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Leominster looks to retake control ... Page 3Lunenburg set to collide with St. Bernard’s ... Page 4

Gardner, Oakmont expect hard-fought game ... Page 5Nashoba faces upset-minded North Middlesex ... Page 6Monty Tech gets another shot at Nashoba Tech ... Page 7

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Fitchburg football headcoach Ray Cosenza is not oneto mince words when it comesto the annual ThanksgivingDay clash with Leominster.

“Despite what happensduring the season, the gamehas a life of its own,”Cosenza said before a recentpractice in preparation forthe contest. “Its importanceoutweighs any other gamewe have on the schedule andany other game we wouldplay in the postseason.”

Cosenza noted that anotherwise winless seasoncould be viewed as at leastsomewhat successful depend-ing on how the final regularseason game plays out.

Luckily for the Fitchburgfans, the Red Raiders don’tenter the contest in search oftheir first win. Coming intothe game at 5-5, Fitchburghas struggled with consis-tency throughout the 2009campaign, but hopes arehigh that the season’s finalclash will be when all facetsof the game come togetherfor the Red and Gray.

This year’s season finalewill take place at CrockerField on Thanksgiving morn-ing, with the result of lastyear’s game still fresh ineveryone’s mind. Fitchburgcame out on top of a 20-17

overtime game that wasviewed by many as aninstant classic at Leomin-

ster’s Doyle Field.“I hope the game ends the

same way,” Cosenza said.“This will be the 21st gamethat I’ve been involved withand each game is special inits own way. Last year, goingto overtime and the winnerbeing the league champion,was something special. I’msure this Thanksgiving willbe no different and will bevery special to someone forone reason or another.”

Cosenza said finding arhythm has been an issueall season with his squad,

especially when the RedRaiders have had possessionof the ball.

“It’s been a struggle withconsistency, with the offenseespecially,” Cosenza said.“When we watch film, we’llsee that we’re one kid awayfrom having that key blockthat will keep a drive going orget us on the board. So havingsaid that, I think we’re capa-ble of being more consistentand putting it all together.”

That inability to keep the

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Fitchburg’s Wesley Colon tries to break free from Brockton’s Richard Marsh during a game at Crocker Field in Fitchburg on Oct. 9.


Fitchburg quarterback Kyle Phillips delivers a pass during a game against Algonquin Regional at CrockerField in Fitchburg on Nov. 6.

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In a year that, record-wise, has fallen below expec-tations, the final game of theseason means everything toLeominster.

The Blue Devils have com-peted with several heavy-weight opponents over the

course of theseason, butwere neverable to puttogether acompletegame againsttop-tier com-petition enroute to a dis-appointing 4-6 record. Awin overFitchburg onThanksgiv-ing Day atCrocker Fieldwould go along waytoward help-ing the Blue

Devils forget the sting of sev-eral hard-fought defeats.

“That’s the beautiful partabout playing a traditionalrival at the end of the sea-son,” Leominster head coachJohn Dubzinski said. “Ithink both teams are a littlefrustrated with how thingshave gone so far. Both teamsare going to play their bestgame and I think we havetwo pretty evenly matchedteams.”

While Leominster’srecord may not suggest it,the Blue Devils have playedvery well as of late. Despitegoing 1-3 in their previousfour games, Leominster wasin a position to win each ofthose contests, but couldn’tput together big plays whenthey were needed.

“I thought over the lastfour weeks we’ve made someimprovements,” Dubzinskisaid. “I thought that we’veplayed pretty well over thelast month, going back to St.John’s. It hasn’t resulted ina lot of wins, but we hope tosee that improvement con-tinue. We’ve been movingthe ball and making somestops, but we’re still workingon getting everything tocome together.”

In a Week 7 loss to St.John’s, the Blue Devilsallowed just seven first-halfpoints and had a pair ofchances to tie the gamebefore the Pioneers took con-trol and pulled away to a 28-6 win in a game that wasmuch closer than the finalscore suggests.

The following week,Leominster nearly pulled offa shocking upset of EasternMass. powerhouse Brockton,losing 13-9. After firing onall cylinders in a 35-20 winover Shrewsbury at DoyleField, the Blue Devils forcedovertime against unbeatenMarlborough in their mostrecent contest, coming upjust inches short of a 2-pointconversion that would havetied the game.

