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# Londonderry football able to overcome adversity in win against Pinkerton
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/londonderry-football-able-to-overcome-adversity-in-win-against-pinkerton/
- Published: 2020-09-28T16:55:32.000Z
- Updated: 2020-09-28T16:55:32.000Z
- Description: There was a time not too long ago when the Londonderry High School football team would have lost a game like Friday night's contest against Pinkerton Academy. The Lancers got out to a 13-0 lead, but saw the Astros score twice in less than three minutes to take a one-point lead. But instead of letti
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Division I, football, Londonderry, NH High School Sports Insider, Pinkerton, slider, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

There was a time not too long ago when the Londonderry High School football team would have lost a game like Friday night's contest against Pinkerton Academy.

The Lancers got out to a 13-0 lead, but saw the Astros score twice in less than three minutes to take a one-point lead.

But instead of letting the swing in momentum get to them, the Lancers regrouped and retook the lead on a field goal before halftime and scored early in the fourth quarter to put away a 23-14 win over the Astros.

"In the past, especially against Pinkerton, the wheels would have fallen off there," Londonderry coach Jimmy Lauzon said. "How are you going to deal with adversity? How are you going to respond? I thought we did a great job, right after the took the lead."

After Evan Wilson gave Pinkerton a 14-13 lead with his second touchdown and the two-point conversion, Londonderry responded with a 26-yard field goal by Zach Fawcett with 13 seconds left in the first half.

The way the players and coaches handled the situation reminded Lauzon of the last time Londonderry took the field, in last year's championship game against Exeter.

"When we lost the lead in the championship game, we had a similar reaction," the coach said. "No body was saying anything negative, we just said 'what's next.' I never felt any panic."

Lauzon was feeling more like that going into the game, not having any film from this preseason to watch. With no scrimmages for any team this year, the Londonderry coaching staff felt like it was going into the game blind.

In that regard, Lauzon felt somewhat fortunate Pinkerton was his team's first opponent.

"We know Pinkerton well," Lauzon said. "With anybody else, I would have been a lot more nervous. I'm a big film guy. I love breaking it down. All our games from last year were already broken down. I didn't want to overthink it.

"Having played Pinkerton as many times as we have, we know (Astros coach Brian O'Reilly) isn't going to change drastically. It was more not knowing the little things."

Londonderry got a big night from quarterback Dylan McEachern, who is replacing his older brother Jake this season. The younger McEachern had 217 yards and a touchdown rushing and passed for 118 yards and a touchdown.

Defensively, the Lancers held Pinkerton to 156 yards, 109 of which came on the Astros' two touchdown drives in the second quarter.

Two newcomers to the defense came up big for Londonderry, with senior defensive back Aiden O'Loughlin coming up with an early interception and key pass defense, and sophomore outside linebacker Trevor Weinmann playing well.

"Aiden came up with one of the biggest plays of the night," Lauzon said. "The (Pinkerton) receiver ran a perfect corner route and Aiden went up and bats it away. It was what you'd expect to see and it was great to see him do it.

"Without scrimmages, you see a kid looks good in practice, but is he ready. (Weinmann) played way older than he is. When he went out there, he had a big sack and some tackles for loss."

While the game didn't feel too different to Lauzon, it was noticeable given who the opponent was.

"It didn't have a drastically different feel than a normal game, but it was totally different for a Mack Plaque game," he said. "We're used to a few thousand people. You can't get through the crowd and on to the field. It's not a big deal, but the comparison was night and day."

The Lancers return to the field Saturday afternoon, as they host Salem at 1 p.m.