FOXBORO – Even after the commencement of the state’s all-time landing file holder in Justin Marques, Fairhaven’s offense didn’t take a step again.
As a substitute, seniors Ian Alexion and Grant Darmofal spearheaded the Blue Devils’ vaunted triple-option assault and saved Fairhaven rolling all the way in which to a Division 6 state title Thursday night time at Gillette Stadium.
Alexion and Darmofal have been on the middle of Fairhaven’s Tremendous Bowl matchup towards Norwell because the duo each rushed for over 150 yards and every scored two touchdowns to guide the Blue Devils to their second Tremendous Bowl victory in three years with a 28-14 overcome the Clippers.
“I like everybody doubting us within the preseason,” stated Alexion, who completed with 19 carries for 182 yards. “Everybody stated, ‘No Justin, no Justin.’ That’s one in every of my finest buddies, however I’m the primary one to say that I like our three (operating backs).”
Fairhaven (12-1) erased the momentum Norwell (8-4) gained proper earlier than halftime when Clippers star quarterback Jack Luccarelli threw a 21-yard landing strike to Teddy Glynn to degree the rating at 14-all with 31 seconds left within the second quarter. The landing cross from Luccarelli got here simply 27 seconds after Alexion’s first speeding landing on the night time put Fairhaven forward.
The Blue Devils went proper down the sphere to open the third quarter, and Alexion ran in one other rating, this time from six yards out, to present Fairhaven a 20-14 lead simply 2:40 into the body.
Fairhaven then overcame two fumbles in Norwell territory within the second half, with the Blue Devils not permitting Luccarelli to get going as he did within the first half. Aaron Lague intercepted Luccarelli lower than two minutes into the fourth quarter, and that arrange Fairhaven’s ultimate rating because the Blue Devils marched 76 yards with Darmofal ending issues off with a 6-yard landing run.
“We didn’t compound errors,” Fairhaven head coach Derek Almeida stated. “I believe you see that in soccer loads the place one mistake can result in one other and we didn’t permit that to occur. That’s a testomony to the children and their grit and their toughness.”
Fairhaven, which gained all of its offensive yards on the bottom, used a methodical 15-play, 92-yard drive to open the scoring as a 3-yard landing run from Darmofal capped the spectacular possession with 9:32 left within the second quarter.
However Norwell wasted no time answering again. On the primary play of the following drive, Luccarelli broke two tackles on his strategy to a 65-yard landing run and Connor Woodland’s further level gave the Clippers a 7-6 lead.
Fairhaven’s floor assault in the end proved to be an excessive amount of for Norwell, although, and helped the Blue Devils full unfinished enterprise after falling within the state title sport a season in the past.
“It’s been a purpose of mine and the entire crew and the coaches to return again and make it occur,” Darmofal stated. “It’s been actually superior.”
