After two games on the road, Shrewsbury is heading back home. They will host the Leominster Blue Devils at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Shrewsbury's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Grafton on Friday. They were dealt a 46-0 loss at the hands of the Gators. The Colonials haven't had much luck with the Gators recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Leominster). They took down Wachusett Regional 65-49 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Blue Devils.
Xavier Cora and Osiris Lopez were among the main playmakers for Leominster as the former gained 257 total yards and four touchdowns and the latter threw for 340 yards and six touchdowns while completing 79.2% of his passes. With that strong performance, Cora is now averaging an impressive 114.3 rushing yards per game. Jaidis Delgado was Lopez's top target, picking up 138 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Shrewsbury's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Leominster, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
Shrewsbury suffered a grim 48-26 defeat to Leominster in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lopez, who threw for 141 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 110 yards on only eight carries. Now that Shrewsbury knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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