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Thu, Nov 28, 2013 10:30 AM @ Central Catholic
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Andover 6 0 0 12 18
Central Catholic 7 17 7 13 44

Demers, Central starters hit on all cylinders in victory over Andover

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Thursday, November, 28 By David Willis
Staff writer

LAWRENCE — It was the question on everyone’s mind heading into Thanksgiving Day.

Would Central Catholic, already secured a spot in the Super Bowl in nine days, play its starters in its annual holiday contest against Andover with nothing at stake but pride?

“Are you kidding, I wouldn’t miss this game for the world,” said Raiders senior D’Andre Drummond-Mayrie. “This is tradition, and our last game ever at (Lawrence) Stadium. And we remember how they beat us last year. We weren’t going to sit on the sidelines.”

Led by a dynamic performance from senior receiver/defensive back Cody Demers — who recorded 174 combined yards, two touchdowns and an interception — the Central regulars not only started, they starred, taking an 18-point lead into halftime continued on to defeat Andover 44-18.

“You never forget Thanksgiving,” said Demers. “It’s Andover. You never want to lose to Andover, especially in my last game against them. We remember what they did to us last year (22-19 loss). We wanted to win this and take some positive energy going into the Super Bowl, and we did that.”

Demers certainly will not forget his performance yesterday.

“Cody came up huge for us,” said Raiders QB Mike Milano. “After he got that really long run it sparked something in us that lasted the rest of the game.”

Demers gave Central the lead with a 37-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter, but it was his 80-yard touchdown run — in which he took the handoff on a speed sweep, bolted off tackle past the defense and sprinted to the end zone — that gave the Raiders the spark the needed.

“Cody is a terrific player,” said Drummond-Mayrie. “He is so elusive. I knew, right when he went around the corner that he was gone. When he scored that long touchdown it was a huge momentum boost.”

It was a play that Demers had been waiting for the coaches to call for weeks.

“We installed it earlier in the season but we haven’t really used it,” said Demers, who at halftime had already rushed for 97 yards on just two attempts, caught five passes for 74 yards and scored his two touchdowns. “I just took it and ran. It felt great.”

Demers, who had carried just four times for 7 yards on the season, rushed for exactly 100 yards and had 74 more yards receiving. He also intercepted a pass and returned it 65 yards before being caught at the 2-yard-line. The Raiders scored three plays later.

“I knew I wanted to be out there,” said Demers. “You can get hurt anywhere. You can get hurt in practice. So why not play.”

At the start it hardly looked to be a decisive Central victory.

After the two teams exchanged punts, Andover took the ball at its 1-yard line and drove 99 yards, with Oliver Eberth finishing off the trip with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Will Eikenberry.

“We got a little worried after that first score,” said Drummond-Mayrie. “But we knew we just had to stop making dumb mistakes.”

Central soon found that groove.

First it was Milano’s 37-yard touchdown pass to Demers, then a possession later the QB hit Cam Manning for a score. One play after Manning picked off a pass, Demers hit for his long TD run, then the Raiders closed out the half on a 30-yard field goal by Paul Karamourtopoulos.

Central then iced the victory with TD runs by Milano in the third and Markus Edmunds on the first play of the fourth. That was the end of the day for the starters. Central finished with three interceptions on the day, the other grabbed by Gavin Anderson.

“For years every Friday night we have come out onto this field and played our hearts out,” said Demers. “This is the last time (the seniors) will be playing here, so it is sweet to go out by beating Andover. Now we have that momentum going to Gillette Stadium.”

Game Statistics:

First Quarter

A — Will Eikenberry 5 pass from Oliver Eberth (pass failed), 2:53

CC — Cody Demers 37 pass from Mike Milano (Paul Karamourtopoulos kick), 1:43

Second Quarter

CC — Cam Manning 12 pass from Milano (Karamourtopoulos kick), 9:41

CC — Demers 80 run (Karamourtopoulos kick), 4:31

CC — Karamourtopoulos 30 field goal, 0:04

Third Quarter

CC — Milano 20 run (Karamourtopoulos kick), 6:21

Fourth Quarter

CC — Markus Edmunds 1 run (Karamourtopoulos kick), 10:33

A — Jack Sylvester 1 run (pass failed), 6:23

CC — Mike Mercuri 50 run (QB takes a knee), 0:58

A — Sylvester 81 kickoff return (pass failed), 0:08

 

