Champions Q&A: Uxbridge coach Matt Blood

January 18, 2024

It was a dream season for the Uxbridge Spartans. Without so much as a single close game, Uxbridge rolled through its schedule with a 13-0 record. It culminated in a D7 state title with a 42-16 win over Amesbury at Gillette. We spoke with Uxbridge coach Matt Blood on how this all came about. Here is an edited version of that conversation. Adam Kurkjian: I guess the first question I……

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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 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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Uxbridge 33, Auburn 0 — LaChapelle leads the way for Spartans

October 27, 2023

By Tony Catalina NEFJ Correspondent UXBRIDGE — The beat goes on for the Uxbridge Spartans, as the high-flying offense continues to make plays en route to a perfect regular season. On Friday night, they beat the Auburn Rockets, 33-0. What started off slow and looking like an even defensive battle between the two teams turned into the Spartans once again flexing their muscles for their eighth win of the season…….

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Five underrated high school results from Week 2

September 18, 2023

There were a few results that caught our eye over the weekend that were not included in our preview or Top 25 and 15 out teams. These squads aren’t ranked at the moment, but still bear watching. (In alphabetical order of winning team) Bishop Feehan 29, Attleboro 6 — We did not want to count out Feehan too quickly after the Shamrocks lost a competitive game to North Attleboro in……

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