![]() ![]() turnover on downs, Appleton scored again on a two-yard run just two plays after he caught a 35-yard bomb that got the ball to the five for the 60-28 final. The Skipper defense responded again, forcing a quick turnover on downs and one play later, McLoughlin made what might have been the play of the night, fighting off McLoud for a leaping catch at around the 20 before spinning and going untouched the rest of the way for a 55-yard score and a 53-28 lead.Īfter another E.B. ![]() Jack Cullinan gets a punt away at East Bridgewater on Friday. The Skippers got the ball right back when Jake Dolan recovered an onside kick at the East Bridgewater 34, then the rout was on when Wildfire connected with McLoughlin for a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter for a 46-28 lead with Shannon’s kick. Mulcahy closed out the ensuing drive with a 10-yard touchdown catch from Wildfire and Cohasset upped its lead to 39-28 with less than a minute left in the third. Liam Appleton hauls in a long touchdown pass at East Bridgewater on Friday. Three carries later, Appleton was in the end zone and Cohasset led 33-28.Įast Bridgewater’s next possession ended in similar fashion, but this time it was Shane Mulcahy with the interception that gave Cohasset the ball at East Bridgwater’s 32. Declan Lee runs after a big interception in the third quarter at East Bridgewater on Friday. The momentum turned quickly in the third quarter when Declan Lee picked off an East Bridgewater pass and ran it back to the Vikings’ 16 with about four minutes left in the quarter. Shannon made his next six extra point kicks, but Cohasset did come up short on a pair of two-point conversions in the second half. Topher Comerford celebrates in the end zone after recovering a blocked punt by Ben Joyce for a touchdown at East Bridgewater on Friday. The difference at that point was a missed extra point by John Shannon that hit the post after Cohasset’s first touchdown, a 26-yard catch across the middle on a play action pass from Wildfire to Appleton that covered 26 yards and capped a five-play 69-yard drive that took less than two minutes. Two plays later, East Bridgewater led 28-27 after a 24-yard pass to Gavin McLoud. Will McLoughlin makes a spectacular catch for a 55-yard touchdown at East Bridgewater on Friday. The Vikings then followed with a long touchdown pass for a touchdown early in the third quarter to cut the lead to 27-21.Įast Bridgewater added another score quickly, recovering a bad snap on a Cohasset punt that gave them the ball at the Skipper 24. Henry Richard pressures East Bridgewater’s quarterback forcing an incompletion on Friday. The Skippers, who improved to 2-1 with the win, looked like they’d run away with things after taking a 27-7 lead with 14 seconds left in the first half after a 50-yards drive capped by Appleton’s two-yard catch from Wildfire in the back end of the end zone, his third of the game, but East Bridgewater cut the lead to 27-14 with a kickoff return for a touchdown at the buzzer. Topher Comerford had Cohasset’s other score grabbing a blocked punt by Ben Henry and taking it home for a score. Quarterback Michael Wildfire rolls out at East Bridgewater on Friday. Quarterback Michael Wildfire completed 19-of-31 passes for 370 yards and a school record six touchdowns and Shane Mulcahy had six catches for 36 yards and a touchdown. ![]() Liam Appleton had 266 yards of total offense with five touchdowns (8 catches for 180 yards and three TD, 17 carries for 86 yards and 2 TD), while Will McLouglin caught four passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns. Liam Appleton makes a leaping catch at East Bridgewater on Friday. On the way to a 60-28 Cohasset victory, there was lots of offense with ridiculous catches, there were interceptions, a blocked punt and a kickoff return for a touchdown, an onside kick recovery, a big comeback that didn’t hold, fumble recoveries and penalties that turned the first half into a 90 minute marathon. If you wanted to see a football game that had just about everything you could see, Friday’s Cohasset game at East Bridgewater was the one to see. SeptemStory and photos by William Wassersug Liam Appleton celebrates a touchdown with Will Norgeot at East Bridgewater on Friday. ![]()
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