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# Big third quarter lifts Londonderry football past Winnacunnet to D1 title (video)
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/big-third-quarter-lifts-londonderry-football-past-winnacunnet-to-d1-title-video/
- Published: 2021-11-21T15:15:20.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-21T15:15:20.000Z
- Description: EXETER - There were quite a few suggestions at halftime as to what the Londonderry High School football team could do differently on offense in the second half. To Lancers coach Jimmy Lauzon, there was really only one thing his offense had to do - get the ball. Londonderry ran just 19 plays in the f
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Division I, championship, football, Londonderry, playoffs, slider, Winnacunnet, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

EXETER - There were quite a few suggestions at halftime as to what the Londonderry High School football team could do differently on offense in the second half.

To Lancers coach Jimmy Lauzon, there was really only one thing his offense had to do - get the ball.

Londonderry ran just 19 plays in the first half of Saturday's Division I championship game and trailed Winnacunnet by a touchdown.

The second half would be a different story, as the Lancers scored on four of five possessions and forced two Warriors turnovers, as Londonderry came back to win 24-14 at Bill Ball Stadium in Exeter to take its second D1 title in three years.

Drew Heenan led the way for Londonderry (11-1), completing 9 of 11 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns, and the junior quarterback also ran for 69 yards on 18 carries. Andrew Kullman caught five of those passes for 131 yards and both touchdowns while Jake Schena added a 12-yard rushing touchdown to go with 23 yards on the ground.

But most of those stats came in the second half, after the Lancers saw the Warriors (11-1) keep the ball for more than 17 minutes in the opening two quarters.

"The coaches were giving me enough advice," Lauzon said. "There was a lot of ‘hey, we should do this, we should do this.’ But I don’t think anyone took into account we really only had like (19) plays in the first half, we really couldn’t do all those things until we got the ball."

Londonderry did to open the second half, but after Schena picked up five yards on first down, Heenan was sacked by Zachary Fredericks on second and the Lancers faced a third-and-10 at their own 37-yard line.

That's when Lauzon decided he needed to try for a big play. Heenan dropped back and found Kullman racing down the field for a 63-yard touchdown pass that tied the game just 1:30 into the third quarter.

"It changed it a lot," Kullman said of the momentum after that play. "You could tell that Winnacunnet got down after that. It gave us more hope than we had and it changed the game. I knew we could get those plays. When we saw it open on film, we just knew we’d hit on them."

Winnacunnet was called for a personal foul on the kickoff return, putting the Warriors on their own 10, and the Londonderry defense forced a three-and-out. After the punt, the Lancers got the ball at their 49 and Heenan went right back to Kullman, this time for a 25-yard gain.

Four plays later, Schena scored to give Londonderry a 14-7 lead with 7:03 remaining in the third quarter.

"They made some adjustments, got us in situations where we didn’t execute it exactly how we wanted to on those plays," Winnacunnet coach Ryan Francoeur said. "I don’t think I caught up to him fast enough until the fourth quarter, and the damage was done at that point. We had to play flawless. We got close to that at one point and then we made a couple of mistakes. You do those things and they get magnified."

Kyle Tilley and Tucker McCann each had a touchdown run for Winnacunnet, as Tilley ran for 37 yards and was 5 of 12 for 152 yards passing with an interception. McCann finished with 53 yards on the ground and Dom Gould caught three passes for 95 yards.

One of those was a short pass in the flat from Tilley on the final play of the third quarter and right after Londonderry had retaken the lead, 21-14\. Gould made the catch and found the sideline wide open. It looked as if he might score, but Dylan Wrisley made a shoestring tackle at the Londonderry 13-yard line to keep it a 67-yard completion.

Three plays later, Frank Brown couldn't handle a pitch from Tilley and Anthony Salcito recovered for Londonderry at its own 10-yard line. The Lancers then went on a nine-play drive that ended with a 32-yard field goal by Wrisley to make it a 10-point game with 5:02 to play.

Now needing two scores, Winnacunnet picked up the pace on offense and moved down to the Londonderry 39\. But on second down, Riley Boles came in untouched and sacked Tilley, forcing a fumble that was recovered by Ryan Pemberton, giving the Lancers possession with 2:31 remaining.

Londonderry was able to run out the clock from there, capping off what was a title not many saw coming.

"It’s an unbelievable feeling," Lauzon said. "No one predicted us to be here. We had no household names on our roster. It motivated us all year. I’m just so proud of them.

"This is about the players. This is about the assistant coaches working their tails off. The coach tends to get too much credit and too much blame. They were motivated, working their tails off all offseason. I couldn’t be more proud and more happy for them."