West Haven football player passes away

December 6, 2023

A West Haven High School football player passed away five days before the program plays in its first state title game in 20 years.  Christopher Fidalgo-Pugh, a sophomore lineman apparently had a medical emergency and passed away on Tuesday morning. School principal Dana Paredes released a statement on behalf of the school.  “This news has deeply impacted our school community, and our thoughts and prayers go out to his family……

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Friday’s state champions exceeded high expectations

December 2, 2023

Preseason expectations are funny. For some teams, they can feel like a heavy weight, and add unwanted pressure. They can crumble a team’s psyche. Then, for others, those expectations don’t affect them negatively at all. And those squads fly past them, and even improve upon them. It was the latter scenario for the three state title winners in Friday’s games at Gillette Stadium. Uxbridge in D7, Duxbury in D4, and……

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Division 5 Super Bowl — Foxboro 48, Hanover 21 — Storybook finish for Warriors

December 2, 2023

FOXBORO — For a season in which Jack Martinelli won his 300th game, and capped it off with a D5 state title, the Foxboro coach had the perfect word for it. “You know, it’s been storybook,” Martinelli said. “But, as I said early on, kids have personal goals. They have team goals. I never asked anything what they were. I said it always bears the truth at the end of……

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King Philip’s run this season was one for the ages

December 1, 2023

King Philip completed a 13-0 season last night after beating Marshfield 42-14 in the Division Two state title game. Not many programs in the history of Massachusetts High Football history can say that had a season like this. It was truly a season for the ages.  Along the way, the Warriors won the Kelley-Rex Division of the Hockomock League for the first time since 2018, got to play at Fenway……

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Division 7 Super Bowl — Uxbridge 42, Amesbury 16 — Spartans leave no doubt, complete perfect season

December 1, 2023

By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Correspondent FOXBORO — Top-seeded Uxbridge capped off an undefeated season Friday afternoon at Gillette Stadium with a resounding, 42-16 win over Amesbury in the Division 7 state championship game. The Spartans were led all season by the backfield tandem of brothers Kellen and Camden LaChapelle. The two racked up 302 rushing yards and six touchdowns in the game. As they have all season, the Spartans dominated……

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Marques paves the way for Fairhaven state title run

December 1, 2023

Workhorse is a term often used in football to describe a running back who can handle carrying the football beyond a normal workload. Well, Fairhaven junior running back Justin Marques has redefined the term after carrying the ball 46 times yesterday for 228 yards and four touchdown in the Blue Devils 26-22 victory over Salem in the Division 6 Super Bowl.  When asked about his star running back’s workload, Fairhaven……

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Division 3 Super Bowl — Milton 42, Walpole 21 — Wildcats storm back from early deficit

December 1, 2023

FOXBORO — When Walpole and Milton met in the regular season, the former rolled over the latter in blowout fashion. Early on in Thursday night’s D3 state final between the two, it looked as if Walpole would do it again. Then, Milton woke up, and that deficit disappeared fast. The Wildcats bounced back from that slow start and rolled to a 42-21 victory at Gillette Stadium, a year after losing……

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