Blue Hills soccer coach Ed Madden may be very passionate relating to discussing the vocational bowls.
His group can be in search of its second bowl title in three years when it hosts Tri-County Wednesday within the Small School Vocational Bowl. On the identical night time, Bay Path and Blackstone Valley tangle within the Large School Vocational Bowl at Millbury High School.
“When I think about the vocational bowls, it’s like the Army-Navy game.” Madden mentioned. “Most of the guys who play in that game are not going to the NFL, but going to serve the country. The same thing with the vocational kids in that most of them will not be playing in college. While some might go on to play at the next level, most of the kids come here looking to learn a craft, start a family and make money.”
Blue Hills and Tri-County is a rematch from Oct. 27 the place the host Warriors emerged with a 28-6. Tri-County coach Andy Gomes isn’t placing a whole lot of inventory in that final result, however admits his group should be rather a lot higher.
“Honestly, the biggest thing for us is lining up in the right position,” Gomes mentioned. “We had some injuries up front and we made some mistakes and Blue Hills is an excellent team who took advantage.”
Tri-County performed its greatest ball over the second half of the yr, going 4-2 with the losses coming to Blue Hills and an excellent Old Colony squad. Dylan Sullivan ran for 1,000 yards, added 300 extra receiving yards and completed with 12 touchdowns. Declan Walker threw for 750 yards and 11 touchdowns, whereas his brother Keegan emerged as the highest goal with 15 catches for 362 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Blue Hills makes no errors in what it desires to do on offense — run, run and run some extra. The Warriors have a trio of backs in Caiden Montas, Aiden Landers and Matt Begin, all of whom might be the featured again on any week.
“Those guys are very selfless, they like blocking for one another,” Madden mentioned. “We have a slogan that culture eats strategy for breakfast. Matt Begin was a JV kid for two years, I don’t know if he weighs 130 pounds, but he loves to block and runs very hard. We are very lucky to have kids like this.”
In the Large School championship, Bay Path can be gunning for its second title in three years. The Minutemen like to pound the rock and have two of the higher backs in Central Mass. in Kaiden Brochu (greater than 2,000 speeding yards) and Bradyn Downes (1,000 yards).
“We’ve really come together as a team,” Bay Path coach Cody Giampa mentioned. “We’ve been more of a physical team than a finesse team. It’s our style of ball.”
Blackstone Valley hasn’t received a bowl sport since 2013, however the Beavers are greater than prepared for the problem.
“Any time you get to play an extra game after Thanksgiving, it’s a good thing,” mentioned Blackstone Valley coach Anthony Landini. “We had a tough, close loss to Danvers in the (MIAA) playoffs, but these kids always seem to be able to bounce back.”
Leading the way in which for Blackstone Valley is quarterback Alex Burgos. A starter since his freshman yr, the junior has thrown for 1,300 yards and 20 touchdowns, whereas speeding for 700 yards and 10 extra scores.
LARGE SCHOOL VOCATIONAL SUPER BOWL
No. 1 Bay Path (7-3) vs. No. 3 Blackstone Valley (7-4), Wednesday, 6 p.m. (Millbury)
BAY PATH MINUTEMEN
Head coach: Cody Giampa
SEPT. 8: BAY PATH 43, Southbridge 30
SEPT. 15: BAY PATH 42, Leicester 21
SEPT. 22: CLINTON 28, Bay Path 20
SEPT, 30: BAY PATH 51, Monty Tech 20
OCT. 6: BAY PATH 35, Narragansett 13
OCT. 13: Bay Path 46, ASSABET VALLEY 22
OCT. 20: Bay Path 50, ABBY KELLEY 8
OCT. 27: BLACKSTONE-MILLVILLE 31, Bay Path 27
NOV. 3: NORWELL 55, Bay Path 20
NOV. 9: BAY PATH 53, Essex Tech 8
NOV. 17: BAY PATH 30, Greater New Bedford 13
NOV. 23: Bay Path 42, OXFORD 34
BLACKSTONE VALLEY BEAVERS
Head coach: Anthony Landini
SEPT. 9: St. Bernard’s 22, BLACKSTONE VALLEY 12
SEPT. 15: UXBRIDGE 56, Blackstone Valley 0
SEPT. 30: Blackstone Valley 40, WORCESTER TECH 6
OCT. 6: Blackstone Valley 41, MILLBURY 7
OCT. 14: BLACKSTONE VALLEY 35, Northbridge 7
OCT. 21: BLACKSTONE VALLEY 30, Assabet Valley 7
OCT. 28: West Boylston 20, BLACKSTONE VALLEY 0
NOV. 3: DANVERS 20, Blackstone Valley 19
NOV. 11: BLACKSTONE VALLEY 49, Southeastern 12
NOV. 17: Blackstone Valley 34, WHITTIER 22
NOV. 23: BLACKSTONE VALLEY 35, Nipmuc 14
VOCATIONAL BOWL HISTORY
Bay Path is competing in its fifth vocational bowl, posting a 3-1 report. The Minutemen appeared within the 2022 bowl sport, defeating Monty Tech 28-20 as Casey Gallagher ran for 134 yards and a pair of scores.
