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WALTHAM — Did fans unable to make it to Bentley University have any luck finding Whittier’s Super Bowl victory on Comcast SportsNet?

How about on the radio at “The Hub” 98.5 FM broadcast by Boston media personality Gary Tanguay and former Patriots QB Scott Zolak?

WALTHAM — The names may not be familiar to casual fans, but teammates knew Paul Buccos and Don Leighton were big plays in waiting.

“Paul Buccos is the fastest guy on this team,” said Whittier senior Ralph Hancock.

WALTHAM — In the end all it took was two touchdowns.

In a confrontation between two of the highest-scoring teams in the state, Whittier claimed its first Super Bowl title yesterday with a 14-12 victory over East Boston winning the Division 4 title before an estimated 3,000 at Bentley University.

BYFIELD — Triton simply had too much of everything.

With a physical front line as an imposing foundation, the Vikings totally controlled the line of scrimmage yesterday against Pentucket and, in turn, time of possession. From there, sophomore quarterback Blaise Whitman became a multi-dimensional weapon, more effective than highly touted running back Brendan O'Neil.

BYFIELD — Triton simply had too much of everything.

With a physical front line as an imposing foundation, the Vikings totally controlled the line of scrimmage yesterday against Pentucket and, in turn, time of possession. From there, sophomore quarterback Blaise Whitman became a multi-dimensional weapon, more effective than highly touted running back Brendan O'Neil.

GEORGETOWN — Eleven plays (10 on the ground by four different players), 60 yards, 6:45 off the clock. Those were the impressive numbers from Manchester Essex’s game-winning drive yesterday morning at Georgetown High School.

ANDOVER — Whittier Tech needed  two modes of transportation, but it reached its destination yesterday morning.

The Wildcats went through the air with quarterback Dillon Ryan and used “The Bus,”  burly running back Nate Allen, to survive a gritty effort from Greater Lawrence on their way to a 28-18 Thanksgiving victory before about 800 fans at Louis E. Gleason Field.

LAWRENCE — Central Catholic’s Trae Musumarra never dreamt the ball would be coming his way.

“I was just supposed to block on the play,” said Musumarra. “Then, there was no one there to block and I just looked up and was staring at the football. I had no idea how I got out there.”

 NORTH READING — The Hornets’ first game on their brand new $2 million FieldTurf appeared as though it could not get any uglier after two bad snaps forced punter Nick Rosano to be tackled in the end zone for safeties.

HAVERHILL — Angel Escalera rushed for 151 second-half yards and scored the clinching touchdown with less than 3 minutes remaining as Lowell defeated winless Haverhill 21-13 yesterday. Leading at intermission for only the second time this season, the Hillies (0-11) were unable to stop Escalera, who finished with 202 yards on 41 carriers. The 149-pound junior scored on runs of 9 and 34 yards to lead the Lowell (2-9) comeback. “We were one block away from doing a lot of things offensively in the first half,” Lowell coach Al Pare said. “Anyone can say what they want (about a two-win season), but I’ve got some great kids. They play as hard as they can.” Coming off a season-high 21 points in a loss to Dracut last week, Haverhill got some big plays from Connor Tufts and Blaine Joia as the Hillies went after their third victory in three years. After spotting the Red Raiders a 6-0 advantage when Shane Walsh recovered a fumble in the end zone midway through the first period, Haverhill grabbed the lead on a 65-yard pass from Tufts to Joia a minute later. Tufts threw for a team season high 176 yards — 149 of them on three completions to Joia, who set up Haverhill’s final touchdown with a beautiful one-handed catch he took 68 yards to the Lowell 2. Tito Morel ran for the touchdown on the next play to cap the game’s scoring. In between Haverhill touchdowns, Lowell used Escalera extensively. Of the Red Raiders’ 31 second-half plays, Escalera carried the ball 23 times. Lowell took the lead for good on a 15-play, 81-yard drive that consumed 7:58. On the possession, the Red Raiders faced third downs of 24 yards and 22 yards. The first time, Kyle Edwards completed a 23-yard pass to Joshua Ouellette before Escalera moved the chains with a 16-yard run. On the third-and-22 play, Thiago Silva went 12 yards on a screen pass before Edwards kept the drive alive with a 14-yard pass to Jimmy Ricoy. “With the game on the line, we didn’t get the job done,” Haverhill coach Tim Briggs said. “(Lowell) had some kids who made some plays, and we didn’t make a play. That’s what it comes down to.” Among the other Haverhill highlights were Malcolm Novello, who had 67 yards rushing, including runs of 20 and 44 yards. Senior defensive end/offensive tackle Kyle Sullivan had a team-high 12 tackles. “The first thing is I’ll be sitting down with a new athletic director to come up with a plan to get this (program) straightened out,” Briggs said. “If you take a look around, we have more things than football to worry about at Haverhill. We have some good young kids, but we need to have them stay with us. They need to stay together and work our way up.