Week 1 High School Football Scores and Highlights

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ALGONQUIN 20, Doherty 0: Brendan Pemberton (2 yards), Paul Ramos (11) and Dylan Terra (5) all ran for scores as the host Titans (1-0) shut out the Highlanders (0-1) in Northborough. Terra finished with 139 rushing yards, while Ramos went for 55 yards. Logan Coffey recorded four sacks for Algonquin and teammate Brian Toussaint grabbed an interception.

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ATLANTIS CHARTER 22, Keefe Tech 6: The Broncos dropped a road contest at Atlantis Charter in Fall River in the season opener.

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BURLINGTON 19, Westborough 0: Junior wide receiver Daniel Hackett caught three passes for 58 yards, but the host Rangers fell to non-league foe Burlington in the season opener.

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DOVER-SHERBORN 25, Ashland 7: Junior quarterback Garrett Webb connected on touchdown passes to Emilio Cabey (42 yards) and Henry Moore (32 yards) while senior captain Michael Polk added an interception and 32-yard TD run to help D-S score 25 unanswered points and beat an Ashland team that’s lost just twice in the past three seasons. Ashland QB Patrick Dwinnells scored on a one-yard TD run.

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"It’s definitely a momentum builder,” D-S head coach Steve Ryan said. “But a big team like Ashland beats you up and you really need those six days to get healthy before playing Nipmuc.”

– TOMMY CASSELL

FRANKLIN 32, Wachusett 22: These Division 1 powers squared off in Week 1 for the second straight year and, again, the Panthers emerged victorious. Wachusett senior running back Aiden McGeary rushed for 40 yards, two touchdowns and three additional first down on seven carries and added a conversion rush.

Senior quarterback Tucker McDonald ran for 138 yards on nine carries, but was intercepted three times.

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HOLLISTON 33, Foxborough 7: Junior running back Devin Harding ran 21 times for 114 yards and two TDs while also pulling in four catches for 63 yards as the visiting Panthers rolled past the non-league host Warriors on opening night.

HOPKINTON 16, Wayland 6: Host Wayland scored on its first possession of the game when Al Young reached the end zone on a 5-yard run, but Hopkinton shut out the Warriors the rest of the way in a non-league season opener.

“The first score really meant nothing to us,” said Hopkinton’s Joe Carrazza, who scored his team’s first touchdown, a 40-yard run. “We knew we were a different team than last year. We just needed to keep pushing our foot on the gas. It ended up being a big win for us.”

The Warriors finished off a 64-yard drive with the help of two passes from quarterback Ulysses Lopez-King on the game’s opening drive. The senior connected with Nathan Mazokopos for 30 yards before hitting Mehki Walker to convert a fourth-down play inside Hopkinton’s 10-yard line.

Young’s scamper down the left sideline quickly put Wayland on the board.

“It was a good mood-booster for everyone,” said Mazokopos of the opening touchdown. “It got the jitters out. Most of our team has never really played a full varsity game under the lights. It got everybody off the edge a little bit.”

After Carrazza’s long run tied the score, Wayland blocked the extra-point attempt. The Hillers went ahead to stay when Avery Ravech kicked a short field goal as time expired in the first half to make it 9-6.

The lone score of the second half came on Hopkinton quarterback Robert Litscher’s 1-yard touchdown toss to a wide open Sam Pantera on fourth down in the third quarter.

– TIM DUMAS

HUDSON 20, Clinton 13: Jake Attaway's 10-yard touchdown pass to Owen Nanartowich early in the fourth quarter proved to be the difference as the host Hawks (1-0) edged the Gaels (0-1). Attaway, who opened the scoring with a 45-yard touchdown pass to Brendan O'Brien, rushed for 139 on 15 carries. Jacob Rudd chipped in a 8-yard touchdown run for Hudson.

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MARLBOROUGH 33, Tantasqua 14: Miguel Borges ran for scores of 29, 12, 19 and 33 yards to power the host Panthers (1-0) past the Warriors (0-1). Jason Knollenberg opened Marlborough’s scoring with a 5-yard touchdown run. Tantasqua's Abner Colon Martinez ran for 66 yards on 15 carries with a 2-yard scoring run, and teammate Adam Howe tossed a 16-yard touchdown pass to Liam Hubacz.

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MAYNARD/AMSA 20, Chelmsford 17: Dylan Gallo completed 15 of 24 passes for 159 yards with scores of 10 and 18 yards to Mateo Arellano (8 catches, 96 yards) to lift the visiting Tigers (1-0) to a big non-league win at Chelmsford. Tavin Hirsh tallied a 1-yard rushing score in the third quarter for Maynard.

