Swampscott XP
Defending Division 3 Super Bowl champion Swampscott scrimmages Methuen in a couple hours, and considering all the information head coach Steve Dembowski has his players download since preseason opened Aug. 18, it's almost like the Big Blue is testing software.
“I’d definitely say we have one of the most detailed system’s in the area,” said Dembowski, who in his tenth season as Swampscott's head coach brought the Big Blue its first championship in some three decades.
He said new quarterback Chris Cameron, the 6-foot, 180-pound senior stepping in under center for Peter Kinchley, has to be the smartest player on the field. But at yesterday’s practice, Cameron wasn’t the only player on the field wearing a wristband to recall plays.
Backs, receivers and at least one assistant coach also appeared to have bands around their arms just to keep up with the nuances of Dembowski’s system, and Dembowski himself had a full laminated play sheet dangling from his shorts.
The plus side is that the Big Blue have experience coming back, the minus is that most of it’s on defense. The scrimmage will give everyone a chance to see how much of Dembowski’s system the players have learned.
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- Bob Holmes: A Reading resident (Go Rockets!) and Boston College graduate, Holmes is the Boston Globe High School Sports Editor. We remind you now that his weekly picks are often made in jest so everyone just calm down when he picks against Everett for 11 straight weeks.
- Mike Carraggi: An Everett native (Go Tide!), Mike attends Eastern Nazarene college and is entering his second year with the Globe. He'll focus on Division 1 this fall, which means he'll spend a lot of time in his hometown, which Forsberg thinks is cool because the Tide have that Fried Dough cart.
- Emily Wright: A Hyannis native (Go Barnstable Red Raiders!), Emily is a senior at Emerson College and has been with the Globe since the end of July. She'll cover Division 1A and will be the first intern we've trusted to navigate her way to Dennis-Yarmouth or any other school on the Cape.
- Mike Grossi: A Lexington native (Go Minutemen!), Mike attends Northeastern and has been with the Globe for two months. He'll cover Division 2 and 2A and unsuccessfully lobbied to include Lexington in the preseason Top 20.
- Jonathan Raymond: A native of Benicia, Calif. (a suburb of San Francisco), Jonathan attends Northeastern and has been working at the Globe since the end of June. He will be focusing on Division 3 and is likely woefully underprepared for covering a game in a foot of snow.
- David Carty: A native of West Bridgewater (Go Wildcats!), David is a senior at Emerson College and has been working at the Globe for a year. He'll cover Divisions 3A and 4 because, "small school ball is in my blood."
- The bench: You'll also catch updates from our regional contributors, including Globe North's Julian Benbow and South's Monique Walker. Correspondent Brendan Hall will have updates from the Globe West coverage area and will often try to sneak in Central Mass. news.
