By Lauren Meurer
Staff Writer
Westford Academy Varsity Football won their annual Thanksgiving football game against the Acton-Boxborough Colonials 21-18 for the second year in a row.
AB and WA both scored three touchdowns, but a few plays were the difference between winning and losing. Westford’s Mark Cornelius scored three extra points, but the Ghosts blocked one goal-kick attempt and two two point conversion attempts.
At the end of the first half, WA was up 14-12. In the first quarter, only WA scored. In the second quarter AB scored two touchdowns, but their goal kick and two point conversion attempts were blocked.
In the third, AB scored two touchdowns, giving them the lead in the second half. WA’s Patrick Dugan passed to Cornelius in the end zone for their second touchdown.
In the third quarter, Dugan broke his thumb. He decided to stay in the game and finished the game playing with four fingers.
Only two minutes into the 4th quarter, WA scored their final touchdown. Cornelius kicked another extra point, leaving the score with 21-18. In the last few minutes of the game, the two teams struggled for possession of the ball, but Justin Mount intercepted AB’s final pass, which ran out the clock.
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At least the writer didn’t write Dugan 300 times.Like in both the papers every week. Thank god for the other 50 guys who played [their] butts off but according to the Sun & the Eagle [barely] exist. The Whole team kicked some AB [butt]
i have to agree with the last post this was truly bad..didnt get the sequence of scoring correct and seemed to not understand football….next time the author shouldnt write about sports
In all honesty this is really bad, no names of players who scored, no records of either teams, no quotes, im pretty sure anybody who saw the game on the news could have wrote this better. Im ashamed to have played and seen this coverage out of it. This is one of the major sporting events of the year for WA and this is all youve got…