DUXBURY – For the second year in a row, Duxbury picked up a non-league win over Franklin in a rout out of the gates.
The Dragons (2-1) were victorious in a 42-13 win over the Panthers (2-1) in a game where the Panthers seemed uncharacteristically out of sync throughout.
Duxbury quarterback Trevor Jones finished with 123 yards rushing on only 11 carries. The junior signal-caller added another 150 yards passing and finished with four touchdowns, two each rushing and passing to lead the way.
Captain Alex Barlow had 103 yards on only nine carries and scored the opening touchdown of the 3rd quarter to give the Dragons a 35-7 lead with 6:35 remaining.
“Jones, Barlow, and our offensive line did a tremendous job. Our running game is what we try to rely on, and we try to lure them in,” said Duxbury head coach Matt Landolfi. “It was overall a great team win, the coaching staff and the game plan these guys put in was unbelievable and the kids are really starting to practice hard and it’s starting to show up in games.”
Duxbury was stunned in their home opener by Hanover and turned the ship around with two big wins.
Jones called his own number on the first series for the Dragons on a quarterback keeper up the middle from one yard out.
Franklin answered with an 11-play drive as Luke Trinanes hauled in a pass from Justin Bianchetto, who finished 20-of-37 with 173 yards passing and two touchdowns.
The Panthers just were not in tune all game long with multiple dropped passes early on and the dagger seemed to be a 15-play drive that ended on fourth-and-goal from the two with 2:56 left to play in the first half.
But that was it as Duxbury rolled out five unanswered touchdowns as Sam Wien scored on a 13-yard jet sweep, Jones added a 37-yard touchdown, and Zach Falls pulled down a Jones pass after a Wien interception set the Dragons up with 1:08 left to play.
Falls was in stride on a fly route down the right sideline for a wide-open 36-yard touchdown pass with 12 seconds left on the clock and a 28-7 lead into the locker room.
Jones added a fourth-quarter touchdown pass to Adam Barr as the game was well in hand and sophomore Gavin Hammond was a perfect 6-of-6 on extra point attempts.
“We have to make some evaluations, do some things better, and obviously wasn’t happy with the execution either. We looked unprepared and didn’t look like ourselves,” said Franklin head coach Eian Bain, who was without the veteran presence of running back Mike Davide. “Flat-out we were out-coached, we did a bad job preparing, we clearly didn’t do a good job and that starts with the head coach.”
