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Friday night highlights

Posted by Bob Holmes, Globe Staff October 9, 2009 06:11 PM

We'll have updates and highlights from four of the top games in EMass tonight. Stay right here for:
1. Brockton 27, Fitchburg 12: Sam Previte threw two first-half TD passes to Albert Louis-Jean and Trevon Offley scored a third TD as the No. 2 Boxers took a 20-0 lead at the half and cruised to their fourth win of the fall.
2. Bridgewater-Raynham 21, Attleboro 20: The Trojans stopped All-Scholastic running back Matt Campbell on a two-point conversion run in the last minute of play to take the Old Colony League thriller. Ryan Araujo's touchdown run eartly in the fourth quarter put Attleboro on top of B-R. Campbell had Attleboro's other touchdown. Isiah Johnson scored on a 2-yard run to give the Trojans a 7-0 lead after one.
3. Franklin 27, Foxboro 13: Matt Carini had two long touchdown runs and caught an 82-yard scoring pass as the Panthers took a 21-point lead at the half and went on to take a 27-13 win. Nick Colson's 10-yard TD pass gave the Panthers their final points of the half. Mike Delaney's third-quarter touchdown kept Foxboro in the game with a quarter to play.
4. Burke 24, Latin Academy 21: One week after having its game postponed because officials didn't show up, Burke showed a week off isn't a bad thing, stunning Latin Academy. Burke improved to 3-1 overall, 1-0 in the Boston South. LA fell to 3-2, 1-1.

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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. Contact him at rholmes@globe.com.
  • Zuri Berry: From San Francisco, Berry attended the same high school as sports legends O.J. Simpson and Joe DiMaggio. (Guess which one is his hero.) He'll be trolling the high school landscape with a video camera across all divisions. Contact him at zberry@boston.com.
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  • Michael Grossi: A Lexington native (Go Minutemen!), Grossi attends Northeastern. He covers Division 2 and 2A and unsuccessfully lobbied to include Lexington in the preseason Top 20.

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