Sharon High School Head Football Coach Ben Shuffain, has been named the New England Patriots Coach of the Week after the Eagles 30-20 win over Wareham. This is his first win as head coach for the Eagles, and it comes after the team snapped a 12-game losing streak.
The High School Football season has officially kicked off in New England with all six states playing high school football.
Now that all six states are back in action, here is this week’s High School Journal.
Rob Gullo & Andy Close NEFJ Correspondents It was an exhilarating Week 1 of the high school football season in Connecticut. The top teams all took care of business, but there were a few upsets along the way and some scores that certainly put some teams on notice throughout the state. With that, here’s the CT Top 25 Poll heading into Week 2: 1. New Canaan – New Canaan started……
Image courtesy of MaxPreps By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Staff Week 2 proved to be uneventful for movement in the top 25. Marshfield fell in lopsided fashion to St. John’s Prep to drop to 0-2 on the season. The Rams are out of the top 25 this week. Milford debuts at number 16 after dominating Leominster on the road. Xaverian, Catholic Memorial and Springfield Central were all idle last weekend. Each…
EASTHAMPTON- NEPSAC realignment was a gift from the powers that be this off-season. We knew coming into the season that we were going to get several big time match-ups to start the season.
BROOKLINE – On a picturesque Friday night for football up on the hill in Brookline, Dexter Southfield opened its season by winning ugly. With a hillside full of fans donning white clothing for a ‘white out,’ Dexter’s offense struggled in the first half, but quarterback Rory Funke’s three rushing touchdowns and 150 total yards was enough for a 21-6 win over Suffield Academy. That’s also because the defense put on…
By Charlie Adams NEFJ Correspondent KILLINGLY, CT – It is hard to match the emotional high of completing a perfect season, but the Killingly Trailblazers found a way to do so in their season opener. Killingly took down Rhode Island’s back-to-back state champion Bishop Hendricken Hawks 41-32 on Friday, leaning on its talented senior core. “The hype around this game for the past year really meant a lot to us,”…
By Chris Vogel NEFJ Correspondent NASHUA, NH – After a back and forth first half, it looked like the score would stay deadlocked at 14 headed into the break as the Bedford Bulldogs drive stalled out just inside the Nashua South side of the field in a big matchup on Friday night. Then, for the first time all night, Bennett Matthews hit on a downfield shot, connecting with Brycen D’Urso…
By Craig Boland NEFJ Correspondent NEWTOWN – With roughly nine minutes left in the fourth quarter, two-way New Canaan star and Villanova commit Andrew Esposito scored his third touchdown of the night on a direct snap. That finished off a dominant 30-10 win for New Canaan over Newtown on Friday night. Esposito scored three touchdowns on the night, two being direct snaps in a “jumbo” package near the goal line,…
By Oliver Fox NEFJ Correspondent DUXBURY – In the rematch of last year’s Division 4 state championship game, the Scituate Sailors continued a run of dominance over South Shore rival Duxbury with a 27-15 win Friday night. It’s worth noting the competitive history between the two teams, who combined for three personal fouls in the first quarter alone. As usual, it was clear that both teams were looking to make…