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MEDFIELD 14, Medway 13: The host Warriors escaped with the Tri-Valley win after blocking what would have been the game-tying extra point from the Mustangs. Luke Frauton (10-yard TD run) and Will Haddigan (9-yard TD) had the fourth-quarter scores for Medway in defeat. For Medfield, all the scoring came in the second quarter, as Nick Hasapidis threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Nick Evans and Will Griffin had a 40-yard interception return for a TD to go into the half up 14-0.

MILFORD 42, Bridgewater-Raynham 0: Senior quarterback Evan Cornelius scored touchdowns on runs of 13, 1, and 9 yards as the host Scarlet Hawks rolled to a season-opening win over the non-league foe Trojans. Nate Scudo opened the scoring for Milford with a 5-yard TD run in the first quarter, and Nick Araujo had a 12-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and Owen Callahan capped the scoring with a 17-yard rush for a score in the fourth quarter. Araujo hit all six extra points in the win.

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MILLBURY 28, Assabet 14: Ryan Gleason found Lucas Friedman for a 35-yard touchdown pass to start the fourth quarter, and then iced the game with a 4-yard scoring run as the visiting Woolies topped the Aztecs. Gleason also rushed for a 6-yard score early and connected with Sergio Hernandez for another touchdown to lead Millbury.

NATICK 21, Needham 6: The host Redhawks opened with a convincing Bay State Conference home win over the Rockets.

NORTH ANDOVER 21, Lincoln-Sudbury 0: L-S suffered its first regular-season loss since 2019, falling at non-league foe North Andover. The Warriors had defeated North Andover last September, 48-20, and in the 2019 Division 2 North final, 27-14.

ST. BERNARD'S 30, Blackstone Valley Tech 0: Senior Damien Jones ran for 173 yards and three touchdowns, while Antonio Mancini dashed for 148 yards and one touchdown for the host Bernardians, who scored 22 points in the second quarter to defeat the Beavers in Fitchburg. Valley Tech opened the game with a 12-play drive to the St. Bernard's 2-yard line. But St. Bernard's defense stiffened and aided by a false start managed to turn the Beavers over on downs.

WALPOLE 56, Framingham 0: The Flyers had a tough go of it in coach David Wright's opener, as the host Timberwolves scored 42 first-half points on their way to the convincing win. Walpole senior quarterback Corey Kilroy went 6-for-6 passing for 150 yards and three touchdowns.

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WELLESLEY 35, Longmeadow 0: The Raiders went out to Western Mass. and rolled to a non-league triumph over the host Lancers.

SATURDAY

BELLINGHAM 28, Blackstone-Millville/Hopedale 16: Junior captain Corey Perkins rushed for two touchdowns while junior QB Dasha Domercant also added two scores in a comeback win for Bellingham over BMR/Hopedale.

MILLIS 6, Tri-County: Senior quarterback Nick Almeida’s 40-yard run late in the fourth quarter lifted the Mohawks in a game filled with missed red zone opportunities, penalties and cramps.

Both teams had chances inside the 10-yard line during the second half, but each was thwarted. Millis also recovered a second-quarter fumble at its 2-yard line.

Tri-County had an opportunity to score with six minutes left when Keegan Walker caught a pass at the Millis 11, but a penalty wiped out the play.

The Mohawks (1-0) forced a punt just before Almeida, who left the game briefly due to a leg cramp, scored the game’s only points on an 88-degree afternoon.

“Afternoon game, the sun’s the highest in the sky. It was just hitting us all game long,” Almeida said. “All of our practices, they’ve all been sunny. We got the puking out of the way in the offseason. But the cramping hit a lot of guys on both teams pretty hard. But we fought through it and we’re very fortunate to come out with a win.”

Almeida described his view on the winning points that came with 2:19 left in the game.

“It was a rollout and I saw a hole and just cut upfield and my tight end (TJ Daniel) did a great job blocking. I just cut outside and there was no one there. All I saw was green, so I took it.”

The Cougars (0-1) nearly went ahead after Dylan Sullivan’s runs for 25 and 30 yards put his team at the Millis 10 at the end of the third quarter. On fourth down from the 8, however, Dylan Heredia stopped Aidan Weeman in the backfield to end the threat.

“I thought we were going to go into overtime, to be honest with you,” said Millis coach Bob Martellio. “I think it’s safe to say that both teams made a lot of mental mistakes and turnovers, and on a hot day like this, your mental toughness has to come through and we were just fortunate enough to make one big play.”

– TIM DUMAS

NIPMUC 41, St. Paul 18: Christian Morrice carried nine times for 90 yards and three touchdowns, while Brady Karmelek caught two touchdown passes as the host Warriors opened with a win over the Knights. "The kids played hard, and our defense was great," said Nipmuc coach Dave Tupper.

This article originally appeared on MetroWest Daily News: Week 1 High School Football Scores and Highlights in MetroWest