Massachusetts High School Football News

On a damp, drizzly night, the game plan was simple - keep running the football. St. Bernard's knew it had a weapon in that department, and Evan Brideau didn't disappoint.

It has been 20 years of agony for the Mohawk Trail Regional High School football team in its annual game with Frontier Regional School, but all of the pain from losing could go away with a win tonight in the battle of two Intercounty League teams.

In recent years when Thanksgiving arrived, it usually came with the added drama of either two divisional champion football teams duking it out for supremacy, or Weymouth trying to play spoiler against the high-flying Walpole Rebels.

"We haven't lost big to anybody. Each week we're in the game, we just haven't been able to get over that hump," says Georgetown High football coach Matt Bouchard.

The Fitchburg Junior Varsity football team ended the 2009 season on a strong note with a 14-8 victory over Twin City rival Leominster Saturday afternoon in the annual Chicken Bowl at Doyle Field.

Most of the talk within the Cape Ann League throughout the season has been about Masconomet and its dangerous one-two punch of Chris Splinter and Evan Bunker.

True, other teams showed interest in McLaughlin back when the kid was lighting it up for the Tanners.

A halftime adjustment. A momentous turnover. A game-winning play with 40 seconds left.

North Carolina is assured of a winning record and a bowl game, but Coach Butch Davis doesn't want his team to feel satisfied.

Consider John Aloisi's return home to Nantucket a success. Click here to follow us on Twitter for score updates, stories, standings and more during the Cape and Islands high school football season.

Earlier in the week, Natick coach Tom Lamb said that there was no blueprint on how to stop Walpole's Ryan Izzo.

Back from an ankle injury, halfback Bobby Murphy led the way in Duxbury's 15-13 win against Scituate last Friday, rushing for 191 yards and the decisive points in overtime.

When you come right down to it, Saturday's Big 3 Conference football matchup against Brockton is going to be a golden opportunity for New Bedford.

Last week: Bourne/Upper Cape lost to Apponequet, 28-14; Fairhaven lost to Dighton-Rehoboth, 29-8. School football: Red-hot slate on tap Click here to follow us on Twitter for score updates, stories, standings and more during the Cape and Islands high school football season.

Jesse Warren will miss Friday's game against Cathedral. Chicopee Comp correspondent Joel McAuliffe delivers an outstanding highlight package for the October 16 Comp-Putnam game.

Concord-Carlisle senior fullback Jaron Hargrove did it again. After scoring 6 rushing touchdowns last week in a 49-31 shootout victory over Wayland, he chalked up 4 more TDs and a pair of conversions on the ground to power the Patriots to a wild 45-27 Dual County League Small School Division decision over Tyngsboro last night at Memorial Field.

The Green Dragons were down to their last breath. Trailing Scituate, 13-7, in overtime, Duxbury faced fourth down at the Sailors' 5-yard line.

Scarlets coach Nigel Davies was full of praise for his side after they claimed a 32-17 bonus-point win over Worcester in their LV= Cup clash at Parc y Scarlets.

Four different Red Raiders scored touchdowns as Athol built a 21-0 halftime lead en route to 28-12 win over Mohawk Trail in Intercounty League action Friday night.

Mark Ruberti hauled in a 22-yard touchdown pass from Luke Bakanowski on with 24 seconds left to lift the visiting No.