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Field Hockey = Franklin, 7 @ Taunton, 0 – Final
– Franklin entered halftime with a three-goal lead and then more than doubled it with a big third quarter to run away with a win on the road at Taunton. Addi Weiss (from Penelope Brady), Ava Lucenta, and Cade Taccini (first career goal) found the back of the net in the first half to give the Panthers a 3-0 edge at the break. Lily Aparo and Ella Marzullo (Brady) scored within the first four minutes to ignite the offense while Weiss tacked on two more before the end of the third quarter to complete the hat trick. Devon Barry had the shutout in net for Franklin. Taunton junior Kennedy MacEachern had 28 saves in the cage for the Tigers.
Volleyball = Franklin, 3 @ Taunton, 1 – Final
– After splitting the first two sets, Franklin rolled to two straight wins to take the match, 3-1 (25-7, 21-25, 25-8, 25-14), on the road at Taunton. Senior Makayla Kuykendall absolutely dominated offensively with 26 kills on 45 attempts (.489 hitting percentage) and also chipped in 11 digs, Olivia Caruso dished out 32 assists, libero Emma Cunningham anchored the defense with 28 digs, and Emerson Delleo had a strong all-around night with 15 kills, eight digs, and a pair of aces for the Panthers.
Golf = Milford, 176 @ Franklin, 148 – Final
– Franklin recorded its lowest score of the season and had six of its eight golfers shoot 41 or better in a division win over Milford. Junior Tyler Perlman carded birdies on five and seven to finish with a medalist round of 34 to lead the Panthers while Ben Burgess had a birdie on the ninth hole and finished with a 36 for the round. Senior Chris Shanahan and junior Ayden Doyle each finished with a 39 to round out Franklin’s scoring. Milford senior Eli Johnson and freshman Ben Richard tied for the team-low at 43, and seniors Aidan Eastman and Ricky Nashawaty both finished the round with a 45.
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– Foxboro rallied from a goal down twice and freshman Brenna Turner delivered the go-ahead goal 10 minutes into the second half to lift the Warriors to the upset and their first win of the season. Franklin got the first goal, but Foxboro quickly equalized. Kennedy Maling teed up Shea Dorney for a shot from just outside the box (her second goal in as many games) to make it 1-1. The Panthers regained the advantage and went into halftime in front. Less than a minute into the second half, Maling slipped a through ball to Ava Picard, who was fouled in the box. Picard converted the penalty to make it 2-2. Ten minutes later, Turner won the ball in midfield and fired a shot over the keeper’s head for what turned out to be the winner. Foxboro’s defense held out for the final half hour, Keira D’Arcy, Ashley Goldstein, Mia Flanagan, and Ella Carton had impressive performances and Julia Luck backed them up by making several key saves.
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Field Hockey = Franklin, 3 @ Foxboro, 0 – Final
– Franklin pulled away in the second half with a pair of goals to secure a 3-0 win on the road over Foxboro. Ella Marzullo opened the scoring in the first quarter but the game stayed at 1-0 going into half. The Panthers doubled their lead in the third when Penelope Brady finished off a feed from Lily Aparo and Clara Blongastainer added an insurance goal in the fourth. Devon Barry made five saves to preserve the shutout for Franklin. Senior Kathleen Staruski had a terrific performance in net for Foxboro with 25 saves, denying the Panthers on a stroke in the second quarter.
Volleyball =Franklin @ Foxboro, 5:00
Boys Cross Country = Franklin, 15 @ Sharon, 43 – Final
– Franklin earned a convincing win over Sharon, taking the top five spots for a clean sweep. Adam Peng (17:29), Kyle Twomey (17:47), Nicholas Mitchell (17:50), Sawyer Laing (17:50), and Ethan Riley (17:56) crossed in order to secure the sweep for the Panthers. Sharon’s Matteo Lozano (18:06) and Julian Hoemke (18:09) finished sixth and seventh, respectively.
Girls Cross Country = Franklin, 25 @ Sharon, 30 – Final
– Franklin junior Annabelle Santiago held off Sharon in the final mile to secure third place and clinch the win as the Panthers took the top three spots in a season-opening win over the Eagles. Senior captains Stella Nappa (21:28) and Victoria Courtright-Lim (21:44) finished first and second, respectively, while Santiago clocked in at 22:49 for third. Sophomore Violet Copeland (24:26) was fourth for the Panthers and ninth overall in her first cross country race, and Anna Godin rounded out Franklin’s scoring with a 10th place finish. Jessica Xiang was Sharon’s top runner, clocking in at 23:13 for fourth overall. Selena Wackerle (23:25), Iris Nolan (23:46), Reagan Wray (24:14), and Julia Slavsky (24:19) followed, taking fifth through eighth.
