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| 10/10/25 - Home | 30-20 W |
| 10/14/22 - Away | 6-42 L |
| 10/15/21 - Home | 8-34 L |
| 03/26/21 - Home | 7-35 L |
| 10/19/19 - Neutral | 8-43 L |
| + 5 more games |
Methuen faced Central Catholic in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. The Rangers walked away with a 30-20 victory over the Raiders. For the Rangers, this counts as revenge for the 42-6 win the Raiders walked away with the last time they faced one another back in October of 2022.
Caiden Hartley-DiDio was a one-man wrecking crew as he threw for 236 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only 16 passes, and also rushed for 66 yards.
The victory made it two in a row for Methuen and bumps their season record up to 4-1. It's not like the team was facing easy opposition over that stretch either, as it included 3-1 Andover (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 62.5% over those games). As for Central Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Looking ahead, Methuen will head out to face off against Lawrence at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The Rangers will be up against the Lancers' rather soft defense (which has allowed 34.2 points per contest), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance. As for Central Catholic, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Andover at 7:00 p.m. on the 24th.
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