It unfolded exactly like a Disney movie. Up by a goal, plucky underdog Marshfield needed one last stop to cement its first state final appearance in program history. Perennial power Duxbury needed one goal to tie it and keep its dream season alive.
Duxbury’s Brooks Pena heaved the ball the length of the field with four seconds left. Liam Goodwin leaped to corral it and swiftly fired it home, but the official deemed it was a split-second late. Marshfield’s players stormed the field to celebrate a stunning, 10-9, Division 2 semifinal triumph Tuesday at Bridgewater-Raynham High.
“I had trust in the boys behind me,” said Marshfield senior John Giberti. “They got it done.” Advertisement When the No.
4 Rams (19-3) defeated Duxbury by one goal to open the season, many on the outside assumed that feat couldn’t be replicated if they met again in the postseason. The No. 1 Dragons (21-2) ripped off 21 straight wins, but once again, Marshfield found a way in thrilling fashion.
“It means it wasn’t a fluke,” Marshfield coach Kevin Orcutt said. “That’s what it’s been called all season. These boys have been fighting and fighting.
It hasn’t been perfect. No one’s given them any credit.” Giberti and Graham Schofield paced the Rams with three goals each.
Sam Wien led the Dragons with four, and Colin Hulett and Will Savery added two apiece. Duxbury led, 2-1, through one, 6-2 late in the second, and 6-3 at halftime. The Rams used a strong third quarter to tie it at.