Defense does it for No. 1 St. John's.Byline: Jim Wilson There are a number of notable people named Jim Wilson. These include:
LEOMINSTER - With its offense having trouble getting on track in last night's game against Division 1A rival Leominster, the St. John's defense stole the show, making several key stops and allowing time for the Pioneers' offense to get going. The result was a 28-6 win at Doyle Field for top-ranked St. John's. The Pioneers (7-0, 3-0 Division 1A) scored on their first possession as Griffin Murphy found Will Feraco for a 12-yard touchdown catch over the middle to cap a 7-play, 55-yard drive. Leominster answered on its next possession, as Malik Noun 1. malik - the leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent; "maliks rule the hinterland of Afghanistan under the protection of warlords" Daniel's 42-yard run keyed a drive that brought up first-and-goal at the St. John's 2-yard line. After Geraldo Rivera gained a yard up the middle, Dan Light came up big by stuffing Rivera for no gain on the next play. Quarterback Alex Carignan tried to sneak up Verb 1. sneak up - advance stealthily or unnoticed; "Age creeps up on you" creep up advance, march on, move on, progress, pass on, go on - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on" the middle for no gain, then a host of defensive linemen - led by Light, Troy Moore and Tyler Pike pike, in zoology pike, common name for the family Esocidae, freshwater game and food fishes of Europe, Asia, and North America. The pike, the muskellunge, and the pickerel form a small but well-known group of long, thin fishes with spineless dorsal fins, - stuffed Daniel up the middle as Leominster turned the ball over on downs. "That fired us up a ton," Moore said. "We weren't really doing well in the beginning, but after we made that stop, we were like, `Offense, we have to pick it up.' Our offensive line made some adjustments, and then we started pushing the ball downfield down·field adv. & adj. Sports To, into, or in the defensive team's end of the field. Adj. 1. downfield - toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field; "he threw to a downfield receiver" ." The Pioneers forced another turnover on downs, stopping the No. 10 Blue Devils blue devil n. 1. A blue capsule or tablet containing barbiturate amobarbital or its sodium derivative. 2. A feeling of depression; despondency. (3-4, 1-2) on fourth-and-1 at the St. John's 11 when Curtis Ludden couldn't connect with Jared Wilbon in the end zone, before getting stopped on the Leominster 18 when Murphy's pass to Feraco fell incomplete to keep the game 7-0 at halftime. Moore said the coaching staff was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to get the offense going, so he suggested a play they've been working on in practice. The Pioneers drove downfield to start the second half - with Light getting a 42-yard carry up the middle to put the ball at the Leominster 17 - before John Vassar broke through the middle on the play Moore suggested to make it 13-0. "We've been working on this play where the guard pulls and I cover him," Moore said. "I told (the coaches) why don't we do that? The first time we did it, we scored." Leominster cut the lead to 13-6 when Daniel (15 carries, 127 yards) took a draw play on third-and-8 for a 50-yard score, but St. John's answered after Murphy connected with a banged-up Richard Rodgers for a 29-yard pickup that saw Rodgers break four tacklers to bring the ball into Blue Devils' territory. After Murphy hit Christian Dulmaine for a 15-yard pickup, Vassar (8 carries, 56 yards) scored on a 19-yard run to make it 20-6. The Blue Devils had first-and-goal at the St. John's 2 again to start the fourth quarter, but Light forced Carignan to intentionally in·ten·tion·al adj. 1. Done deliberately; intended: an intentional slight. See Synonyms at voluntary. 2. Having to do with intention. ground the ball for a 15-yard loss, then Matt Higgins picked off a pass intended for Wilbon in the end zone. Leominster's Lucas Tocci picked off Murphy on St. John's next drive, but two plays later Shane McGrail picked off Carignan to put the ball on the Pioneers' 39. Two plays later, Murphy bootlegged to his left and got a block from Light and two more downfield to spring him down the left sideline sideline See on the sidelines. for a 63-yard touchdown. The 6-foot-4, 285-pound Moore added a conversion rush to make it 28-0. Leominster's final drive ended when Rodgers picked off Ludden in the end zone. "I think we had a couple of key points in this game, some big stops and some key turnovers when we had to and that was really important," said St. John's coach John Andreoli - who notched his 50th career win. Leominster coach John Dubzinski was proud of his team for playing the Pioneers tough until turnovers and penalties took their toll. "St. John's is a good team, and they have a lot of weapons, and we did a pretty good job defensively on them for about three quarters of the game," Dubzinski said. "Turnovers killed us, and we couldn't get the ball in (the end zone)." St. John's 28, Leominster 6 NAME: ST. JOHN'S HIGH SCHOOL Schools named "St. John's High School" include: In Canada:
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