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Football: Lynnfield-Bedford a DCL-CAL battle

Steve Krause

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The Dual County League meets the Cape Ann League this weekend when Bedford travels to Lynnfield Middle School Saturday (11) for the Division 4 North football semifinals.The Pioneers were successful in their first playoff game, defeating Stoneham 34-12, with quarterback Daniel Sullivan throwing for three touchdowns and running for a fourth, earning him an Item Player of the Week Award.No. 3 Bedford, with a 16.0 rating, earned its way with a 20-7 win over Newburyport last Friday. The Buccaneers are in the Dual County League/Small, and are tied with Thanksgiving rival Concord-Carlisle and Wayland at 3-1. Their only defeat of the season was at the hands of the Patriots, who they will play again on Thanksgiving. A Bedford win would set up a three-way tie as Wayland handed the Patriots their only loss.?They?re fast,” said Lynnfield coach Neal Weidman. “Defensively they fly, and offensively they grind you.?Up to this point, they run it, mostly,” said Weidman. “They use a lot of different formations and they like to wear you down. They have good backs and good size.”As for his team, “other than the normal Week 9 stuff, we?re pretty healthy,” he said. “It?s been a great season. If you told us we?d be undefeated at this point, I?d take it. Who wouldn?t?”Gloucester at TewksburyAt Tewksbury, the Fishermen came from behind last Friday night to oust Beverly from the tournament. Tewksbury defeated Somerville in another Division 3 Northeast game.Non-qualifyingTech at MarianAt Framingham State (10), the Tigers are in the second week of non-qualifying games, having lost last Friday to Boston English, 24-6. After this week, they?re back on the road at Minuteman before finishing up at Manning Field with St. Mary?s.

  • Steve Krause

    Steve Krause is the Item’s writer-at-large. He joined paper in 1979 as a copy editor and later created a music column, called Midnight Ramblings, which ran through 1985. After leaving the paper for a year, he returned in 1988 as a reporter and editor in sports. He became sports editor in 1998; and was named writer-at-large in 2018. Krause won awards for writing in 1985 from United Press International; in 2001 from the Associated Press; and again in 2020 from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. He is a member of the Harry Agganis Foundation Hall of Fame, a past winner of the Moynihan Lumber Scholar-Athlete Community Service Award, and was the 2012 recipient of the Jack Grinold Media Award for MasterSports, an organization that conducts high school and college coaches’ clinics. He lives in Lynn, is active on Facebook, and can be found on Twitter @itemkrause.

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