After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Pinkerton, Andover was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They walked away with a 27-17 victory over the Shrewsbury Colonials. Given the Golden Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts football rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Colonials are ranked 93rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Dominic Papa went supernova for Andover, throwing for 254 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.9% of his passes, and also rushing for 43 yards. Nick Ilsley was Papa's top target, picking up 95 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Andover wouldn't let Shrewsbury keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Andover can thank Jackson Fuller and Will Dever for forcing both of them.
The win got Andover back to even at 1-1. As for Shrewsbury, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Andover will challenge Chelmsford at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Shrewsbury, they will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on St. John's at 6:30 p.m. on September 27th.
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