OCL Shocker: Barnstable Stages Upset Over Unbeaten Dartmouth
Pegged to struggle without three-year (& five games) starting quarterback D.J. Crook, the Barnstable High School Red Raiders football team re-tooled its offense, shifted a defensive player or two around and came together as a team.
The numbers didn't add up. Coming into this week's first league match-up versus unbeaten Dartmouth (5-1) last night at W. Leo Shields Memorial Field in Hyannis, Barnstable (3-3) had to make some decisions about what to do without three-year (and five games) star quarterback D.J. Crook, a senior tri-captain. In last week's third quarter versus the tough New Bedford Whalers, Crook was sidelined with a fractured thumb. New Bedford then scored 24 unanswered fourth quarter points en route to a come-from-behind victory that had local and regional football fans scratching their heads: what was Barnstable going to do? Was the season over? Was the remainder of the schedule too daunting to have hope? Whom would replace whom? After all, Dartmouth …
