Booster Day rout by Panthers
NORTHFIELD — Pioneer Valley Regional School made no secret what it was going to do.
The Panthers kept giving the ball to Bryce Dobosz and dared Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School to stop him.
Dobosz shredded the Pathfinder defense with 201 yards rushing and scored five touchdowns Saturday afternoon to power Pioneer to a 36-0 Tri-County League football victory.
The win ended a two-game losing streak for the Panthers (3-2) and got them thinking about making the postseason.
“We’ll concentrate on Smith Voke next week and take it from there,” first-year coach Paul Worth said. “We are still a work in progress, but we like to think we’re on the right track.”
The game got the Panthers feeling good about themselves. The
losses to Ware and Palmer were close and could have gone either way, and
both came against likely playoff-bound teams.
Somewhat overshadowed by Dobosz was Pioneer’s defense, which may have played its best game this season. Pathfinder was held to 57 yards of total offense.
Like Pioneer, Pathfinder made a habit of feeding its top running back. But Andrew Roman had trouble running through holes that were quickly plugged by the Panther defense and could manage only 40 yards rushing on 15 carries.
Ball-control was the key to the game. Pioneer had the ball for the majority of the opening quarter The Panthers set the tone for the game with a lengthy, 11-play, 60-yard drive, capped by a 3-yard run by Dobosz.
“I like the workload,” Dobosz said. “I just try to hit the hole hard and the line did such a great job. I always had two blockers ahead of me.”
Dobosz keyed the drive. He ran the ball during 10 of the Panthers’ 11 plays before he bulled over from the 3-yard line to help Pioneer take the early lead, 7-0m, with 2:29 left in the first quarter.
Pioneer’s defense did bend at one point when Pathfinder mounted an 11-play drive. But an incomplete pass stalled the drive at the Panther 38 and the Pioneers did little offensively after that.
Pioneer built a 21-0 halftime lead. Again, the Panthers did so by keeping the ball on the ground and feeding Dobosz.
Dobosz scored on a 15-yard run at 9:25 of the second quarter. Following a poor punt, the drive only covered 35 yards in five plays.
Pioneer finished the first half with a 8-play, 59-yard drive. Dobosz finished that march with a 7-yard run with 43 seconds remaining.
It was Dobosz again in the third quarter. His 1-yard run at 7:10 provided Pioneer with a 28-0 advantage.
“He’s a very good player,” Pioneer quarterback Alex Tyson said. “He means a lot to our team.”
Dobosz wasn’t finished. His 6-yard run followed by Tyson’s conversion run raised the lead to 36-0.
“He’s a great athlete,” Worth said. “If our line didn’t do such a great job of blocking, Bryce wouldn’t have had the game he had.”
The Panthers kept giving the ball to Bryce Dobosz and dared Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School to stop him.
Dobosz shredded the Pathfinder defense with 201 yards rushing and scored five touchdowns Saturday afternoon to power Pioneer to a 36-0 Tri-County League football victory.
The win ended a two-game losing streak for the Panthers (3-2) and got them thinking about making the postseason.
“We’ll concentrate on Smith Voke next week and take it from there,” first-year coach Paul Worth said. “We are still a work in progress, but we like to think we’re on the right track.”
Somewhat overshadowed by Dobosz was Pioneer’s defense, which may have played its best game this season. Pathfinder was held to 57 yards of total offense.
Like Pioneer, Pathfinder made a habit of feeding its top running back. But Andrew Roman had trouble running through holes that were quickly plugged by the Panther defense and could manage only 40 yards rushing on 15 carries.
Ball-control was the key to the game. Pioneer had the ball for the majority of the opening quarter The Panthers set the tone for the game with a lengthy, 11-play, 60-yard drive, capped by a 3-yard run by Dobosz.
“I like the workload,” Dobosz said. “I just try to hit the hole hard and the line did such a great job. I always had two blockers ahead of me.”
Dobosz keyed the drive. He ran the ball during 10 of the Panthers’ 11 plays before he bulled over from the 3-yard line to help Pioneer take the early lead, 7-0m, with 2:29 left in the first quarter.