Blackstone Valley is 2-4 in its bowl historical past, the final victory coming in 2013. Nic Wojnar threw for 284 yards and led a spirited fourth-quarter to defeat Northeast Regional, 30-26.
SMALL SCHOOL VOCATIONAL SUPER BOWL
No. 4 Tri-County (7-4) at No. 3 Blue Hills (7-3), 6
TRI-COUNTY COUGARS
Head coach: Andy Gomes
SEPT. 8: Tri-County 12, MILLIS 0
SEPT. 15: CARVER 49, Tri-County 0
SEPT. 23: TRI-COUNTY 8, Case 6
SEPT. 30: Tri-County 28, DIMAN 20
OCT. 6: WEST BRIDGEWATER 40, Tri-County 12
OCT. 14: TRI-COUNTY 23, Southeastern 6
OCT. 21: TRI-COUNTY 21, Bristol-Plymouth 8
OCT. 27: BLUE HILLS 28, Tri-County 6
NOV. 11: TRI-COUNTY 26, South Shore 12
NOV. 18: Tri-County 39, FRANKLIN TECH 0
NOV. 23: OLD COLONY 43, Tri-County
BLUE HILLS WARRIORS
Head coach: Ed Madden
SEPT. 8: NASHOBA TECH 28, Blue Hills 22
SEPT. 15: BLUE HILLS 50, Monty Tech 14
SEPT. 22: Blue Hills 24, OLD COLONY 20
SEPT. 29: West Boylston 52, BLUE HILLS 14
OCT. 6: Blue Hills 20, SOUTHEASTERN 14
OCT. 12: BLUE HILLS 36, Diman 32
OCT. 18: WEST BRIDGEWATER 28, Blue Hills 14
OCT. 27: BLUE HILLS 28, Tri-County 6
NOV. 3: MASHPEE 32, Blue Hills 14
NOV. 10: BLUE HILLS 46, Nashoba Tech 12
NOV. 17: Blue Hills 54, SMITH VOKE 12
NOV. 23: Blue Hills 22, BRISTOL-PLYMOUTH 6
VOCATIONAL BOWL HISTORY
Blue Hills has performed in 4 earlier bowl video games, posting an total report of 3-1. The Warriors defeated Nashoba Tech 52-51 within the 2021 championship sport as Jake Reissfelder ran for 255 yards and 4 touchdowns. Anthony Graziano scored on a 1-yard run with 2:25 left, then Eric Mann punched within the successful 2-point conversion run.
Tri-County is in search of its first bowl victory. The Cougars have been to 2 prior bowls, the final look coming in 2011, the place they misplaced to Lynn Tech, 29-7.
STATE VOCATIONAL BOWL HISTORY
2004
LARGE: Bay Path 21, Shawsheen 8
SMALL: South Shore 16, Blackstone Valley 6
2005
LARGE: Whittier 48, Worcester Voke 22
SMALL: Dean Tech 36, Nashoba Tech 34
2006
LARGE: Shawsheen 35, Bay Path 8
SMALL: Assabet Valley 32, Pathfinder 12
2007
LARGE: Shawsheen 27, Southeastern 14
SMALL: South Shore 37, Franklin Tech 0
2008
LARGE: Bay Path 26, Bristol-Plymouth 6
SMALL: South Shore 38, North Shore 18
2009
LARGE: Lynn Tech 18, Southeastern 16
SMALL: Blackstone Valley 21, North Shore 20
2010
LARGE: Greater New Bedford 23, Southeastern 20
SMALL: North Shore 22, Tri-County 12
2011
LARGE: Greater New Bedford 17, Greater Lawrence 14
SMALL: Lynn Tech 29, Tri-County 7
2012
LARGE: Greater New Bedford 26, Greater Lawrence 6
SMALL: Blue Hills 26, Minuteman 8
2013
LARGE: Blackstone Valley 30, Northeast 26
SMALL: Blue Hills 23, North Shore 22
2014
LARGE: Whittier 44, Blackstone Valley 6
SMALL: Essex Tech 42, McCann 22
2015
LARGE: Monty Tech 22, Blackstone Valley 7
SMALL: Essex Tech 44, McCann 6
2016
LARGE: Northeast 30, Blackstone Valley 25
SMALL: Upper Cape 22, Blue Hills 14
2017
LARGE: Assabet Valley 28, Shawsheen 20
SMALL: Lynn Tech 50, Nashoba Tech 22
2018
LARGE: Greater Lawrence 20, Northeast 14
SMALL: Nashoba Tech 34, Upper Cape 13
2019
LARGE: Greater Lawrence 36, Assabet Valley 26
SMALL: South Shore 8, Old Colony 0
2020
Covid
2021
LARGE: Northeast 30, Greater New Bedford 7
SMALL: Blue Hills 52, Nashoba Tech 51
2022
LARGE: Bay Path 28, Monty Tech 20
SMALL: South Shore 16, Nashoba Tech 2
Source: www.bostonherald.com