Dartmouth kicks off Thanksgiving with its annual football game
Aiden Gendron runs with the ball to attempt a touchdown. Photos by Kat Sheridan
The Indians and the Blue Devils face off. 
A cheerleader stunts for the crowd. 
Brady Beauparland attempts to get the ball from a Fairhaven player, who jumps over him. 
Chase Alfonso gets tackled. 
The crowd cheers for the Dartmouth Indians. 
The cheerleaders get the crowd excited. 
The band plays.
Brady Beauparland runs with the ball. 
Emma Terach, a student at Dartmouth High School, sings the National Anthem.
Aiden Gendron runs with the ball to attempt a touchdown. Photos by Kat Sheridan
The Indians and the Blue Devils face off.
A cheerleader stunts for the crowd.
Brady Beauparland attempts to get the ball from a Fairhaven player, who jumps over him.
Chase Alfonso gets tackled.
The crowd cheers for the Dartmouth Indians.
The cheerleaders get the crowd excited.
The band plays.
Brady Beauparland runs with the ball.
Emma Terach, a student at Dartmouth High School, sings the National Anthem.
The Dartmouth High School football team fell to Fairhaven High School 21-14 in their annual Thanksgiving game.
The game was tied 14-14 for a majority of the game until the Blue Devils made a touchdown with an extra point in the last two minutes.
Fairhaven has won 10 of the 11 games they played this season, leading the series 45-43-4 as they head to the Superbowl on Thursday, Dec. 4, Friday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 6. This was Dartmouth’s last game, and the final game for the 15 graduating seniors.
“I think we were quite the underdog today, so I think it was nice that our seniors really came to play,” said head coach Rich White, "Fairhaven's been scoring 48, 49 point games and obviously they’re heading to the Superbowl, but I thought we played a heck of a game today.”
The stadium was packed with overflow onto the grass around the field. Fans were screaming, both their support for the Dartmouth Indians and boos to the referee and opposing team.
“That was unacceptable, officials screwed up,” said Aaron Alves, the team manager, about a number of calls and penalties the referees awarded the Indians.
The game ended with the seniors hugging their family members, each other and posing for photos to remember their years at Dartmouth High School.
“It’s a bittersweet day for everybody here,” said White, “They’re never going to put a helmet on again and play for Dartmouth High. So there’s a lot of emotion in this game and I think today it was all positive emotions, and they gave everything they had, and I’m proud to be their coach.”
