Winthrop’s Miller Field has pretty much been the Lynn English football team’s personal house of horrors over the years.The Bulldogs have struggled mightily in their trips to one of the coziest home fields in the Northeastern Conference, and on Friday (7), they hope to change that trend.”I don’t know why we’ve had so much trouble over there,” English coach Peter Holey said. “One big reason is that Winthrop is good.”Winthrop (1-2) hopes to keep that trend going in a game that features two teams coming off tough losses last week.The Vikings had things well in control for most of the game last Friday against Classical. But two personal-foul penalties on the game’s final drive gave Classical life, and the Rams swept to a 7-6 win at the gun.Those penalties, seven in all, are something that coach Sean Driscoll knows needs to be rectified quickly.”We had some good plays last week and drove the ball a bit,” Driscoll said. “But we kept killing ourself with stupid penalties. And we’ve tried to correct that this week.”English, meanwhile, fell victim to shaky tackling as 22 missed tackles proved costly in a 34-32 loss to Swampscott that saw the Bulldogs nearly rally from 21 points behind entering the fourth quarter.The tackling issue is one thing that coach Peter Holey wasn’t happy about. But he was happy with how his team didn’t stop playing.”Those missed tackles are unacceptable,” Holey said. “But the one thing I did find out is that we have a team that will fight to the end. They’ve taken a huge step from years past, and that showed on Sunday.”Holey also knows that Winthrop will be ready to play on Friday, and his defense will have its hands full in corralling Vikings star Chris Beranger.”He is a handful,” Holey said of Beranger, who ran for 159 yards and a touchdown last week. “And the Wing-T is historically (something) we’ve had problems with at times.”Across the field, Driscoll knows that his team will have to play at its best to shackle an English offense that gained 448 total yards in the loss to Swampscott.”That offense is tough to defend,” Driscoll said about the Bulldogs’ running of the spread offense. “And the run action they have off of it really makes it hard. They have good athletes, and their quarterback (Jesse Fowler) is one of the best backs in the league.”Fowler was a one-man wrecking crew last week, accounting for 334 yards of offense (246 passing, 86 rushing).”They pose a pretty big challenge. We have to play perfectly on defense and have to be better on offense,” Driscoll said.Holey also took notice of how his quarterback managed the game against Swampscott.”Jesse had better command of the offense. He knew when to pull it down and run and when to let it rip,” Holey said.Classical at Catholic MemorialAt West Roxbury (7), the Rams (2-1) took a big step forward last week with their last-minute drive to victory over Winthrop at a rainy Manning Field.Despite being held to 142 yards of total offense, the Rams got a touchdown run from Cam Smith on the final snap of regulation and then booted the extra point to seal a 7-6 win.Peabody at DanversAt Dr. Deering Stadium (7), the Tanners (1-2) gave Scott Wlasuk his first win at his alma mater in dramatic fashion, scoring 17 unanswered points in the second half to snare a 23-21 victory at Arlington.Kevin Bettencourt was the hero, rushing for a pair of touchdowns (including a 99-yard jaunt in the third quarter) before Justin Provencher’s 30-yard field goal with 20 seconds remaining provided the winning points.The Falcons (1-2) used a brilliant second half, putting 29 unanswered points on the board, to beat Revere 35-8.Justin Shairs led the charge with a pair of touchdown runs while Greg Ladd threw for one touchdown and ran for a second.Fenwick at MasconometAt Topsfield, the Crusaders (2-2) got two touchdown runs from Dan Kennedy in a 20-14 win against Medford last Thursday. Fenwick now has to deal with one of the more dynamic duos in the area in Chieftain quarterback Chris Splinter