Schedule for 2022 Mass. HS football state championship games

THURSDAY. I AM DAVID WILLIAMS. >> NOW, HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FRENZY. DUKE: HI, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO SPORTSCENTER 5’S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FRENZY. IT’S THE MOMENT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR ALL WEEK, AND ALL YEAR. WE’RE GOING AROUND THE STATE IN OUR EXPANDED COVERAGE, BRINGING YOU HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BIGGEST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RIVALRIES. STUDENTS, COACHES, CHEERLEADERS, MARCHING BANDS, AND FANS. IT’S A THANKSGIVING DAY TRADITION. SPORTSCENTER 5’S BOB HALLORAN GETS US STARTED WITH A BATTLE OF THE BORDER. JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY, BRAINTREE AND SUPER BOWL-BOUND MILTON. BOB: THERE WERE TWO POWERFUL AND CAN ACTING FORCES THAT WORK FOR MILTON. THEY WANT TO BEAT BRAINTREE, BUT MORE THAN THAT THEY WANT TO WIN THEIR FIRST SUPER BOWL NEXT WEEKEND. DO THEY RISK INJURY AND PLAY FOR STARTERS? THE ANSWER WAS YES. THE HEAD COACH, PUTTING HIS BEST FOOT AND HIS BEST TEAM FORWARD. >> THE TITLE WAS UP FOR GRABS. WE ARE UNDEFEATED. HAVEN’T LOST AT HOME IN SEVERAL YEARS. THERE WERE LOTS OF REASONS AND I TOLD THE GUYS IF YOU ARE HEALTHY ENOUGH TO PRACTICE, YOU CAN PLAY. BOB: MILTON IS ENJOYING AN UNDEFEATED SEASON AND PUT TOGETHER A POWERHOUSE PROGRAM. THEY GOT THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES TO DYLAN MCKENZIE AND TOUCHDOWN RUNS FROM NATHAN AND THE CAPTAIN WAS IN AGAIN. MILTON WINS 42-0. IS IT HARD TO FOCUS ON THIS GAME WHEN YOU HAVE A BIG GAME AHEAD OF YOU? WALKS A LITTLE. COACH SAYS WE HAVE TO PLAY WITH SPIRITS. I DON’T CARE ABOUT NEXT WEEK, WE HAVE TO LIVE IN THE MOMENT. BOB: WHAT WILL IT MEAN IF YOU WINS A SUPER — WIN A SUPER BOWL TITLE? ASK IT WILL BE HISTORY. THE COACH HAS BEEN WORKING HARD AND ALL THE PLAYERS BEFORE HAVE WORKED HARD TO SET A STANDARD AND WE ARE TRYING TO INIS THE JOB. BOB: FOR NOW IT IS TIME TO FINISH THE TURKEY. BOB HALLORAN, WCVB NEWSCENTER 5. ♪ BEN: THE SOUNDS — DUKE: THE SOUNDS OF THE HOPKINTON BAND, TAKING US INTO OUR NEXT MATCH-UP. AND THIS IS A METRO-WEST RIVALRY. THE FANS AND THE CHEERLEADERS WERE READY. THESE TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE TEAMS TWO HAVE BEEN BATTLING IT OUT ON THANKSGIVING FOR GENERATIONS. HILLERS HOSTING THE CLOCKERS. THIS IS HOPKINTON QB ROBERT LICHER, FINDING SEAMUS MURPHY, INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. AND THEN MORE. ASHLAND WOULD ANSWER. TD PASS OF 43 YARDS FROM PATRICK DWINNELLS INTO THE END ZONE FOR JERRY JUDGE, TO GIVE THE CLOCKERS A HALFTIME LEAD 14-12. THAT WOULD BE THEIR LAST POINTS OF THE DAY. HOPKINTON WINS IT, 32-14. KEEPING IT IN METROWEST, TO NATICK, WHERE TODAY MARKED THE 117TH MEETING BETWEEN THE FRAMINGHAM FLYERS AND THE NATICK RED HAWKS. THIS IS A 55 YARD REVERSE. THE TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM DREW GEORGE TO DREW WALDRON. 21-0 IN THE FIRST HALF. NATICK STRIKES AGAIN. 