6th Grade Football Loses Nail Biter To Wellesley 20-13

By Varun Tekur

Chilly air and football are two things that seamlessly go together. On a blustery October Sunday morning, the Wellesley Raiders came to Framingham State University to face the Flyers. The crowd was eager to watch some action-packed football to start their days.

The game started off with excitement when Cody Coleman was able to recover a Wellesley fumble on the first play of the game.

Quarterback Timothy Sullivan then quickly got the offense moving by completing a 10-yard pass to Coleman, but Framingham couldn’t capitalize on the drive. Soon after, the Raiders scored their first touchdown on a 59-yard run.

On Framingham’s next drive, they gave up a fumble on Wellesley’s side of the field. However, they were able to shut down Wellesley’s next few plays with the help of a great sack by Timothy Sullivan. Although the Flyer defense played tough, highlighted by great plays by Jacques Cazeau and Adam Al-Nammari, Wellesley was able to get another touchdown and make the score 14-0.

Throughout the half, Kevin Branch II, Kavaun Smith, and Cody Coleman also had key plays on defense. This solid defense allowed the Flyers to get the ball and score on Jacques Cazeau’s 47-yard run.

Framingham trailed 14-7 at halftime.

Framingham failed to score on their first set of plays in the second half and turned the ball over to the Raiders. This allowed Wellesley to march down the field and make the score 20-7 with the help of a 20-yard touchdown pass. Despite the fact that the Flyers were down by 2 touchdowns, they didn’t lose determination and continued to play hard. The defensive lineman had some solid plays including a fumble recovery by Alexander Lopez which gave Framingham great field position. After coming close to the end zone with a touchdown in sight, the Flyers unfortunately threw an interception and couldn’t score. The clock ticked down while both defenses limited their opponent’s offense until the Flyers excited the crowd with a long pass from Cody Coleman to Marcus O’Brien. Coleman scored a touchdown a few plays later and Wellesley’s lead was cut down to 20-13 with 3:22 left in the game.

The Flyer defense then stopped the Raider offense and got the ball back with 20.6 seconds remaining in the game. Hoping to finish a miraculous comeback, Framingham sadly threw an interception and fell just short of a win.

The final score was 20-13 and this game was a great battle between the two teams.

Next week, Weymouth makes the long journey over to Framingham for a Sunday filled with action and excitement.

Make sure to come out and support the hard working Flyers next Sunday at the Framingham State University football field!

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Tekur is a student at Framingham High School. This is his fourth year providing reports on the FYFC program.

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