FOXBORO — Ryan Bannon ensured he ended his profession as a champion.
After lacking each the state semifinal and Thanksgiving Day video games resulting from damage, Bannon rushed for 91 yards and three touchdowns whereas commandeering a protection that posted a shutout to steer No. 4 North Attleboro to a 35-0 win over Hockomock Davenport foe Mansfield within the Division 3 Tremendous Bowl on Friday evening at Gillette Stadium.
The Tremendous Bowl is North Attleboro’s first since 2002 and eighth championship general.
“I gotta thank my (offensive) line and my coaches for trusting in me,” stated Bannon. “I’m getting back from damage proper now and I simply can’t consider they trusted me with the ball. It couldn’t have ended any higher.”
The Pink Rocketeers (10-3) dominated wire-to-wire, protecting the Hornets’ prolific offense off the sphere whereas sustaining lengthy drives. Up entrance, the Pink Rocketeers’ line of defense of Nathan Rivera, Patrick Hamilton, and Austin Clemente suffocated the Mansfield floor assault that posted 20 touchdowns this season.
“I’m simply tremendous happy with this soccer staff,” North Attleboro coach Mike Strachan stated. “Our protection performed nice. We did some issues otherwise we hadn’t proven earlier than they usually performed nice.”
It was Rivera who helped manufacture North Attleboro’s first rating of the evening halfway via the primary quarter. After Hamilton punched the ball unfastened, Rivera fell on the fumble to set the Pink Rocketeers up on the Mansfield 38-yard line. Seven performs later, quarterback Chase Frisoli scrambled into the top zone from 5 yards out to provide North Attleboro a 6-0 lead.
The perimeters traded stops within the second earlier than North engineered an prolonged drive to stretch its lead. Over the course of 9 performs, the Pink Rocketeers drove 75 yards capped off by Bannon, who burst via three tackles to in the end discover the top zone for a 10-yard rating and a 14-0 halftime edge.
North Attleboro’s first drive of the second half put the sport firmly out of attain. Frisoli started the drive by exhibiting off his arm as he hit Lucas Crovo with a 46-yard strike. Later within the drive, Bannon plunged in from a yard out for his second rating to provide the Pink Rocketeers a commanding 20-0 lead with 5 minutes to play within the third.
Bannon capped off his hat trick with a one-yard landing run within the waning minutes of the fourth.
“If it was anybody else we nonetheless would’ve gained,” Bannon stated, referring to enjoying a league rival. “It was higher for the ambiance as a result of the (groups) had been native so much more folks confirmed up. However the staff we performed didn’t matter tonight.”
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