struggling Georgetown team.
Lipani ran for touchdowns of 1, 50 and 57 yards. McCarthy sprinted for touchdowns of 44 and 50 yards.
"I don't know how many passes we've thrown," Lipani said. "We just run the ball. It's awesome. It's smash-mouth football. We go right after the other team."
Lipani and McCarthy pounded through tacklers around the line of scrimmage and then also eluded Georgetown defenders in the open field with some quick and smart moves.
"Carl's a special athlete," North Reading coach Jeff Wall said. "(As a coach), you only get a Carl Lipani every once in a while in your career. He's a hard runner. He's a great kid. He has the best work ethic on the team. Even in practice. He runs like that in practice. So he doesn't even take a play off there.
"And C.J. is kind of like an unsung guy because he blocks for Carl all the time," Wall added. "So Carl wants the ball all the time. C.J. wants the ball all the time. So it's a great 1-2 punch for us."
Is there any competitiveness between Lipani and McCarthy?
"We're brothers," McCarthy said.
"(Lipani) is hands down the best running back in the league," McCarthy added. "With this line and this offense, he's unstoppable."
North Reading possessed the football four different times in the first half and scored a touchdown on each drive.
The Hornets also scored on their first drive of the third quarter and went the entire contest without punting.
Georgetown trailed 35-3 entering the fourth quarter but its younger players drove in for two touchdowns in the final quarter.
"We're trying to rebuild a program here," Royals coach Paul Sobolewski said. "Yeah, do we want to win football games? Of course we do. But with that being said, we're very young and we just want to see the fundamentals. You can see that our kids don't quit. They play hard. They're just physically not strong enough, big enough or fast enough to compete at the varsity level right now. It's going to take a little bit of time."
Georgetown sophomore wide receiver Colby Ingraham played a nice game, catching six balls for 40 yards.
"The future's bright," Sobolewski added. "And you never want to give our three seniors the wrong message that we're playing it for the future because we're not. We want to win every game we play. But we have realistic goals. And right now it's to teach the fundamentals of football: blocking and tackling. Right now we don't tackle very well."
Game Statistics:
First Quarter
NR — C.J. McCarthy 44 run (Eric Valenti kick), 8:17
NR — Carl Lipani 1 run (Valenti kick), 52.2
Second Quarter
NR — Lipani 50 run (Valenti kick), 6:42
NR — Lipani 57 run (Valenti kick), 1:05
G — Tyler Wade 33 field goal, 0:00
Third Quarter
NR — McCarthy 50 run (Valenti kick), 8:58
Fourth Quarter
G — Wade 64 run (Jackson Fritz run), 3:25
G — Fritz 43 run (no conversion attempted), 0:00
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING: NR (33-375) — Nick Granese 2-4, C.J. McCarthy 5-114, Evan Wade 2-22, Carl Lipani 13-167, Jackson Kellogg 3-18, Phil Bishop 4-16 Ryan Sanborn 3-16, Mike Cresta 1-18; G (30-141) — Matt Prescott 5-(-9), Tom Zargaj 4-20, Tim Dillon 8-15, Tyler Wade 10-71, Jackson Fritz 3-44
PASSING: G — Wade 14-28-1, 96 yards
RECEIVING: G — Zargaj 2-27, Pat Bjork 4-15, Prescott 1-3, Colby Ingraham 6-40, Dana Neves 1-11
