The buzzword from the vocabulary of Mansfield coach Mike Redding is physicality.
Several instances in discussing his staff’s contest with North Attleboro on Friday night, the longtime Hornets’ teaching icon referred to the Red Rocketeers’ prowess within the trenches. No query he feels how effectively his staff combats that can go a good distance in figuring out the end result.
“If you had asked before last week, I would have thought that Bishop Feehan would beat North Attleboro,” Redding stated. “But they did an ideal job, they had been bodily towards a great Bishop Feehan, dealt with their working recreation and you need to give their coaches credit score.
“In our game against them last year, North Attleboro came in off a loss to Bishop Feehan and they knocked us around. It was as physical as I’ve ever seen a North Attleboro team play, they blitzed us all over. Our quarterback Connor Zukowski grew up in a hurry in that game and played great (Mansfield won 31-29 in double overtime).”
North Attleboro made Mike Strachan’s teaching debut on the faculty a hit one with the aforementioned 28-6 win over Bishop Feehan. Strachan, who came visiting from Attleboro, didn’t want to make use of any Knute Rockne speeches to get his staff able to play.
“This was a game the kids focused on from the start of camp,” Strachan stated. “It’s a good rivalry, we are in the same town and a lot of kids grew up together. The kids definitely had an agenda and we went and controlled the line of scrimmage against a very good Bishop Feehan team.”
Mansfield was simply as spectacular within the opener, cruising to a 35-6 win over St. John’s (Shrewsbury). The Hornets dominated within the first half, build up a 21-0 lead whereas limiting the Pioneers to lower than 60 yards of whole offense. For Redding, who was coping with a rebuilt an offensive line, the numbers defied logic to a sure extent.
“We were starting three new guys on the offensive line and the two returning players were playing a different position,” Redding stated. “They held pretty well against a good front seven, which was one of their strengths. We were able to run the ball and provided (Zukowski) with protection.”
Even although its simply the second week of the season, a number of groups aren’t shy about testing their mettle towards the iron.
No. 1 Catholic Memorial opens the season with a street journey to Rhode Island to face perennial energy LaSalle. A juicy top-five battle pits a St. John’s Prep staff recent off a giant win over Marshfield squaring off with a Central Catholic squad seeking to rebound after a 38-point loss to Springfield Central.
Bay State Conference rivals Natick and Walpole will study so much about themselves Friday after they sq. off in Walpole. Duxbury and Scituate meet in a rematch of the Division 4 championship recreation, gained by the Sailors in dramatic style.
Other good matchups embody Reading at Barnstable, Cardinal Spellman at Hull, Billerica at Westford Academy, Bridgewater-Raynham at Xaverian, Brockton at Franklin, Methuen at Marshfield and Wellesley at Milford.
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