Quincy avenges loss against North Quincy

QUINCY In the second attempt for Quincy coach Ed Dewitt he was able to walk off the field at Veterans Memorial Stadium with a Thanksgiving Day mastery Quincy now leads the series - - as the Presidents doubled up North Quincy - It sits with you for a long time Dewitt disclosed of losing in overtime last year against the Raiders I don t think I ve ever craved to win a battle more but it s year-to-year Facing a - deficit in the fourth North Quincy - put together an eight-play -yard drive as sophomore Cole Doyle located junior Erick De Lima for an -yard touchdown reception to cut the deficit to - On the next Quincy - drive senior Leo Steinberg carries yards scampered yards to paydirt for the third time to push the lead back out to - Steinberg is the best participant in the city Dewitt commented of the senior back He played like the best competitor in the city What he doesn t get credit for are the blocks that he made for the other guys too North Quincy once again answered as it needed plays to find the endzone as Doyle hit senior Ronan Brown for an -yard outcome to make it a one-score contest at - The Presidents once again responded and ate over four minutes off the clock as senior captain Jonas Ala ran it yards to make it - with just over two minutes left Four plays later senior Darryl Wright picked off Doyle for the second time as Quincy ran out the rest of the clock Quincy came to play from the opening kickoff as junior Will Cannon forced a fumble on the first play from scrimmage that was recovered by Ala The Presidents then drove yards on seven plays with Steinberg rushing it in from a yard out to put Quincy in front - That was an amazing way to set the tone and our defense just carried on from there revealed Ala about getting the early turnover The Presidents then got an interception from Wright and two three-and-outs on defense but were unable to move the ball until late in the second quarter as a five-play drive was capped by another Steinberg one-yard touchdown run to make it - with to go in the first half Steinberg is the best teammate I can ask for disclosed Ala It s been a blessing to play with him for the past three years and it s going to be very weird without him North Quincy had total yards in the first half as Quincy s defense kept them to just one first down in the first minutes and finished with three forced turnovers Our guys are good at getting the ball out mentioned Dewitt about the defense forcing turnovers It s something we emphasize and nowadays it worked