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Norton Defense Comes Up Big In TVL Small Win Over Dover-Sherborn
After being down the fourth quarter the Lancers scored two touchdowns in the final four minutes of the game to steal a win on the road from D-S.
Norton won a hard fought game against Dover-Sherborn, 20-7, Friday night.
The Lancers were down, 7-6, with under four minutes to go in the fourth quarter when Norton recovered a Rogers Boylan fumble at their own 44 yard line.
On the very next play Norton runningback Joe Colley bolted up the middle for a 56-yard touchdown run to give the Lancers the lead.
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With just over two minutes left in the game and D-S down, 12-7, Raiders quarterback Will Scatchard threw an interception that was run back for a touchdown putting the game out of reach.
Both teams played strong defensively in what was a back-and-forth game game but it was the Lancers defense who played well enough for a full 60 minutes to get the win.
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Norton upped their record to 3-5 on the season while the Raiders fell to 2-6.
The Lancers next game will be at home against Ashland at 7:00 p.m.
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