The Alvirine High School football squad is still searching for its first victory of the season after suffer its third straight loss to begin the year, this time the loss was delivered through the coaching of the Broncos previous head coach.
The Broncos were looking to turn things around from their 0-2 start on Friday night, Sept. 19, when they hosted the Windham High School Jaguars, who are now being led by Alvirne’s former head coach Matt Lee.
Lee exited AHS after two years where he had helped to lead the Broncos to two consecutive post-season appearances during his short stay.
Both teams came into the Friday night contest at 0-2 and looking to put a mark up in the win column, but it was the visitors that had success in that goal, beating the Broncos 35-7.
Much like the loss in their first game of the season, fans had to wait until the fourth quarter to see the Broncos get into the endzone, thus saving themselves from a second consecutive shutout.
The Jaguars first touchdown of the night came early, at 9:30 in the first quarter, with a 20-yard pass into the endzone by the WHS quarterback Kevin Murphy, who had more than enough time to find his target.
After a quick three-and-out for the Broncos, Windham started its second drive of the night at mid-field where they marched down field to pay-dirt with just under four-minute left in the initial period.
With the visitor up 14-0, Alvirne didn’t look to have much of an answer on either side if the ball.
Another three-and-out forced a punt deep in Broncos territory and gave Windham another great starting point from the Broncos 45-yard line.
The Broncos only gave up 10-yards in the following drive, ending with a big fourth down sack by Alvirne’s Braiden Venskus, getting the home fans back into the game.
That enthusiasm was short-lived unfortunately, with the broncos forced to punt for the fourth time of the evening where the Jaguars marched to the Broncos 10-yard line where they fumbled the ball for the first time in the game, Alvirne was able to recover halfway through the second quarter.
The turnover only resulted in 10-yards in the following drive, when the Windham defense forced another punt which was returned for a Jags touchdown that was erased by a holding penalty.
Three plays later, the Jaguars would cross the goal line again, this time with a 20-yard pass completion that was carried into the endzone for the 21-0 advantage with two-minute left in the half.
After the half, Windham celebrated its fourth touchdown at the 10:28 mark in the third then tacked on a fifth at 7:30.
The Broncos finally got on the board in the at 6:30 in the fourth period when quarterback Ethan Dudley got into the enzone on third-and-six from the 18-yard line, keeping the snap and running it in.
The Broncos will travel to the state capital next week where the hope to serve the Crimson Tide its third loss of the season.
Concord is coming off a 7-13 loss to Manchester Central, but had a win the week before in Londonderry where they beat the Lancers 27-14.