40 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM DAMON TAYLOR TO OWEN CORRIGNA. FINAL SCORE, NATICK WINS, 49-13. BOSTON ENGLISH AND BOSTON LATIN, GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD AT HARVARD STADIUM TODAY FOR THE 134TH TIME. LATIN, LOOKING TO GET REVENGE FOR LAST YEAR. THIS TD PASS FROM DOUGLAS GEORGE TO AUGUST GROH, PUTS LATIN ON TOP 6-0. ENGLISH WOULD ANSWER, AND THEN SOME, AFTER A TOUCHDOWN. THIS 2, COUGHED UP AND RECOVERED BY JASON EDMONDS IN THE END ZONE. LATIN ANSWERS. IN THIS BACK AND FORTH GAME, BACK AND FORTH THEY WENT. ERIC POWER POWERS THROUGH, BUT ENGLISH WINS, 52-44. TWO PROUD PROGRAMS FROM THE CATHOLIC CONFERENCE, BC HIGH AND SUPER BOWL-BOUND CATHOLIC MEMORIAL. FIRST QUARTER, CM LEADS 7-0. SENIOR BRADY MCGOWAN INTERCEPTS BC HIGH AT THE CM 9-YARD LINE, AND HE WILL RETURN IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BC HIGH 10-YARD LINE. AFTER THAT, THAT SET UP THIS. SOPHOMORE MAKYE DODD SCORES, FOLLOWING THE MCGOWAN INTERCEPTION, AND FINDS THE END ZONE ON A 2-YARD RUN. CM LEADS, 14-0. THEY WOULD HANG ON TO WIN IT, 42-28 THE BATTLE OF THE ROCK FEATURES PLYMOUTH NORTH HEADING SOUTH FOR THANKSGIVING DAY, LOOKING TO AVENGE AN OVERTIME LOSS LAST YEAR. AND THIS GAME HAD A LOT OF SCORING THE NORTH WITH A TOUCHDOWN STRIKE. THIS IS SHAMUS WHITING TO JOEY MORIARTY IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE. SOUTH HAD AN ANSWER, AND A BIG ONE. RUNNING BACK CASSIUS JOHNSON BREAKS FREE INTO THE OPEN FIELD, SEES DAYLIGHT, SEES THE END ZONE. PANTHERS WIN THIS ONE GOING AWAY. PLYMOUTH SOUTH 42, PLYMOUTH NORTH 14 HOW ABOUT THE VOICE OF THE HOLLISTON PANTHERS, WCVB LEGEND JACK HARPER. HIS SONS, PLAYING AGAINST THE WESTWOOD WOLVERINES. AND DEVIN HARDING IS IN A CROWD, UNTIL HE ISN’T. FINDS SOME SPACE, AND KEEPS GOING FOR THE HOLLISTON TOUCHDOWN. THEY PUT ON A SHOW. THEN, QUARTERBACK AND CAPTAIN, TJ KILEY WITH THE QUICK THROW TO ANDREW DENISON, WHO FINDS THE END ZONE. ALL PANTHERS IN THIS ONE. THEY WIN IT, 42-7. STAY IN THE TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE A SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE NORWOOD AND DEDHAM. MUSTANGS’ QUARTERBACK PICKED OFF, HE TAKES IT ALL THE WAY. WE GO TO THE FOURTH QUARTER. BIG BRO. HE WILL FIND HIS MAN RYAN KELLEY. NORWOOD DOESN’T GET THE EXTRA POINT. DEDHAM WINZIP 14-6. WAY DOWN SO, THE SOUTH COAST CHAMPIONSHIP. RUNNING AND THROWING. THE FINAL OVER OLD ROCHESTER REGIONAL, 22-3. 31ST MATCH-UP FOR TWO ANNUAL STATE POWERHOUSES. XAVERIAN TRAVELING TO DANVERS TO TAKE ON SUPER BOWL-BOUND ST. JOHN’S PREP. A BATTLE OF THE BIRDS. THE HAWKS AND THE EAGLES PICK IT UP IN THE SECOND HALF OF A 10-7 GAME. AND SENIOR CARSON BROWN WITH A BURST THANKS TO HIS LINE, 53 YARDS AND INTO THE END ZONE. EXTRA POINT MAKES IT 17-7 ST. JOHN’S PREP. EAGLES WOULD ANSWER WITH SOME FAMILIAR NAMES. HENRY HASSELBECK GETS CRUSHED, BUT GETS THE PASS OFF TO CHARLIE COMELLA. BOTH THEIR DADS PLAYED IN THE NFL. 65 YARDS, A BROKEN TACKLE, AND LONG TD. ST. JOHN’S PREP WOULD HOLD ON AND THEY WIN IT 27-14. TO MARTINELLI FIELD, MANSFIELD AND FOXBORO. AND THIS WAS ALL HORNETS. THIS WAS BRANDON JACKMAN, ALL JACKED UP AFTER THIS INTERCEPTION TO THE END ZONE MADE IT 13-0NOTHING — 13-0. THEN, UP 20-0, SENIOR CAPTAIN CONNER ZAKOWSKI LOOKS AND LOOKS, BUT CAN’T FIND A RECEIVER. WHAT