Friday Football Fever: Title Round (WGGB) — The Longmeadow Lancers were crowned champions of Western Mass. Division II on Friday night, as they topped their rivals East Longmeadow. It was a close match-up at Longmeadow High School, but early on, the Lancers appeared to have the game in hand. Longmeadow lead 28-6 at one point in the third quarter, but East Longmeadow mounted a comeback. The Spartans scored 14 unanswered points, to get within one score of the Lancers in the 4th quarter. Longmeadow running back Noah Hurwitz, who ran for the team’s first three touchdowns in the game, came up with a critical play to seal it. With just more than two minutes remaining, he took a 4th-down handoff and broke it for more than 20 yards. That allowed the Lancers to wind the clock down on the Spartans chances. Hurwitz finished with 123 yards rushing on 14 carries and was named our Friday Football Fever Player of the Week. The Western Mass. title is Longmeadow’s first since 2011. The two teams will square off again on Thanksgiving Day. For highlights and reaction from that game, and more, watch the video above. Don’t forget to tune in to ABC40 on Thanksgiving Day for a special edition of Friday Football Fever.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 05:34:15 +0000
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