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# Hollis Brookline football put it all together to reach program's first title game
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/hollis-brookline-football-put-it-all-together-to-reach-programs-first-title-game/
- Published: 2019-11-18T15:15:21.000Z
- Updated: 2019-11-18T15:15:21.000Z
- Description: When Chris Lones said he felt the Hollis Brookline High School football team had turned in a complete performance in Saturday's 34-14 win over Bow in the Division II semifinals, he was including the Cavaliers' special teams. Outside of a missed extra point, the HB coach had good reason to heap prais
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Division II, Bow, football, Hollis Brookline, NH High School Sports Insider, slider, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

When Chris Lones said he felt the Hollis Brookline High School football team had turned in a complete performance in Saturday's 34-14 win over Bow in the Division II semifinals, he was including the Cavaliers' special teams.

Outside of a missed extra point, the HB coach had good reason to heap praise on the unit, as it helped the Cavs win the field position battle all day against the Falcons.

HB had eight possessions in the game and its average starting point was its own 45-yard line, while the Cavs were able to pin Bow back in its own end on most of its nine possessions. The Falcons' average starting point was their own 27-yard line, with four drives starting at or inside the 20.

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The two biggest special teams plays for HB came in just seven seconds apart. After the Cavs stopped Bow on its second drive, Quinten Wimmer returned the punt to the Falcons' 33-yard line, setting up a touchdown pass from Sander Wimmer, Quinten's twin brother, to Blake Bergeson on the next play.

That gave HB a 13-7 lead with 11:40 left in the second quarter, and with the wind at the Cavs' back, Andy Basque put the ensuing kickoff into the end zone for a touchback.

"It helped us," Lones said of the special teams. "Andy did a great job on kickoffs. We’ll attack the field based off their alignment. He put it right where I asked him to all game. I couldn’t ask for a better job from our special teams outside of that missed extra point."

After the Cavs scored again to take a 20-7 lead, Basque placed the kickoff inside the Bow 10-yard line and the coverage team stopped Thomas Rolla at the 19.

Bow was able to respond, putting together a 13-play, 81-yard drive that ate up the final 6:10 of the first half. Andrew Robbins scored on fourth-and-goal from the 5-yard line on the last play of the half to cut HB's lead to 20-14, and with the Falcons getting the kickoff to open the second half, momentum appeared to have shifted.

"The opportunities were there," Bow coach Paul Cohen said. "We knew we needed to produce on the first offensive series of the second half, which we didn’t. That kind of set the tone for the snowball rolling downhill. We were playing catchup the rest of the game and we weren’t able to capitalize."

The Falcons went three-and-out on that first drive, and with Robbins trying to kick away from Quinten Wimmer, the directional punt set the Cavs up at their own 40-yard line.

But Bow got the ball back when Sebastian Beaulieu picked off Sander Wimmer in the end zone, and the Falcons started to go on one of their time-consuming drives. They used nine plays and over five-and-a-half minutes to go 26 yards, but on first down at the HB 44, Steve Guerrette fumbled and A.J. Johnson recovered for the Cavs at their own 38.

It looked like Bow's defense might have the answer, as HB faced a fourth-and-2 at its own 46-yard line. The Cavs elected to go for it, and after bringing a receiver in motion from right to left, Sander Wimmer kept it and found plenty of space around the right side of the line.

Not only did the senior quarterback pick up the first down, he ran for 49 yards to the Bow 5-yard line, and Marc-Andre Thermitus scored on the next play to make it a two-score lead again for HB.

"We knew just by the motion part of our offense, that gives teams a hard time," Lones said. "Our line is smaller than their line, so if we move, it gives us the opportunity to take angles, which helps us because we’re faster. If we’re quicker, we can get off and take on a shoulder instead of taking on a whole body, we’ll be a better team for it."

Rolla returned the kickoff to Bow's 40 and the Falcons picked up a pair of first downs, but eventually turned the ball over on downs at the HB 29-yard line. While the Cavs didn't score on the next drive, they moved down to the Falcons' 30 and used up 4:33 before Bow's defense finally made a stop.

By then, there was only 4:31 left in the game and the Falcons were forced to try to throw the ball. Beaulieu completed two passes to Cooper Larrabee, but only gained nine yards, and on fourth-and-1, Beaulieu was sacked by Adam Slater for a loss of 4.

It was part of a second-half defensive performance that saw HB hold Bow to just 91 yards and 3.1 yards per play.

"I’ve got to give props to our linebackers, Quinn Connors and Sal Fabbio," Sander Wimmer said. "They did a nice job filling gaps and doing their assignments. Austin Etchells, he’s always grinding and doing what needs to be done. He’s doing the dirty work, but I think he likes it."

HB advances to a game its never been to before against an opponent its never played before, as the Cavs will face No. 6 Plymouth - the three-time D2 champion - in the title game. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 24 at the University of New Hampshire.