News The future is looking bright at Southeastern. The young Hawks varsity team should get a lift from this season's Junior Varsity team. Despite many players moving up to varsity during the season, the JV's finished the season at 4-2-3. Good job gentlmen! Despite turning the ball over three times, the Hawks were able to hold on for a 22-14 victory over the Bishop Connolly Cougars. Despite eight Cougar defenders on the line of scrimmage and the Hawks unable to throw, Matt Lamonica had a career day. Lamonica rushed for a career high 123 yards and 3 touchdowns on 9 carries. Jon Denault was 2/2 on extra points and threw a conversion pass to A.J. Goucher. The Hawks look to end the season on a positive note when they travel to South Shore on Thanksgiving. Kickoff is at 10:30 AM. Turnovers would prove to be the Hawks undoing as Martha's Vineyard escaped with a 20-6 victory. The Vineyarders scored two touchdowns in the first half off of Hawks turnovers and went into the break ahead 13-6. Another score in the 3rd quarter would give Martha's Vineyard a 20-6 lead and some untimely mistakes would cost the young Hawks. The Hawks scored on a beautiful halfback option pass from Shane Coleman to A.J. Goucher during the second quarter. The Hawks look to bounce back next week when they travel to Bishop Connolly of Fall River next Saturday at 1pm. When Bristol-Plymouth took a 22-0 lead into the half, it looked as if the Craftsmen would be on their way to another blowout victory. Despite having five new starters on offense, the young Southeastern squad saw things differently as they clawed their way back and made it a 22-14 game going into the 4th quarter. Midway through through the 4th quarter the Craftsmen drove the ball deep into Hawks territory and looked to put the game away. The young Southeastern defense would force a fumble, but unfortunately the ball would slip through the fingers of several Hawks and Bristol-Plymouth would recover. One play later the Craftsmen would score and seemingly put the game away. Two plays later the Hawks would turn the ball back over and the Craftsmen would score several plays later. Despite the 20 point deficit, the Southeastern offense came out like a team fighting for a last second victory. The Hawks drove the ball down the field, but unfortunately the muddy turf would prove to be the best defender on the field, as a Southeastern receiver slipped and the Craftsmen intercepted a long pass. The duo of Matt Lamonica and Richard Joyner combined to rush for just under 200 yards, each scoring a touchdown, with Lamonica tacking on a conversion rush. Defensively, Dean Clough lead the way with 12 tackles, while fellow Hawks Josh Hines and Jermaine Carter had 8 tackles each. The Hawks look to build on the great team effort at Homecoming 2006, when Martha's Vineyard comes to town next Saturday for a 1pm showdown. Despite 13 tackles from Dean Clough and many three and outs by the Southeastern defense, the Blue Hills Warriors would leave Hawk Haven with a 36-6 win. Down 14-6, with under :45 to play and the Warriors facing a 3rd and 22, the Hawks would call timeout in hopes of getting one more shot at the endzone. Despite the Southeastern staff telling their Hawks the play that would be run, the Warriors would tear off a 52-yard run. Three plays later the Warriors would score and put the final nail in the Hawks coffin. The Hawks defense would hold the Warriors offense scoreless in the third quarter. However, Blue Hills would score two more in the fourth quarter against a defeated Southeastern squad, including one touchdown with under 3:00 to play. Despite the dismal afternoon, the young Hawks would take a lot of positives out of the game. Among them were the play of Dean Clough, Mike Fratus and A.J. Goucher on defense. Offensively, Josh Hines scord his first varsity touchdown on a beautiful, over the shoulder catch. Clough, Nick Bullard, and Jon Cadigan were standouts on the offensive line. Most importantly the Hawks played with class, playing a clean game from start to finish. The Hawks hope to bounce back when they travel to Bristol-Plymouth next Friday at 3:30 PM. The Hawks have been one play away from beating the Craftsmen the last two seasons. Last week the Hawks took one step forward, but unfortunately took two steps back in their 40-0 loss to Cape Cod Tech this past Saturday. Despite the dismal day, the Hawks did show signs of life, but unfortunately costly mistakes would negate the positives. Richard Joyner rushed for 70 yards in the loss. The Hawks look to bounce back next week when they host Blue Hills at 11:00 AM. Blue Hills was dominated last week by Martha's Vineyard. The Hawks put on their most dominant performance in recent memory, as they beat the Tri-County Cougars this past Saturday, 55-0. Southeastern was equally impressive on both sides of the ball as the Hawks offense scored 49 points, while the defense scored a touchdown and held the Cougars to a mere 34 yards of total offense. The Hawks defense also forced seven turnovers (4 interceptions, 3 fumble recoveries) and sacked Tri-County's quarterback on five different occasions. The Hawks look to make it four straight wins when they travel to Cape Cod Tech next Saturday for a 2:00 PM game. The Hawks offense rolled to another victory this week over the Mystic Valley Eagles. Leading 35-0 at the break, the Hawks junior varsity entered the game and ran the ball well, scoring on two long touchdowns runs by Josh Stanley and Jaime Vasquez. The other score would come via a kickoff return by Richard Joyner. The Hawks return to play next Saturday when the Tri-County Cougars come to town for an 11:00 AM showdown. The Hawks offense final got on track this week as it racked up 280 rushing yards in a 35-6 non-conference victory over the Diman Bengals. The defense was stifling holding Diman to 107 yards of offense, including only 45 yards allowed by the starting defense. The Hawks look to make it two straight when they head to Malden Catholic to take on the Mystic Valley Eagles next Friday night. Despite holding a 28-8 advantage at the half, the Hawks dropped another non-divisional to the Nantucket Whalers, 42-28. The Hawks looked to be on their way to a decisive victory, but some key injuries just before the half would prove to be their undoing. The Hawks look to bounce back against 0-2 Diman next week at home. Saturday the Hawks dropped a heartbreaker to visiting Northeast Metro, 8-7. The Southeastern offense looked like it would walk away with the game early as they marched 79 yards on their opening drive to take an early lead. That would be all the offense the Hawks could muster though as the offense missed several chances to put the game away. The Southeastern defense was tremendous throughout the game, but with little offense would spend the majority of the game on the field. Amazingly, Northeast Metro was held scoreless for 40 minutes, but would score with no time remaining on the clock. A successful conversion rush would put the final exclamation point on the game winning drive. The Hawks look to even their record next week when they travel to Nantucket for a 2:00 PM showdown. The Hawks played well this week in scrimmages against Holbrook-Avon and Trinity Catholic. The second scrimmage scrimmage was cut short due to a severe, season ending injury to a Trinity Catholic player. Although young on both sides of the ball, Southeastern moved the ball well and played excellent defense. The only real problem the Hawks are dealing with now, going into their season opener this Saturday against Northeastern, is numbers. Southeastern has too many players and are running out of equipment. With freshmen set to begin practice with the start of school, the Hawks will find themselves with well over 100 players in the program. Attention Patriots fans. Catch a Hawks football game this season and you are sure to see a familiar face. All-Pro Ronnie Lippett has joined the Southeastern coaching staff. Two other new faces on the sidelines will be Dan Lewis and 2006 Southeastern graduate, Ernie Vozzella.