Tumwater’s Derek Thompson (five yards) and Jaylin Nixon (40) scampered for touchdowns in the second quarter, Cash Short scored from 24 yards in the third, and Davis erupted for a 36-yard touchdown on Budd’s perfectly-sold fake handoff late in the fourth.

Frank Roche was a star player under John Dubzinski at Arlington a decade ago. He’s hoping to parlay that success into coaching at his alma mater. The second-year mentor has the Spy Ponders off to a 2-0 start heading into tonight’s Middlesex League crossover contest against Stoneham.

Four weeks into the high school football season, these four previously under-the-radar players have broken out and made an impact for their teams.