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

RUSHING: CC (37-289) — Cody Demers 3-100, Mike Mercuri 1-50, Mike Milano 8-34, Mike Balsamo 6-38, Markus Edmunds 4-18, D'Andre Drummond-Mayrie 9-23, Matt Horgan 2-19, Omar Dechamps 3-5, Blades Shields 1-2; A (22-75) — Jack Sylvester 11-52, Oliver Eberth 10-27, E.J. Perry IV 1-(-4)

PASSING: CC — Mike Milano 8-12-0, 99; A — Eberth 12-22-2, 92, Perry 2-4-1, 17

RECEIVING: CC — Demers 5-74, Cam Manning 2-25, Drummond-Mayrie 1-0; A —Will Eikenberry 5-41, Christopher Nicholas 4-44, Sylvester 4-26, Alex Marshall 1-1  

 

    FINAL 2013 AREA FOOTBALL STATS
Stats from Mike McMahon, double-checked many and
asked coaches for corrections, too
PASSING YARDS
Player, Team Comp-Att-Yds-TD
1. Nelson Valerio, Lawrence 143-237-2,107-19
2. Casey Walsh, N Andover 126-227-1,880-14
3. Mike Milano, Central 119-201-1,694-15
4. A George-Williams, Methuen 119-224-1,657-20
5. Ellicen Pena, Gr Lawrence 74-150-1,398-16
6. Shane Finn, Haverhill 104-194-1,188-5
7. Ian Maag, Phillips 75-117-1,112-12
8. Brendan McInnis, Windham 63-127-1,081-12
*9. Oliver Eberth, Andover  88-166-967-7
10. John Morris, Sanborn  56-95-907-9
11. Connor Bradley, Whittier 54-111-787-6
*12. Jason Hughes, Timberlane 49-101-770-4
13. John Cerretani, Salem  43-88-726-8
14. Joe Slattery, Pelham  27-37-724-10
15. Aaron Gaudet, Londonderry 63-110-697-9
ALSO
*EJ Perry IV, Andover ... 33-59-429, 7 TDs-2 Ints

RUSHING YARDS
Player, Team Att-Yds
1. C.J. McCarthy, N Reading 280-1,925
*2. Manny Latimore, Pinkerton 185-1,488
3. Ryder Stone, Phillips  174-1,220
4. Jesus Sanchez, Whittier  169-1,156
5. Jason Martinez, Salem  175-1,146
6. Dennis Bishop, Londonderry 161-1,139
7. Chris Cervizzi, Brooks  197-1,081
8. Tom Stabile, N Andover  216-1,048
9. Chris Medeiros, Pelham  92-1,027
10. Tyler Furey, Timberlane 154-906
*11. Jack Sylvester, Andover 124-827
12. Ian Kessel, Haverhill  174-799
13. T.J. Urbanik, Pinkerton  69-798
14. Willy Weinhold, Methuen 162-798
ALSO....
Zach Matthews, Sanborn 789 rushing yards
*Oliver Eberth, Andover 101-593
*Will Eikenberry, Andover 30-201

RECEIVING YARDS
Player, Team  Catch-Yds-TD catches
1. Cody Demers, Central  52-761-6
2. Evan Lacroix, Methuen  45-731-9
*3.Luis Crispin, Lawrence  53-693-8
4. Bubba Shkliew, N Andover 56-664-7
(Bubba doesn't include OT TD)
5. Zach Downey, Timberlane 41-660-5
6. Justin Rivera, Lawrence  39-633-6
7. Zach Conway, Pelham  19-527-6
8. Matt Iannone, N Andover 29-506-2
9. Yoel Batista, Gr Lawrence,  29-500-3
10. Jake Poore, Salem  27-438-6
11. Johnny Ramsdell  Haverhill 34-415-4
12. Jeff Porter, Pentucket  20-366-4
ALSO
*Will Eikenberry, Andover  22-237
*Chris Nicholas, Andover   26-349-4
(Nicholas doesn't include OT TD)
*Alex Marshall, Andover   19-173
*Cam Davey, Andover   16-143
*Brandon Marti, Andover   9-124
*E.J. Perry, Andover   7-101-2
*Jack Sylvester, Andover   12-99

