All right, another year of the ever-popular Chaos Poll. We always release the first one the weekend of the first ISL games. We do this because the seasons between the MIAA and NEPSAC are staggered and don’t start at the same time. That makes it difficult to do this in the preseason. With that, here is our Chaos Poll for the best teams in Massachusetts, MIAA and NEPSAC combined, the……
It is getting interesting at the top of our poll as the season goes along. The difference between the top squads gets slimmer and slimmer. That bears watching, and it seems there is a huge group just outside the ones that are mentioned here. Here is a look at our rankings for this week. Week 3 MIAA Top 25 1. Catholic Memorial (2-1) — The second out-of-state game much better……
One of the top contenders in D3 is Billerica out of the Merrimack Valley Conference. The Indians are coming off a 32-27 win over Central Catholic on Saturday and are 3-0. We wanted to catch up with Billerica coach Duane Sigsbury about his team and where the Indians stand at this point in the season. Here is an edited version of that conversation. Adam Kurkjian: Do you remember, we talked,……
Tony Catalina NEFJ Correspondent HARTFORD — On a dreary and rainy first day of fall in Connecticut, UConn hosted No. 18 Duke and was outclassed in all three phases, as the Huskies fell to 0-4. Simply put, things could not have gone any worse for UConn than it did on Saturday. Much has been made of the “abysmal” offensive unit, to use coach Jim Mora’s words from earlier in the……
WEST ROXBURY — The reports of Catholic Memorial’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. After a lopsided loss in Florida a week ago that saw three starters suffer significant injuries, the thought was that CM would take a few steps back. Not this week. With a strong offensive performance, CM beat St. Francis (NY) Saturday, 50-36. The Knights both ran and threw it well, and head into a bye week with……
WESTWOOD — As Springfield Central players went through Friday night’s postgame handshake line, star Xaverian wide receiver Jonathan Monteiro had a message for his opponents. “We’ll see you again,” Monteiro repeated over and over. Fans and observers of Massachusetts high school football could only be so lucky to see these teams in a rematch. In a wild game that has to be considered one of the year’s best at this……
Springfield Central at Xaverian —The Hawks have played Central in each of the last two D1 postseasons, and the Golden Eagles have won handily each time. Xaverian has a punishing ground game and high-flying aerial assault, while Central QB Jareth Staine is an accurate passer. Franklin at Duxbury — Duxbury opened the season with a loss to Hanover, but redeemed itself the very next week with a win over Mansfield…….
MILFORD — On Monday, we went over to Milford to do a feature on Scarlet Hawks kicker/running back/linebacker Nick Araujo. We also had the chance to talk with Milford coach Dale Olson. It was a short conversation, but Olson hit on a few topics of note as his team prepares to face Natick in a nonleague game. Here’s what he said. (You’re winning games. How does the team feel about……
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) Bishop Feehan 29, Attleboro 6 — We did not want to count out Feehan too quickly after the Shamrocks lost a competitive game to North Attleboro in……
One of the major results from the weekend was Worcester South earning a 14-13 victory over Grafton. With the win, the Colonels improve to 2-0, having defeated Leicester the opening week. Grafton dropped to 1-1. We expected South to be strong this year, but the Colonels were replacing one of the top running backs in the state in Angelo LaRose. But coach Bob LaRose has restocked the shelves, and South……