Foxboro 14, North Attleboro 0 — Defense, running game lift Warriors

September 15, 2023

NORTH ATTLEBORO — With all due respect to the many high-flying passing offenses at every level of football, it remains true that playing great defense and running the football well is still a winning formula. In Friday night’s game at North Attleboro, Foxboro held fast to those tenets, and earned a massive, 14-0 victory in a Hockmock League crossover game. Foxboro, of the Davenport Division, moved to 2-0 on the……

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Duxbury 21, Mansfield 17 – Dragons rally past Mansfield

September 14, 2023

MANSFIELD — Trevor Jones and Finn Carley both start on defense for Duxbury, Jones as a defensive back, and Carley as a linebacker. Were it just for those contributions, Jones and Carley would be enough for the Dragons. But as it is now, each player also plays quarterback, and Duxbury coach Matt Landolfi rotates them. In Thursday’s game at Mansfield, both players made a positive impact in Duxbury’s 21-17 win…….

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New England high school preview — Week 2

September 13, 2023

What a first weekend. Some interesting results, and a fun way to get going, really all over New England. Not as many top games this weekend, but we will still take a look at some of them. Feels like the luster is off a few matchups based on what we saw last week. That said, still some barnburners here, and we expect some great games. Let’s get to it …….

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Quick conversation with Mike Willey

September 12, 2023

WATERTOWN — On Tuesday, we went over to BB&N’s practice in Watertown to do a feature on Knights running back Bo MacCormack. We wanted to also pick the brain of BB&N coach Mike Willey. We did not get a chance for a lengthy conversation, but we did ask him a couple questions about how things were progressing with the opener against Milton Academy fast approaching. Here’s what he said. Adam……

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Patriots rookies look strong in Week 1

September 12, 2023

Photo by John Rivera/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Patriots dropped a 25-20 game to the Eagles in Week 1, a result that was more about the Patriots’ mistakes than anything else. However, one significant bright spot was the play of New England’s Rookie class. In order for the Patriots to contend for a playoff spot, they will need to get impact production from their rookie class. Offensively, Demario Douglas…

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Five underrated high school results from Week 1

September 11, 2023

There were a few results that caught our eye over the weekend that were not included in our preview or Top 25 and 15 out teams. These squads aren’t ranked at the moment, but still bear watching. (in alphabetical order of winning team) Attleboro 20, Old Rochester 13 — Attleboro is a team that several people in the Hockomock League told us to watch out for this season. Well, this……

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Q&A with Springfield Central coach Bill Watson

September 10, 2023

On Sunday, Springfield Central beat Central Catholic, 44-26, in a game suspended from Friday night. Freshman quarterback Jareth Staine threw four touchdown passes, and three different running backs — Ja’Cyion Cox, Preston Longo, and Isaiah Rogers — found the end zone. Although we did not get a chance to cover the game, we wanted to reach out to Central coach Bill Watson and get his thoughts. Here is an edited……

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Xaverian 32, Everett 21 — Hawks get ground game rolling

September 8, 2023

WESTWOOD — For this season, Xaverian coach Al Fornaro had a conundrum. He knew he was set at quarterback and wide receiver, with major college recruits at those positions returning for the Hawks. But what of running back, where Xaverian had no returning starters and few players with a lot of varsity carries? That battle went deep into the preseason before Fornaro finally settled on Denzil Pierre, who was largely……

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