Friday night highlights
Rams, Boxers, Fishermen, and Bulldogs. Halloween costumes? No. Great high school football matchups? You bet. Here are the key matchups as we get ready to turn the calendar to November.
Brockton 13, Leominster 9 Final: No. 2 ranked Boxers held off surprising Leominster. Brockton scored all its points in the third quarter.
Natick 35, Needham 0 Final: Scott McCummings has given the Red and Blue a 7-0 lead after one quarter on a 4-yard run. CJ Dawson scored in second quarter and Natick has a two-touchdown lead at the half. The margin was 28-0 after three.
Gloucester 45, Lynn English 7 Final: Conor Ressel and Jordan Shairs each have two touchdowns and the Fisherman dominated this NEC showdown. Ressel broke the school's single-game rushing record with 257 yards.
Mansfield 14, KP 7: Jeff Hill hauled in a 37-yard TD pass and Mansfield lead after one. In the second, Brandon Howard scored on a short run for KP and Shawn Doherty scored for Mansfield.
Marshfield 10, Falmouth 0: After a scoreless first quarter, Marshfield got a touchdown and field goal (from Sean Griffin) to take a 10-0 halftime lead.
- 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.
- Mike Carraggi: An Everett native, Carraggi attends UMass-Lowell. During the season, you can see his weekly Division 1 blog and weekend picks here. You can contact him at mcarraggi@globe.com.
- 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.







