Spartans rally past Governors

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Thanks to 22 unanswered points in the second half, host Lawrence Academy rallied to take down Governor’s

Academy, 29-14, in an Independent School League contest yesterday in Groton.

The Governors took a 14-7 lead when Quintan Stott, ran back the second half kickoff 90 yards for the score. But Lawrence Academy (2-0) allowed just four first downs and less than 100 total yards the rest of the way.

“The defense played really, really well,” LA coach Paul Zukauskas said after his club’s ninth straight win. “They hit us with the wheel route on the first touchdown, and then they returned it. Other than that, we stopped the run and made some good plays.”

The other score for the Governors (1-1) came on a 63-yard touchdown pass to Stott from Jared Dupere.

It was the run game that was the story for the Spartans, as AJ Dillon and Glenn Smith totaled 226 yards on 44 carries, with each scoring a second half touchdown.

Dillon scored on fourthand-goal from the Governor’s 3-yard line to knot the score 14-14. Smith put the game away with 9:38 to play with a 73-yard run.

Early in the fourth quarter, the LA defense pushed the Govs backward, forcing a punt on fourth-and-28 from their own 3. The Spartans started at the Govs’ 35, and needed seven plays to score — on a fourth down. 8-yard touchdown pass from Brady Martin to Cameron Reddy. A two-point rush by Sherron Dailey-Harris made it 22-14 with 10:26 to play.

In other ISL action, Tristen Edwards rushed for three touchdowns to power

St. George’s (2-0) past St. Mark’s, 35-21. ... Michael Silva followed up his 252yard effort of a week ago by rushing for three more scores as Milton Academy (2-0) defeated Brooks, 3419. . . . Will Greer ran for a touchdown and threw for another as Roxbury Latin (11) overcame an early deficit to get a 16-7 victory over

Nobles. ... Nolan Bedard ran for three touchdowns as St. Paul’s (2-0) shut out Thayer

Academy, 27-0. ... Devin Marrocco punched in the go-ahead score late in the fourth quarter on a 3-yard TD run as BB&N (2-0) edged

Belmont Hill, 27-25. In MIAA action: In the Northeastern North, Kevin Morency threw for two scores and ran for a third as Beverly (4-0) defeated Lynn English, 24-14.

Walpole’s defense gave up just two first downs, handing Norwood its first loss with a 14-0 win in the Bay State Herget. Charlie Auditore threw a TD pass and Brian Simone ran for a score for the Rebels (2-2).

Liam Sheehy ran for two touchdowns as Pentucket (2-2) held on late for a 21-19 win against Newburyport in the Cape Ann League.

In the Catholic Central Large, Marcus Atkins rattled off an 83-yard run, a 92-yard touchdown pass and a 52-yard interception return to lead St. Mary’s (4-0) to a 44-16 victory over Arlington Catholic.

Rosen Pierre ran for 264 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries as Southeastern (2-2) defeated TriCounty, 42-32, in the Mayflower Large. . . . Ryan Baker amassed four touchdowns as Old Colony (3-1) defeated

South Shore, 27-6. Khalil Blair ran for four touchdowns, caught a TD pass and returned an interception for a sixth score as Cathedral (4-0) defeated St. John Paul, 42-28, in the Catholic Central Small.

Philippe Guerrier completed 7-of-13 passes for 194 yards and a touchdown, while adding a rushing score as Mystic Valley (3-1) topped

Lynn Tech, 22-6, in Commonwealth Athletic Conference Large action. . . . Joe Sullivan ran for 110 yards and a touchdown, while Joe Krochko added 98 rushing yards and two scores as Sacred Heart (2-1) defeated Holbrook/

Avon, 35-14.