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Bellows Falls and Springfield players represent South Football All-Stars BY BILL MURPHY, The Vermont Journal & The Shopper December 7, 2017 football Bellows Falls Logan Cota is on the run. Cota threw an option pass for a touchdown in the contest. Photo by Doug MacPhee. BELLOWS FALLS/SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – The names are Shane Clark, Logan Cota, Jared Zobkiw, Matt LaChapelle, Mason Olney, and JJ LeCouffe. The first three are Bellows Falls Terriers. The other three are Springfield Cosmos. A couple of Saturdays ago, they were teammates playing for the South squad in the 17th annual North-South Football All-Star Game at Middlebury College. The North won in an offensive-friendly game 57-41. “They all played well,” said South Head Coach Rich Saypack of Springfield, whose head was still spinning when I spoke to him recently. “Coaching a game like this is quite the task. It’s a really busy job. You spend much more time organizing than you do coaching.” football Bellows Falls’ Shane Clark is wrapped up in defenders. He may have been stopped this time, but he ran for a team high of 112 yards and two touch downs. Photo by Doug MacPhee. Both Clark and LaChapelle had strong days running the football. They rushed for 120 and 83 yards respectively with Clark scoring two touchdowns. Cota stepped in as a versatile offensive performer, as had been his role for the Terriers. He was part of a scoring play throwing an option pass for a 51-yard score. The other three local performers played in the trenches where numbers are not available to show their worth. Saypack said that although Olney was a wide receiver “he stood out with some unbelievable blocking.” Saypack continued, “Zobkiw and LeCouffe both had some good blocks and played well.” football Matt LaChapelle was a standout running back for Springfield in the 2017 Cosmo football season. He excelled again in the North-South All-Star Game gaining 83 yards on only four carries. Photo by Doug MacPhee. The North was a much stronger team. They had jumped ahead 19-0, and then Clark raced to the end zone from 22 yards out for the South’s first score. The North had increased their margin to 27-7 when Cota threw his option pass, which was the South’s second score, cutting the count to 27-14. The North led 33-14 at the half and kept the lead much of the game by big numbers. The South benefited from the 10-point rule most All-Star games have allowing the team that is behind by 10 or more points to receive every kick-off. The South did cut the margin to 51-41 with just under ten minutes remaining, but they were never able to get closer.
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