By Tom O’Brien NEFJ Correspondent WESTWOOD – The 48th annual Shriners North/South All Star Classic took place on Friday night at Xaverian Brothers in Westwood and it was a defensive struggle throughout. The Shriners All Star Classic is an Eastern Mass senior All Star game put on by the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association and sponsored by the Aleppo Shriners Organization, with all proceeds going to the Shriners Hospital……

By Mukala Kabongo NEFJ Correspondent NORTH ANDOVER –  Fitchburg upset Peabody 15-14 in the Division 2 girls flag football state championship on Thursday night behind Bianelis Pena’s two touchdown passes. “I’m proud of my girls, they battled through adversity and got it done,” said head coach Anthony Oquendo Trailing 14-7 in the second half, Fitchburg’s defense forced a safety off an errant snap to make it 14-9. Needing a stop…

FRANKLIN- The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) football committee brought its plan for a Division 1A “Super 8” tournament before the Tournament Management Committee (TMC) on Tuesday morning in Franklin. The proposal was met with excitement and skepticism.

The Warriors are coming off of another Super Bowl run in Division 5 and while they fell short in the big game and graduated a lot of key contributors, the Warriors return a good nucleus of players and they added former Attleboro quarterback Braden Jones who will compete for the starting quarterback job.

Hoosac Valley didn’t have to look far to find its next leader on the gridiron. The Hurricanes have officially named long-time assistant Jeremy Levesque as the program’s new Head Football Coach.