The story on the South Shore this season has been the play of the Hanover Hawks. They started the season with a massive, 28-18 win over Duxbury. Now at 5-0, Hanover is rolling and looking like a state title contender in D5. We called Hanover coach Brian Kelliher to talk about Hanover, the unique coaching situation, and some of the Hawks’ top players. This is an edited version of that……
A couple big results this weekend. St. Paul’s beating Dexter knocks that team out of the top 10. Also, Belmont Hill’s win over St. Sebastian’s made some waves. On to the poll . . . Week 3 Chaos Poll Catholic Memorial (3-1) St. John’s Prep (5-0) Springfield Central (4-1) King Philip (5-0) Xaverian (3-2) Deerfield (3-1) — Fought admirably against loaded Cheshire Academy. Milford (5-0) Williston Northampton (3-1) — Has……
What a week, as Catholic Memorial’s 41-38 win over Xaverian Friday night highlighted the top games of the weekend. With that, CM remains our top team, but we expect more photo finishes over the final half of the season. Some more big showdowns coming, as we are sure to see some more movement. On to the rankings. Week 5 MIAA Top 25 Catholic Memorial (3-1) — That finish won’t be……
BROOKLINE — Coming into Saturday’s trip to Dexter, Evergreen League opponent St. Paul’s was coming off a loss the week before, and about to face an opponent that is high on talent. How much talent? Well, Penn State coach James Franklin came to see the game in person, and watch Nittany Lions verbal commit Liam Andrews in action. Yet, to all that, St. Paul’s said, “So, what?” The Big Red,……
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WESTWOOD — Over the years, Catholic Memorial and Xaverian have played their share of classics. The two schools, separated by about five miles, have only seen their rivalry intensify since coach John DiBiaso went to Baker Street. And as good s some of those games have been, it would be hard to top the drama that took place at the Hawk Bowl Friday night. Lasean Sharp threw a halfback option……
By Owen Hart NEFJ Correspondent DEERFIELD MA – Cheshire Academy fought off a late comeback from Deerfield and was able to secure a 28-22 win on the road Friday night. Hanging on to a one score lead, Cheshire was set to receive a kickoff and look to put the game away. However, on the kick things bounced Deerfields way, literally and figuratively. A ball that looked destined for the endzone and……
NORTH ATTLEBORO – Football games at Community Field always have a big game feel to them and Friday night’s game visiting Milford and North Attleboro certainly felt like a heavyweight fight. Milford struck first three minutes into the game when senior quarterback Jack Buckley connected with fellow senior tight end Andrew Rivera on a 16 yard touchdown pass. The Hawks lead would be short lived however because North Attleboro would……
By Mike Scandura NEFJ Correspondent CUMBERLAND – Cumberland coach Josh Lima didn’t plan on Andy Fay handling the ball 73 percent of his team’s plays in Friday’s Division II-A game against St. Raphael Academy. But, with quarterback Evan Spencer playing for the first time in three weeks after being sidelined with an injury, and with the Clippers offensive line opening up huge holes, that’s exactly what happened. Fay, who was……
Tony Catalina NEFJ Correspondent GRAFTON – Unbeaten no more. Grafton’s defense shut down previously uneaten Doherty and got a late TD from the offense for a thrilling 14-8 win in a matchup that lived up to the hype. A game that was scoreless until there was just 2:38 left in the third quarter ended in incredible fashion with the go-ahead score coming from the arm of quarterback Jon Peeler to……