WOBURN – The season opener for Woburn on Friday night quickly turned into the Bryan Ferreira Show. Ferreira accounted for 22 of the Tanners’ 28 points during an impressive 28-8 win over a good Longmeadow team. The Lancers hung tough defensively, but the offense couldn’t do much aside from some aggressive, downhill running from Lucca Marino. Marino had Longmeadow’s only TD and was hard to bring down all night long…

Image courtesy of Chris Hanewich By Mike Scandura NEFJ Correspondent NORTH ATTLEBORO – The youngest team in Mike Strachan’s brief tenure as North Attleboro High’s head football coach got its baptism under fire Friday night during a 29-19 non-conference victory over Bishop Feehan. Of the 49 players on the roster, 11 are sophomores since the Rocketeers graduated 25 seniors from a team that lost to Marblehead in the Division 3…

After graduating Rudy Gately and Will Astorino, the Warriors had some question marks regarding the running back position heading into this season. The Warriors have a strong running back tradition but Brian Lee and his staff were unsure of who was going to be the next guy Well, those questions were answered tonight thanks to a resounding performance by the King Philip running game.  .Powered by junior running backs Drew…

By Andrew Bluestein NEFJ Correspondent BROCKTON – The Gold Athletics game of the week between the Brockton High Boxers and the Barnstable High Red Hawks was a blowout showcasing the Red Hawks offense, with the home team winning 49-14. The star of the show pregame was Jermaine Wiggins, who was making his Brockton coaching debut. By the end of the night, it was Barnstable quarterback Aiden Kundel, who threw for…

By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Correspondent MARSHFIELD – St. John’s Prep started its title defense on a high note Friday night in Marshfield. The defending Division 1 champions, jumped all over the host Rams early, building a 28-0 halftime lead en route to a 41-20 season-opening victory. The Eagles opened the scoring on their first offensive possession when senior running back Dylan Aliberti saw a little opening and exploded through it…

By Adam Nazzaro NEFJ Correspondent SCITUATE – High school football officially returned in the state of Massachusetts Friday night, including a south shore non-league clash between Milton and host Scituate. Milton, which lost in last year’s Div. 3 Super Bowl, debuted new starting QB Patrick Miller. A former cornerback who replaces graduated star Owen McHugh. The Wildcats also graduated their top five receivers and running back Jack Finnegan. It didn’t…

Tony Catalina NEFJ Correspondent LEOMINSTER – With a lot of excitement and anticipation for two of Central Massachusetts’ historic programs set to kickoff the 2023 season, Mother Nature had other plans. There was only three drives and 10:01 of game action before inclement weather forced a postponement between Leominster and St. John’s Shrewsbury. The delay in play would last 41 minutes before school officials officially postponed the game, which will…