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Turbo Richard ran for two second-half touchdowns, Jordan McDonald added two more, and Boston College scored 31 unanswered points to beat Syracuse 34-12 on Saturday to snap a 10-game losing streak. Boston College (2-10, 1-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) hadn’t won since its season-opening 66-10 victory over FCS-member Fordham. Syracuse (3-9, 1-7) ended its season with eight consecutive losses. The Orange went 10-3 a year ago in coach Fran Brown’s first season. The teams were tied 6-all when Richard scored from 16 yards out with 11:54 to go in the third quarter. He followed that with a 46-yard scamper early in the fourth, giving the Eagles a 27-6 lead. Sandwiched between those scores was a 2-yard run in the third by Jordan McDonald, who also added a 14-yard scoring run midway through the fourth. The teams matched field goals in a first half that ended at 6-6. BC starting quarterback Dylan Lonergan suffered a game-ending thumb injury on the team’s first series. He gave way to fifth-year senior Grayson James, who went 16 of 24 for 288 yards passing. Richard had 102 yards rushing. Lewis Bond had eight receptions for 171 yards. “He did a great job. I mean I’m very proud of Grayson,” BC coach Bill O’Brien said. “He’s one of the best teammates I’ve ever been around in 33 years. He deserves to go out a winner like this. He’s shown to be a hell of a relief pitcher. He comes in, he’s ready to go.” Syracuse, meanwhile, shuffled at quarterback between walk-on Joe Filardi and run-first tight end Dan Villari. Filardi was 10-of-18 passing for just 65 yards. Will Nixon ran for 73 yards and Filardi added 58. Villari chipped in with 44 yards rushing. Syracuse’s longest pass plays went for 12 yards. Each of Syracuse’s eight straight losses were by double digits after starting quarterback Steve Angeli went down with a season-ending Achilles injury against Clemson. Brown vowed to not get caught short at quarterback next season. “They were extremely young and new to the system,” Brown said speaking of his signal-caller group. “There are things that we’re going to implement throughout spring ball so that we won’t be caught in this situation. We got a bunch of guys that will come in and help.” Brown also chalked up a losing season to a mountain of injuries. “Those injuries definitely affected the team, you see that from a quarterback perspective and wide receiver and from the running backs, and then shuffling at guard and center, different things of that nature, Brown said. So, I mean, that affected it, but I can’t complain about those things, right?” No contest Syracuse was outscored 309-89 during its losing skid, including a 70-7 blowout at Notre Dame. Bond, Lewis Bond Entering the game, Lewis Bond ranked second in the ACC and fifth in the nation in receptions per game (7.27). He bolstered his stats with his eight catches and further cemented his BC legacy as the program’s leader in receptions. The takeaway Boston College: With a close loss against Georgia Tech and a road win over Syracuse, BC has something to build on. “We just have to figure out how to win these close ball games,” O’Brien said. Syracuse: The loss ended a dismal season with the Orange failing to produce a functioning quarterback after Angeli went down. Up next Both teams ended their seasons. Boston College football stories Boston College Nov 15 With 11 seconds left, No. 14 Georgia Tech kicks FG for 36-34 comeback win over Boston College Boston College Nov 8 BC gets rolled over by SMU, falling to 1-9 on the season Boston College Nov 1 Boston College loses Holy War matchup at home, falls to No. 12 Notre Dame

Over 100 residents had to be evacuated after a fire at a nursing home in Rockland, Massachusetts, on Saturday afternoon. The fire was reported around 4 p.m. at the Webster Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center on Webster Street. Firefighters arriving at the scene found fire on the third floor of the facility, which was being held in check by the building’s sprinkler system. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire despite heavy smoke due to the sprinklers. All 102 patients were evacuated, and emergency crews are working with staff to determine where each patient will wind up. No injuries were reported to patients, staff or firefighters. Rockland Fire Chief Scott Duffey said about 60 to 70 ambulances in total were used to transport the residents to other nursing facilities. About 11 agencies in all provided assistance at the scene. Fire officials said many of the patients had to be physically carried out of the building or helped down the stairs. The evacuation took about 40 minutes in all. The fire started near a nurses’ station on the third floor, but the cause remains under investigation. This fire comes months after 10 people were killed in a fire at an assisted living home in Fall River. The July fire at the Gabriel House was ruled an accident, but it led to growing criticism of the building’s safety and regulations within the commonwealth. Fall River’s deadly blaze was top of mind for firefighters and residents’ families Saturday night. “It’s an extremely fragile, vulnerable population,” Duffey said. “This could’ve been horrible. I think we witnessed that in Fall River. It could’ve been devastating.” “I thought about the people in Fall River. First thought that most of the people here like my mom are unable to walk,” said Kerri Trask, whose mother, Alice, was one of the residents evacuated. “We just saw our mom. She is being sent to another facility and so far they’re just finding beds for everybody and it was a little scary coming here but now everything seems a little bit calmer.” “My mom….she’s not doing as well as we would like her to be doing and when we were kids, we had a fire in our house and we lost everything so I am just really worried about what she’s going through mentally,” another woman shared, noting the massive response to Saturday night’s fire added to the emotion of it all. “Every time I saw a different town and I think I got up to 10 and they keep saying it’s a really small thing but there’s over 10 towns here so it was confusing and extremely emotional because there’s so much going on here and I can’t even see the end of it down the street.” Families say they are thankful a crisis was avoided. “Very thankful. Very thankful,” Trask said. “Yes, very much so. Thankful to everybody here.”

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