Penalties and turnovers are costly as Tewksbury High football team throws a scare into Billerica.
The toughest pill for the Tewksbury High Redmen to swallow when they look back on Friday night's 20-14 loss to Billerica will be the fact that this was a game they very much could have won. A slew of penalties, a couple of dropped passes and three turnovers derailed what should have been a good enough effort to give Tewksbury its third straight Merrimack Valley Conference upset victory. "It's pretty frustrating," said TMHS head coach Brian Aylward afterward. "We're not good enough to come in here and not execute and we're certainly not good enough to come in here and hand over anything in terms of penalties and turnovers and that kind of stuff like we did tonight." Two interceptions, a fumbled punt and 67 yards in untimely penalties gave …
Redmen prove they are for real with a convincing, 21-6 win over Central Catholic.
A week ago, it was a shocking upset. Maybe now, it's time for the rest of the Merrimack Valley Conference to take the Tewksbury High Redmen seriously. For the second straight week, the TMHS football team invited one of the MVC's super powers to visit Doucette Field on Saturday. And for the second straight week, they sent their guests home with their tails between their legs. This week's victim was Central Catholic High School, which brought a stingy defense and a 2-1 record to town, only to watch the Redmen roll up 237 yards rushing on their way to a convincing, 21-6 beat down of the Raiders. Senior quarterback Kevin Saunders had one of the best games of his career for Tewksbury, completing 6-of-10 passes for 92 yards and a touchdown, …
Turnovers are costly in Tewksbury High football team's 22-15 loss to Lawrence.
If there's one thing Tewksbury High football coach Brian Aylward has learned in his 15 years of coaching Merrimack Valley Conference football, it's that you can't give the other team extra chances by turning the ball over, and still expect to win. "It's frustrating," said Aylward after watching his team commit four costly turnovers in dropping a heartbreaking 22-15 decision to Lawrence High School at Veteran's Memorial Stadium Friday night. "We can't give any team a short field four times and expect that we're going to be able to hold them out all four times. We can't make mistakes like that. If teams are going to get anything from us, we have to make them earn it." Ironically, the Redmen did make Lawrence work tremendously hard to earn …
