NORTH SHORE – In this post: MIAA Brackets, Talking High School Football, Non League Games, MIAA Statement on Super Bowls, Thursday Night Results
Talking High School Football – John Squires with Bill Newell
MSO Broadcasts
Friday – D4 North Title – Marblehead at Melrose – 7 p.m. (Rick Moore & Marty Smith)
Updates on D8 North Title – St. Mary’s vs. Brighton at Manning Field
Saturday – D6 North Title – Stoneham at Hamilton-Wenham 1 p.m. (Rick Moore)
D3 North Title – Tewksbury at Lynn English 2 p.m. (Bill Newell & Steve Krause)
MIAA Football Brackets
Thursday Football Non Playoff Scoreboard
Revere 16 Malden 0
Saugus 42 Greater Lawrence 12
Ipswich 26 Shawsheen 0 – Ben Yanakakis 3 TDs
Malden Catholic18 Lawrence 0
Amesbury 20 Whittier 14
Manchester Essex 42 Tech Boston 14
Upcoming Games This Weekend
North Finals
D1 Everett at Central Catholic – Sat. 5 p.m.
D2 North Andover at Lincoln Sudbury
D3 Tewksbury at Lynn English – Saturday 2 p.m.
D4 Marblehead at Melrose
D5 Watertown at Lynnfield
D6 Stoneham at Hamilton-Wenham Saturday 1 p.m.
D7 Brighton at St. Mary’s
D8 Cathedral at Lynn Tech Saturday 7 p.m.
Non Playoff Games
Andover at St. John’s Prep
Danvers at Billerica
Peabody at Lynn Classical
Swampscott at Gloucester
Westford at Beverly
Salem at Arlington Catholic
Winthrop at Northeast Voke
Essex Tech at Austin Prep
Burlington at Pentucket
Somerville at Newburyport
Triton at Bishop Fenwick
Masconomet at Newton South
North Reading at Wilmington
Wayland at Wakefield
Chelmsford at Reading
MIAA TO HOST 8 FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT GILLETTE STADIUM DECEMBER 1 AND 2
FRANKLIN – The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) announced today that all eight MIAA Football State Championship Games will be played at Gillette Stadium on Friday and Saturday, December 1 and 2, marking the 11th consecutive year the stadium has hosted high school football championships.
This unprecedented, two-day event featuring eight championship games will provide student-athletes from 16 MIAA schools and their respective communities with a tournament experience of a lifetime. During the first 10 years of the MIAA championships at Gillette Stadium, six games were hosted on Saturday. This year, for the first time, two additional games will be played on Friday night, December 1, so that all eight MIAA football championships are played at the home of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots.
“We love hosting the high school championship games here at Gillette Stadium and are excited to be able to accommodate all eight games this year,” said Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft. “While the all-day event on Saturday has become an annual tradition, we are proud to host a Friday Night Lights edition for the remaining two championship games at Gillette Stadium. We are sure that experience will provide the teams’ coaches, players and respective communities memories that will last a lifetime.”
“This opportunity presents a tremendous platform to showcase all eight state championship contests,” said Richard Pearson, MIAA Associate Director. “The experience at Gillette Stadium, the ultimate in professional sporting venues, is unparalleled and will certainly create a memorable experience for all MIAA participating schools and their student-athletes.”
Adding to the excitement will be thousands of cheering fans, cheerleaders and school bands. State championship participants and their fans will be treated to an NFL-caliber game presentation with music and replays on the stadium’s high-definition video boards.
“The MIAA is indebted to the Kraft family for their magnanimous support of MIAA student-athletes and I extend appreciation on behalf of our 374 member schools,” said MIAA Executive Director Bill Gaine.
Tickets for the Gillette Stadium/MIAA Tournament experience go on sale Tuesday, November 21, via Ticketmaster, and will be available on game day at the Gillette Stadium Ticket Office, located outside the Patriot Place Gate, beginning at 8 a.m. The specific game schedule will be released after the MIAA state semifinal games are played the weekend of November 17-19.
