High School: Dudes of The Week

October 5, 2022

Week 4 is history and per usual, we had some great performances. Here are our Dudes Of The Week for this past week. Everett’s Kamarri Ellerbe, rushed for 51 yards and a pair of touchdowns and completed 6 of 10 passes for 158 yards and another score in a 42-16 win over BC High. DUDE! BB&N running back Bo MacCormack rushed for 160 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 41-20…

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High School: Prep School Poll

October 3, 2022

Poll put together by Jake Klein NEFJ Correspondent Choate Rosemary Hall The Wild Boars rocked their first two opponents, blanking a solid Lawrenceville (NJ) team 37-0 before opening the Founders League season with a 53-0 win against Kent. They’ve finally got a legitimate Division-I quarterback in junior Nick Rubino (though he doesn’t play every drive), and they’ve scored more points through two games than any other Choate team since 2017….

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High School: Connecticut Top 25 – Week 4

October 3, 2022

Poll put together by Jake Klein NEFJ correspondent 1. New Canaan The Rams took care of business against Bridgeport Central, holding steady in the top spot for the second straight week. They ran only 40 plays from scrimmage in the 37-0 win—three different players threw a pass, seven carried at least once and seven made a catch. Hunter Telesco, the team’s MVP to this point, ran seven times for 94…

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High School: 10/2 Chaos Poll

October 2, 2022

Welcome to the second Chaos Poll of the fall. The big mover is Lawrence Academy, which handled Milton Academy on the road. With that, we’re moving the Spartans up into the top 10. We feel that Lawrence’s physicality on the lines, and offensive efficiency with quarterback Michael Landolfi, would serve it well against the other teams on this list. Milton still owns the impressive win over BB&N on the resume,…

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High School: Week 4 MIAA Top 25

October 2, 2022

More changes after this weekend’s games. Andover’s win over Central Catholic is the biggest mover. The Hockomock feels like there will be a lot of parity. A couple new teams as we get into the meaty portion of league play. Let’s get to it. Week 4 MIAA Top 25 1. Catholic Memorial (3-0) — Don’t have any clue how you defend this team. 2. Springfield Central (3-1) — Clicking on all cylinders. 3….

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High School: MacCormick powers BB&N bounce back win over Thayer

October 2, 2022

CAMBRIDGE- BB&N needed a bounce back win in the worst way after losing their season opener to Milton Academy last week. In order to get that win, they needed to return to the basics. They needed to run the football. The Knights did exactly that. Led by sophomore running back Bo MacCormack, BB&N got in the win column for the first time in 2022 with a 41-20 win over Thayer…

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High School: Loomis Chaffee suffocates Avon Old Farms, wins highly-anticipated prep matchup

October 2, 2022

By Jake Klein NEFJ Correspondent WINDOSR, CT – A lot has changed since Loomis Chaffee beat Avon Old Farms last season. Both teams have new head coaches — Jon Wholley took over at AOF and Adam Banks for Loomis. A new quarterback — Ryan Puglisi — leads the Winged Beavers. Half of the Pelican starters from last year’s NEPSAC title team graduated. But Loomis’ 28-10 win over Avon Saturday night…

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High School: Lawrence Academy rolls past Milton Academy

October 1, 2022

MILTON — Even with a season-opening win over Belmont Hill, Lawrence Academy was kind of the forgotten team in this year’s race to an Independent School League title. Well, in Saturday’s game against Milton Academy, the Spartans gave a performance to remember with a 40-18 rout of the two-time defending ISL champs. Lawrence, in improving to 2-0, became the first ISL team to beat Milton since Nobles pulled it off…

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High School: NEFJ & Gold Athletics Game of the Week – Grafton 13, Marlborough 7

October 1, 2022

MARLBOROUGH – Heading into a matchup of Central Massachusetts unbeatens at historic Kelleher Field on Friday night, a quick glance at the team stats for Marlborough and Grafton suggested it would be a tight, defensive affair. That’s exactly what the lively crowd on hand got. The Gators and Panthers combined for just 20 points with Grafton pulling out a 13-7 win on the road in the New England Football Journal/Gold…

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High School: King Philip survives a scare at home in 26-24 win over Taunton

October 1, 2022

WRENTHAM- Coming off of one of the best wins in program history last week against Xaverian, you can understand why the King Philip Warriors might have come out a little flat tonight against Taunton at home. Despite the slow start and back and forth scoring early, the Warriors survived and narrowly escaped with a 26-24 win. The first quarter was like two boxers exchanging blows early. Taunton open the scoring…

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