Week 2 in the books and the favorites begin to show themselves

Laconia routed the MV Pride 59-12 this week cementing their stake as one of the front runners for the title this year.

All Star David Mahoney returned another kick off 80 yards for a TD, and both he and Ronnie Steele (who also scored in this game) rushed for more than a hundred yards this game. The Sachems simply had too many weapons for MV. Despite their best efforts what was most evident in this game was the dominance of the Sachems line. They simply exerted their will on the MV front and moved them wherever they wanted on both sides of the ball.

Billy Mahoney had a great game scoring defensively as he picked up a fumbled snap by MV Cody Thurston and was off to the races, zooming down the sideline for the score. Ronnie Steele also had a nice pick off and return. They (and we all) look forward to their week 3 matchup against Trinity (could be a preview to the championship). I know it's early, I'm just saying :)

The entire Sachems line performed well Hurley, Hollis, Mahoney, and company and showed they will be a force for everyone this year. The Division should take notice and if they don't, these guys will make you pay in spades. 

Lebanon fell to the Huskies of Monadnock 21-0 as turnovers on their struggling offense continue to plague the defending champs. Monadnock was steady and consistent in it's execution. They had there moments of struggling as well though with multiple turnovers and didn't really dominate so much as they did capitalize on the Raider mistakes and stagnant offense.

They had one score on a nice blocked punt covered by Huskies in the end zone and turned a recovered Raider fumble into 6. Multiple turnovers allowed the stalwart Huskies to start deep in Raider territory for most of the game. Senior Captain of the Huskies Nick Dragon and the Husky line held Morril in check on both sides of the ball and Poulin and Bolewski played particularly well.

For Lebanon's part 3 plus turnovers, 2 costly fumbles from their half  back and  interceptions (2 of which were inside Husky territory) cost them dearly.

For positive notes, defensively the Raiders were again very tough. Dylan Drew recorded a sack and fumble recovery and Chris Henry had a Int (and both had 10 plus tackles). The problem for the raiders is not defense...it's figuring out how to score.

Trinity blows out Hanover 46-14.  The Pioneers continue to roll this season. Even after losing half their line and their starting QB last year...they are scoring at will on their first two opponents in this young season. Next week will be the real test for them. The question will be whether or not they can contain the big play potential of the Sachems and keep Mahoney and Steele in check.

While they are very strong this year, there is NOT a faster team than Laconia in the division...and they're also huge up front. The question will be can Chambers, Hughes and company execute and keep there machine rolling with that speedy defense. We'll see. This is my feature game next week.

In other games, Plymouth, Newberry and Goodale continue to roll defeating Kingswood soundly 56-20.

Stark lost to Kennett 34-20.  More later...