MEDFIELD – What appeared like a barnburner become a one-sided affair for a robust Medfield squad Friday night time.
Because of a robust working recreation, a well timed passing assault and a swarming crew protection, the Warriors pulled away from nonleague opponent Hopkinton 35-12 at dwelling.
“I used to be actually impressed with our defensive effort,” stated Medfield coach Erik Ormberg. “Hopkinton was coming off an enormous win. (Patrice Petit Frere) was coming off an enormous yardage whole, so we wished to include him. We have been involved about ensuring (Alex Piccioli) wasn’t going to run wild as effectively. … Very, very pleased the place we’re after three weeks into the season.”
Medfield (3-0) began with the ball and ran it six instances for 52 yards, capped by a nine-yard keeper for junior Owen Sokolowski to go up 6-0 with 8:44 to go within the first.
Hopkinton (1-2) responded with a nine-play drive that noticed senior Alex Piccioli go 8-of-9 passing with a four-yard strike to senior Trevor Blinn to even the rating 6-6 with 4:59 left within the first.
After that, senior captain Brady McCormack took over as he scampered for a 61-yard speeding rating after which added a 20-yard landing reception a pair drives later as he setup the Warriors with nice subject place with a couple of 20-yard punt return with the Hillers backed up into their very own endzone to make it 21-6.
“It’s an excellent instance of complementary soccer,” Ormberg stated about capitalizing on the brief subject. “The protection got here up massive and we have been arrange on their aspect of the sector.”
McCormack added a three-yard speeding rating within the third to push the benefit out to 35-6 as he completed with 247 whole yards, with 227 approaching 16 carries over the primary three quarters.
“Our line is essential to our run,” McCormack stated concerning the commanding presence of the Medfield offensive line. “We run the ball heavy and, with the opposite two backs, all of us block for one another.”
Medfield added a 19-yard passing landing from Sokolowski to senior captain Jack Gage after forcing Hopkinton to show it over on downs on their subsequent drive to push the benefit to 28-6 on the half.
“We’ve a quarterback who may be very dedicated to the run a part of this, and in different years, and different seasons, you won’t get that sort of a selfless method,” Ormberg stated about Sokolowski. “(He) may be very, very selfless. It issues to him that he’s a part of this working pleasure formation.”
The protection stored up the tempo within the second half with two of the three turnover on downs coming within the closing two quarters, and their lone blemish got here on a 72-yard strike from Piccioli to senior Ryan Lang with simply over 90 seconds to play within the fourth.
“We undoubtedly emphasize that,” McCormack stated concerning the crew mentality on protection. “Lots of our defensive drills are simply flying to the ball. Attempting to maintain up. We’re attempting to get all heads to the ball.”
The Warriors will play at Nipmuc subsequent Saturday at 12 p.m., whereas the Hillers will head dwelling to face St. John’s of Shrewsbury on Friday at 6 p.m.
