High 5
Leon Barnes, Bedford: Senior running back piled up 237 yards and five touchdowns on 18 carries, and also picked off a pair of passes, in a 41-7 Dual County League Small Division win over Weston.
A.C. Carter, Marlborough: Senior back rushed for 161 yards and four touchdowns in a 34-7 CMass Division 1B win over Nashoba.
George Craan, Concord-Carlisle: Sophomore ran for a touchdown, caught another, and returned a punt for a third, in a 40-0 Dual County Small win over Arlington.
Ted Davenport, Medway: Senior running back carried 18 times for 167 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-7 Tri-Valley League win over Dover-Sherborn.
Matt Smith, Nipmuc Regional: Senior running back carried 16 times for 188 yards and three touchdowns, including runs of 79 and 78 yards, in a 35-14 CMass Division 2A win over Tantasqua Regional.
Hall’s Top 10 Teams
1. St. John’s (7-0); beat Leominster, 28-6
2. Natick (7-0); beat Milton, 42-14
3. Franklin (7-0); beat Taunton, 42-14
4. Marlborough (7-0); beat Nashoba Regional, 34-7
5. Holliston (7-0); beat Ashland, 36-12
6. Needham (7-0); beat Weymouth, 18-8
7. King Philip (6-1); beat North Attleboro, 28-20
8. Medway (6-1); beat Dover-Sherborn, 35-7
9. Waltham (4-2); beat Lincoln-Sudbury, 26-0
10. Wellesley (5-2); beat Norwood 28-9
Game of the Week
Natick (7-0) at Needham (7-0), tomorrow, 7 p.m.:
This is the first time these Bay State Conference rivals have met with 7-0 records. A Needham win and Weymouth loss could clinch a share of the Carey Division for the Rockets, with Needham holding the tiebreaker over Weymouth.
By the Numbers
3: Number of yards of offense Waltham allowed in the first half of its shutout against Lincoln-Sudbury.
11.5: Average yards per carry for Natick quarterback Scott McCummings, who has over 1,300 yards of total offense this season.
3: Consecutive years that a Bedford running back has passed the 200-yard mark against Weston. Senior Leon Barnes joins Tim McDonald and Northeastern’s Woody Carter.
Week 8 schedule
Friday
All games at 7 p.m. unless noted.
Natick at Needham; Trinity Catholic at Lowell Catholic; Milford at Marlborough; Westborough at Gardner; Lunenburg at Hudson; Acton-Boxborough at Waltham; Newton South at Boston Latin; Westford at Lincoln-Sudbury; Bedford at Tyngsborough; Concord-Carlisle at Weston; Wayland at Arlington; Franklin at Stoughton; King Philip at Mansfield; Stoneham at Watertown; Bellingham at Ashland; Medfield at Millis; Medway at Hopkinton; Norton at Holliston; Westwood at Dover-Sherborn; Algonquin at Worcester South; Groton-Dunstable at Assabet; Shrewsbury at Nashoba Regional.
Saturday
Northeast at Minuteman, 10:30 a.m.; Belmont Hill at Milton Academy, 1; Nobles at Lawrence Academy, 1; Framingham at Norwood, 1; Milton at Newton North, 1; Nantucket at Tri-County, 1; Keefe Tech at Nipmuc, 1; St. John’s at Xaverian, 1:30; Lexington at Winchester, 2; Rivers at St. Mark’s, 2; Thayer at Middlesex, 2; St. Sebastian’s at St. George’s, 2:30; St. Paul’s at Groton, 3:15; Wellesley at Brookline, 5; Bishop Fenwick at Arlington Catholic, 6:30
Compiled by Brendan Hall
