Watertown uses fourth-quarter magic to beat Wakefield in football opener

Junior Adam Patterson scores both TDs, tying the game with an acrobatic catch, as the Raiders win their first Fall II game

Leah Knipper-Davis
(9 of 12) Junior Adam Patterson (9) makes a circus catch for a 14-yard TD to tie the game, 6-6, with 10:09 to play on Saturday, March 20, 2021, at Victory Field.

Leah Knipper-Davis and Emma Fallon
March 22, 2021

Junior wide receiver Adam Patterson caught two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter as the Watertown football team came back to defeat Wakefield, 13-6, on Saturday, March 20, 2021, in the Raiders’ first game in the Fall II season.

Check out the first football at Victory Field in 16 months  — complete with the return of the WHS cheerleading squad — with more than 150 photos from Raider Times staff photographers Leah Knipper-Davis and Emma Fallon by clicking on the image above.

(4 of 4) Adam Patterson celebrates after his 32-yard TD catch gave Watertown the lead with 1:54 left on Saturday, March 20, 2021, at Victory Field. (Raider Times photo / Leah Knipper-Davis)
(3 of 3) Christopher Lanni (79) is applauded by his teammates for stuffing Wakefield in the second half on Saturday, March 20, 2021, at Victory Field. (Raider Times photo / Emma Fallon)
Senior David Manoukian comes out for the coin toss before Watertown’s season opener against Wakefield on Saturday, March 20, 2021, at Victory Field. (Raider Times photo / Leah Knipper-Davis)

–March 21, 2021–