High 5
Tucker Brady, Westborough: Senior running back ran for 287 yards and five scores in a 46-36 Central Division 1B win over Gardner.
Greg Finley, Framingham: Sophomore quarterback threw five touchdown passes in the first half of the Flyers’ 54-6 Bay State Conference romp over Norwood. He piled up 266 yards passing and ran for another TD.
C.J. Logan, Watertown: Junior running back ran for four touchdowns in a 42-20 Middlesex Small win over Stoneham.
Sean Mayo, Holliston: Junior quarterback was 11 of 17 passing for 240 yards and two touchdown passes in a 42-8 Tri-Valley League win over Norton.
Kyle McGinnity, Algonquin Regional: Junior quarterback threw for 58 yards and a score, carried 17 times for 204 yards and another score, and had an interception as the Tomahawks downed Worcester South, 35-9, to secure their first win of the season.
Hall’s Top 10 teams
1. Natick (8-0); beat Needham, 35-0
2. Franklin (8-0); beat Stoughton, 21-7
3. Marlborough (8-0); beat Milford, 28-19
4. St. John’s (7-1); lost to Xaverian, 42-14
5. Holliston (8-0); beat Norton, 42-8
6. Medway (7-1); beat Dover-Sherborn, 35-7
7. Needham (7-1); lost to Natick, 35-0
8. King Philip Regional (6-2); lost to Mansfield, 20-7
9. Groton-Dunstable Regional (7-1); beat Assabet Valley Regional Tech, 47-14
10. Wellesley (6-2); beat Brookline, 34-0
Game of the week
Lawrence Academy (6-0) at Belmont Hill (5-1), tomorrow, 2 p.m.: Averaging a ridiculous 48.8 points per game, the Spartans from Groton face their stiffest challenge in the Independent School League so far in Belmont Hill and workhorse running back Ryan Paganetti (16 touchdowns). Lawrence’s next foe is Buckingham, Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge.
By the numbers
199: Career wins for Acton-Boxborough Regional coach Bill Maver, who goes for No. 200 tomorrow night against rival Lincoln-Sudbury Regional and its veteran coach Tom Lopez, who reached the mark three seasons ago.
1980: The most recent postseason berth for Marlborough High before this year’s squad qualified last Friday by beating Milford to clinch the Division 1B crown. Marlborough lost to Doherty Memorial, 14-12, in the 1980 Division 1 Super Bowl.
Week 9 schedule
(All games 7 p.m. unless noted)
Tomorrow: Lawrence Academy at Belmont Hill, 2 p.m.; St. Sebastian’s at Groton, 2; Middlesex at Roxbury Latin, 3; St. Mark’s at St. Paul’s, 3; Tri-County Regional Tech at Blue Hills Regional Tech, 3; Lexington at Belmont, 6; Arlington at Bedford, 6:30; Cardinal Spellman at Arlington Catholic, 6:30; Framingham at Milton; Wellesley at Braintree; Weymouth at Natick; Algonquin Regional at Fitchburg; Gardner at Milford; North Middlesex Regional at Marlborough; Hudson at Clinton; Lunenburg at Groton-Dunstable Regional; Maynard at West Boylston; Lincoln-Sudbury Regional at Acton-Boxborough Regional; Concord Carlisle Regional at Wayland; Tyngsborough at Weston; Stoughton at King Philip Regional; Watertown at Melrose; Ashland at Dover-Sherborn; Holliston at Medfield; Hopkinton at Bellingham; Medway at Westwood; Millis at Norton; Assabet Valley Tech at Quabbin Regional.
Saturday: Brookline at Norwood, 1 p.m.; Blackstone Valley Tech at Keefe Tech, 1; Waltham at Newton South, 1; Lowell Catholic at Marian, 1:30; Minuteman Regional at St. Clement, 1:30; Franklin at Sharon, 2; Wachusett Regional at St. John’s, 2; Bartlett at Nipmuc Regional, 2; Dedham at Newton North, 2; Walpole at Needham, 2:30; Nashoba Regional at Westborough, 3.
Compiled by Brendan Hall
