UPDATE Making their longest road trip ever, the Staples varsity football Wreckers tonight rolled over the Knights of North Andover, Mass. 23-8 to improve to 5-1 on the season.
The three-hour bus ride to the school 24 miles north of Boston on the Merrimack River not far from the New Hampshire border did not seem to bother the Wreckers. They scored less than two minutes into the game on a 98-yard touchdown run by Tae Dangerfield.
A 52-yard run by quarterback Brandon Pacilio in the second quarter put Staples up 13-0 at the half. A 28-yard field goal by Kevin Clark in the third quarter and a three-yard touchdown run by Pacilio in the fourth quarter completed the Staples scoring.
After Staples pulled its varsity players with four minutes to go, North Andover (2-4) scored its lone touchdown on a five-yard run with five seconds remaining in the game and made the two-point conversion. The Wreckers next host New Canaan on Saturday, Oct. 25.
