The sport plan for Boston Latin Academy in Thursday evening’s matchup in opposition to Georgetown was easy sufficient — run the ball.
The Dragons known as 17 straight working performs to begin the sport and scored dashing touchdowns on their first and second drives as they ran roughshod over the Royals, 38-0, at White Stadium.
Senior Harrison Fitzgerald led the Dragons, dashing for 76 yards on 14 carries and scoring a pair of touchdowns to go together with a two-point conversion. Senior Orlando Jusino additionally pitched in with two dashing touchdowns and three dashing two-point conversions. Together with seniors Xavier Polanco (one landing), the Latin Academy ballcarriers scored each level.
“We simply handled it as a 0-0 sport,” Fitzgerald mentioned. “Simply tried to push it on them each single play once we got here out.”
The Royals couldn’t include Latin Academy’s offense, as they gave up 16 first downs whereas on the opposite facet of the ball, Georgetown may solely muster one.
Fitzgerald scored the primary landing of the sport on a 1-yard run midway by the primary quarter, blasting by the road to make it 6-0. Jusino adopted it up with a 7-yard dashing landing on the subsequent drive and Fitzgerald ran for the two-point conversion to make it 14-0.
The second quarter was nearer than the primary, with the Dragons’ offense stalling on a fourth-and-1 on the Royals’ 48, struggling to punch it into the top zone from 15 yards out because the half ended.
Within the second half, the Dragons broke the sport open with 24 level on 4 possessions. Georgetown’s lack of depth was obvious because the Royals couldn’t cease Latin Academy’s trio of rushers, every of whom tallied a landing.
Whereas Latin Academy head coach Rocco Zizza loved the efforts of his working backs, he nonetheless believed the staff had extra to do.
“Soccer is a sport of attrition in some ways,” he mentioned. “We’ve an extended strategy to go.”
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