The Swampscott Big Blue will square off against the Melrose Red Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Swampscott's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Peabody Veterans Memorial on Saturday. They fell just short of the Tanners by a score of 2-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Big Blue have suffered since October 17, 2023.
Meanwhile, Melrose was beaten by Reading Memorial 35-7 two weeks ago. While losing is never fun, the Red Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts football rankings (they are ranked 146th, while the Rockets are ranked 48th).
Swampscott's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Melrose, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
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