Football Roundup: Week 5 (videos)
Here are results from Week 5 of the high school football season.
GOFFSTOWN - The Nashua High School North football team rallied from a two-score deficit Friday night in the second half and held off Goffstown for a 28-26 win.
Brady O'Connor led the Titans (3-2), completing 8 of 15 passes for 253 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for 69 yards and a touchdown.
Josh Sullivan caught four passes for 162 yards and two touchdowns, including an 80-yard score that put North in front for the first time. Yandel Velazquez also had a 73-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter while Jace Gallego ran for 46 yards and Amar'e Harrison rushed for 40 yards.
The Titans went ahead 28-20 on O'Connor's 5-yard touchdown with 3:35 remaining. They then pined the Grizzlies (1-4) back on their own 7-yard line on the ensuing kickoff.
Goffstown went 93 yards on seven plays, scoring on a 10-yard touchdown pass from Connor Hofstetter to Liam Johnson with 1:22 left. But Hofstetter's pass to Max Bugbee was broken up in the end zone to keep North in front by two points, and the Titans recovered the onside kick to get the win.
No. 5 Windham 21, No. 2 Winnacunnet 0
Mike Brearley ran for 128 yards and two touchdowns as the Jaguars handed the Warriors their first loss of the season.
Jackson Wright was 11 of 19 passing for 112 yards and also ran for 26 yards and a score and Sam Roidoulis had five catches for 55 yards.
Joey Estrella had 11 tackles and Brooks Batson had 10 tackles and a sack for the Windham (4-1) defense. Brearley added eight tackles and recovered two fumbles while Chris Guarnaccia also had eight tackles and was 3 for 3 on PATs.
No. 4 Londonderry 31, No. 10 Salem 6
SALEM - The Lancers got three rushing touchdowns from three players as they overcame a slow start to beat the Blue Devils.
Calan Murphy had 90 yards and a touchdown on the ground while Dante Fabiano had 57 yards and a score. Broch St. Gelais also ran for a score.
Sully Daron completed 11 of 16 passes for 145 yards and a touchdown to Jackson Rao and Owen Crafts added two catches for 64 yards. Cam Marcou had two sacks on defense while Fabiano and Nathan Mbuyi each had an interception.
AJ Shikrallah led Salem (1-3) with yards rushing and a touchdown and Zachary Sangermano had five catches for 83 yards.
No. 1 Bishop Guertin 33, No. 9 Bedford 7
Nate Bowen threw four touchdown passes to help lead the Cardinals to a win over the Bulldogs.
Bowen was 16 of 25 passing for 270 yards but also threw his first two interceptions of the season for Bishop Guertin (5-0). Rocco Roy had three catches for 106 yards and a score and Jake Bowen also caught three passes for 71 yards and a touchdown.
Xavier Johnson and Daunte Sisay also had receiving scores and Will Adams ran for 51 yards and a touchdown while Logan Curran had 68 yards rushing.
Johnson, John Kirk, Rowen Hanson and Bishop Kearns each had a sack on defense. Curran finished with seven tackles.
Nate Baskin had the lone touchdown for Bedford (2-3), taking a pass from Parker Beauchemin 61 yards for a score. Beauchemin was 8 of 12 passing for 154 yards and Baskin had three catches for 96 yards.
Merrimack 28, Keene 20
The Tomahawks got up 21-0 and had to hold off the Blackbirds in the fourth quarter for the win.
Maverick Torres was 16 of 23 for 207 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Kaiden Okowuga and George Fitzgerald each caught a scoring pass, with Fitzgerald's catch in the fourth quarter being the game-winner.
Cash Torres ran for two touchdowns in the first quarter to help Merrimack (3-2) build its lead.
Whitman Conboy was 16 of 28 for 222 yards with three touchdown passes and two interceptions for Keene (0-5). Griffin Yardley had five catches for 111 yards and two touchdowns while Kayden McDaniels also caught a scoring pass.
Malden (Mass.) Catholic 49, Nashua South 21
The Panthers fell behind early and couldn't come back in an out-of-state loss to the Lancers.
Eric Baker ran for 65 yards and two touchdowns and CJ Goss was 14 of 26 passing for 179 yards and a touchdown. Justin Fish caught six passes for 125 yards and one touchdown.
Division II
Pelham 41, ConVal 6
Luke Draper scored three touchdowns to help lead the Pythons past the Cougars.
Draper had 157 yards and two touchdowns on seven carries and also returned a punt 67 yards for a score. Noah Johnson rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown and Ben Maslanek added 14 yards and a score.
Kevin Clifton was 3 of 5 passing for 58 yards with a touchdown pass to Chase Bressette.
Maslanek led the Pelham (4-1) defense with eight tackles while Paul Kirkpatrick had seven tackles and Draper had six. Bressette had four tackles and a strip sack.
Manchester West 27, Milford 16
The Blue Knights ran for over three hundred yards as they handed the Spartans their first loss.
Kingston Green led the way, rushing for 264 yards and four touchdowns on 32 carries. LaQuan Williams added 25 yards rushing while Manny Medonza was 2 of 5 passing for 12 yards.
Kennett 31, St. Thomas 0
Cooper Coleman scored three touchdowns on the ground to help the Eagles roll past the Saints.
Coleman ran for 156 yards on 16 carries while Colin Smith added 60 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries. Bowen Brown completed 11 of 17 passes for 146 yards, with Marquis Twomey catching five balls for 41 yards.
Hunter Robitaille led the defense with 17 tacakles and Nate Johnston had 13 tackles while Twomey and Broghan McManus each had an interception.
Kingswood 40, Pembroke 14
Dean Porter ran for 145 yards and four touchdowns on 18 carries to lead the Knights to the win over the Spartans.
Nolan Chominski was 6 of 13 for 100 yards passing and two touchdowns with Ewan Nicoll catching both scoring passes to go with 72 yards receiving.
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