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Boys Soccer = Franklin, 0 @ King Philip, 3 – Final
– After taking a one-goal lead in the first half, King Philip tallied twice inside the first 10 minutes of the second half to run away with a 3-0 win over Franklin, giving the Warriors their first win over their rivals since 2020. Junior Greyson Perachi opened the scoring just past the midway point of the first half. Senior Marco Amorim dropped a service right to the six-yard box that slipped past a defender and right to Perachi for a quick finish from in close. Just two minutes into the second half, Amorim intercepted a Franklin goal kick and was taken down in the box for a penalty kick. Franklin goalie Casey Flynn made the stop on the penalty kick but KP senior George Blakesley followed up his own shot and buried the rebound to make it 2-0. Seven minutes later, Blakesley put a low shot on target that was spilled and junior Nick Wendling jumped onto the rebound and slotted a low shot into the back of the net. KP senior Brent Schneider made six saves in net for the shutout.
Girls Soccer = King Philip, 2 @ Franklin, 7 – Final
– Ava Quintin assisted both of KP’s goals. Her through ball allowed Ella McDonald to score in the first half and her corner was finished off by a Donnelle Balunos volley in the second half.
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"Despite not recording a first down in the first half, Franklin went into the locker room at halftime with a little bit of momentum. A goal-line stand on defense kept Canton’s lead to just two scores with the Panthers getting the ball to start the third quarter.
The hosts were one good drive from getting back into Friday night’s season opener at Pisini Stadium. Instead, a turnover on the third play gave Canton back the ball with a short field and the Bulldogs capitalized, converting the drive into a third touchdown to break the game wide open.
Behind a terrific night from senior quarterback JT Norton (20-of-32, 350 yards, three touchdowns) and from its defense (5 sacks, two forced turnovers, three first downs allowed), Canton pulled away for a convincing 34-0 win. It was Canton’s first win against Franklin since 1990, ending a string of 18 straight Franklin victories (the teams haven’t played since 2011 when the league split into two divisions).
“This is what we’ve been building towards for the last four or five years,” Canton coach Anthony Fallon. “We knew we could get here and we could do this if we did the right things and these guys bought in and they want to be at that level. We’re working on getting the program to where it used to be and where it should be.”
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Field Hockey = King Philip, 1 @ Franklin, 2 – Final
– Franklin freshman Lila Reardon scored her first career goal and quickly grabbed her second, accounting for all of the the Panthers’ scoring in a crucial division win over King Philip. Reardon finished off a feed from Lily Aparo just under five minutes into the game, and then finished off a chance from Addi Weiss just over four minutes into the second. King Philip pulled one back early in the fourth quarter when Abbey Pompei redirected Ella Morgan’s tip off a shot from Tayla McDuff, but the Warriors were unable to solve Franklin goalie Devon Barry (seven saves) the rest of the way. Lauren Griffin had a strong game in net for the Warriors with seven saves. Franklin coach Michelle Hess noted the great defensive effort of Jossie Camp as well as a strong performance from Aparo.
Volleyball = King Philip, 2 @ Franklin, 3 – Final
– Franklin battled back from a 2–1 deficit to edge King Philip in five sets (15–25, 25–22, 18–25, 25–17, 15–8). Despite the loss, KP had strong performances across the board, led by senior Cece Kilroy with 13 kills, 10 digs, and seven aces. Senior captain Shayne Dugan added nine kills, senior captain Caleigh Shore recorded 21 digs, and junior Amie O’Neil chipped in seven kills.
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"Franklin boys basketball head coach CJ Neely is stepping down after 11 years at the helm of the Panthers, he confirmed to HockomockSports.com. He guided the Panthers to the program’s first state championship this past March.
Neely met with his players and school administrators on Friday afternoon to announce his decision.
“My kids are getting older, and I want to be a part of this time in their lives,” Neely said. “Basketball was conflicting with being there for them, being a coach for them, and just being a dad. I want to be around more while they’re still young. I think about how fast they’re growing up, and I want to maximize the time I have with them. I didn’t want to shortchange Franklin by being pulled in different directions.”
In his time at Franklin, the Panthers won four Kelley-Rex titles, reached four Division 1 state finals, and capped a 25-1 season this past year with a 55-52 win over Newton North in the championship game. He is a three-time HockomockSports Coach of the Year, earning the honors in 2022, 2024, and 2025."
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Boys Soccer = Franklin, 0 @ Oliver Ames, 0 – Final
– The reigning division champs each grabbed a point in a scoreless season opener at Muscato Stadium in Easton. Casey Flynn (Franklin) and Zack Gilson (OA) each recorded the shutout in net.
