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English beats Classical in centennial game for the ages

Steve Krause

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LYNN – A historic game came down to a breathtaking ending Thursday at Manning Field as English and Classical played a game befitting the series? 100thanniversary.
The Bulldogs got a last-minute pass from quarterback Lucas Harris to wideout Chris Lessard to overtake the Rams, 13-12. It was the Bulldogs? fourth straight win over the Rams on Thanksgiving.
Harris and Lessard had connected earlier in the drive, with the receiver stretching out to grab a 31-yard completion.
After two incompletions and a sack, Harris found Lessard again from the Classical 28 for the touchdown pass. For good measure, Lessard added the extra point that provided the winning margin.
?I?m flabbergasted with how well both teams played,” said English coach Peter Holey. “The people who braved the cold weather saw a classic.”
IN OTHER GAMES:

Revere 13, Winthrop 7
North Reading 42, Lynnfield 35.
Saugus 35, Peabody 24
Marblehead 51, Swampscott 13
Bishop Fenwick 36, Pingree 27
Xaverian 28, St. John?s Prep 22
On Wednesday night it was St. Mary?s 52, Lynn Tech 8.
The Daily Item’s in-depth coverage of Thanksgiving football will appear in Friday’s print edition and on Itemlive.com.

  • 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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