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Thanksgiving Football

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Hockomock Football Recap: Thanksgiving Upsets, Comebacks, Blowouts and Nail-Biters

A recap of Thanksgiving football action in the Hockomock League.

If anything, Thanksgiving once again proved how exciting and unpredictable the Hockomock League can be. The League's two playoff teams both lost; Stoughton and Mansfield's long Thanksgiving win streaks were snapped, while Oliver Ames extended its streak; the King Philip/Franklin and Stoughton/Canton games came down to the wire, with the KP/Franklin game being decided in the final seconds, and with Stoughton/Canton being decided in overtime, and Foxborough orchestrated a second-half comeback vs. Mansfield. The other games were blowouts. Thanksgiving marked the end of the season for nine of the teams in the league, but Mansfield (Division 2) and Sharon (Division 3) will head to the postseason, playing in a semifinal game Tuesday night, …

Friday, November 23, 2012

Oliver Ames Football Upsets Sharon on Thanksgiving

Tigers dominate the Davenport Division Champions on their way to a 35-7 win.

The Oliver Ames football team endured a little bit of everything this season: Last second victories; overtime losses; big wins and big losses. Against the Davenport Division Champion Sharon Eagles Thanksgiving Day, the Tigers decided to end things on a high note: A convincing 35-7 victory. "It’s the kind of day we want," Oliver Ames coach Jim Artz said. "Our theme is family and we’re in it through thick and thin and the season was a whole roller coaster of good and bad. .. This is a special day for us. If you’re going to talk about family, this is the day that kind of encompasses all of that." OA scored early and often to take down the Eagles. After holding Sharon's offense on fourth down, OA quarterback Nick Cidado took the reins and …

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