Laconia @ Plymouth - a Playoff preview
What a game this will be! The Home team riding a 8-1 Record and oh so close to being undefeated. You've got two rockstar running backs in Taylor Newberry and Brandon Goodale. Newberry is extremely difficult to bring down due mainly to his incredibly high knees and powerful running style. Goodale is a speedster, who's got breakaway speed and excellent lateral quickness. Add to that Cole Brooker at FB lead blocking and giving a little smash mouth taste to this backfield and it's a dangerous trio to plan for defensively. Will Horan is throwing the ball smartly and with precision to some big wideouts (Reisert among them) who have great hands. Defensively they have a gang tackle mentality. Not a whole lot of solo tackles, but when an opposing ball carrier goes down it's in a veritable sea of Bobcats.
We've talked about them a lot this year. The Sachems line might be the best in the D IV - Hollis, Mahoney, Chiasson, Grant, Mears, Hurley, and Weeks will be out for blood this game. Make no mistake that these guys took last game personally and they will leave it all on the field come Saturday. In the backfield you have probably the most versatile running back in the Division in David Mahoney who was hobbled in their last meeting but has been on a tear of late. An HC favorite in Ronnie Steele with speed and agility and the ability to break plays both out of the backfield and on special teams and Chris Frontiero has good speed as well. Scott Ruggieri has been leading the Sachem team well at QB and throwing the ball well all year. Add all that talent together and you go from Sachem Red to the big Red HURT!
Plymouth found a way to win a few weeks ago, the question is can the magic happen twice. They have home field advantage which has been huge for these guys but the playoffs are a different animal. It's all going to come down to execution and limiting mistakes. Once the adrenaline fades and they settle in this will be one for the ages in this rivalry.
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