DOES HE DO? HE FINDS THE END ZONE WITH HIS LEGS. ALL MANSFIELD. THEY WIN THE HOCKAMOCK LEAGUE’S DAVENPORT DIVISION TITLE WITH THE TROPHY ON THE ROAD. FINAL SCORE 33-0. TWO TEAMS WITH EXCELLENT SEASONS, HOPING FOR A TURKEY DAY GAME TO REMEMBER. OUR NAOKO FUNAYAMA WENT TO MELROSE WHICH HOSTED UNDEFEATED WAKEFIELD BEFORE THEY HEAD TO THE DIVISION 3 SUPER BOWL. >> YOU ARE WATCHING FOOTBALL FRENZY ON CHANNEL 5. NAOKO: FOOTBALL FRENZY AT MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL AGAINST WAKEFIELD, A STORIED RIVALRY THAT DATES BACK OVER 100 YEARS. MELROSE HAS THE ALL-TIME EDGE AND HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE. THEY OPENED WITH TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN THE FIRST QUARTER. FIRST, STEPHEN FORGARTY FIVE-YARD RUN FOR THE SCORE MAKES IT 6-0 MELROSE. THEN, EARLY 2ND QUARTER, DOM DELGADO, A HUGE 24-YARD RUN. TAKES IT TO JUST ABOUT THE ONE YARD LINE. NEXT PLAY, THEY END UP PUNCHING IT IN, AND IT’S 12-0 MELROSE. WITH 26 SECONDS LEFT IN THE HALF, WAKEFIELD, KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. BUT THE PASS IS INTERCEPTED BY JOSH MADDEN. BUT MADDEN COMES OUT OF THE ENDZONE AND THEN GOES BACK IN, SO IT ENDS UP BEING A SAFETY FOR WAKEFIELD. IT’S 12-2. IT TAKES UNTIL THE 4TH QUARTER, BUT WAKEFIELD FINALLY FINDS THE END ZONE. NATHAN DELGADO RUNS IT IN. WAKEFIELD WITHIN 3 POINTS. IT’S 12-9 MELORE. THEN, WITH LESS THAN 30 SECONDS LEFT IN THE GAME, THE QUARTERBACK KEEPER FOR JAVIN WILLIS TURNS THE TABLES AS WAKEFIELD WINS IT 15-12. >> WE FEEL AMAZING. WE STARTED OFF BAD IN THE FIRST HALF, THEN WE HAD TO COME TOGETHER AND PLAY HARD. WE KNOW THAT OFF. >> THE SENIOR YEAR GAME AGAINST THE RIVALRY, I WANTED THIS WIN SO BAD. THIS FEELS GREAT. >> IT IS MONUMENTAL. IN OUR OWN LITTLE FOOTBALL WORLD IT IS MONUMENTAL. NAOKO: MONUMENTAL INDEED. WAKEFIELD CONTINUES THEIR PERFECT SEASON WITH THEIR BIGGEST GAME. THE SUPERBOWL. DIVISION THREE MATCHUP BETWEEN MILTON AND WAKEFIELD ON DECEMBER 3 AT GILLETTE STADIUM. IN MELROSE, NAOKO FUNAYAMA, WCVB SPORTSCENTER 5. DUKE: A RECORD FIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS GOT A SPECIAL TREAT AND PLAYED AT FENWAY PARK THIS WEEK. THE FIRST ONE WAS TUESDAY, A CITY OF BOSTON BATTLE BETWEEN LATIN ACADEMY AND O’BRYANT, WITH THE SCORING STARTING ON THIS 30 YARD PASS FROM BAILEY BELLINEE TO MATT WYNN. 8-0 DRAGONS. THEN, BELLINEE THROWS A FADE TO 6’7″ SENIOR BRENNAN SHAPYRO FOR 6 MORE. LATIN ACADEMY JUMPED ON TOP, 32-0. SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT FOR THE TIGERS AS THE GAME ENDED. MONTAVIUS ZOLLOR-COFFER HEAVES ONE TO ISAIAH GEORGE. LATIN ACADEMY WINS IT, 32-6. JOSH: HOW WAS IT PLAYING AT FENWAY? >> IT WAS COOL. AND I FELT LIKE TRIS SPEAKER. >> I’LL REMEMBER THEM FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, AND I CAN’T WAIT TO TELL MY KIDS AND GRANDKIDS ABOUT THEM. AND YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. DUKE: TUESDAY, THE 135TH ADDITION OF MALDEN. STEVENS EXATEUR RETURNED THE KICK ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE FOR MEDFORD, 22-6 MALDEN MALDEN PUT IT AWAY FOR GOOD WITH KEVIN EXILL-HOME SECOND TD RUN OF THE GAME. THEY BEAT THEIR RIVALS, 34-1