SCORING LEADERS
Player, Team  TD-PAT-PTs
1. C.J. McCarthy, N Reading 30-8-188
*2. Manny Latimore, Pinkerton 20-0-120
3. Mike Rich, Sanborn  17-0-102
4. Chris Cervizzi, Brooks  15-6-96
5. D'Andre Drum.-Mayrie, Central 15-0-90
5. T.J. Urbanik, Pinkerton  15-0-90
7. Mike Milano, Central  14-0-84
7. Jesus Sanchez, Whittier  14-0-84
7. Tom Stabile, N Andover  13-2-80
10. Jason Martinez, Salem  13-0-78
10. Willy Weinhold, Methuen 13-0-78
10. Ryder Stone, Phillips  13-0-78
13. Chris Medeiros, Pelham 12-0-72
13. Jeff Porter, Pentucket  12-0-72
15. Dennis Bishop, Londonderry 11-0-66
15. Scott Bonneau, Whittier 10-6-66
*17. Jack Sylvester, Andover 10-0-60
*17. Will Eikenberry, Andover 9-4-58
18. Tyler Furey, Timberlane 9-0-54
18. Bubba Shkliew, N Andover 9-0-54
18. Ian Kessel, Haverhill  9-0-54
18. Cody Demers, Central  9-0-54
*17. Oliver Eberth, Andover 8-4-52
22. Luis Crispin, Lawrence  8-2-50
23. Jeremy Torres, Gr. Lawrence 7-2-44
ALSO................
Brendan McInnis, Windham 7-0-42
*E.J. Perry, Andover 2-2-14
*Brandon Marti Andover 2-0-12

FIELD GOALS
Player, Team  FG, Distances
1. Ryan Payne, Andover (6)
37,28 27,23,23,18
2. A George-Williams, Methuen (4)
26,25,23,22
3. Patrick Yale, Haverhill (3) 40, 36, 25
4. Justin Olin, Londonderry (2) 31, 27
4. Eddie Cabrera, Lawrence (2) 32, 30
4. Kyle Cantalupo, Pinkerton (2) 33, 31
7. Tom Mullin, Phillips (1) 37
7. Pat Bjork, Georgetown (1) 35
7. Ralph Francesconi, Whittier (1) 22
7. Paul Karamourtopoulos, Central (1) 30

TOP PASSING GAMES
Player, Team  Yards
1. Ellicen Pena, Gr Lawrence 335
2. Nelson Valerio, Lawrence 330
3. Nelson Valerio, Lawrence 296
4. Ellicen Pena, Gr Lawrence 278
5. Casey Walsh, N Andover 257
6. Casey Walsh, N Andover 255
7. Nelson Valerio, Lawrence 244
8. A. George-Williams, Methuen 242

TOP RUSHING GAMES
Player, Team  Att-Yds
1. Dennis Bishop, Londonderry 28-312
2. C.J. McCarthy, Lynnfield 48-276
3. Manny Latimore, Pinkerton 18-267
4. C.J. McCarthy, North Reading 32-264
5. Chris Medeiros, Pelham  8-244
6. Ryan Stone, Phillips  31-242
7. Chris Cervizzi, Brooks  20-224
8. C.J. McCarthy, N Reading 24-223
9. C.J. McCarthy, N Reading 31-219
10. Jack Sylvester, Andover 17-217

TOP RECEIVING GAMES
Player, Team  Catches-Yds
1. Evan Lacroix, Methuen  6-187
2. Justin Rivera, Lawrence  8-173
3. Yoel Batista, Gr Lawrence 6-165
4. Jeremy Torres, Gr Lawrence 4-145
5. James Foote, N Andover 5-142
6. Yoel Batista, Gr Lawrence 11-141
7. Matt Iannone, N Andover 4-129
8. Cody Demers, Central  7-127
8. Luis Crispin, Lawrence  7-127
10. Justin Rivera, Lawrence 3-125
11. Zack Conway, Pelham  3-124
12. Bubba Shkiew, N Andover 8-121
* denotes stats supplied by team. 

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