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NORTH ANDOVER – On the verge of a statement win against an unbeaten opponent, North Andover, instead, found heartbreak.

MVC small division front-runner Billerica rallied with 29 second-half points, including the game winning two-point conversion with 2:19 left for a 35-34.

NORTH ANDOVER – Entering Week 6, North Andover was looking to end a three-game losing streak during which it struggled in the second halves.

Friday evening found the Scarlet Knights enjoying both sides of intermission as they scored 13 points in each of the first three quarters en route to an easy 46-0 victory over Dracut.

SALEM – After Friday rush-hour traffic turned the 58-mile drive from Holden into a two-hour bus trek, Tucker McDonald and his offensive mates were only allowed to play the opening 24 minutes against Salem.

PLAISTOW – Through the first four games of the season, Eddie DiGiulio had taken almost twice as many handoffs as anybody else on the Timberlane roster. Friday night, however, he spent much of the first half leading the way for others.

METHUEN –Shane Eason’s optimism only grew as Friday’s gusting winds continued throughout the day.

“Once I saw it was really windy, I kind of expected to get a lot of carries tonight,” the Methuen sophomore said. “And I did my thing.”

SALEM – Returning home one week after being shutout at Bedford, Salem showed signs of improvement Friday night.

The Blue Devils snapped a seven-quarter scoreless streak with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes. And a physical David Jacques ran for a season-high 144 yards.

TIMBERLANE – Owning a roster loaded with Division II state championship experience, chances were Timberlane wouldn’t cower when facing Division I adversity.

And while they saw their 13-game winning streak come to an end Friday night in a 23-20 defeat to Bishop Guertin, the Owls proved more than capable of hanging against New Hampshire’s best with a stirring second-half rally.

PLAISTOW – Unable to defend its Division II state title because of reclassification, Timberlane had a successful return to the division of harder knocks.

And with their convincing 41-13 victory Friday night over Manchester Memorial, the Owls ran their current winning streak to 13 while also snapping a 13-game losing streak against Division I opponents.

HAVERHILL — A Greater Lawrence Tech football team that struggled through two forgettable months and a 1-7 mark closed out a “November to Remember” by stunning rival Whittier Tech in a holiday eve classic, 28-22 on Wednesday.

FOXBOROUGH – This time a calculator to keep score wasn’t necessary.

After scores of 67-52 in September and 52-42 in September of 2019, in their previous two games both won by Central Catholic, we got a real, honest-to-goodness football game in the Division 1 state championship at Gillette Stadium.