Bo MacCormack III didn’t put up eye-popping numbers in his college debut Saturday.
But the Westford resident did what he always seems to do when he’s on a football field – he reached the end zone. A 5-11, 198-pound true freshman, the running back scored for Boston College on a two-yard rush with 9:11 left.
The score gave BC a 58-3 lead and the Eagles went on to crush Fordham, 66-10, in season-opening action under sunny skies at Alumni Stadium.
MacCormack committed to play at Syracuse University before changing his mind and opting to play for head coach Bill O’Brien at BC. At Buckingham, Browne & Nichols, MacCormack became the all-time leading rusher in Massachusetts high school history.
He galloped for 6,699 yards and finished with 100 rushing TD’s.
In his college debut, he gained nine yards on three carries and returned two kickoffs for 37 yards.
College soccer
Giansiracusa shines: Freshman Maggie MacDonald netted two goals in her collegiate debut and sophomore Christa Giansiracusa (Tewksbury) recorded her first career shutout as Plymouth State University topped Thomas College, 3-0, in non-conference women’s action at Smith Field in Waterville, Maine.
Giansiracusa finished with two saves.
UML ties: Freshman Alvaro Medrano (Guatemala City, Guatemala) made his second career shutout in as many matches, as the UMass Lowell men battled the University of the Incarnate Word Cardinals to a 0-0 draw in San Antonio, Texas.
Medrano, who made two saves in 90 minutes, has now kept a clean sheet in each of his two collegiate starts. Offensively, 10 River Hawks (2-1-1) logged a shot, with eight of those shots coming on target. On defense, sophomore Aamir Ketbache (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) played the entire game, while sophomore Henry Wohlt (Milwaukee, Wis.) logged 72 minutes in his second appearance of the season.
College field hockey
UML falls: UMass Lowell freshman goalkeeper Veerle Mous (Breda, Netherlands) registered 11 saves in a hard-fought, 3-0 loss to No. 14 UMass.
“I’m really happy with our performance in the first three quarters,” said UML head coach Shannon LeBlanc. “It’s just unfortunate that after three great quarters we didn’t play our best when it mattered.”
Sophomore Karlijn Kerkhof (Rotterdam, Netherlands) led the way on the offensive end with four shots, while senior Madison Leeper (Amherst, N.Y.) and sophomore Alice Van Hemelen (Tervuren, Netherlands) each added two.
High school golf
GLT starts well: Greater Lowell Tech has defeated its first two opponents, Northeast Metro, 149-122, and Nashoba Tech, 155-117.
Against Northeast Metro, Tommy McKiernan led the Gryphons by scoring 40 points. He was followed by Brody Simmons (26), Nolan Torpey (24), Jackson Ferreira (23), Ben Hickok (18) and Joe McMenamy (18).
In the victory over Nashoba Tech, McKiernan and Simmons paced the winners with 34 and 32 points, respectively.
Hickok collected 30 followed by Ferreira (21), Jack Hickok (19) and Andrew Baia (19).
Auto racing
Moulton takes third: A 50-lap special Ammonoosuc Asphalt Mini-Late Models was held Saturday at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H.
Chris Moulton of Pepperell drove a terrific race and finished third in a competitive field.
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