We came back and we did what we had to do, but they made one more play than we did. We believed walking out in the second half that we were going to win. “We didn’t want to come out in the second half and just do our best. “I told them at halftime that we had to walk out of the locker room believing we could win the game,” Allard explained. Murdock trailed 24-9 at halftime, but scored 15 straight points to tie the game a 24-24 early in the fourth quarter. They came back with great leadership for that last two and a half quarters.” Connor also played well over the final three quarters, completing 10-of-12 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown. “They came back with the leadership that we’ve been lacking all year long. “I think Travis really responded to having to sit for the first quarter, they all did,” Allard said.
Allard said the benching seemed to motivate Arsenault, especially in the second half. You get him in the open field and he can do a lot of special things.” Arsenault, a senior tri-captain, amassed those eye-popping numbers despite sitting out the first quarter as he was one of six starters - including quarterback Pat Connor - benched for the first 11 minutes due to disciplinary issues. “He’s the best athlete we have on our team.
For the game Arsenault finished with 158 yards on the ground on 19 carries. Arsenault was immense in the second half for Murdock, rushing for 155 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries and catching three passes for 63 yards and another score after intermission. Maynard answered the Blue Devils score with one of its own, marching 62 yards in six plays, quarterback Zach Boerman hitting Shawn Kennedy with a 10-yard touchdown pass for the game-winning points with 18 seconds to play. After trailing for much of the game, Murdock took a 31-30 lead with 2:01 to play on a 2-yard run by Travis Arsenault and an extra point by Pat Culverhouse. “We came out at halftime believing we could win the game and we fought hard, as hard as we could to come back and we fell just short.” The Blue Devils fell to 2-6 overall and 1-3 in the Mid-Wach D with the loss, while Maynard improved to 4-5 overall and 2-2 in league play with the win. “That was a good football game,” Murdock head coach Rob Allard said afterward. The Blue Devils rallied from second-half deficits of 15 and 6 points to take a 31-30 lead with two minutes to play, only to surrender the game-winning points with 18 seconds to play. That’s what the Murdock High School football team is feeling today after losing to Maynard High, 38-31, last night at a frigid and windy Alumni Field.
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