The Nashoba Regional Wolves will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the Grafton Gators at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Nashoba Regional is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after opening their season on the road. They took a 19-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Algonquin Regional on Friday. The Wolves' loss continues a trend for the squad, making it five in a row dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Grafton never let their opponents score on Friday. They took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 31-0 win over Ashland. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Gators had established a 25 point advantage.
Finn Gilmore had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 131 yards and three touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 109 rushing yards dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Belanger, who rushed for 67 yards and two touchdowns.
Belanger wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Grafton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 265 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 163 rushing yards in nine consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Nashoba Regional was dealt a bruising 35-3 defeat at the hands of Grafton when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Grafton's Griffin Landry, who rushed for 54 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries. Now that Nashoba Regional 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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