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November 23, 2012

Lowell puts hurting on Haverhill, takes piece of MVC title

By Chuck Frye sports@eagletribune.com The Eagle Tribune Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:18 AM EST

LOWELL — Haverhill fended off Lowell for as long as it could.

Forcing five turnovers kept the Hillies in the Thanksgiving Day hunt, but motivation ended up playing a bigger role. With a share of the MVC Large title on the line, Lowell literally beat up Haverhill, 36-23.

The Red Raiders finish at 9-2, tied with playoff representative Andover and Central Catholic. Haverhill wraps up its best season in recent memory with an 8-3 record.

Four of the turnovers came in the first half as a Joshua Dion fumble recovery turned into a 30-yard Patrick Yale field goal 13 plays later for a 3-0 Hillie lead, and a Stephane Bristol swipe thwarted Lowell a yard away from the end zone.

But the Red Raiders wouldn’t be denied. They forced an intentional grounding penalty in the end zone for a safety followed by three straight touchdown-scoring possessions in the second quarter to take an insurmountable 23-9 advantage into the final 24 minutes. Lowell rang up four takeaways of its own on the day. Battling through a leg injury suffered against Chelmsford in his last game, quarterback Cam Latta was stellar for Lowell, completing 16 of 26 passes for 173 yards and three touchdowns, two in the game-changing second quarter.

Just as importantly, the Red Raiders were able to effectively bottle up Hillie standout Chance Brady, holding the senior without any breakout runs until the final minutes of the contest. He did become the fifth player in area history to rush for 2,000 yards in a season and scored his 32nd touchdown of the fall.

At the end of a 30-yard dash — his best of the day that got him over the 100-yard plateau, Brady was clobbered by two Lowell defenders. After several tense minutes, he was assisted to the sidelines and later carted off the field after the game.

“He’s a little banged up, his head’s a little woozy, but he’ll be fine,” Hillie head coach Tim O’Connor said of Brady, who joined Jordan Hunt, Joshua Dion and Shain Roche in the injured ranks yesterday. “Lowell did a helluva job, they were very physical on both sides of the ball, and that’s where the game was lost.

“The loss is definitely painful, but we have nine coming back on defense and eight on offense. The next Chance will come in, the next (quarterback) Tommy Morgan will come in. We’ll be fine. I’m here for the long haul.”

Lowell 36, Haverhill 23

Haverhill (8-3): 3 6 7 7 — 23

Lowell (9-2): 0 23 7 6 — 36

First Quarter

H — Patrick Yale 30 FG, 1:36

Second Quarter

L — safety, Haverhill intentional grounding penalty in end zone, 10:25

L — Ricky Rosado 24 pass from Cam Latta (run failed), 8:18

H — John Ramsdell 40 pass from Tommy Morgan (pass failed), 5:13

L — Alex Kasirye 7 pass from Latta (Kasirye pass from Latta), 3:04

L — Shyheim Cullen 14 run (Zach Noel kick), 0:48

Third Quarter

H — Jordan Javier 8 pass from Morgan (Yale kick), 9:09

L — Ngaiiva Mason 2 run (Noel kick), 5:34

Fourth Quarter

L — Jack Galvin 19 pass from Latta (kick failed), 11:36

H — Chance Brady 5 run (Yale kick), 5:35

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

RUSHING: Haverhill (29-79) — Chance Brady 25-108, Tommy Maguire 1-2, Tommy Morgan 3-(-31); Lowell (41-152) — Ngaiiva Mason 26-85, Shyheim Cullen 9-76, Ramsford Kannen 2-5, Cam Latta 4-(-14)

PASSING: Haverhill — Morgan 16-34-3, 192; Lowell — Latta 16-26-1, 173

RECEIVING: Haverhill — John Ramsdell 6-88, Shain Roche 4-39, Jordan Javier 3-39, Jordan Hunt 1-10, Brady 1-8, Piero 1-8; Lowell — Jack Galvin 8-85, Ricky Rosado 3-41, Alex Kasirye 3-35, Mason 1-7, Tom Smith 1-5

2000-yard club Area's all-time single-season 2,000-yard rushers: Name School Year Yards Nate Adames Gr. Lawrence 2007 2,647 Carl Lipani North Reading 2012 2,178 Joey Pizzuto Gr. Lawrence 2009 2,132 Chance Brady Haverhill 2012 2,063 Alex Theodhosi Londonderry 2007 2,041

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