Gillette Stadium releases schedule for Massachusetts HS football state championship games

Updated: 3:00 PM EST Nov 26, 2022

For many high school football teams in Massachusetts, the season came to an end with the traditional Thanksgiving Day game. But 16 squads in the state will be playing for a title next week at the home of the New England Patriots.Gillette Stadium will play host to the eight Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association football state championship games, known in the state as Super Bowls, across two days.This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first Massachusetts high school Super Bowls. In 1972, two games were played at Boston University and two others were played at Springfield College.This is the 15th year Gillette Stadium has hosted state championship games and the fifth time that all eight title games will be played at the Foxborough venue.A tripleheader of games will be played on Friday, Dec. 2, the day after the Patriots host the Buffalo Bills on “Thursday Night Football.” The remaining five Super Bowls will be played on Saturday, Dec. 3.Here is a look at the game schedule below:Friday, Dec. 2Division 7: West Boylston vs. Saint Bernard’s, 3 p.m.Division 5: Shawsheen Valley Tech vs. North Reading, 5:30 p.m.*Division 4: Duxbury vs. Grafton, 8 p.m.*Saturday, Dec. 3Division 8: Hull vs. KIPP Academy, 10 a.m.Division 1: Springfield Central vs. St. John’s Prep, 12:30 p.m.*Division 6: Stoneham vs. St. Mary’s, 3 p.m.*Division 3: Milton vs. Wakefield Memorial, 5:30 p.m.*Division 2: Catholic Memorial vs. King Philip, 8 p.m.**Kickoff times for these state championship games are approximate. Each game, with the exception of the first game of each day, will start 15 minutes after the conclusion of the previous game.Last year, the eight Super Bowls were played across three days — Wednesday through Friday — the week after Thanksgiving.Tickets for the state championship games are on sale now via Ticketmaster. No tickets will be sold at the Gillette Stadium ticket office. Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for students and senior citizens. Children 5 years old and younger will receive free admission. The ticket price includes parking, admission to all games for that day and a gameday discount of $3 off adult admission at the Patriots Hall of Fame.All tickets will be digital and will be accessible via mobile device only. Fans can access and manage mobile tickets through the Gillette Stadium App, which is available on the App Store for iPhone users and the Google Play Store for Android users. It is recommended that mobile tickets be added to Apple Wallet or Google Pay in case of busy network connections at the game.All fans will enter Gillette Stadium through the gate in Enel Plaza. The venue’s clear bag policy will be in effect for all eight state championship games. Reentry is prohibited, but fans are invited to visit Patriot Place before and after the games each day.In addition, the Patriots Foundation will be accepting donations at the ticket gate on both days for their annual toy drive. Fans can bring new and unwrapped toys to the blue and white collection bins located by the gate.All eight of the state championship games will be streamed on Patriots.com.Watch Part 1 of SportsCenter 5’s High School Football Frenzy Special in the video player above. Watch Parts 2 and 3 in the videos below:

