Xaverian coach Al Fornaro feels he’s received sufficient weapons to really feel comfy getting right into a observe meet with nearly each workforce he faces.
Springfield Central is perhaps the exception to the rule.
The groups have met within the postseason in every of the previous two seasons and the web outcomes weren’t precisely what Xaverian had in thoughts. The Hawks had been inside a rating at halftime in each contests solely to observe the Eagles erupt within the second half to emerge with lopsided victories.
“We most certainly would not want to get into a track meet with them,” stated Fornaro, whose workforce will host Springfield Central Friday night time. “(Former Springfield Central quarterback William) Watson actually damage us in these video games together with his potential to increase performs together with his nice escape potential. I don’t care how good your protection is, asking younger males to cowl for greater than 5 seconds is just not a very good recipe.
“That being said, they still have a lot of talented young men there. Their quarterback (Jareth Staine) is a freshman and he can deliver the ball, they have two good backs and six wide receivers that almost any other team in the state would love to have.”
Springfield Central (1-1) comes into the sport off a 31-14 loss to Iona Prep (NY). Staine has been strong, finishing 43-of-70 passes for 432 yards and 6 scores. The prime receivers are Dwayne Early Jr. (13 catches for 161 yards and two scores) and Mattias Barbour (12 catches for 146 yards and three touchdowns), whereas Preston Longo (14 carries for 99 yards is the main rusher).
Xaverian (2-0) comes into the sport having defeated Everett (33-22) and Bridgewater-Raynham (41-0), Fornaro feels that having Henry Hasselbeck again after a full yr within the system has paid dividends.
“We’ve seen marked improvement in Henry,” Fornaro stated. “Being his second year, he just has a pretty understanding of what we want to do on offense.”
The sport will possible come all the way down to what Xaverian can do on protection versus offense. Having a number of key gamers again from final yr provides the Xaverian coach extra cause for optimism.
“On the back end of our defense, we’ve got three guys back (Jonathan Monteiro, Michael O’Connor, Caleb Brown), so that should help us,” Fornaro stated.
Elsewhere on Friday night time, BC High seems to be to stay unbeaten when it travels to Woburn. Duxbury, recent off an enormous win over Mansfield, welcomes a go to from a troublesome Franklin squad. The ISL opens this week and a pair of terrific tilts are on faucet for Friday night time as Milton Academy is at BB&N and Governor’s Academy hosts St. Sebastian’s.
The headliner on the Saturday docket is Catholic Memorial internet hosting St. Francis (NY). Other good takes are Billerica at Central Catholic and Lawrence Academy at Belmont Hill.
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