“The loss to Marlboroughwas a tough loss. It was ahard-fought game,” Dubzin-

ski said. “But once you getinto the Fitchburg week,everyone’s intensity risesand the kids tend to pushaside what had happened inthe last game.”

The Blue Devils alsoplayed well in a season-open-ing loss to Everett, a peren-

nially strong Eastern Mass.squad. Leominster lost bythe slim margin of eightpoints, 14-6.

Leading the way for theBlue Devils — who look torebound from last season’s20-17 overtime loss onThanksgiving at Doyle Field

— will be an offense that attimes has looked unstop-pable. Malik Daniel hasestablished himself as athreat at halfback, rushingfor more than 900 yards andsix touchdowns on the sea-son. Quarterback CurtisLudden — also a senior —rushed for nearly 600 yardsand nine scores while pass-ing for more than 600 yardsand five touchdowns, show-ing the southpaw signal

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LEOMINSTERBLUE DEVILS

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Leominster 6Doherty 15

Leominster 14N. Middlesex 0

Algonquin 0Leominster 7Leominster 6Leominster 9

Shrewsbury 20Leominster 20

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Leominster’s Tyler Jones tackles Marlborough quarterback AJ Scerra, causing a fumble, during a game at Doyle Field in Leominster on Nov. 13.


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Though this year’sThanksgiving Eve gamedoesn’t have quite as muchon the line as last year’s edi-tion, neither Lunenburg norSt. Bernard’s is ready callthe game meaningless.

The 2008 meetingbetween the two teams sawthe Bernardians hand theBlue Knights their first lossof the year, while this yearboth teams enter the gameout of playoff contention asLunenburg is 3-7 and St.Bernard’s is 3-6.

Still, both teams knowthat pride is on the line, andthat can be more than enoughto motivate both sides.

“We’ve had times whereone of the teams coming intothis game was undefeated,”St. Bernard’s head coachTom Bingham said. “It reallydoesn’t matter what therecords are coming in. You’realways going to have seniorswho want to go out on a highnote. Last year’s game wasvery good and I don’t expectanything less this year.”

The two teams will taketo the FieldTurf at Lunen-burg today headed in dis-tinctly different directions.After losing its first fourgames, Lunenburg hasplayed .500 football over thefinal six weeks of the season.

“Our kids have been work-ing hard since the beginningand they’re starting to playwell together,” Lunenburghead coach Steve Boone said.“We wish they would havedone it earlier, but they’reworking well and things arestarting to click. We startedoff slow, but we had to replace15 seniors at the beginning ofthe season and these kids hadto get used to playing.

Lunenburg picked up aWeek 5 win over West Boyl-ston, then posted back-to-backvictories against Ayer andHudson in Weeks 7 and 8, fol-lowing a loss to red-hot Oak-mont Regional. Even in lossesto Groton-Dunstable Regionaland Clinton during the pasttwo weeks, the Blue Knights

have been in contention forwins until late in the game.

St. Bernard’s, on the otherhand, won two out of its firstthree contests, but hastasted victory just once in itsfinal six games.

“We’ve been very up anddown,” Bingham said. “We’vehad a hard time with consis-tency. It never seemed like wegot healthy this year. Youalways enter the season witha successful win-loss record inmind, but it’s been very chal-lenging at times this year.”

Wins over NarragansettRegional and Shepherd Hillearly in the season, and evena close loss to a strong Gro-ton-Dunstable squad, gavethe Bernardians hope at thestart of the schedule. But theteam has struggled to puttogether total-game effortsdown the stretch.

“We really haven’t playeda complete game yet,” saidBingham, whose team

defeated Worcester South forits only other win. “We’rehoping we can come togetherand put something togetherin this final game for ourseniors. They’re very focusedand want to win.”

Offensively, the Bernar-dians have shown flashes ofgreatness, starting with line-men Glen Shaw, DomenicMeza and Riley Crockett.Senior running back EvanBrideau has gotten the bulk ofthe work behind the line andamassed an impressive finalseason as a Bernardian, andquarterback Taylor Lively hasput together a solid yeardespite suffering more thanhis share of injuries.

“Evan’s been a leader onboth sides of the ball,” Bing-ham said. “He’s certainly putthe team on his back at cer-tain points this season. AndTaylor has done well for us,but he’s had to battle injuries.He’s a three-year starter so

he knows what he’s doing.”The injury bug has hit the

Bernardians hard, leavingthem without senior fullbackBrent Cote for the final gameof the year.

