After Lexington put up 56 points on a usually stout Reading defense, I felt it was important to communicate some of the underlying aspects of their offense.
READING, MA. September 30, 2016
Three yards and a cloud of dust it ain’t. The Lexington High School offense was described by Concord-Carlisle Coach Mike Robichaud as “multiple guys who can do things in space.” This has proved to be an apt description of Coach George Peterson’s versatile spread offense so far this season.
The offense capitalizes on the talents of those “multiple guys.” Those guys include a receiving corps consisting of the tall and quick Spencer Kendall, the sure hands of Anthony Bianchi and James Lane with Ben Quint occasionally coming out of the backfield giving defenses a lot to handle downfield. These receivers have provided the offense with significant and exciting YAC (Yards after catch) this year.
Then of course if the defenses focus on those receivers, they leave themselves open to the myriad run/pass options of Quarterback Sal Frelick and running back Quint.
The whole thing is engineered by the so far effective decision making of the QB who has been excellent at taking what the defenses give as the play unfolds. On option rollouts, the defense comes up, he throws, and obviously enjoys keeping when the defense lays back.
Of course the unheralded offensive line sets the foundation for all of this deserving a lot of credit for giving Frelick time to make those decisions and for opening gaping holes and sealing the edges for Quint.
And the bonus in all this for the fans is that it’s really fun to watch this offense perform as they’ve put up a whopping total of 133 points 4 games in and we’ve yet to see the Minuteman punter. Maybe he brings his homework to the game.