After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Braintree is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the North Quincy Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Braintree's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Dartmouth on Friday. They had to suffer through a 28-0 loss at the hands of the Indians.
Meanwhile, North Quincy beat Oliver Ames 41-28 on Saturday. The Raiders pushed the score to 41-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Tigers cut but never quite recovered from.
Mikey Galligan was a one-man wrecking crew for North Quincy as he rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and also threw for 165 yards and two touchdowns. Another player making a difference was Tim Toland, who rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: North Quincy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 239 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Braintree's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for North Quincy, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
Everything went Braintree's way against North Quincy when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as Braintree made off with a 30-7 victory. Does Braintree have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Quincy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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