On Friday Fitchburg take on Westborough at 7:00 PM. Fitchburg don't have the home-field advantage, but they do enjoy an advantage in the MaxPreps rankings.
Fitchburg won a match that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Marlborough 17-16. The success made it back-to-back wins for Fitchburg.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out between Westborough and North Middlesex Regional. Westborough put the hurt on North Middlesex Regional with a sharp 31-0 win. Westborough were expected to win, but the margin was definitely larger than the state rankings had forecast.
Their wins lifted both teams to an identical 2-3. In their victory, Westborough relied heavily on senior Jack Slocum, who picked up 63 yards on the ground and snatched 1 receiving TD. Fitchburg will need to find a way to minimize his impact if they want to win.
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