CCHS sports roundup
Football and girls soccer results from the week of October 4.
5 TDs propel CCHS to win over Cambridge R&L, 38-7
The Acton-Carlisle football team dominated on both sides of the ball in a 38-7 rout of Cambridge Rindge & Latin on October 9. The Patriots’ offense punched in five touchdowns and kept the Falcons off the scoreboard until late in the fourth quarter.
- Team record: Overall 2-3, Dual County League 1-1
- Big game: Running back Aiden Bayes sprinted for a 72-yard TD early on, then followed up with a second-quarter push into the end zone for his second score of the night.
- Turning point: Running back Tyler Houth snagged a play-action pass from quarterback Lucas Saulnier and dashed for a 54-yard touchdown that helped put the Pats up by 24 points going into the second quarter.
- Up next: The Patriots host Westford on October 16.
Pats girls soccer, down several starters, succumbs to Medford
By Liam Hurley — Sports Contributor
A shorthanded Acton-Carlisle girls soccer team, missing Catherine Kilmartin and co-captains Emmy O’Donnell and Aubrey Monaghan, couldn’t keep up with host Medford in a 6-1 loss to the Warriors on October 10.
- Team record: Overall 8-2; Dual County League 4-0
- Big game: Forward Ella Rowan notched the first goal of her varsity career in the second half, emerging from a scrum and sniping a left-footed whistler into the left corner of the net.
- Up next: The Pats were to travel to Newton South on October 15.
