Week 7 Movers and Shakers

Here are the teams that showed us something extra this weekend.

• Everett - Plenty of ink has been devoted to the the Tide recently, but its well deserved.  Not only were they able to beat the team that has been the biggest thorn in their side, but they did so in convincing fashion.  Here is what is so impressive about the Everett win: in Xaverian's first five games, they put up 84 first half points.  Against Everett? None.  The Hawks are traditionally early starters, but Everett's defense was able to totally discombobulate their attack.  They clogged holes, occupied blockers, and made Chris Calvanese show his inexperience.  If there is a better team in the state than Everett, I haven't seen them yet.
• Swampscott - The belief by many (including myself) was that Swampscott didn't have the horses to hang in their with Lynn English.  They proved everyone wrong.  Swampscott was able to make Tyllor McDonald shoulder the Bulldogs offensive load, and while he played phenomenally, the lack of help caused Lynn English to become more predictable offensively.  They now go into Conference play, where their biggest challenge (Saugus) has considerably fewer weapons than the majority of the teams Swampscott has defeated.  Good things to come for this team.
• Lynnfield - Three shutouts and five games of 35-plus points scored shows this team is for real.  Couple that with the fact that there conference seems to be void of a team that can match them offensively, and we could be looking at an undefeated season for the Pioneers.  Senior quarterback Gino Cohee is their most consistent play maker, but here is what should scare Cape Ann opponents: this team is about a quarter underclassmen.
• Wellesley - Big win for Raiders.  They were able to knock off Natick, which has been the class of the Bay State Conference for the better part of the past five years.   This win was also crucially important to Wellesley in terms of their playoff chances.  With Walpole entering their toughest stretch of the season, the Raiders can still squeeze into the post season if they win out and get help from their Bay State brethren.