Thanksgiving Football Frenzy Sets Stage For Super Bowls

MASSACHUSETTS — The Thanksgiving football tradition returned for programs across Massachusetts this week as friends, families and generations of former players flocked back to local fields to watch rivalries renewed after the coronavirus cancellations of 2020.

While most teams walked off their respective fields for the final time following those games, for 16 squads there is one more gridiron battle to be waged as part of eight statewide Super Bowls at Gillette Stadium over the next 10 days.

The games are split up between Wednesday, Thursday and Monday:

SUPER BOWLS

Wednesday, Dec. 1

Division 8

Hull vs.Randolph, 3 p.m.

Division 7

Wahconah vs. Cohasset, 5:30 p.m.

Division 5

North Reading vs. Swampscott, 8 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 2

Division 3

Marblehead vs. North Attleboro, 3 p.m.

Division 1

Central Catholic vs. Springfield Central, 5:30 p.m.

Division 2

Catholic Memorial vs. King Philip, 8 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 6

Division 6

Abington vs. Rockland, 5 p.m.

Division 4

Scituate vs. Duxbury, 7:30 p.m.

Here are the results from Thanksgiving week games across Massachusetts:

Tuesday, Nov. 23

East Boston 50, South Boston 0

North Andover 27, Andover 26

Wednesday, Nov. 24

Archbishop Williams 14, Cardinal Spellman 7

Blackstone Valley 47, Nipmuc 19

Brighton 30, Tech Boston 12

Greater Lawrence 28, Whittier 22

Greater Lowell 21, Lowell Catholic 8

KIPP 38, Lynn Tech 12

Latin Academy 32, O’Bryant 0

Nashoba Tech 28, Monty Tech 8

Quabbin 34, Gardner 0

St. John Paul 56, Monomoy 26

St. Mary’s 42, Austin Prep 12

South Shore Voke 36, Holbrook/Avon 34 (2 ot)

Tantasqua 20, Shepherd Hill 16

Tri-County 20, Old Colony 14

Woburn 26, Winchester 22

Worcester South 50, Worcester North 16

Thanksgiving Day

Abington 31, Whitman-Hanson 19

Amesbury 12, Newburyport 7

Arlington 49, Waltham 7

Ashland 43, Hopkinton 0

Barnstable 42, Falmouth 7

Bedford 55, Burlington 18

Beverly 60, Salem 28

Bishop Feehan 42, Bishop Stang 8

Bishop Fenwick 35, Malden Catholic 23

Blue Hills 60, Bristol-Plymouth 20

Boston English 66, Boston Latin 42

Bourne 23, Wareham 16

Brockton 21, Bridgewater-Raynham 20

Brookline 38, Newton North 12

Cambridge 27, Somerville 6

Cape Cod Tech 30, Upper Cape 12

Catholic Memorial 57, BC High 34

Central Catholic 40, Lawrence 22

Chelmsford 16, Billerica 3

Chelsea 14, Cathedral/Matignon 6

Cohasset 42, Hull 0

Concord-Carlisle 35, Lexington 6

Danvers 42, Gloucester 0

Dennis-Yarmouth 14, Nauset 0

Dighton-Rehoboth 21, Seekonk 14 (ot)

Doherty 38, Burncoat 7

Dover-Sherborn 38, Medfield 9

Durfee 36, New Bedford 14

Duxbury 38, Marshfield 28

East Bridgewater 21, Rockland 7

Everett 44, St. John’s (S) 14

Fairhaven 24, Dartmouth 7

Franklin 27, King Philip 20

Greater New Bedford 42, Diman 21

Hamilton-Wenham 33, Ipswich 14

Hanover 35, Norwell 7

Hingham 22, Scituate 14 (OT)

Holliston 28, Westwood 22

Keefe Tech 45, Minuteman 0

Leominster 32, Fitchburg 0

Lincoln-Sudbury 49, Newton South 0

Lowell 41, Haverhill 36

Lynn Classical 17, Lynn English 14 (2OT)

Malden 12, Medford 10

Manchester-Essex 39, Georgetown 6

Mansfield 35, Foxboro 21

Marblehead 31, Swampscott 28

Marlboro 14, Hudson 7

Medway 31, Millis 7

Methuen 46, Dracut 7

Middleboro 40, Carver 11

Milford 34, Taunton 28

Milton 42, Braintree 7

Natick 35, Framingham 7

Northampton 16, Easthampton 8

North Attleboro 14, Attleboro 6

Northeast 42, Essex Tech 6

North Quincy 15, Quincy 12

North Reading 28, Lynnfield 25

Norton 27, Bellingham 21

Marlboro 14, Hudson 7

Medway 31, Millis 7

Methuen 46, Dracut 7

Middleboro 40, Carver 11

Milford 34, Taunton 28

Milton 42, Braintree 7

Natick 35, Framingham 7

Northampton 16, Easthampton 8

North Attleboro 14, Attleboro 6

Northeast 42, Essex Tech 6

North Quincy 15, Quincy 12

North Reading 28, Lynnfield 25

Norton 27, Bellingham 21

Norwood 49, Dedham 29

Old Rochester 28, Apponequet 7

Oliver Ames 34, Sharon 7

Peabody 41, Saugus 6

Pentucket 15, Triton 14

Plymouth South 34, Plymouth North 32 (3 ot)

Reading 36, Stoneham 24

Revere 16, Winthrop 13

Sandwich 24, Mashpee 12

Shawsheen 35, Arlington Catholic 28

Silver Lake 14, Pembroke 13

Somerset Berkley 34, Case 0

Stoughton 47, Canton 14

Tewksbury 56, Wilmington 35

Wakefield 21, Melrose 13

Walpole 41, Weymouth 28

Watertown 25, Belmont 0

Wayland 34, Weston 7

Wellesley 34, Needham 28 (OT)

West Bridgewater 56, Southeastern 26

Westford Academy 38, Acton-Boxboro 21

Xaverian 36, St. John’s Prep 35

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)

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