“We have a terrific full-back and leader in Cote, buthe has a concussion and he’snot likely to play,” Binghamsaid. “Vinny Seretto will fillin for him and he’s morethan capable of playing well.He’s a four-year player whohas had a great season onspecial teams.”

On the defensive side ofthe ball, Bingham said line-backers Meza, Shaw andCam Foster have all playedwell — especially Foster,who the coach said has beenplaying with an ankle injuryand still recorded nearly 100tackles on the season.

The Blue Knights willchallenge St. Bernard’s strongdefense with an equallypotent offense — which Bing-

ham called “athletic” and“capable of giving (St.Bernard’s) problems” — thatcan potentially put up bignumbers. Xarras, Bjorn Kap-stad and Craig Spyropouloshave all figured into the BlueKnights’ run-happy offense inbig ways throughout the year.

“We’ve got some unsungheroes,” Boone said. “Spy-ropoulos has been importantat fullback because teamshave to respect his runningability in the option and thatstretches things out.”

Defensively, Spyropoulosat middle linebacker anddefensive end Joe Clements— who Boone said hasplayed just four games andhas somewhere in the neigh-

borhood of nine sacks —have really stepped up. Thecoach said that Kapstad is akey in the secondary, actingas a “defensive quarterback.”

Xarras said that the BlueKnights are ready for theclash and that the seniors arelooking forward to their finalhigh school game, hopefullyone that ends with a victory.

“The game against St.Bernard’s is our SuperBowl,” Xarras said after arecent practice. “For us,there’s no playoffs. This is it.We’re playing with the men-tality that there is no tomor-row. You can expect us toleave it all out on the field. Ithink both teams will playthat way.”


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LUNENBURGBLUE KNIGHTS(3-7, 1-3 Division 3A)

Lunenburg 0Lunenburg 0Lunenburg 0

Lunenburg 14W. Boylston 14

Lunenburg 7Ayer 14

Hudson 7Lunenburg 28Lunenburg 7

Gardner 19St. Bernard’s 20St. Bernard’s 34Groton-Dun. 13Hudson 28Clinton 20St. Bernard’s 33

Oakmont 41Holy Name 32

ST. BERNARD’SBERNARDIANS(3-6, 0-4 Division 3A)

St. Bernard’s 14Narragansett 14Shepherd Hill 7

St. Bernard’s 12St. Bernard’s 14St. Bernard’s 0

South 0

St. Bernard’s 22St. Bernard’s 8

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Lunenburg quarterback Mike Xarras runs past the Murdock defense during a game in Lunenburg on Sept. 18.


St. Bernard’s running back Evan Brideau races to the end zone during a game againstGroton-Dunstable at the Bernardian Bowl in Fitchburg on Oct. 2.


St. Bernard’s quarterback Taylor Lively runs for a firstdown during a game against Groton-Dunstable at theBernardian Bowl in Fitchburg on Oct. 2.

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The best rivalries are theones closest to home.

With less than five milesseparating OakmontRegional High School andGardner High School, manyof the players on the footballteams set to meet onThanksgiving morning knoweach other pretty well.

“We don’t have a McDon-ald’s or Burger King here, soa lot of our kids head toGardner quite often,” Oak-mont head coach DaveLaRoche said. “The kidsinteract with each otherquite a bit. They know eachother. I’m from Gardner.There are quite a few inter-esting little connections.”

The familiarity has led toa good-natured rivalry, full ofrespect for the opponent butstill fueled by the desire towin. Make no mistakes aboutit, some of the players mightbe friends, but when the twosides step onto Arthur I.Hurd Memorial Field Thurs-day, friendships get set asideuntil the final whistle.

“There are some kids (atOakmont) who have parentsfrom Gardner and vice versa,”Gardner head coach WalterDubzinski Jr. said. “It’s prettyeasy to get the kids excited forthis game. I’d expect a good,hard-fought game, but with alot of respect and good sports-manship.”

Both teams enter the sea-son finale coming off of a bigwin. Gardner topped rivalFitchburg 24-14 in its previ-ous contest, while Oakmontearned an important Divi-sion 3 win over Groton-Dun-stable Regional, 28-21.

