Shepherd Hill 28, Marlborough 14 – Rams clinch MidWach B with convincing win over Panthers

October 31, 2025

By Dante Iafrate NEFJ Correspondent MARLBOROUGH – The reason why the Shepherd Hill Regional High School football team remains one of the toughest in Central Mass showed at Kelleher Field in Marlborough on Friday night. The Rams extended a five-game winning streak with a victory over the Panthers, 28-13 in convincing fashion. More importantly, the win gave Shepherd Hill won the Midland Wachusett League B title. “A lot of hard……

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North Attleboro 17, Foxboro 14 – Red Rocketeers win on last-second Torres field goal

October 31, 2025

By Tom O’Brien NEFJ Correspondent NORTH ATTLEBORO –   In a highly anticipated Halloween matchup that had Hockomock League Davenport division and playoff implications, North Attleboro walked off Foxboro 17-14 in a thriller thanks to senior kicker Nick Torres. Torres booted a 29-yard game-winner as the clock hit zeros. “I got to give it to the team. I can kick one ball and make the game winner, but we never…

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Tri-County has been on the prowl this season

October 31, 2025

The Tri-County Cougars are off to a 7-1 start this season and appear poised to make a strong playoff push starting next week. After making history last season by winning the school’s first vocational bowl, the expectations were high coming into this season.

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Barnstable 28, Bridgewater-Raynham 18 – Redhawks clinch Southeast Conference title

October 30, 2025

By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Staff HYANNIS – The majority of Thursday night’s battle between Bridgewater-Raynham and Barnstable was played in a driving rain with significant wind gusts. Barnstable made sure to strike quickly by scoring 22 first quarter points, beating the Trojans and the weather 28-18 to clinch a conference championship. While the offense scored all the points Barnstable would need in the game’s first 12 minutes, it was the…

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2025 Vermont High School Playoff Preview

October 30, 2025

It is playoff time in Vermont. Division One is wide open while Divisions Two and Three feature heavy favorites in Hartford and Woodstock.

Will the favorites hold serve or will we see some upsets over the course of the next three weeks?

Let’s dive into each division and break to down.

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Talking ball with Masconomet running back Jack Fabiano

October 30, 2025

We got a chance to catch up with Masconomet running back Jack Fabiano after his record breaking performance last week in a 45-42 win over Marblehead.

In the last two weeks, Fabiano has carried the ball 72 times for 633 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns. Unreal numbers.

Here is our conversation with Jack.

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New England high school preview – Week 9

October 29, 2025

By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Staff It’s the final week of the Massachusetts high school football regular season. There are plenty of intriguing storylines this week, featuring six ranked versus ranked matchups, teams needing a win to be postseason eligible and teams hoping to improve seeding. Vermont is the first New England state to begin postseason play. All three divisions will start the playoffs this week in The Green Mountain State….

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NEPSAC Top 10 Poll – Week 7

October 28, 2025

Some unbelievable games this past weekend lead to some changes in this week’s poll. We also welcome Pingree as a newcomer to our Top 10. Well deserved move up.

Here is this week’s poll.

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Connecticut Top 25 – Week 7

October 27, 2025

By Andy Close & Robert Gullo NEFJ Correspondents We’re now past the midpoint of the Connecticut high school 2025 football season, with many great matchups taking place this past weekend including the No. 1 vs. No. 2 team. In our latest poll, the Top-10 stayed the same as last week, with a little bit of movement, but nothing significant. ` Here’s our latest poll: 1. New Canaan (6-0): New Canaan…

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