GLOUCESTER – The battle of the Northeastern Conference’s Super Bowl champions certainly lived up to expectations on Friday at Newell Stadium.Click here to see a photo gallery from Friday’s Swampscott/Gloucester football game.After being kept under wraps for three quarters by a punishing and attacking Gloucester defense, Swampscott’s spread offense exploded for 21 points in the game’s final quarter to shock the Fishermen, 28-20, and end their 18 game winning streak.”Gloucester is a great program and this is a game that I always look forward to,” Swampscott coach Steve Dembowski said. “Our kids never quit and they kept playing and started to believe.”The Fishermen (4-1) had squarely dominated Swampscott (4-1) for 20:56 of the first half, leading 14-0. But Swampscott quarterback Chris Cameron engineered a touchdown drive in the final moments of the half that completely changed the complexion of the game.”That was a huge momentum boost for us,” Dembowski said. “And our defense was able to come up with some stops in the second half.”That defense, which has gone through its struggles this season, was given a big boost by the return of linebacker Ilya Levin, who missed the first four games of the season. Levin’s return got the attention of Gloucester coach Paul Ingram.”Having him back on defense was big for them,” Ingram said. “He’s a great football player and we had a hard time blocking him. We actually had to change things in midgame to keep him away from us.”After forcing a three-and-out to start the game, Gloucester got the ball at its 24 and went about getting its punishing ground attack started.Ross Carlson (127 yards), Connor Ressel (82 yards) and Taylor Burbine exploited mammoth holes opened by the Fishermen’s huge offensive line during an 11 play, 76 yard drive that took nearly seven minutes off the clock, capped by Ressel’s one yard plunge on second and goal that made it 7-0.Gloucester then unleashed a blitz attack on Cameron, who was sacked four times in the opening half, which led to another Swampscott punt and a 7-0 lead after the first quarter.After an exchange of punts early in the second, Gloucester put together another lengthy drive to paydirt. This time it was 82 yards on 11 plays, the big play coming when Ressel dashed 32 yards to the Swampscott 17.Five plays later, Carlson waltzed into the endzone and the Fishermen had a 14-0 lead with 64 seconds left on the first half clock.In the two teams meeting last year, Swampscott found itself in a similar position and scored before the half to cut the lead to seven.One year later, the scenario repeated itself as Cameron finally got going, hitting on passes of 13 and 19 yards to Jon Poth and Trevor Wheeler. Following another completion to Wheller, Cameron was facemasked on a scramble, tacking on 15 yards to the Glloucester 30.On the next snap, Swampscott dodged a bullet when Connor Ressel’s interception was nullified by a pass interference penalty. Taking advantage of the second chance, Cameron found a wide open Patrick Freemont-Smith in the endzone with four seconds left to make it 14-7 at the break.”Chris is the equivalent of a basketball point guard in our offense,” Dembowski said. “His composure is unbelievable.Both defenses stepped up at the start of the third, forcing punts. But with 6:51 left in the quarter, Gloucester went on another one of its trademark long drives.A 34-yard pass play from Rick Gallant to Dylan Maki got the Fishermen within striking distance at the Swampscott 22. A Carlson fourth down conversion kept the drive going at the Swampscott 12.That’s where the Big Blue defense stepped up and made a huge stand. Three runs netted five yards before pressure on Gallant forced an errant throw on the final play of the third quarter.”They made some big plays when they had to,” Ingram said.Bolstered by the big stand, the Swampscott offense, which had gained only 86 yards in the first three quarters, finally got going.A 17 yard completion to Kyle Shonio got the Bi