By Paul Vozzella NEFJ Staff DORCHESTER — BC High took on Xaverian Friday night in a Catholic Conference battle. The Eagles controlled the scoreboard for the majority of the game with a big swing in momentum coming early in the second quarter that led to the 30-13 win. BC High running back Brenden Ryan suffered an injury early in the game, leaving the brunt of the backfield workload on running…
Andrew Guindon NEFJ Staff SPRINGFIELD – West Springfield left no doubt on Friday night, defeating Wahconah Regional 46-14 in blowout fashion. The Terriers moved to 6-0 while the Warriors dropped to 3-3. West Springfield running back/receiver Johnny Gingeruha opened the Terriers’ scoring barrage early into the first quarter on an inside touchdown run and it was a rout from there. Quarterback Nate Stone connected with wide receiver Aidan Cornelius for…
An interesting slate of games this weekend. There are fewer top games, but they are high quality. It should be another fun weekend. Let’s get to it. Xaverian at BC High — Both of these teams are coming off huge Catholic Conference showdowns, with another one coming this week. Although the Hawks lost to CM, sophomore quarterback Will Wood had a great game. BC High counters with a top quarterback…
Business picked up this week in the NEPSAC. Several early key match-ups in the ISL Large highlighted the slate.
There was some movement in the poll. St. Paul’s made the biggest jump after their win over Dexter-Southfield, 13-12.
Here is our top ten poll along with the next five.
1. Brunswick (5-0): Bruins beat Suffield Academy 35-7. Host Phillips Andover on Saturday.
Lots of byes this week. As a result, there wasn’t much of a change in this week’s poll. Expect changes this however after a good slate of games. 1. Greenwich (4-0): Bye last week. A match up with Wilton awaits the Cardinals this week. 2. Windsor (4-0): Coming off a bye and a big test ahead against Maloney on Friday. 3. Staples (4-0): Bye week over. Wreckers visit New Canaan…
Image courtesy of the New England Patriots Following a huge win in a Boston City League match last weekend, Tech Boston Academy’s Raul Brown was named the latest Patriots’ Coach of the Week on Tuesday. The winner of the game also took home the Joseph Mason Cup and most importantly, the win moved the Bears to 5-1 on the year after the 32-26 victory over Latin Academy “We lost a…
With a Thursday night game this week, Bill O’Brien has some time off on Saturday. He’ll spend it getting inducted into the St. John’s Prep Hall of Fame. The ceremony is taking place as part of the Eagles’ Homecoming Weekend. At 5-0, it’s a big one against 4-1 Malden Catholic. O’Brien is being inducted along with nine other former St. John’s Prep athletes. O’Brien graduated from the class of 1988…
Not a ton of change, although some teams in the Top 10 moved up a little. Week 4 New England Poll 1. St. John’s Prep (5-0) 2. Springfield Central (4-1) 3. Catholic Memorial (4-1) 4. Greenwich (4-0) 5. Staples (4-0) 6. King Philip (5-0) 7. Needham (5-0) 8. Hand (5-0) 9. Xaverian (3-2) 10. BC High (4-0) 11. Windsor (4-0) 12. Bishop Hendricken (4-2) 13. Scituate (5-0) 14. Bedford (6-0)…
A lot of top NEPSAC teams took losses, so some teams moved down, others out in this combined MIAA and NEPSAC Massachusetts poll. The biggest results were BB&N over Belmont Hill, Tabor over St. Sebastian’s, and St. Paul’s over Dexter. Here we go . . . Week 4 Chaos Poll 1. St. John’s Prep (5-0) 2. Springfield Central (4-1) 3. Catholic Memorial (4-1) 4. BB&N (4-0) — Has looked strong…
The key result of the weekend was Catholic Memorial’s 40-37 victory over Xaverian. It did not cause too much upheaval overall. Other than that, Canton’s upset over North Attleboro shook things up in the 15 out. On to it . . . Week 6 MIAA Top 25 1. St. John’s Prep (5-0) — Eagles looked sharp against St. John’s (S). 2. Springfield Central (4-1) — Continues to rule Western Mass. 3. Catholic Memorial…