Pioneer’s defense did bend at one point when Pathfinder mounted an 11-play drive. But an incomplete pass stalled the drive at the Panther 38 and the Pioneers did little offensively after that.
Pioneer built a 21-0 halftime lead. Again, the Panthers did so by keeping the ball on the ground and feeding Dobosz.
Dobosz scored on a 15-yard run at 9:25 of the second quarter. Following a poor punt, the drive only covered 35 yards in five plays.
Pioneer finished the first half with a 8-play, 59-yard drive. Dobosz finished that march with a 7-yard run with 43 seconds remaining.
It was Dobosz again in the third quarter. His 1-yard run at 7:10 provided Pioneer with a 28-0 advantage.
“He’s a very good player,” Pioneer quarterback Alex Tyson said. “He means a lot to our team.”
Dobosz wasn’t finished. His 6-yard run followed by Tyson’s conversion run raised the lead to 36-0.
“He’s a great athlete,” Worth said. “If our line didn’t do such a great job of blocking, Bryce wouldn’t have had the game he had.”
Schools: Pioneer field hockey rolls past Turners, 4-1
Scoville scored twice in the first three minutes of play for the Panthers (6-6-1, 5-1-1 West), who moved into a tie for second place in the West along with Turners Falls (5-7-1, 5-2-1). Alyssa Genovese and Elizabeth Sweeney each assisted on the early goals.
Scoville registered her hat trick 12 minutes into the game on an assist from Ashley Walker, and she added her fourth of the day with 7 minutes, 45 seconds left on Sweeney’s second helper of the day.
Turners Falls turned it on in the second half and held Pioneer off the scoreboard, while getting on the board itself. Jade Tyler broke up Pioneer goalie Steph Scoville’s shutout bid with 5:45 remaining in the game when she scored on an assist from Hattie Harvey.
Scoville finished with eight saves to record the win. Maddie Currier made 10 saves in the first half for Turners Falls, and Haleigh Green stopped two in the second half.
The Warriors (4-9-0) scored 14 minutes into the game when Gokey set up Jaxon Palmer with the only goal of the first half. Mohawk struck again 12 minutes into the second half on Gokey’s unassisted tally.
“I was disappointed that we let Gokey get the second goal of the game,” Pioneer coach Nikki Pullen said. “We made some formation changes, and we played really well the rest of the game. It was very skillful play from both teams. Even though we lost to them in the beginning of the season, I think we went in to the first half severely underestimating Gokey.”
Pioneer (2-8-1) had numerous chances to score itself on the day, but was unable to get anything past Mohawk goalie Lilly Seaver, who stopped two shots for the shutout.
“We really need someone to step up and start scoring,” Pullen said. “We had at least two opportunities that should have been goals.”
Leah Fuess made six saves in the loss.
.Boys’ soccer Pioneer 3, McCann Tech 0 — Dana McRae and Noah Keith each had one goal and one assist and Pioneer earned a 3-0 win over McCann Technical High School in an independent boys’ soccer game Saturday in Northfield.
The Panthers (5-6-2) scored twice in the first half. Jack Loud got things started in the 22nd minute on an assist by Keith, who then scored himself in the 35th minute on an assist by McRae. Pioneer finished off the scoring in the 58th minute when McRae scored on a penalty kick.
Ryan Underwood (four saves) and Joel Emberley (two saves) combined on the shutout in the Pioneer net. Devon Griswold stopped six shots in the loss.
.Girls’ volleyball Pioneer 3, FC Tech 1 — Caroline Merkle served 15 aces Saturday and Pioneer defeated Franklin County Technical School, 25-8, 19-25, 25-17, 25-12, in an independent girls’ volleyball match Saturday in Northfield.
Merkle also finished with 12 assists for the Panthers (4-10), and Lizzie Fuller collected 5 kills, 3 digs and 3 aces.
Summer Gaudreau had 3 kills, 3 aces and 2 digs for the Eagles (1-14), Ryleigh Barton had 3 aces and 2 digs, and Isabelle Duga had 1 ace, 1 kill, 2 assists and 4 digs.
Great job done by all !! Congrats!!
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