“It’s kind of a dilemma,”said Dubzinski, whose teamenters the game 4-6. “You’dkind of like a great win likethat to last a long time. Webeat a very good team, butwe need to move on to thenext phase. It’s difficult hav-ing two rivalries back to

back. The dilemma is findinga way to move on.”

LaRoche stressed theimportance of coming intothe final game of the seasonoff of a win that improvedthe Spartans to 9-1 overall.

“That was probably ourbiggest win. It was two 8-1teams and basically playingfor the No. 1 ranking,”LaRoche said. “I think it wasa critical win for us. Playingon the road and getting a winlike that was huge.”

The high-scoring Spar-tans come into the game withno shortage of offensiveoptions. Running back JonJacobs, quarterback Luke

Bakanowsky and widereceiver Eric Howlett haveput up astronomical numbersover the course of the 2009campaign. The only weaponmissing from the Spartanslineup will be senior SethSheridan, who suffered a sea-son-ending knee injury mid-way through the schedule.

LaRoche believes thatwhile his team’s skill playershave garnered plenty of atten-tion, the athletes on the offen-sive line have played a hugepart in the team’s success.

“I think what it will comedown to is which team’s lineplays better,” LaRoche said.“We’ve gotten some greatplay on the line from RobbieDeerborn, Tyler Baranowskiand Josh Cudak. Now we’regetting back Joe Herndon,who had missed a coupleweeks, and he had been areal stalwart on the offensiveline; and Matthew Mazyckhas been exceptional for us.”

Gardner’s offense, whilenot putting up the kind ofnumbers Oakmont has pro-

duced, has been steady behindthe play of junior quarterbackSteve Guercio and sophomorerunning back Jamison Craft,

“Jamison has been excep-tional for us,” Dubzinskisaid. “And Guercio has got-ten a lot of help from hisreceivers. Andy Doiron hasbeen a big target for him and(running backs) Mike Lynchand Julon McCoy have givenus a lift, too.”

The offense has been con-sistent, though it has had tocover for a sometimes sus-

pect defense, according tothe Wildcats coach.

“We’ve been very competi-tive for the vast majority ofour games,” Dubzinski said.“Our defense has had lapsesat times, but our offense hasbeen OK. It’s been tough tocapitalize on some of the suc-cesses our offense has hadwith our defensive troubles.”

Both coaches agreed thateven with the weapons theirteams have, the Thanksgiv-ing game tends to comedown to a relativelyunknown player.

“I think it often comes outthat an unheralded player isthe hero,” LaRoche said.“Last year, it was EricHowlett (who caught a touch-down pass with 21 secondsleft as Oakmont won, 26-25).At that point, he wasn’t oneof the bigger names on theteam. It seems that that ishow it works pretty often.”

Dubzinski said the key tohis team’s success is fairlyobvious: keep the ball out ofthe hands of the high-pow-ered Spartan offense.

“We’d like to control theclock a little bit and keepthem off the field,” Dubzinskisaid. “That would help us alot, but they have somethingto say about that. It looksgood on paper and it soundsgreat, but it’s tough to do.

“Putting together somelong drives would help a lot.It would be ideal if we fin-ished them off, as well. Going80 yards isn’t that great if wedon’t get anything out of it.”

As for what to expect,Dubzinski’s answer was sim-ple. Expect the unexpected,and expect a close, excitingcontest.

“We’ve seen a bit of every-thing,” the Gardner coachsaid. “Dropped balls, blockedkicks, heartbreaking losses.You can’t predict what willhappen in this game.”


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OAKMONT SPARTANS

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Littleton 22Tantasqua 14

Murdock 0Ayer 16

Narragansett 40Lunenburg 7

Hudson 7Oakmont 24

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Gardner 19Shepherd Hill 26Shrewsbury 21Gardner 36Marlborough 35Nashoba 35Gardner 29Westborough 46Milford 28Gardner 24

GARDNERWILDCATS

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St. Bernard’s 14Gardner 21Gardner 14Algonquin 0Gardner 14Gardner 21

N. Middlesex 7Gardner 36Gardner 21

Fitchburg 14

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Oakmont’s Jon Jacobs runs for a touchdown during the 2008 Thanksgiving Day game against Gardner.

