The crowd at Friday's non-league contest between the Ayer Shirley Panthers (Ayer, MA) and the host Abby Kelley Foster Bears (Worcester, MA), witnessed Ayer Shirley's football squad topple Abby Kelley Foster by a count of 22-14.

The Panthers (2-2) will now prepare for their contest against Southbridge (Southbridge, MA). The Pioneers go into the non-league battle with a 0-4 record. In their last battle, Southbridge was topped by Atlantis/Westport (Fall River, MA), 7-0, in a league battle.

The Bears now own a 1-3 record. They play next when they travel to Lunenburg for a non-league battle on Friday, October 10. Abby Kelley Foster will encounter a Blue Knights team coming off a 44-14 non-league loss to Tyngsborough (Tyngsborough, MA). The Blue Knights record now stands at 2-2.