RJ Byrd rushed for 263 yards and four touchdowns on just 13 carries, and visiting Greenfield High School took care of business in its final game before Thanksgiving with a 38-22 win over McCann Tech in an independent football game Saturday afternoon in North Adams.
Byrd’s fifth 200-plus yard outing of the season helped the Green Wave (6-4) storm to a 30-6 halftime lead. Greenfield put its second unit into the game in the third quarter but McCann Tech (4-5) clawed back into the deficit, forcing head coach Mike Kuchieski to put the starters back in late to seal the deal.
Nate Haselton, who missed the last two games, rushed for 50 yards on seven carries and scored the team’s other touchdown after returning to the lineup. Byrd ran in a pair of 2-point conversions while Haselton and Owen Phelps each added a 2-pointer. Greenfield did not attempt a pass in the game.
Next up is the Thanksgiving showdown with rival Turners Falls (8-2). Byrd sits at 1,791 yards on the season, meaning he needs 209 yards on the ground to join Turners’ Wyatt Keith as 2,000-yard rushers in the area this fall.
Drury 8, Mohawk 6 (OT) — A mud bowl broke out in North Adams Saturday.
Less than a mile down the road from where Greenfield was taking care of McCann, the Mohawk football team was in a slopfest against host Drury. The teams traded zeroes through 44 minutes of regulation, and while both teams found the end zone in the first overtime, the Blue Devils cashed in on their 2-point conversion while the Warriors did not in an 8-6 independent tilt.
Drury (3-6) took possession first in OT and scored a touchdown while adding the 2-pointer to take an 8-0 lead.
Mohawk (1-8) then got its turn, and the Warriors found paydirt when Cam Lococo caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Shawn Davenport to cut the deficit to 8-6. But on the conversion, Davenport was sacked when the Drury line broke into the backfield to snag the victory.
Mohawk hosts Frontier in its annual Thanksgiving Eve contest Nov. 21 in Buckland to close out its season.