LONDONDERRY- Down 13 points in the fourth quarter, Londonderry High School refused to go quietly, staging a dramatic late comeback, Londonderry rallied to capture a thrilling 28-27 victory over Central Catholic in a non-conference clash that carried major interstate bragging rights.
St. John’s Prep 43, St. John’s Shrewsbury 20 – Eagles remain unbeaten with another statement win
Image courtesy of @WCVB By Jared Keene NEFJ Correspondent SHREWSBURY – It’s no secret that St. John’s Prep has an abundance of offensive weapons, but Eagles coach Brian St. Pierre has all the confidence in the world in his team’s defense. On Friday night, Prep’s defense had plenty of eyes on it in the battle of St. John’s, which, understandably, garnered plenty of attention this week as the top game……
Walpole 21, Milton 0 — Three first quarter touchdowns power Timberwolves to victory
By Mike Sidhly NEFJ Correspondent MILTON – With worries about an impending storm, Friday night’s matchup between two Bay State Conference rivals was moved up. While that storm never came, Walpole quarterback Blake Pileski and receiver Shane Harrington provided enough thunder and lightning in the dominant victory. The Timberwolves scored three first-quarter touchdowns and the defense was stifling in a 21-0 shutout win over Milton. Pileski hit Harrington on two…
North Attleboro 28, Mansfield 27 — Rocketeers win thriller over Hornets
By Colby Shannon NEFJ Correspondent MANSFIELD – With the game on the line Friday night, Mansfield made the bold decision to go for two in the final moments rather than tying the game, which didn’t come as a big surprise to North Attleboro head coach Mike Strachan. “You don’t get to be a 5-0 team without taking a couple of risks,” Strachan said. Mansfield, who had not held the lead since…
Hunter Henry wins NFLPA Week 6 Community MVP after teaming up with Mark Herzlich
Image courtesy of @hunterhenry Instagram FOXBOROUGH – Earlier this week, Hunter Henry, his wife Parker and former BC star Mark Herzlich held the second annual “Freedom to Play” ping pong tournament, with over $220k raised for the International Justice Mission. IJM’s mission is to end human trafficking and modern slavery. The Henry’s and Herzlich’s have become good friends and have done a number of things for the community, including spending…
New England Big Game Predictions – Week 7
Plenty of big games on the slate this week starting with a strong high school slate and a great Saturday of college games. The Patriots wrap it up on Sunday against the Jets. High School St. John’s Prep at St. John’s: The Prep continues to look like the best team in the state led by its deadly offense. The Pioneers, on the other hand, are fresh off their first win…
Catholic Memorial 42, Xaverian 21 – Rust & Thomas lead Knights past Hawks
By Michael Najarian NEFJ Correspondent WEST ROXBURY — After arriving at Catholic Memorial for his senior year of high school, there was a question of how quickly quarterback Kingston Rust would gel with star Knights receiver Ramar Thomas. Consider that question answered. Rust threw two TD passes to Thomas as part of a four-touchdown day, Thomas added a rushing score of his own, and Catholic Memorial doubled up Catholic Conference…
AJ Brown’s status still unsure for Sunday, is it worth the risk?
FOXBOROUGH – It’s really not worth rushing him back for the Jets, if we’re all being honest. AJ Brown began practicing for the first time this week since going on IR after the opener in Seattle. The Patriots now are in a 21-day window where they’d have to activate Brown or lose him for the season. That obviously isn’t happening, so when is the right time to let Drake Maye’s…
New England CFB preview – Week 7
Image courtesy of Sophie Weller/Patriots Wire After a slow weekend by our standards, it’s an almost-full slate this Saturday with 16 of the 17 New England Division 1 schools in action. It’s still October, but there’s plenty of teams that need to start stringing some wins together if they want to be playing into late November and maybe even early December. Here’s a quick run down of the local Week…
High School Dudes of the Week – Week 6
Welcome to another edition of the New England Football Journal Dudes of the Week! From game-sealing defensive plays to mind-boggling stat lines on offense, student-athletes across New England put on a show.
Here are the top performers who dominated the gridiron this past weekend.