Eddie Motovu (3 touchdowns) and James Sullivan (2 touchdowns) combined for 154 rushing yards.
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Sunday, October 21, 2012
Tewksbury High scored all of its points in the second half as the Redmen trounced Lawrence 38-20, to celebrate Homecoming at Doucette Field on Saturday afternoon. Down 6-0 at the break, Eddie Matovu returned the second-half kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown to spark a Tewksbury squad that couldn’t get anything going in the first half. After Tom Casey’s two-point conversion, Lawrence fumbled the ensuing kickoff and the Redmen took over at the Lawrence 16. Matovu finished off the drive with a five yard scamper, and Johnny Aylward ran in the two point conversion making it 16-6. “We got some huge plays right out of the gate in the second half,” said Tewksbury head coach Brian Aylward. Matovu finished the afternoon with 89 yards off only eight …
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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 …
