New England Football Notes 9/20

Armond McRae

Posted on September 20th 2011

Each Tuesday we will have our New England Football Notes column. If you would like to contribute any information or statistics to this column please email newenglandprepstars@hotmail.com

"10" Top Performances

Each week we will highlight 10 of the top performances in New England for the prior week.

Lowell High School (MA) QB RJ Noel ’12 was our New England Prep Stars Player of the Week for his 655 total yards from scrimmage and 6 TD performance in a 44-41 thrilling loss to Nashua South on Saturday.

Not to be out done is our Next 9:

Arkeel Newsome ’14 RB, Ansonia (CT) – 319 yards rushing and six TDs in win over Torrington.

Thomas Kleyn ’12 LB/ OG, Concord-Carlisle (MA) – Two Fumble returns for TD's (1 offense and 1 defense) in win over Lexington.

Trevor Knight ’14 QB, Nashua South (NH) – Scored three TDs and led Nashua South to 44-41 win over Lowell. (see video below)

Casey Cochran '12 QB, Masuk (CT) - Completed 15 of 18 passes for 327 yards and three TDs in opening win.

Malcolm Brown ’12 WR, Pope John XXIII (MA) – Scored six TDs in win over Pope John Paul II of Hyannis.

Obi Melifonwu '12 RB/ DB, Grafton (MA) - Played exceptional defense and ran for 201 yards with five total TDs in win.

Jonathan Dibiaso '12 QB - Everett (MA) - Threw for 211 yards and four touchdowns in a 42-13 win over Springfield Central.

Maurice Hurst Jr. '13 DL - Xaverian (MA) - Three tackles for loss, two sacks (1 safety) through three quarters in win.

Colby Emanouil '12 QB - Chelmsford (MA) - Scored two rushing TDs and one passing TD in 26-0 win over Acton-Boxborough on his birthday.

Severin Commits to UVA

As first reported by Cavs Corner on Monday, Canaan Severin '12 made his much anticipated college decision known. The highly ranked athlete chose to attend the University of Virginia and play for Head Coach Mike London and the Virginia Cavaliers (pictured below).

Credit: Sean Meyers/Icon SMI

Severin chose UVA over his runner up schools Penn State and Boston College. See our one-one interview with the Worcester Academy star from the summer here.

ISL and Prep Begin this weekend

The ISL, Prep and Private schools begin action this weekend. The most notable game on the calendar takes place on Friday as BB&N travels to take on Belmont Hill in an early season ISL tilt. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:15 p.m.

New England Prep Stars Live Coverage

We were at three games this week and will also be at three games this upcoming weekend. Below are recaps with links and posts from our game coverage.

Chelmsford shuts out Acton-Boxborough 26-0

CHS moved to 2-0 on the season as they shut out A-B (1-1) 26-0 in Acton on Friday night.

The offensive star of the game this week was QB Colby Emanouil, who scored two rushing touchdowns and threw for another score in the win.

After giving up 34 points to an underrated Westford Academy (1-1) team that defeated Marshfield in Week 2 the Lions held the Colonials offesnive attack incheck. The Colonials were very successful in week one against Woburn in a 33-8 win. CHS bent at times but did not break and were led by BC bound LB Tim Joy '12 (10 tackles) and DB Cody Nazzaro '12 (Big INT).

CHS hosts BC High this Friday night in a big match-up of two of the top 10 teams in Massachusetts this season.

See more on this game at Chelmsford Patch

Concord-Carlisle Rides Craan to Win Over Lexington

Senior running back George Craan '12 rushed for 167 yards and 2 TDs and senior LB and OG Thomas Kleyn scored two touchdowns on fumble recoveries in C-C's 40-14 victory over Lexington. C-C avenged five straight seasons of losses to Lexington as they move to 2-0 on the young season. C-C takes on Waltham on Friday night as Lexington (0-2) will travel to Acton-Boxborough in search of their first win. Read more about the game here.

Nashua South Outlasts Lowell

On Saturday afternoon in Nashua there was an offensive explosion by the border state squads as Nashua South (2-1) hung on for a 44-41 victory over Lowell (1-1).

Lowell QB RJ Noel '12 (see above) had a day to remember as he found his main targets, WR Jack Galvin '14 and Gilberto Brown '12 for a total of over 400 yards combined and four scores.

For Nashua South QB Trevor Knight '14 led his team to a victory with two rushing touchdowns and a beautiful 29-yard over the top TD pass to WR Ray Ramos '12. Ramos also had an INT return for a TD on the following Lowell drive.

Nashua South RB Derek Paradis '12 ran for 117 yards and RB/ WR Armond McRae '12 (pictured ran for 11 yards in the win.

Despite Nashua South's two score lead heading into the fourth quarter the game was always closer than the score indicated. With under a minute remaining Nashua South finally put the clamps down defensively and stopped a Noel led drive around midfield to seal the victory.

See the photo gallery from the game here.

This weekend’s live coverage

You can follow each quarter of updated action on twitter with us @newenglandpreps or on our facebook page

Friday night September 23

BC High @ Chelmsford 7 p.m.

Beverly @ Lynn English (correspondent coverage) 7 p.m.

Saturday afternoon September 24

Catholic Memorial @ St. John's Shrewsbury 1 p.m.

Video of the Week

Nashua South's Trevor Knight battles his way into the end zone for a score in Nashua South's win over Lowell, 44-41