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Bellows Falls & Fall Mountain win and Springfield bows BY BILL MURPHYSeptember 14, 2017 REGION – Bellows Falls won the state football title in Vermont Division II last year. Fall Mountain and Springfield tried their darndest to win games in their respective states Division III ranks. Springfield had some success in the win column, Fall Mountain didn’t. They all, except BF, hope to improve this year. The Terriers hope to have a highly successful season again, but you really can’t improve on a state crown, I guess, that is, unless, you are a perfectionist and that would be really asking a lot for any team to go undefeated. Springfield seems to have the deck stacked against them. Not only have they lost big the first couple of weeks, the schedule maker did not give them any teams of their own level at the outset, like FM had. This does not mean to take anything away from FM, but it does refer to cutting Springfield some slack. They fell to defending state champion Windsor in the opener and now in week two, it was defending runner-up Woodstock. Both teams could end up at the top again this season. The Wasps handled the Cosmos easily in the Green and White’s home opener 48-12. Then in game two, Springfield had their second difficult start in a row and Coach Rich Saypack feels if his team could start better, they could be more competitive. “We don’t start fast. That is something we need to change. When we fell behind 7-0, I thought we will come right back and score. We can play good offense, but so far, we have not been able to stop the run. That is our Achilles heel. We are also not physical enough. If we can get better in those areas, we should be much better off,” Saypack told us. Matt LaChapelle had two carries for 21 yards out of the shoot, but when the Cosmos went to the air, a toss was intercepted and it was 15-0 by the time they had the ball back and now the pass became the main choice on offense and although the team was able to pick up over 300 yards of total offense, the combination of Woodstock keying on LaChapelle and an effective passing game, limited LaChapelle’s rushing total the rest of the night. Saypack commented, “You get down three touchdowns and you generally put the ball in the air.” It was 22-0 by the time Kyle Monier connected for the first Green and White score on a 20-yard pass play with Mason Olney. Later in the game, the Cosmos other score came when Monier found JJ LeCouffe for a 31-yard scoring connection. Springfield is in the middle of a number of games at home. This Friday night they will again be the underdog versus a 1-1 Bellows Free Academy of Fairfax outfit at home, but Saypack feels if he team starts better, they may be a surprise in store. http://vermontjournal.com/sports/bellows-falls-fall-mountain-win-springfield-bows
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