Catholic Memorial runs over Bishop Feehan to repeat as Div. 2 champions
FOXBORO Give Catholic Memorial an inch and the Knights will take advantage On Saturday at Gillette Stadium Bishop Feehan identified out in the Division Super Bowl Led by three touchdowns from Christian Simmons and two from quarterback Kise Flannery the Knights pulled away in the second half to a - win and coach John DiBiaso s th Super Bowl title as a coach With these guys it s like Christmas it never gets old DiBiaso explained The Knights - piled up the yardage like Christmas presents on Saturday outgaining Feehan - with of those coming on the ground Bishop Feehan running back Andrew Orphanos is upended by Catholic Memorial's Orion Fernandez during a first-uarter play CM won the Div state title - Jim Davis Boston Herald It was also a night where the CM defense forced Feehan into uncharacteristic mistakes Twice in the first half the Shamrocks - fumbled while on feasible scoring drives leading to a critical Flannery yards rushing yards passing touchdown run late in the half that gave his club a two-score lead They were very big because it swung the momentum in our favor They had tied it up and we scored but they were marching again and the fumble recovery was big cause now we re up - DiBiaso commented about the turnovers They couldn t stay running the ball and eating the clock They had to outcome quicker and you know it kind of it s not their match throwing it around as much Trailing - to begin the third quarter Feehan saw how explosive the Knights can be It took only three plays and seconds for CM to open a three-score lead on Simmons - second result of the contest Then after a quick Shamrocks three-and-out followed by a shanked punt CM scored for the second time in on Isaiah Simmons five-yard run that extended the lead to - Catholic Memorial's Kise Flannery is hoisted by teammate Quinn Adams after he scored in the first quarter of a - win over Bishop Feehan in the state title challenge Jim Davis Boston Herald When we get the ball good things seem to happen but again Kise orchestrates the whole thing He s like a great point guard in basketball DiBiaso disclosed Another Christian Simmons total late in the third upped the margin to and invoked running time for the fourth quarter Feehan kept fighting as Mordas capped his Shamrocks career with a touchdown pass to Kaden Baltazar on the final play of the encounter I wish we were a little cleaner with the penalties and things but hey they re only kids so that s what happens sometimes I m very proud of them DiBiaso announced
