| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence | 27 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 46 |
| Haverhill | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
Friday, November, 14
By Hector Longo
Staff writer
HAVERHILL - Awash in a week of tumult, anger, confusion and disappointment, Mike Yameen wondered how his Lawrence High football team would respond at Haverhill last night. The 27-point opening quarter pretty much answered the question.
“Take our wins, but you can’t take away our pride,” said the Lancer coach after his inspired gridders devoured Haverhill, 46-12, last night.
Earlier in the week, the Haverhill administration reported the Lancers’ use of an ineligible player, costing Lawrence its second most prolific season since the 1980s.
“All that was going on, we all took it personally, and we showed it on the field,” said senior quarterback Ramon Heredia, who threw a pair of long TD bombs and ran 31 yards for a third touchdown, all before the final whistle of the first quarter was blown.
“It bothered us. We were definitely bothered by the timing of the whole thing,” added senior Demetri Brown, on the receiving end of the first two scores, one a 50-yarder and the other 55. “They took our year away. We were going to come out and do it for him.”
In hindsight, it might have been a strategic mistake by Haverhill, one that galvanized the opposition behind the cause.
Coach Tim Briggs, whose Hillies fell to 1-8, disagreed. “The stuff that went down this week is called integrity. There are rules for a reason,” said Briggs. “Quite frankly, it wasn’t something that Haverhill did other than read in the newspaper that one of their friends, with the class that graduated last year, is still playing. I’d like to have Justin Cook and all those guys back this year too.”
The added motivation, combined with a slew of Hillie injuries, turned this one into an ugly mismatch just minutes in. Heredia simply ran wild, chewing up 76 yards on six carries - three for touchdowns - while hitting 10 of 17 passes for 202 yards. Brown led the pass catchers with five for 137 yards.
Haverhill show a bit of life when Tim Nutter hit nifty Noel Figuereo on an 81-yard bomb, but the joy was only temporary.
Heredia answered untouched on a 31-yard TD sweep, and his senior classmate Dimar “Tiger” Torres struck the knockout punch, picking off a pass and dashing 42 yards to paydirt for a 27-6 lead with 2:08 left in the first.
Up 33-6 at halftime, Heredia ran for his second score, a seven-yarder midway through the third, prompting the Lawrence bench to empty for an impromptu dance in the Haverhill end zone, one that was greeted by an unsportsmanlike conduct call.
Linebackers Harvey Blanco, Donea Robinson and Steve Mannion anchored a Lancer defense that allowed Haverhill 160 yards on 39 carries but pounced on four turnovers.
First Quarter
L — Demetri Brown 55 pass from Ramon Heredia (kick wide) 9:55
L — Brown 50 pass from Heredia (Heredia rush) 6:00
H — Noel Figuereo 81 pass from Tim Nutter (kick wide) 4:20
L — Heredia 31 run (kick wide) 2:28
L — Dimar Torres 42 interception return (Brown kick) 2:08
Second Quarter
L — Heredia 28 run (pass failed) 8:08
Third Quarter
L — Heredia 7 run (Brown kick) 6:33
Fourth Quarter
H — Danny Triplett 9 run (kick wide) 5:02
L — Nick Elwell 47 run (rush failed) 1:40
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING: L — Harvey Blanco 4-0, Heredia 6-76, Francis Nova 3-54, Elwell 1-47, Christian Reyes 1-29, Abel Zapata 1-2; H — Triplett 13-89, Nutter 17-12, Figuereo 8-51, Miles Miller 1-8
PASSING: L — Blanco, 0-1, 0, Heredia 10-17-1, 202; H — Nutter 3-6-2, 99
RECEIVING: L — Brown 5-137, Mike Calzetta 2-26, Blanco 1-20, Julio Valentin 2-19
I honestly think this was one of the best games ever played by the Lancers. Like Coach Yamee said "Take our wins, but you can’t take away our pride." In my book, the boys are still winners. You can throw anything in their way but they'll show up and never give up. They came out with determination and attitude. They were prepared and that's halfway to the victory. This is their season whether they're 2-8 or 6-4! The Lancers dominated last night, and I know everyone can agree with me. With or without DeJesus, we still stand. WE, the fans will always be there to support you guys no matter what. And I'm very proud to say that I AM A LANCER =)
#3 11/15/2008 10:56 AMdejesus got spit out mt haverhill and left too dry over at lawrence high and when he tries to do something with his life and b positive once again is stuck down by haverhill high and i give them no pity cuz half of those sore losers diddnt even say good game in the post game handshakes so i think that school got what they deserve and i cant wait till we smack them around in basketball
#4 11/15/2008 11:54 AMLISTEN...Anthony Dejesus in my eyes and the teams eyes, was eligible. He wasnt doing good with grades last year so he couldnt play, he brought his grades up and did his thing. The haverhill kids were just scared of him doing to much damage on them. Overall, Haverhill got what they diserved ps.Steven "HOUSE" Mannion had a good game..;)
#5 11/15/2008 05:44 PMLISTEN...Anthony Dejesus in my eyes and the teams eyes, was eligible. He wasnt doing good with grades last year so he couldnt play, he brought his grades up and did his thing. The haverhill kids were just scared of him doing to much damage on them. Overall, Haverhill got what they diserved ps.Steven "HOUSE" Mannion had a good game..;)
#6 11/15/2008 05:44 PM
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| Team | League | Overall | PF-PA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell | 4-0-0 | 4-0-0 | 81-46 |
| Dracut | 3-1-0 | 3-1-0 | 157-89 |
| Billerica | 3-1-0 | 3-1-0 | 100-66 |
| Chelmsford | 3-1-0 | 3-1-0 | 82-74 |
| Methuen | 6-2-0 | 7-4-0 | 216-158 |
| Central Catholic | 3-5-0 | 5-6-0 | 194-176 |
| Andover | 3-5-0 | 4-7-0 | 232-271 |
| Tewksbury | 1-3-0 | 1-3-0 | 67-60 |
| Haverhill | 0-8-0 | 1-10-0 | 156-358 |
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Hi Hector, I can understand your frustration regarding the developments this week regarding L-Towns season. I grew up in Lawrence and although I am more of a Reggie fan, I pull for the Lancers. I knew Mike Yameen when I was younger and always pull for all the brothers as they are all class acts. I don't know who messed up this situation or whether there was foul play in the timing but I will say one thing and that is that your use of red letter writing and aggressive description of the game is unfair to the Haverhill players who had nothing to do with the current situation. I have read many times in this blog about unruliness of players and as such as the end zone situation that you described and you mention a penalty but regardless of the disappointment on the part of the penalized team, this type of behavior should be criticized. I know that you and many others are upset about the ruling and I don't like it either but rules are rules and whoever screwed up should be punished but don't take it out on the Hillie Players in your writing. PS Go Astros!!!!!!!!!!
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