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MIAA D1 Quarterfinal: (1) St. John’s Prep 44, (8) Methuen 7 – Eagles flying high into Final 4

November 15, 2024

By Mukala Kabongo NEFJ Staff DANVERS — St. John’s Prep’s stifling defense bottled up Shane Eason and the high-powered Methuen offense for a 44-7 win in an MIAA D1 quarterfinal on Friday night. The top-seeded Eagles (9-1) will face fourth-seeded Needham next weekend (Day/Time/Location TBD) with a trip to the Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium on the line. Methuen falls to 8-2 with Thanksgiving Day still remaining. St. John’s Prep’s……

MIAA D4 Quarterfinal: (3) Grafton 35, (6) Marblehead 0 – Gators roll into Final 4

November 15, 2024

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Andrew Guindon NEFJ Staff GRAFTON – Grafton running back and senior captain Finn Gilmore led the No. 3 Gators to a 35-0 victory over No. 6 Marblehead in the MIAA D4 Elite Eight on Friday night, rushing for three touchdowns. “Finn has been doing this all year,” said Grafton head coach Chris McMahon. “All of a sudden he’s picking up a few yards, then he breaks one; he’s pretty patient,…

Ryan Bannon etches his name in North Attleboro history

November 13, 2024

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Even now, as a senior at North Attleboro, Ryan Bannon can rattle off the names of former Red Rocketeers greats whom he looked up to as a kid. Chad Peterson. Zach DeMattio. Ryan Clemente. Those players led North to postseason success, and Bannon, a running back and linebacker, now does the same. It’s that carrying of the torch, a youth player watching the older ones, then doing the same, that……

Week 11 High School Preview

November 13, 2024

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Playoffs are in full swing in much of New England. We are previewing almost every game, but not every one. This is one of the best weekends of the season, so get out and see as much football as you can. Let’s get into it . . . Week 11 High School Preview Methuen at St. John’s Prep — These two scrimmaged against each other in the preseason, and it……

Top 10 NEPSAC Poll – Week 8

November 13, 2024

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The regular season is over in the NEPSAC and it is bowl week. We have some great match ups this week. Here is our final regular season poll. 1. Choate (8-0): Boars finish undefeated and will play Brunswick on Saturday in the Leon Modeste Bowl. 2. BB&N (8-0): Knights finish off an impressive undefeated season and will play St. Paul’s in the John Papas Bowl at B.C. 3. Brunswick (7-1):……

CIAC Top 25 Poll: Week 10

November 13, 2024

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The top of the poll is unchanged. We did some movement in the middle of this week’s poll with Bunnell and St. Joe’s both losing. Hard to believe we are entering the final week of the regular season. Here is this week’s poll. 1.Windsor (8-0): Handled Platt 42-3 in impressive fashion. Host Berlin on Friday night. 2. Hand (8-0): Tigers shut out Notre Dame West Haven 25-0. Host Xavier on Friday…….

Legendary Northbridge coach Ken Lachapelle wins Patriots’ Coach of the Week award

November 12, 2024

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Image courtesy of the New England Patriots A historic week for legendary Northbridge head coach Ken Lachapelle got a little sweeter on Tuesday morning. The Rams beat Oxford 39-0 in a D7 first round game last Friday night, which also gave LaChappelle his 400th win. LaChapelle is the first coach in not only Massachusetts history, but New England history to reach that milestone. It comes in his 49th season as…

Week 8 New England Top 25

November 10, 2024

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Not much change. Champlain Valley Union of Vermont completed a perfect season with a dominant 2024 campaign. Week 8 New England Top 25 1. Catholic Memorial (8-1) 2. Springfield Central (8-1) 3. Windsor (8-0) 4. King Philip (9-0) 5. Hand (8-0) 6. Needham (9-0) 7. New Canaan (7-1) 8. St. John’s Prep (8-1) 9. Greenwich (7-1) 10. Staples (7-1) 11. Darien (7-1) 12. Scituate (9-0) 13. Bedford (9-0) 14. Fairfield……

Week 8 Chaos Poll

November 10, 2024

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Not a ton of movement, but keep an eye out for the bowls next weekend. Should be some fun ones. Week 8 Chaos Poll 1. Catholic Memorial (8-1) 2. Springfield Central (8-1) 3. BB&N (8-0) — What a year for the Knights. 4. King Philip (9-0) 5. Needham (9-0) 6. St. John’s Prep (8-1) 7. Williston Northampton (7-1) — A tough loss, but still a strong year. 8. Tabor (7-1) — Really……

Week 10 MIAA Top 25

November 10, 2024

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For the most part, the top of the rankings stayed pretty static. The more movement came in the 15 out, as there were a number of losses there. We are on to the quarterfinals now, and it will be interesting to see how things shake out. To the rankings . . . Week 10 MIAA Top 25 1. Catholic Memorial (8-1) — Just on a roll. 2. Springfield Central (8-1)……

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