West Bridgewater wins 47-43 thriller over Fairhaven

WEST BRIDGEWATER All week West Bridgewater head coach Justin Kogler reminded his club of the shellacking it took at the hands of Fairhaven last season A year later when facing the Blue Devils again the Wildcats gave Kogler his top moment thus far in his seven seasons at the helm of West Bridgewater West Bridgewater and Fairhaven engaged in an epic back-and-forth offensive shootout that ended with the Wildcats prevailing with a wild - South Coast Conference win This is the biggest win Kogler commented Fairhaven is a perennial Super Bowl contender They are again this year They re tough as hell We forced certain turnovers which I knew we were going to do to hang with them West Bridgewater s Kevin Kearton right attempts to haul in a pass next to Fairhaven defender Jackson Williams left during Friday's action West Bridgewater was a wild - winner Mark Stockwell Boston Herald Ty Holmes carries yards spearheaded the monster offensive performance for West Bridgewater - with four total touchdowns three of them came on the ground But Holmes -yard touchdown reception from Ryan Nunes -for- yards two TDs as he beat his defender down the sideline on a go trail with left ended up being the decisive figure In fact Holmes was the one who called the play and it was the first time the Wildcats ran it all season He stated If we come out in a certain formation I can beat my guy Kogler commented So I mentioned OK do it And he did it It felt like Fairhaven - had one last response late in the fourth quarter until West Bridgewater came up with a massive defensive stand Fairhaven quarterback Evan Lamontagne reacts after running the ball into the end zone to result during a - loss to West Bridgewater Mark Stockwell Boston Herald The Blue Devils marched to West Bridgewater s -yard line with under seconds remaining but the Wildcats held firm forcing an incompletion before Rojon Burkes and Cole Lecomec came together for a sack on Evan Lamontagne who threw two touchdowns and ran for two more in the loss The Wildcats got pressure on Lamontagne again on the final play of the meeting and his pass sailed out of the back of the end zone to send West Bridgewater into a celebration Everyone doubted us in this challenge Holmes declared In our crew s mind we did not doubt ourselves We went in every snap and played our hardest And that s what got us this win West Bridgewater s defense also forced three turnovers none bigger than when Nick Navin recovered a botched handoff at the Wildcats -yard line early in the fourth quarter Nunes then took off on a -yard run before Ton Polidori plunged in from a yard out to give West Bridgewater a - lead Fairhaven responded thanks to a -yard touchdown run by Lamontagne on fourth down it was the third time in the competition Fairhaven scored on fourth down but Holmes magic was just a little too much for the Blue Devils