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Oakmont’s Jon Maltus (42) and James Rupp (5) tackle Gardner’s Ryan Cormier during the 2008 Thanksgiving game.

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North Middlesex Regionalhead coach Sandy Rugglesacknowledges that his teamhas made improvementsduring the 2009 season, butthe Patriots coach alsoknows ending things with awin won’t be easy.

“We know we can be bet-ter than we’ve been,” Rug-gles said. “We know we haveto be better to pull of anupset on Thanksgiving.”

The Patriots, at 2-8, enterthe Thanksgiving Day tilt atNashoba Regional HighSchool with two more winsthan they had all of last sea-son, giving the team a glim-mer of hope as they squareoff with the 4-6 Chieftains.

“I think we’ve made someimprovements over the sea-son,” Ruggles said. “We’restarting to make someprogress.”

Though the Chieftainsenter the game with the bet-ter record, head coach KenTucker thinks his squad stillhas some improving of itsown to do. Tucker said histeam has struggled main-taining possession of the ballat times throughout the sea-son, giving the ball away atcostly moments.

“It’s been an up and downyear for us,” Tucker said.“Things have been disap-pointing at times. The timeswhen we haven’t turned theball over, we’ve played welland gotten wins. When we’veturned the ball over, it’sreally hurt us.

“We played everyonetough, but the scores don’talways reflect that becausewe’ve turned the ball over alittle bit too much earlier inthe year.”

Despite their issues, theChieftains enter the finalgame of the season comingoff of an epic come-from-behind win over Milford.Nashoba trailed by 28 earlyin the third quarter, but ral-lied and pulled out a win ona touchdown and 2-pointconversion with less thantwo minutes remaining inthe contest.

“We’re hoping to build onlast week’s great comebackwin,” Tucker said. “Thatwould make for a goodThanksgiving Day.”

In the win, quarterbackWill Hurley found receiverConor Wyand for the finaltouchdown. Tucker says bothhave played key roles in histeam’s success this seasonand the duo is among severalplayers he thinks will befocal points in the Thanks-giving clash.

“Will’s had a good seasonand been pretty consistent,”Tucker said. “He’s thrown forover 1,000 yards and has apretty good completion per-centage. The offensive linehas done a good job and thathas opened things up. AndConor has been our maintarget, pulling in 37 or 38passes so far.”

Tucker said senior cap-tains Matt Morrison (TE/LB)

and Billy Lombardo (RB/DB)are also expected to make bigcontributions come Thanks-giving. He also said thatPeter Hagermoser — a 6-foot-4, 300-pound lineman — is aplayer to watch on defense.

“Overall, I think whenwe’ve been successful, it’sbeen a team effort,” saidTucker, who claims his teamis as healthy as it has beenalso season after battlingcolds and the flu over inrecent weeks. “I think all ourplayers would say there’s notjust one guy who has doneanymore than anyone else.”

Ruggles’ improved squadwill be led by senior captainEvan Woollacott, who servesboth as the team’s quarter-back and a linebacker.

“Evan’s done a great jobwith everything he’s beenasked to do,” Ruggles said.“He’s been a great leader,along with Joe Hollenbeck

and Pat Dickhaut, who arealso senior captains.”

A key for the Patriots hasbeen the development of theteam’s younger players,namely juniors Chris Paul,Jake Trickett and ColinCenedella, and sophomoreBrian Magee in the backfield.

“We’ve had some youngerplayers make some bigplays,” Ruggles said.

Defensively, senior line-backers TJ Schools and TomKanan have often been thecatalysts for success forNorth Middlesex.

Still, the Patriots knowthey have to come togetherand play a solid game allaround in order to emergewith a win.

“We have to control theball as much as possible,”Ruggles said. “We need to tryto keep the score down aswell. Nashoba has a lot ofoffensive weapons.”

Tucker sees the key to histeam securing a victory as cor-recting the one vice the Chief-tains have battled all season.

“Controlling the ball and

limiting turnovers will be akey,” Tucker said. “We’rehoping our defense will beable to step up and createsome turnovers of our own.”


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Nashoba’s Peter Hagermoser tries to wrap up Fitchburg quarterback Kyle Phillips during a game in Bolton on Sept. 11.

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By Michael James LeClairCorrespondent

FITCHBURG — It’s oneof the oldest clichés in thebook, but when it comes toThanksgiving football, youcan throw the records outthe window.