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. —

For many high school football teams in Massachusetts, the season came to an end with the traditional Thanksgiving Day game. But 16 squads in the state will be playing for a title next week at the home of the New England Patriots.

Gillette Stadium will play host to the eight Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association football state championship games, known in the state as Super Bowls, across two days.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first Massachusetts high school Super Bowls. In 1972, two games were played at Boston University and two others were played at Springfield College.

This is the 15th year Gillette Stadium has hosted state championship games and the fifth time that all eight title games will be played at the Foxborough venue.

A tripleheader of games will be played on Friday, Dec. 2, the day after the Patriots host the Buffalo Bills on “Thursday Night Football.” The remaining five Super Bowls will be played on Saturday, Dec. 3.

Here is a look at the game schedule below:

Friday, Dec. 2

• Division 7: West Boylston vs. Saint Bernard’s, 3 p.m.
• Division 5: Shawsheen Valley Tech vs. North Reading, 5:30 p.m.*
• Division 4: Duxbury vs. Grafton, 8 p.m.*

Saturday, Dec. 3

• Division 8: Hull vs. KIPP Academy, 10 a.m.
• Division 1: Springfield Central vs. St. John’s Prep, 12:30 p.m.*
• Division 6: Stoneham vs. St. Mary’s, 3 p.m.*
• Division 3: Milton vs. Wakefield Memorial, 5:30 p.m.*
• Division 2: Catholic Memorial vs. King Philip, 8 p.m.*

*Kickoff times for these state championship games are approximate. Each game, with the exception of the first game of each day, will start 15 minutes after the conclusion of the previous game.

Last year, the eight Super Bowls were played across three days — Wednesday through Friday — the week after Thanksgiving.

Tickets for the state championship games are on sale now via Ticketmaster. No tickets will be sold at the Gillette Stadium ticket office. Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for students and senior citizens. Children 5 years old and younger will receive free admission. The ticket price includes parking, admission to all games for that day and a gameday discount of $3 off adult admission at the Patriots Hall of Fame.

All tickets will be digital and will be accessible via mobile device only. Fans can access and manage mobile tickets through the Gillette Stadium App, which is available on the App Store for iPhone users and the Google Play Store for Android users. It is recommended that mobile tickets be added to Apple Wallet or Google Pay in case of busy network connections at the game.

All fans will enter Gillette Stadium through the gate in Enel Plaza. The venue’s clear bag policy will be in effect for all eight state championship games. Reentry is prohibited, but fans are invited to visit Patriot Place before and after the games each day.

In addition, the Patriots Foundation will be accepting donations at the ticket gate on both days for their annual toy drive. Fans can bring new and unwrapped toys to the blue and white collection bins located by the gate.

All eight of the state championship games will be streamed on Patriots.com.

Watch Part 1 of SportsCenter 5’s High School Football Frenzy Special in the video player above. Watch Parts 2 and 3 in the videos below: