Windham’s A Squad Strips
Scarborough of SMYFL Title to Advance To the
Championship Game
Middle
School Football
November 2, 2008
Windham's A squad
football team raise their helmets in celebration for
advancing to the SMYFL Championship next Sunday.
Photo by David Field
Windham - Even though the Eagles lost the toss in
the pre-game, they quickly showed their power in
their 42-0 victory against Scarborough.
The
win will pit Windham against Saco next weekend in
Windham for the SMYFL Championship game.
Nick Sundquist
advances the ball after intercepting the Scarborough
pass. Photo by David Field
After Windham kicked off, on second down, Nick
Sundquist intercepted the ball and ran down to the
Storm six yard line. After a few plays,
Calvin Field
(AOW)
crossed the line to put the Eagles on the board.
Shawn Francoeur
(AOW)
kicked the first of four PAT kicks of the day.
Scarborough's #69
and Windham's #14
Calvin Field
(AOW)
swap glares
after Field scored Windham's first touchdown of the
game. Photo by David Field
On
the ensuing kick off, Christian Coons dove on the
ball and fought for possession on the Scarborough 34
yard line. Damien Shepard
(AOW)
took the first hand off all the way and
Shawn Francoeur
(AOW)
notched the second of his four to put the Eagles
quickly ahead 14-0 in the first quarter.
Damien Shepard
(AOW)
scores the second touchdown of the game on a 34 yard
carry. Photo by David Field.
Windham stopped Scarborough’s next possession and
took over, briefly.
Calvin Field
(AOW)
found Nick Sundquist on a pass play that Sundquist
fumbled and Scarborough recovered on their own 37.
#56 Shawn Francoeur
(AOW)
looks up after stopping the Red Storm running back.
Photo by David Field.
However, the Red Storm possession was quickly halted
after Damien Shepard
(AOW)
intercepted a pass and ran the ball down to the 13
yard line. After a handful of plays and two
questionable delays of game penalties against the
Eagles, Damien Shepard
(AOW)
ran in an eight yard touchdown.
Colby Waterhouse
(AOW)
ran in the two point conversion.
With the defense
advancing,
Calvin Field
(AOW)
hands the ball off to Damien Shepard
(AOW).
Photo by David Field
Scarborough’s next possession looked like they would
be forced to punt, but on fourth down, they kicked
and the Eagles were called for a roughing the kicker
penalty. On the next fourth and 3, Windham’s
defense loomed large and stopped the Scarborough
first down attempt.
Colby Waterhouse
(AOW)
dances through the Red Storm defense to advance the
ball for Windham. He came just a yard shy of the
touchdown on this carry. Photo by David Field
The
Eagle’s offense took control and marched down the
field.
Calvin Field
(AOW)
pitched to
Waterhouse
(AOW)
who threw a pass to Damien Shepard
(AOW)
for a 34 yard touch down reception.
Shawn Francoeur
(AOW)
kicked number three PAT to make the score 29-0.
#56 Shawn Francoeur
(AOW)
and
Josh Rickett converge on the Scarborough running
back. Photo by David Field
On
the kick off, the Red Storm running back found the
end zone. However, due to a facemask penalty, the
touchdown was denied and the Storm took over and
Windham’s defense again made quick work to force the
turnover on downs. Windham again took the ball down
the field and Christian Coons recovered his own
fumble in the end zone to record the touchdown. The
PAT kick was blocked. The half-time score was 35-0.
The two teams shake
hands after the game. Photo by David Field
Scarborough was not going to give up and on the
second half opening kick off, recovered the ball
after a player tipped it trying to get control.
Enough can’t be said of the Windham defense as they
again forced the possession on downs to take
control. Damien Shepard
(AOW)
scored his third touchdown on the day on an 8 yard
run and
Shawn Francoeur
(AOW)
kicked his fourth PAT kick to put the Eagles up
42-0. The Eagles would swap possessions with the
Storm and would hold on to win.
Catch the Eagles next weekend as they host number
two seed Saco at the HS Stadium for the
SMYFL Championship Game. Come out and enjoy
some great football and support your community
football program!
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