Via HockomockSports.com:
With the current setup of the football schedule, it seems like there is a marquee match-up almost every week. The start of the season includes some intriguing non-league clashes that will see top teams from the Hock take on some of the best teams in Massachusetts. As always, the league schedule has a ton of good games and there are even some big non-league tilts sprinkled throughout the later weeks. And with Thanksgiving being a league game, it’s possible we’ll see some de facto championship games on the holiday. We scoured the schedules and came up with these games to keep an eye on this year.
OCTOBER 13TH – CENTRAL CATHOLIC @ FRANKLIN – 7:00
Franklin has a gauntlet of a schedule every year with its Kelley-Rex opponents, but head coach Eian Bain is really putting his squad to the test this year with the Panthers’ non-league slate. Franklin opens at home against Wachusett and then at Brockton (both made the D1 playoffs last year) before taking a trip to Duxbury (2022 D4 state champs and three straight trips to the state final). After a pair of league games against North and Taunton, Franklin welcomes Central Catholic, who was the #3 seed in D1 last year and made it to the state semifinals. We can’t predict Franklin’s record but we know the Panthers will be one of the most battle-tested teams in the state.
OCTOBER 27TH – FRANKLIN @ MILFORD – 7:00
A year ago these rivals split the Kelley-Rex division title and this fall, in the final week of the regular season, their meeting will have heavy implications on who wins it this year. Both teams have followed an upward trajectory under their respective head coaches but both the Panthers and Scarlet Hawks have graduated back-to-back senior classes. That leaves the challenge of developing consistency year in and year out, and it looks like both programs are at that point. This rivalry predates the Hockomock League so there is a lot of history here.
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