On Thanksgiving Eve,Monty Tech and NashobaTech will meet at BulldogField in the final game of the2009 season for both teams.This year marks the 19thmeeting in the annualrivalry between the schools.The Vikings hold a 16-2 over-all lead in the series, includ-ing triumphs in each of theprevious four meetings.

The Bulldogs come in witha 3-7 overall record and a 2-3mark in Division 3C, whilethe Vikings are 4-6 overalland 2-3 in Division 3C.

“I’m expecting a toughgame. Nashoba Tech hassome very good athletes.They have a very strongbackfield and up front theywill be tough. It’s a team wedefinitely respect,” MontyTech second-year coach MattSalilla said. “They aren’t inthe hunt for a playoff orSuper Bowl berth, but if acouple of things would havegone their way this year,they would be.”

In years past, the gamewas played on Thanksgivingmorning when it was hostedby the Bulldogs and Thanks-giving Eve when in Westford.This year, the game will beplayed tonight despite takingplace in Fitchburg.

In last year’s contest, theVikings had little troublewith the visiting Bulldogs,cruising to an easy, 35-0 win.

The Bulldogs entered the2009 season having droppedtheir previous 12 games,including an 0-11 season lastyear. The struggles contin-ued at the outset as MontyTech lost its first six games,pushing the streak to 18games without a win.

Monty Tech finallysnapped the winless streakon Oct. 24 when it notched a21-6 win on the road at KeefeTech. The Bulldogs followedwith two more wins, defeat-ing host Dean Tech on Hal-loween and visiting Bay Pathon Nov. 6 to push their win-ning streak to three games.

It was the longest streak forthe Bulldogs since 2004.

The Bulldogs saw theirwinning streak broken onNov. 13 when they fell to vis-iting Blackstone Valley Tech.

“I feel we took a step inthe right direc-tion as a wholethis year,” Sallilasaid. “We obvi-ously would like afew more wins,but we can’tchange anythingin the past. I’mvery happy withthe work ethic ofour kids. We’re just trying tofinish this thing off strong.”

The Bulldogs head coachand the rest of his staff willbe looking for big games from

everyone on the roster, espe-cially senior captains JamesPierce and Alex Ward. Fellowseniors for Monty Techinclude Ethan Pfeifle, ChrisLaPlante, Jesse King, DerekNguyen, Jeff Degnan, Jason

Jacob, Alex Val-ley, JoeCournoyer, TimRomano, JamesMichaels andConnor Horgan.

“We’ve had achance to scoutthem (MontyTech) a coupletimes late in the

year and I talked to Matt theother night,” Nashoba Techhead coach Jim Tansey saidlast week. “He’s doing a goodjob over there. They come in

winning three of their lastfour games. We’re cominginto to this one expecting areal tough game.

“Looking at the way bothteams play, I think one of themain keys Wednesday nightwill be trying to stop theirrunning game while estab-lishing ours. We want to takethe air out of the ball andkeep their defense on thefield as much as we can.”

With neither team eligiblefor postseason play, tonight’sclash will be their own ver-sion of the Super Bowl. Eachsquad wants to end its sea-son on a high note, especiallyfor the seniors, who will beputting on the pads for thefinal time in their highschool careers.


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Matt Cregg, left, and Tim Romano run through a drill during a Monty Tech football practice on Friday evening.

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Monty Tech football players listen to instructions duringa practice session on Friday evening.

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There’s no denying thatThanksgiving rivalry gamesare a major milestone in thehigh school careers of localfootball players.

However, the contests alsohold tremendous significancefor another group ofextremely dedicated athletes.

To high school cheerlead-ers, Thanksgiving representsthe culmination of a seasonof hard work and trainingthat, at least for some, goeslargely unnoticed.

Most fans get only a smallglimpse into the life of theirschool’s cheerleaders, Fitch-burg coach Andrea Rebovichexplained. While rallying thecrowd and rooting for thehome team is a big part ofthe experience, she said,there are also countlesshours spent preparing forcompetitions, which requirestremendous dedication.

“Many people don’t realizewhat goes on aside from Fri-day night games,” Rebovichsaid. “It’s almost two sepa-rate things for the girls. Mostpeople have never seen acheerleading competition. ...Most people don’t know whatit’s about — the competitionpart of it and our support forthe players.”

