HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: All South Shore scores and highlights from Thanksgiving rivalries
Oh Thanksgiving football, how we missed you.
With football being played in the Fall II window last season (February-April), we've got 24 months without one of the best athletic traditions in the state. Some teams, like Quincy and North Quincy, kept the tradition alive last season, but it just wasn't the same.
Six local schools (Abington, Cohasset, Rockland, Hull, Scituate and Duxbury) have to decide whether they play their starters or rest them for the Super Bowls next month (Randolph isn't playing a Thanksgiving game).
One of the best parts about Thanksgiving if that you can throw the records away, rivalries make the matchups.
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Wednesday
South Shore Tech 36, Holbrook/Avon 34 (2 OT): Quarterback Tyler Richards scored on a 5-yard run in the second OT and then threw the walk-off two-point pass to Ben Brenner as the Vikings (4-7) edged the Bulldogs (6-4) on Holbrook/Avon's Senior Night. Ashton Gabler rushed for 122 yards on 18 carries for South Shore. Richards ran 11 times for 50 yards and four TDs and threw a 9-yard scoring pass to Todd Egan. Brady Sheehan (26-104, 3 TDs) and Anthony Pettijohn (12-95, TD) keyed Holbrook/Avon's run game with star junior Daveon Scott absent due to COVID protocols. QB Charles Luarasi had a 1-yard TD run for the Bulldogs.
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Archbishop Williams 14, Cardinal Spellman 7: Junior Marcus Thurston turned 34 carries into 177 yards and a TD for the Bishops (5-6), who even the series record at 12-12. Matt Kowalski hauled in the winning TD pass (15 yards) from Will LeClair in the third quarter. Jack Duffy scored the TD on a 6-yard run for the Cardinals (3-8).
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Thursday
Abington 31, Whitman-Hanson 19: Tommy Fanara set a school record for the longest-ever field goal (42 yards) as the Green Wave (11-1) tuned up for their Div. 6 Super Bowl showdown with Rockland by beating the Panthers (2-9). Dasean Leggett (reception), Mike VanLuling (pick six) and A.J. Nash (45-yard reception) all scored their first varsity touchdowns for Abington, which plays at Gillette Stadium on Monday, Dec. 6 at 5 p.m.
Abington leads the all-time series 60-47-3.
Jake Guiliani led the Panthers on offense, rushing for 167 yards on 21 carries and scoring a touchdown. Hunter Baker and Patrick Dolan each added a score as well. Defensively Malcolm Alcorn-Crowder was a force, with 3 tackles for loss and a sack.
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Blue Hills 60, Bristol-Plymouth 28: Junior Jake Reissfelder rushed 26 times for 191 yards and three TDs to power the Warriors (10-2). Reissfelder was Blue Hills' Offensive MVP, while senior middle linebacker Joe Dicalogero (safety, pick-six, 9 tackles) was the Defensive MVP. The Warriors ran for 423 yards with senior captain Eric Mann (17 carries for 103 yards, 3 TDs) and sophomore Caiden Montas (19 carries for 118 yards) also starring. Senior quarterback Anthony Graziano, a captain, was 2 for 2 passing for 36 yards, hitting tight end Tommy Taylor for a 25-yard score. Blue Hills plays Nashoba Valley Tech in the small-school state vocational final on Friday, Dec. 3 at 6 p.m. at Canton High.
Milton 42, Braintree 7: The Wildcats (8-3) broke open a 14-7 game at halftime to beat the Wamps (4-7) on the road. Amari Marsman ran for four TDs to lead Milton. Chase Vaughan threw a 10-yard TD pass to Dillon McKenzie and Owen McHugh added 3-yard TD run.
Cameron Garrity hauled in a 38-yard pass from James Tellier for the Wamps.
Brockton 21, Bridgewater-Raynham 20: The Boxers (5-6) held on to win a second straight Southeast Conference title. QB Jason Wonodi completed 7 of 13 passes for 303 yards and 3 TDs. QB Declan Byrne was the game MVP for B-R (5-6), completing 6 of 14 passes for 85 yards and two scores.
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Stoughton 47, Canton 15: The Black Knights improve to 5-6 while Canton falls to 2-8.
