Image courtesy of MIAA In a shocking announcement on Monday morning, the MIAA has said that the high school Super Bowls – which have been at Gillette Stadium for two decades – will need a new home starting in December. The statement read as follows: “The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association was informed late last week that the utilization of Gillette Stadium for the MIAA Football Championships is no longer an…

Image courtesy of MIAA By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Correspondent The MIAA regular season has concluded and with that, we now focus our attention to the playoff brackets. The Top 8 remains unchanged, despite Catholic Memorial falling to St. John’s Prep in a back-and-forth affair. Mansfield leapfrogged Shawsheen after a big win over King Philip. Andover and Barnstable have dropped out of this week’s Top 25 after losses to Tewksbury and…

Image courtesy of Chaz Argoskin  By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent GREENWICH — Tied 14-14 in Saturday afternoon’s game with Pingree, the Greenwich Country Day School Tigers’ scored 13 points in the last 17 seconds of the first half to gain a 27-14 lead. That ended up leading to 26 unanswered points as GCDS cruised past the Highlanders for a 40-14 win. With 17 ticks left in the first half and…

WATERTOWN – There’s still two weeks left in the regular season and bowl games to come, but St. Sebastian’s and Buckingham Browne & Nichols probably played the game of the year in the ISL on Friday night. With either solo or a share of first place on the line, it appeared as if the Knights were going to get a comfortable home win up 28-13 with 4:30 remaining. Even when…

By Mukala Kabongo NEFJ Correspondent PEABODY – Danvers captured its first Northeastern Conference title, leaning on an impressive defensive and special teams performance during a 17-14 victory over Peabody. The Falcons (7-0), as they have all season, used their defense to contain a high-powered Tanners (6-2) offense. The clinching moment came when senior Nick Xerras recorded a sack on Dominik Mercier, which forced 3rd-&-long; the Falcons defense then forced a…

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By Charlie Adams NEFJ Correspondent EAST GREENWICH – Armand Reed finished his freshman year with Cranston East’s first win since 2018; three years later, his performance helped seal an undefeated regular season. The Thunderbolts used a dominant second half to take down East Greenwich 34-7, ending the Avengers’ hopes of their own undefeated season and securing the top spot in the postseason. “This past week in practice, they really buckled…

By Michael Najarian NEFJ Correspondent WEST ROXBURY — Asked to describe the partnership between himself and Maxwell Parent in the St. John’s Prep backfield, Michael Salemi kept it short: “You can’t stop it.” Behind two rushing touchdowns from Salemi and two rushing TDs from Parent, including the game-winner, St. John’s Prep outlasted Catholic Memorial with a 42-35 win on the road Friday night. St. John’s (8-0) secured the Catholic Conference…

By Dante Iafrate NEFJ Correspondent WALPOLE – As Mason Falcone kept getting the ball, Walpole continued to get the answers it needed. The senior co-captain ran for three touchdowns, including a five-yard score up the middle with 5:28 to play. Fellow co-captain Dylan Katz then stuffed Natick quarterback Matt Caissie on 4th-&-1 in the closing minutes, as Walpole held on for a wild 31-28 win Friday night at Walpole High…

The Mansfield Hornets beat King Philip 14-7 in a pivotal Hockomock League Showdown in the Davenport Division on Friday night.

The two long time rivals exchanged blow all night long but it Mansfield that was able to hang on thanks to a key fourth quarter stop and a couple third down conversations down the stretch.

Here are five observations from the game.