Late last week, theLeominster squad was put-

ting the finishing touches onits routine in anticipation ofSunday’s state championshipevent, while simultaneouslypreparing for the annualThanksgivingpep rally.

“We weretalking abouthow the peprally that wehave for theThanksgivinggame on Tues-day at the highschool is prettymuch the onlytime the schooland facultyand anyone inthe communitycan see whatwe do for real,and not just what we do onthe sideline,” Leominstercoach Tracey Hartman saidFriday. “Basically, it’s twoand a half minutes of intensedance and athleticism. ... It’sa lot more athletic (than peo-ple realize). Strength, flexi-bility and all that stuff is juston a whole other level.”

When they’re not rallyingthe crowd to root for thehome team on Friday nights,area cheerleaders also holdtwo-hour practices threenights per week.

“It takes months of workto put together a two-minuteroutine,” Rebovich said.

“They’re committed to it andthey love it. It is a huge timecommitment.”

The coaches expressedpride in the way their ath-

letes are ableto keep pacewith intensetraining regi-mens whilestaying aheadof schoolwork,cheering atgames, help-ing out in thecommunityand spreadingschool spirit.

“The kidsare wonder-ful,” Rebovichsaid. “Many ofthem are stel-

lar scholars in school, do verywell and are on the honorroll. Quite a few of themcoach Pop Warner; so afterour practices they’re helpingout the younger children inthe Fitchburg Pop Warnersystem. We have four kidswho are also involved in all-star cheerleading, which isyear-round.”

Despite the hectic sched-ule, Hartman stressed thatgrades are always the ath-letes’ top priority. She saidshe preaches the value ofdedication in the classroom,and regularly checks in withteachers to make sure theBlue Devils are keeping upwith their schoolwork.

“Our grades this year arefantastic,” Hartman said.“Out of the 35 kids we havein JV and varsity, not one

cheerleader failed a course.Usually, we have at least onebuilt-in day (in addition topractices and games) duringthe week when kids can stayfor extra help.”

Both coaches also stressedthe importance of theThanksgiving Day footballgame. School pride plays amajor role in the season-end-ing rivalry contest, and thatfeeling extends beyond theplayers on the field to thecheerleaders on the sidelinesand the fans in the crowd,they said.

Whether athletes areequipped with shoulder padsor pompoms, the Thanksgiv-ing game is always special.

“Any cheerleader knows(how important it is),”Rebovich said. “Cheerleadersfor rival schools meet yearslater and its still, ‘We beatyou our senior year.’ It’s justas important.”

Hartman explained thatthe final game of the season isa memorable one, especiallyfor her team’s senior class.

Seniors on this year’sFitchburg squad includeKellie Maillet, Gigi Konas,Hannah David and Kim-berly Bryce. For Leominster,it will be the final game onthe sidelines for NatashaMcinnis, Amy Petkewich,Ashley Brochu, MalloryMaillet, Molly Shattuck,Brittan Woodard and JennaBuckingham.

“I think we’ll have a fewtears shed, considering itwill be their last Thanksgiv-ing games,” Hartman said.


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From left, Leominster cheerleaders Natasha Mcinnis, Amy Petkewich, Ashley Brochu and Mallory Maillet; and Fitchburg cheerleaders Kimberly Bryce, Hannah David, GigiKonas and Kellie Maillet pose at the entrance to Crocker Field in Fitchburg on Tuesday, Nov. 17.

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Fitchburg cheerleaders, left, bottom to top, Kellie Maillet, Gigi Konas, Hannah David and Kimberly Bryce;and Leominster cheerleaders, right, bottom to top,Natasha Mcinnis, Amy Petkewich, Ashley Brochu andMallory Maillet pose at Crocker Field in Fitchburg.

Rivalry game also holds special meaning for athletes on the sidelines

‘Most peopledon’t know whatit’s about — the

competitionpart of it and

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FHS aims for rivalry repeatball moving has often led to awinded defense.

“I think our offense has left ourdefense out there too long at somepoints,” Cosenza said. “I think ouroffense has been more inconsistent(than the defense). I think ourinability at times to move the ballor put points on the board has beena big factor.”

Still, the offense has had itsbright spots throughout the sea-son. Junior quarterback KylePhillips has been effective and theRed Raiders have gotten outstand-ing play from tailbacks Tyrie Osby,Steph’fon Teague and ByronTeague, although Byron has beenhampered by a leg injury fornearly three weeks.