Middleboro 40, Carver 11: Jacob Briggs threw a pair of TD passes to Cam Downey and ran for two scores, covering 8 and 5 yards, to lead the Sachems (7-4) over the Crusaders (4-7). Nate Tullish added a 40-yard TD run for Middleboro. Tullish, Brady Strong and Briggs had two-point conversion runs, and Briggs also threw two-point conversion passes to Downey and Isaiah Furtado.
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Cohasset 42, Hull 0: In a battle of Super Bowl-bound teams, Henry Dionisio scored on runs of 7, 12 and 10 yards for the Skippers (9-2, 4-0 South Shore League). Liam Appleton threw a 15-yard TD pass to James Appleton, and Josh Burke (10 yards) and Jack Cullinane (13 yards) added TD runs. Hull (9-3, 2-2), which rested all its starters, will face Randolph in the Div. 8 state final on Wednesday, Dec. 1 at 3 p.m. at Gillette Stadium. Cohasset will take the field right after that, playing Wahconah in the Div. 7 title game.
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Duxbury 38, Marshfield 28: The Dragons (11-1) continued their Patriot League Keenan Division title run as QB Matt Festa accounted for five TDs. Duxbury will play Scituate in the Div. 4 Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium on Monday, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. Marshfield finished up at 9-3. Owen Masterson threw four TD
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East Bridgewater 21, Rockland 7: Brett Armstrong scored for Rockland (9-2) on a 12-yard TD run that tied the score at 7-7 in the second quarter. Gavin McCloud (30-yard run), Aidan Purcell (67-yard run)and Chris Oman (30-yard pass from Jake Shaw) all had TDs for EB.
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Hanover 35, Norwell 7: Ben Scalzi, filling in for Michael Landolfi at quarterback, threw for more than 300 yards and four TDs to power the Hawks (8-3) past the Clippers (4-7). Dylan Rice caught two scoring passes and finished with more than 200 yards.
Hingham 22, Scituate 14 (OT): Senior captain Will Griffin scored on a 10-yard run in OT and ran in the two-point conversion. The Harbormen (6-5) then recovered a fumble on Scituate's OT possession to clinch the win. Griffin also had a TD in regulation. Scituate (10-2) will play Duxbury in the Div. 4 Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium on Monday, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Henry Gates threw a pair of TD passes to James Cannon (12 and 74 yards) in the los
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Oliver Ames 34, Sharon 7: The Tigers improve to 4-7 as Collin Williamson ran for two TDs and threw one to Sean Friel. Chad Silva also ran for two TDs.
North Quincy 15, Quincy 12: Nate Caldwell caught a 15-yard TD pass with 1:22 remaining as the Raiders (5-5) dug out of a 12-0 hole to edge the Presidents (4-6). Hunter MacIsaac scored on a 2-yard run for NQ. Quincy built its lead on a pair of Drew Boretti TD passes, to Jacey Ham and Clayton Corley.
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Silver Lake 14, Pembroke 13: The Lakers (5-6) scored a last-minute touchdown on a triple-reverse pass from DJ Gilmore to Jacob Barnett to edge the Titans (2-8). Seth Wakefield also ran for a TD.
Plymouth South 34, Plymouth North 32 (3OT): The Panthers (8-3) won a thriller over the Blue Eagles (5-6) as Cole Brunstrom threw the winning two-point conversion pass to James Mahon. PJ Murphy ran for four TDs for Plymouth South. His cousin, Dallas, ran for three TDs and threw a 60-yard TD pass to Anthony Ferrante.
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West Bridgewater 56, Southeastern 26: D.J. Amaya and Will DeLuca each scored twice, and Luke Destrampe kicked eight PATs as the Wildcats (8-2) overcame an early deficit to beat the Hawks (4-4). WB's other TDs came from Devon Hensley (1-yard run), Aiden Baker (69-yard pass from Nathan Razza), Ben Frenchette (1-yard run) and Joey LeClerc (2-yard run). Amaya had scoring runs of 7 and 18 yards in the second quarter as WB turned a 12-7 deficit into a 21-12 halftime lead. Levante Brown scored twice for Southeastern -- on a 61-yard pass from Nick Levine and a 49-yard run.
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Walpole 41, Weymouth 28: The Wildcats fall to 5-6.
Catholic Memorial 57, BC High 34: The Knights (12-0) won their third straight outright Catholic Conference crown as Eric Perkins and Lesean Sharp each scored twice. BC High finishes 1-10.
This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: All the South Shore high school football Thanksgiving rivalry scores
