hello and welcome to belmont harris field it's friday night the bands playing in this must be the opening game of the middlesex lee as belmont marauders takes on the stoneham spartans in the second year of coach head coach john cum and one of the big threats this year our fans will be just and wagner belmont high schools basketball center who's going to be playing wide receiver as you as coach has said this is the second year in which he's going to expect a lot more from his team this is no longer a learning curve this is this is now doing what they've been taught and so far they have real powerhouse back on that played well and we expect great things for this year as you can see cheerleaders are out there everybody's ready to go so also giving a little bit of attention to other sports in town we got girl swimming which should be a division two contender for girls field hockey which is already a one in zero six nothing boys and girls soccer well introduced was very exciting coming into this year after a good streak of wins under new head coach john q and at the end of the year last year they feel as if they've turned it around compared to the last couple years in which they had not experienced musk's much success in the winning category team introductions coming shortly as stoneham takes the field at the other end while belmont prepares to exit from their b something to watch for as the game addresses don't want depth and ability to stay in it late in the game and that is something they did in fact struggle with last year software running back of the national anthem coming up in a few moments it will await on them as we'll introduce this was a rematch of last year's opener against salem this is coach hughes old team and it's very emotional game for him as he has state being introduced to the team september eleventh two thousand and one are very excited for the season they feel the team has made a complete one eighty from the previous years year and he has developed quite a relationship with most of his receivers some of which moved on last year as they were seniors but interesting combinations to look for would be christopher henri and tight end justin wagner and wide receiver robert diallo who connected a lot towards the end of last year and seemed to have their timing pretty well down taking for stoneham is daniel sweet number six as we're just about ready to get underway with the belmont rodders twenty fifteen twenty sixteen season i formation two receivers on the near side one far center and off to mci johnson and he's going to get swarmed just a yard short of the line interesting to see where they market interesting of no belmont going a lot of three receiver sets towards the end of last year and that seemed to be working very well for them and their winning games so one would imagine they would stick to that as they go back to the same formation here first game of the season to be another i formation tight end on the far side and two receivers in the near  belmont leaving their office in the field early on first story takes to the huddle and salem adjusting defensively not make it back to the line of scrimmage even salem gets it on a turnover on downs and they have made a defensive statement early against belmont course last year stoneham played in the opener and did rather well against the team that is quite different than what we see on the field today so be interesting to see how they compare i formation here one receiver on the far side one  on each straight down the middle the run goes to number twenty three brandon o'neal and he gets about a yard sorry i was number twenty seven evan taylor on the run two i believe down band getting started early and started pretty well so stone establishing a very consistent running attack the first set of plays they have ran today ball be at the belmont seventeen it is at is as it is first in ten with about five forty left in the first quarter off goes to the fullback and he will pick up about five yards hellery so on the run again and he has been very effective running from the fullback position of them seems to be moving the ball very efficiently regardless of field position and that's always something you look for as a coach especially early in the season its consistency it will be a first and first possession the score is still zero zero with four minutes left in the first quarter can under center and handed off to taylor who's going to run it and he seems to be down at about the one turn over on downs comes back to haunt them with seven points on the scoreboard pending the extra point of course it was a two yard touchdown run by quarterback brandon can of spartan with three fourteen to go in the first quarter the snap the kick up and it is good extra point kicked by daniel sweet who will most likely return to do the kick off for the spartan return again for belmont is number nine robby aiello and number nineteen tyler re it will be second and eleven from the belmont twenty five looks to get something on the board chris to forward from the shotgun a running back on each side a wide receiver  henri goes far the passes batted down as a line of scrimmage and a good play by the stone of defense there patted down by number thirteen of stoneham devon chase so now it turns develop wants defenses they struggled against the run against stone on it a week to twenty two left in the first as we get set for the kick off and a tight game at harrah's field quarterback brandon can are the scores so far in the game here's the kick it's a deep kick driving him back pitches it about the eight yard line gets to about the twenty four before he's over caught by a number thirty four ben jones max jones is younger brother in the senior running back who moved out of college at the end of the year along making personnel changes is about second in three from the thirty four yard line one forty two one counting left in the first quarter  coach guessing something with johnson well on the field he sends him to the huddle sorry richard colors on the first down run of about eight yards one twenty one remaining in the first quarter tied at seven and stone and continues to run the ball very effectively on open end down at about the thirty two yard line on the sliding catch and a very good adjustment by go on to make the catch and it will be first down again at the belmont thirty and taylor is met there very effectively by grant gilbert he's senior safety very good job of setting the edge by gilbert and not allowing taylor to get to the outside and generally illuminating his room door  yards as the first quarter expires quarterback to trade to go in their freshman wide receiver i'm driving the ball down field but facing a third and two they are three for three on third down conversions today and over on the ball each time start of the second quarter scoring thus far seven enough for the first down as he gets to about the eleven yard line running up the same formation again a stone here's their own taylor right up the middle east got a decent hole but that closes quick one of about seven or six yards on that play by james taylor stones play action seems to have stunned belmont's defense a bit as they have been more effective on the run before afterwards than recently beforehand here's a run with taylor again and he will fall short of the first down marker and the end zone to about the four five yard line it will be third down and two from about the four yard line information from stoneham again belmont a lot of activity up front they give it to taylor and he will drive his way backwards so will he get in yes evan taylor a five yard run on third down for a touchdown and stone am takes the lead again fourteen to seven with nine zero eight left in the second quarter and number six daniel sweet in to make the act and to attempt the extra point again it's up on the way and good fourteen to seven now belmont's often seemed to improve as time went on the second drive of the game and looked to build upon that seventy five yard pas as we get a time out on the field good return from iowa they're interesting see where they mark where he went out two receivers near side one or seaver far christopher way from the shock and what to running backs including what johnson and ben jones on the run here makes a move and he's going to get a loss of about two yards  cannot escape the outside pressure and get an injury in the field for the time out on the field as they tend to the injured spartan eighty seven shaughnessy on the reception there for about seven yards it will be third down and four from the belmont thirty one trey butler on the reception their nationals are going to call for a measurement i believe here know it will be a first down for belmont the will be about a second and eight from the belmont forty four so belmont returning to the i formation here there checking out of the game for number two grant gilbert been jones comes in from a car johnson third down about five from the belmont forty five and then i have to get to just past mid two receivers near side from the i formation one receiver far christopher way under center takes the snap and drops back looks buys time and throws deep for wagner and it's incomplete a good job breaking up a possible interception by justin wagner number three trade to go in on the coverage and he has shown up today making a couple of very key plays including the reception oftens earlier it's about will be forced upon with a fourth and seven from their own forty five trying to keep the spartans out of a good field position will be number forty six eight in kerrigan on the punt here right she was hands on the punches away fielder there at about the twenty two yard line and swallow at about the twenty eight by the belmont return teen returned coverage to  takes the field again around one passing player this far up to this point and it worked very effectively as quarterback brandon can found what you see we're trying to go on for about for about six yards on that play bell on defense not finding much success against the run but holding taylor to three yards on that one besides good yardage that's what a successful successful running game will get you for stoneham is the ability to play action fake and have it done very well two thirty and counting as stoner looks to increase their lead as it is currently fourteen a seven to see what they call her because a quarterback did move but the defense moved first two of five to go the referees are going to discuss the penalty and it will go against belmont and i'll make it about a second and three from the nine yard line and that is not something vol one even right now  giving away penalty yards to stoneham who is shown at multiple points during the game that they can pick up yards and good situations so much ours is information the eye too tight en who will pick up about three yards on the run maybe just short of the first down and indeed he is richard color so on the two yard carry the it is in fact short stone as far as knocking on the doorstep again on their third or enzo trip of the day on their third possession as stoner looks to extend its lead from fourteen to twenty one  on the near side i formation here looks to be a fullback run here and he still pushing the pile forward whether us will signal that it is a second down one yard line the spot of the ball and stones got three tries to get it in with fifty five and counting now left in the half pending the extra point taylor had quite a night in this first half running for two touchdowns now and carrying the majority of the workload for stoneham the kick is up and good on the extra point and with thirty eight seconds remaining in the half someone's going to have to hurry if they want to cut so it was twenty one to seven lead down just one score sweet to kick for stone again as he did the extra points and all the previous kick off whistle yet and belmont will have about twenty eight seconds and all of their timeouts to cut stone amidst twenty one seven lead and half crist for has shown his ability to stretch the field in a pass earlier to robbie aiello but an incompletion to just a wagner may have may or may not have shaken his confidence at least in the deep ball the scoreboard clock in the official time games i'm second in ten from about the belmont thirty five yard line looking to score here late fifteen seconds now on the clock and a third down for ball on they still have to get ten yards for just the first down and as they go about sixty five to the end zone down and belmont will have eight seconds to go old about fifty yards receiving change for belmont as gilbert comes out of the game one long touchdown today and be interesting to see if he could do it again specially against a more focused coverage just discussing what there often is the game plan with four seconds at least on the game clock showing for the scoreboard down twenty one to seven to the stone spartans their opponents from last year's opener in which  stone i'm up twenty one to seven over the bel