“Byron is getting better. We’rehoping he’ll be ready to play,”Cosenza said. “I’m sure he’s goingto want to give it a shot no matterwhat.”

In Byron Teague’s absence,Osby has stepped into the spot-light and done a remarkable job,highlighted by a 204-yard, four-touchdown night in a 34-12 winover Algonquin Regional.

“Tyrie has done a great job allyear,” Cosenza said. “We felt allalong that we had three legitimatetailbacks and Tyrie has filled ingreat. That didn’t surprise us, butyou still hate to play without someof your strong players. It’s just partof the game.”

Fitchburg’s defense, whichallows just 17.8 points per game onaverage, has been strong through-out the 2009 season.

“Our defensive effort startswith Jamsion DiGeronimo atdefensive end and Eric Myles atlinebacker,” Cosenza said. “They’vebeen our most consistent players.Eric leads the team in tackles, but

he was out last week, unfortu-nately. Tyrie has done a great jobon defense as well.

“A number of kids have steppedup and played well, but we justhaven’t been able to put everythingtogether yet.”

Though the Red Raiders havetaken their lumps this season, themajority of games that didn’t go infavor of Fitchburg have comeagainst strong competition, such asSt. John’s, Brockton and an unde-feated Wachusett Regional squad.Two losses in particular have both-ered Cosenza: a 10-0 loss to Shrews-bury and the team’s most recentcontest, a 24-14 loss to Gardner.

“Two games that stand out that

we lost are Shrewsbury and Gard-ner,” Cosenza said. “Those weretwo games we were in. AgainstGardner, we were up 14-0 in thefirst quarter and couldn’t scoreafter. It was a little disappointing.”

Gardner rattled off 24 unan-swered points to claim the win atCrocker Field. The Shrewsburygame, also a home contest for theRed Raiders, saw Fitchburg strug-gle to get anything going offensively.

Though the Red Raiders entertheir Thanksgiving Day clashfresh off the Gardner defeat,Cosenza sees no reason for histeam to be hung up on the loss.

“Coming off a loss doesn’t reallymatter with this,” Cosenza said last

week. “It would have been nice tocome in off of a win and have a littlemomentum, but with this game,none of that stuff matters. It’s notlike a normal week where you’replaying next week. It’s been fourgames since our last game and wehave seven or eight days to prepare.”

Early last week, Cosenza saidthe Red Raiders would take anapproach to practices similar to theway they’ve prepared all season.The coach admitted, however, thatthe energy level and intensity wouldbe cranked up several notches.

“We look forward to the chal-lenge, as usual,” he said. “I knowour kids will come out and give agood effort and it will be fun.”

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Fitchburg’s Jose Cabrera runs past Wachusett’s Steve Balciewicz during a game in Holden on Oct. 30.

Blue Devils’ defense has stepped upline has gotten better as the sea-son has gone on as well and thathas helped out greatly.”

The coach pointed out thereturn of senior guard RyanDeMar, who had missed consid-erable time after a knee injuryearly in the season, as some-thing that has brought the teamtogether and strengthened theBlue Devils.

Dubzinski said the defensiveeffort had been largely anchoredby Geno Gasbarro, Tyler Jones,Ludden and Wilbon, adding thatMike Veneziano has also done asolid job in the secondary. TheBlue Devils have given upapproximately 19 points pergame, and the defense recordeda pair of shutouts, blankingNorth Middlesex Regional andAlgonquin Regional in back-to-back weeks.

“We’ve got a lot of kids ondefense who have really steppedup,” Dubzinski said. “We’veplayed some strong teams andwe’ve tried to put in our bestdefensive effort.”

The Blue Devils enter theThanksgiving Day game rela-tively healthy, hoping to put apositive end to a season that hasbeen something of a struggle.

“We’ve got some bumps andbruises, but so do most teamsthis time of year,” Dubzinskisaid. “We don’t have anythingtoo serious. I think our kids willbe ready, both physically andmentally, for the game.

“It’s not difficult to get thekids excited about this game.”

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Leominster’s Ryan Salisbury(58) and Curtis Ludden bringdown Marlborough’s AC Carterduring a game at Doyle Field inLeominster on Nov. 13.

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