<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4V6JkB_1Gy5kubo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4V6JkB_1Gy5kubo00" width="750" height="420" ><figcaption>Drake Dixon brings a defender with him downfield. (Kim Marcotullio)</figcaption></figure>No. 6 Peabody (7-2) survived a 30-minute lightning delay and a driving rainstorm to advance to the Div. 2 Round of 8 with a 21-0 win against No. 11 Lincoln-Sudbury at Coley Lee Field.Senior quarterback Dom Mercier (8 of 13 passes, 80 yards, 2 TDs), senior Aniel Espinal (3 catches, 53 yards), and senior captain Jack Smith (2 catches, 7 yards) scored touchdowns. Senior captain Jake Marcotullio converted three extra-point attempts.Junior running back Drake Dixon ran wild with 135 yards on 25 carries. Mercier chipped in 59 yards on eight carries.Defense ruled in this one. The Tanners forced a season-high five turnovers. Junior Joey Fagundes snatched two interceptions, while Smith added another. Sophomore Ryan Maguire, senior captain Brian Collins-Dixon (2 catches, 14 yards), and junior captain Mark Bettencourt recovered fumbles.After a scoreless first quarter, Mercier put Peabody on the board with a 7-yard scamper in the second quarter (Marcotullio kick). With 2:55 remaining in the half, Peabody let a golden opportunity slip by. After Bettencourt recovered a fumble at the Lincoln-Sudbury 42-yard line, the Tanners advanced to the 21, only to stall on fourth down — the third time in the half they failed to convert on fourth down deep in Warriors’ territory.The second half could not have started any better for the Tanners. Marcotullio’s kick deflected off a Warrior player with Collins-Dixon recovering on the Lincoln-Sudbury 46. Four plays later, however, Mercier was sacked on a fourth-and-5 at the 42.Fagundes set up the Tanners’ next score with an interception at the Peabody 35-yard line. The Tanners drove 65 yards in nine plays, the final one a 13-yard Mercier-to Espinal touchdown pass with 11:13 left to go (14-0).After another Fagudes interception, the Tanners started their final drive at their own 35. They converted two big third-downs, the first a 36-yard pass from Mercier to Smith, followed by an 8-yard scramble by Mercier to get to the Warriors’ 10. Mercier capped the drive — and the win — with a 10-yard strike to Smith (Marcotullio kick).Peabody is back in action Friday night at No. 3 Billerica Memorial (8-1) at 7 p.m.</div></body>

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No. 6 Peabody (7-2) survived a 30-minute lightning delay and a driving rainstorm to advance to the Div. 2 Round of 8 with a 21-0 win against No. 11 Lincoln-Sudbury at Coley Lee Field. Senior quarterback Dom Mercier (8 of 13 passes, 80 yards, 2 TDs), senior Aniel Espinal (3...

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No. 6 Peabody (7-2) survived a 30-minute lightning delay and a driving rainstorm to advance to the Div. 2 Round of 8 with a 21-0 win against No. 11 Lincoln

Defense the difference for Tanners

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