The Reading Memorial Rockets's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the North Attleborough Rocketeers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Reading Memorial: 11.5, North Attleborough: 8.9) so any points scored will be well earned.
Reading Memorial is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 21-18 win over Milford. The 21-point effort marked the Rockets' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Jack Murphy was his usual excellent self, rushing for 88 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 211 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per attempt. Another player making a difference was Bobby Morris, who picked up 113 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, North Attleborough was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Westborough 42-7. The Rocketeers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by 28 points or more this season.
Reading Memorial's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-0. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 38.1 points per game. As for North Attleborough, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-2.
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