The End Zone - Globe NorthWest

November 20, 2008

High 5

RB Trevor Jeanson , Acton-Boxborough: The senior back rushed for 209 yards and three touchdowns to help the Colonials beat Newton South, 28-6, and clinch the Dual County League title.

RB Matt Willey, Arlington: The senior back ran for 368 yards and six touchdowns in the Spy Ponders' 42-21 win over Weston.

QB Ramon Heredia, Lawrence: The senior threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns, and rushed for three touchdowns and 87 yards against Haverhill.

Arlington Catholic's defensive line: With the Cougars trailing 14-13, AC's defensive front delivered two goal-line stands, one in the final minute, to preserve a 20-14 victory over Austin Prep, clinching the program's third straight Catholic Central Large title.

S Andy Cunningham, Bishop Guertin: The safety hauled in a short punt and ran it back 36 yards to give BG a 12-8 lead, one it did not relinquish, in the Cardinals' 18-8 Division 2 semifinal triumph over Keene.

Week 12 Schedule

Saturday

All games at noon

New Hampshire state championships: Division 1: Nashua South at Pinkerton Academy; Division 2: Exeter at Bishop Guertin; Division 5: St. Thomas Aquinas at Pelham.

Week 13 Schedule

Wednesday

Greater Lawrence at Lawrence,

6 p.m.

Thanksgiving Day

All games at 10 a.m. unless noted

Westford at Acton-Boxborough; Austin Prep at Bishop Fenwick; Concord-Carlisle at Bedford; Billerica at Chelmsford; Dracut at Methuen; Haverhill at Lowell; Lowell Catholic at Pope John; Medford at Malden; Masconomet at North Andover; Tewksbury at Wilmington; Tyngsborough at Groton-Dunstable; North Reading at Lynnfield; Burlington at Lexington, 10:15; Arlington Catholic at Arlington, 10:15; Greater Lowell at Shawsheen, 10:15; Reading at Stoneham, 10:15; Watertown at Belmont, 10:15; Winchester at Woburn, 10:15; Central Catholic at Andover, 10:30; Mystic Valley at Minuteman, 10:30.

Pathak's Top 10

1. Reading (10-0); beat Melrose, 14-7

2. Dracut (9-1); beat Tewksbury, 36-7

3. Acton-Boxborough (9-1); beat Newton South, 28-6

4. Wilmington (9-1); beat Triton, 27-14

5. Bedford (9-1); beat Wayland, 21-20

6. Pinkerton (8-1); beat Londonderry, 19-15

7. Bishop Guertin (8-2); beat Keene, 18-8

8. Billerica (7-3); lost to Lowell, 29-19

9. Westford (7-3); beat Waltham, 14-13

10. Chelmsford (6-4); beat Central Catholic, 12-5

By the Numbers

107: Thanksgiving Day matchups between Lowell and Haverhill. So far, Lowell leads the Hillies, 53-46-8.

Compiled by Sapna Pathak