McGah, Lynnfield power past Georgetown

GEORGETOWN – The undefeated Lynnfield football team got an early wake-up call in an eventual 40-7 rout of Georgetown Saturday afternoon.In the first seven minutes, the winless Royals scored on their opening drive, recovered a fumble, then had a second score erased by offensive pass interference. Lynnfield coach Neal Weidman viewed the feisty Royals? start as a valuable lesson for his club.?They (Georgetown) played with emotion and outplayed us in the first quarter. They wanted it more at the start. We have to understand that you have to be ready to play, that you can?t just show up,” he said. “We have to learn what it means to play with emotion form the start.”The Cape Ann Small-leading Pioneers (5-0, 3-0) scored 40 or more points for the third straight game behind senior captain Kyle McGah, who rushed for 183 yards and three TDs and added a fourth score on a 25-yard pass from quarterback Dan Sullivan. Lynnfield rolled up a 350-72 edge in total offense.Georgetown covered 57 yards in 10 plays to start the game, capped by quarterback Pat Bjork?s one-yard run and PAT. The Royals (0-5, 0-3) then recovered a fumble at the Lynnfield 27 on the Pioneers? first offensive snap. However, Bjork?s 27-yard scoring strike was nullified by the offensive pass interference penalty, and then McGah recovered Cooper Martens? fumble at the Lynnfield 41 on the next play.The Pioneers went to work with McGah carrying six times on a 59-yard scoring drive and plowing in from five yards with 1:25 left in the first quarter. Drew Balestrieri?s PAT tied it, 7-7.McGah made it 13-7 with a one-yard run early in the second period, accounting for 56 yards on a 65-yard scoring drive.The ensuing Georgetown drive stalled at Lynnfield?s 18 and Bjork?s well-struck 36-yard field goal attempt hooked wide left. The Royals? Martens then returned an interception to the Pioneers? 40 but Georgetown surrendered the ball on downs at the 27.Lynnfield worked the two-minute drill expertly as Sullivan completed seven consecutive passes, four to Matt Kramich. The exclamation point came on a screen pass when McGah picked his way through several Georgetown defenders before blasting through the last pair at the goal line 27 seconds before halftime. Sullivan?s two-point pass to Owen Rourke gave Lynnfield a 21-7 lead.?We executed the two-minute drill. We outmanned them but we weren?t very good in the first half. Hopefully that?s the wake-up call,” Weidman said.McGah put it out of reach to start the second half, rumbling 20 yards on first down to set up his 40-yard scoring jaunt on the next snap.Balestrieri?s kick signaled the end of the day for the Lynnfield regulars.Sophomore Andrew McCarthy and freshman Louis Ellis added one-yard scoring runs to account for the final.Lynnfield hosts Hamilton-Wenham (2-3, 2-1) Saturday (2) and would wrap up a playoff berth and CAL Small title with a win.