Girls Soccer = Oliver Ames, 1 @ Franklin, 2 – Final
Josh Perry || HockomockSports.com Managing Editor provides the game recap:
"After hitting the woodwork and forcing Oliver Ames sophomore goalie Olivia Zaniboni into six first half saves, Franklin was feeling a little frustrated that it hadn’t gotten on the board in Thursday afternoon’s season opener at Pisini Stadium.
Things got worse two minutes before the break when OA senior Jolie Diaz laced a shot from 20 yards into the top corner to put the Tigers ahead against the run of play.
Rather than get deflated, Franklin came out for the second half with renewed energy and quickly turned things around. The Panthers got goals from Gwen Holland and Phoebe Cuneo to complete the comeback and secure a 2-1 win, their fourth straight win in the series, which has become the annual opening fixture for the perennial league powers."
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– Franklin secured a convincing win at home over visiting Sharon. Junior Tyler Perlman earned match medalist with a round of 37, while sophomore Bryce Botelho was close behind with a 39 that featured a birdie on the fourth. Junior Ben Burgess added a 40, and seniors Dylan O’Brien and Gabe Rodrigues each shot 42 to round out the Panthers’ scoring. Sharon was led by Nate Root with a 44, followed by Sarah Scappaticci (45), Mason Silverman (46), and Benny Hertzel (46).
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Field Hockey = Oliver Ames, 1 @ Franklin, 5 – Final
– Franklin built a three-goal lead in the first half and never looked back to open the season with a 5-1 win over visiting Oliver Ames. Junior Ella Marzullo opened the scoring five minutes into the game, finishing off a pass from Addi Weiss to give the hosts an early advantage. Franklin then tallied twice in quick succession in the second as Penelope Brady and Ava Lucenta scored back-to-back goals less than a minute apart. Brady (from Marzullo) got her second just before the midway point of the third to make it 4-0, and Weiss buried a chance on a corner with both Brady and Lucenta setting it up to make it 5-0. OA senior Linda Cooper got the Tigers on the board with nine minutes left in the game. Devon Barry made three saves in the win for Franklin.
Ryan Lanigan || HockomockSports Editor provides the game recap:
For Oliver Ames, the first two sets of the new season certainly felt like a continuation of a year ago when the Tigers reached the state championship.
With the lineup filled with mostly returning players, Oliver Ames landed some big swings, kept their serves in play, and played some tremendous defense that prevented Franklin from creating any sort of momentum to race out to a 2-0 lead.
A third set letdown allowed the Panthers to stay alive, and after both teams seemed to find their footing again in the fourth, Franklin was on the verge of forcing a fifth and final set when an OA hitting error put the hosts ahead, 23-17.
But one point led to another, which led to another — a kill apiece from juniors Claire Kenny in the middle and Taylor Donohue on the outside, sandwiched around a hitting error from the Panthers — and the six-point deficit was cut in half. Junior setter Lyla McDonough took advantage of a nice pass from classmate Molly Milliken and set up Kenny on a quick set for another kill, and just like that, it was a two-point game.
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Excitement among the teachers and school personnel as they all make the final preparations for the redistricting to open with schools on Tuesday, Sep 2. Minor tweeks to some of the bus routes, stops will be notified shortly. 56 personnel hired this summer, 2 teacher openings, 13 ESP's openings remain and sone nonunion positions too, work is still underway attempting to fill the positions
Handbook significant changes, only a few were discussed. There is only one elementary handbook now for the 4 schools in the 2 buildings. All the handbooks were approved unanimously in separate votes (ECDC, elementary, middle and high school)
Voted to create a subcommittee to expand upon how to honor the legacy of Horace Mann, beyond the naming of the campus where ECDC, the Middle School and High School are now located on Oak St. The campus naming was a second vote as the two items were related and there was good discussion among the committee as to the scope and objectives of the proposed (now approved) committee. Member of the full SchCmte will notify the Chair of their interest. The Chair will confirm, the subcommittee will craft a scope and objectives doc for the full committee to approve. Members of the community including the Historical Commission and other such stakeholders will be involved.
FHS schedules youth soccer clinic as fund raiser - Aug 26
Calling youth soccer players!
Join the Franklin High School Boys Soccer Team for a fun night of soccer skills and drills. All proceeds will benefit the Boys Soccer Program at FHS. Thank you for your support!
Event Details:
**Tuesday, August 26th from 6:00-7:30 pm on the Stadium Turf at FHS
**Open to boys and girls, entering grades 4-8
**Sign up and submit payment by August 3rd to guarantee a t-shirt.
**Cost: $30
**Please bring a ball and plenty of water to the clinic.
