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LOWELL — The defensive game plan was rather one dimensional for Concord-Carlisle last night in the Division 2A playoff matchup with North Andover.

Contain Knights' quarterback Brandon Walsh, who entered the game with 23 touchdown passes without an interception and 661 rushing yards.

LOWELL — The defensive game plan was rather one dimensional for Concord-Carlisle last night in the Division 2A playoff matchup with North Andover.

Contain Knights' quarterback Brandon Walsh, who entered the game with 23 touchdown passes without an interception and 661 rushing yards.

LOWELL — North Andover High had a dream start against the Concord-Carlisle Patriots.

A pounding blindside sack by Matt Gallagher produced a fumble recovered by teammate Mike Weisman at the Patriot 46-yard line. Eight fast-paced, no-huddle plays later, standout quarterback Brandon Walsh ran six yards over left tackle into the end zone for a quick Scarlet Knight lead.

NORTH ANDOVER — Dan Laorenza wasn’t too concerned at the fact that North Andover and Masconomet were on the opposite ends of the spectrum entering this Thanksgiving Day meeting.

“Thanksgiving is always the biggest game we play every year and beating Masconomet like that feels great. I can’t even describe it,” said the 5-10 receiver who had his hands in five Brandon Walsh completions during yesterday’s 20-7 win over Masconomet, before 2,500 at Joe Walsh Stadium.

No. Andover is going to the playoffs! NA beat Pentucket 41-22 as Jack Murphy rushed for 248 yds and 3 TDs. Brandon Walsh had 155 total yards, 2 TD runs and a TD pass. The Knights, who still have to play Masco on Thanksgiving, scored on every possession except their last, when time ran out.

BYFIELD — Being pressured by the Triton defense, North Andover quarterback Brandon Walsh scrambled back about 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage on a first-and-10 play from the Triton 16 yard line on the first play of the second quarter yesterday.

NORTH ANDOVER — Imagine being covered with dozens of Band-aids and having each one ripped off as fast as possible.

That’s the best possible analogy for North Andover’s 40-0 victory against an overmatched Newburyport squad last night at Hayes Stadium. In almost every way the Scarlet Knights made the Clippers’ night as painful as possible.

NORTH ANDOVER — After opening the season with four consecutive road games, North Andover had a chance to impress a home crowd for the first time this year. And the Scarlet Knights wasted no time revving up their fans.

North Andover has rolled to a 29-7 halftime lead behind the all-around brilliance of Brandon Walsh. The junior has a rushing TD, an interception return for a TD and TD passes to David Foote and Jon Swanton.

CAMBRIDGE — All it took was three plays for Cambridge Rindge and Latin to realize they were in for a long night.

Brandon Walsh just completed his second pass of the night – a 15-yard strike to senior David Foote on a third-down conversion – when one Cambridge coach looked at another and asked, “this kid is only a junior?”