Late Quabbin TD Edges Westborough

On Westborough High School's super-hero themed Homecoming, the good guys lost.

Visiting Quabbin defeated the Westborough High School varsity football team, 45-40, on Saturday.

Dylan Kierman's 22-yard touchdown pass to Nicholas Thyden with 38.9 seconds left won the game for the Panthers.

The Rangers had taken a 40-39 lead with 8:27 left, on senior tri-captain/quarterback Dan Orlando's six-yard run and senior Jack Chuma's extra-point kick.

The teams traded touchdowns throughout the game. The biggest lead was 11 points; Quabbin led, 26-15, just 1:34 into the third quarter.

Quabbin (4-1) led 19-15 at halftime.

Westborough (0-5) hosts Shrewsbury at 2 p.m. next Saturday.

Scoring

First quarter:

0:27: Dan Orlando 57-yard pass play to Scott Erickson (Jack Chuma kick): Westborough 7, Quabbin 0

3:27: Deven Marcoux 1 run (kick failed): Westborough 7, Quabbin 6

8:38: Dylan Kierman 2 run (2-point conversion pass failed): Quabbin 12, Westborough 7

Second quarter:

0:27: Orlando 5 run (Orlando pass to Michael Gallo): Westborough 15, Quabbin 12

2:27: Kierman 7 pass to Nicholas Thyden (Sean O'Sullivan kick): Quabbin 19, Westborough 15

Third quarter:

1:34: Kierman 31 run (O'Sullivan kick): Quabbin 26, Westborough 15

5:12: Chuma 41 FG: Quabbin 26, Westborough 18

9:47: Orlando 7 pass to Kevin Sanders (Orlando pass to Chuma): Westborough 26, Quabbin 26

Fourth quarter:

0:07: Kierman 3 pass to Christoper Chabot (O'Sullivan kick): Quabbin 33, Westborough 26

2:56: Erickson 5 run (Chuma kick): Westborough 33, Quabbin 33

3:26: Kierman 25 pass to Justin Coppolino (kick failed): Quabbin 39, Westborough 33

8:27: Orlando 6 run (Chuma kick): Westborough 40, Quabbin 39

0:38.9: Kierman 22 pass to Nicholas Thyden (pass intercepted): Quabbin 45, Westborough 40