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Sheehy (3 TDs) leads Sachems to 10th win

Saturday, November, 14 By Dan Harrison
Staff writer

WEST NEWBURY — When Pentucket and Triton faced off early in the season, the Sachems won a defensive battle 13-10.
But the Thanksgiving Day matchup was an entirely different story.
The Cape Ann League rivals combined for 75 points in a game that was all but decided by halftime as Pentucket emerged with the 47-28 victory.
The Vikings (4-7) came out of the gate strong, scoring a touchdown on their opening drive, but it was Pentucket's Liam Sheehy who stole the show in front of his home crowd. The junior running back rushed for 191 yards on the day highlighted by three first-half scores.
"He's a tough runner and he works very hard," Sachems' 34th-year head coach Steve Hayden said after his 207th career win. "He's probably one of the hardest workers in practice and he just loves the game. All our kids played well and played tough."
The hosts (10-1) won the coin toss and deferred to the second half, which gave Triton the first chance to get on the scoreboard.
The Vikings did just that, putting together a nine-play, 80-yard drive, capped off by a Liam Spillane plunge from 4 yards out to give Triton its first and only lead of the game.
After its opening score, however, Triton surrendered five consecutive touchdowns.
"I don't think we fought in the first half," said Vikings coach Pat Sheehan. "We had some things going offensively but we didn't make enough of the plays we needed to make and defensively we didn't fight."
Senior co-captain Kiernan Haley broke free for a 46-yard touchdown run on the fourth play of Pentucket's opening possession.
Sheehy followed that up with a 58-yard touchdown scamper of his own, before quarterback Finn Graham found Haley for a 24-yard scoring strike.
Sheehy added scores from 1- and 2-yards out, respectively, to put the Sachems up 34-14 at the break.
Pentucket continued it's torrid scoring pace at the start of the third quarter, as senior running back Brennan McGuirk sprinted 52 yards into the end zone.
The Sachems then finished their scoring when Graham tossed his second touchdown of the day, this time to senior Travis Bounsy from 6 yards out to make it 47-14 with three minutes left in the third quarter.