Stoughton Game

It was a black mood for the Black Nights as Foxboro arrived in Stoughton for this Davenport division match-up.  The unbeaten Stoughton football team had just finished attending the funeral of fallen teammate, David Wade, earlier in the day.  During the game and halftime, many tributes to David were delivered by a heartsick community.  The Foxboro Touchtown Club and Cheerleaders were moved by the occasion as well and donated $250.00 to the David Wade Memorial Fund during halftime.

It was a great football game.  Unfortunately Foxboro was shut out and the final score was Stoughton 20, Foxboro 0.  The Black Knights were moved by strong emotions as they went on to "Win this for Dave".  The Foxboro Warriors worked hard and definitely had their chances during the game.  they had eight drives and seven of those reached Stoughton territory but none made it into the end zone.  Stoughton's defense sure did bend but they didn't break. 

During the game, on a quarterback keeper, senior Mike Slaby got crushed and ended up flat on his back.  It was a scary moment - definitely was concussed.  Sophmore Nolan Rogers stepped in nicely to finish the game.  Hopefully next week, the Blue & Gold will rebound.

North Attleboro

The Red Rocketeers came to town along with the heavy rain on Friday, September 28th.  The week 4 preview in the Foxboro Reporter touted the considerable skill of North's Alex Jette, Ryan Perron and company. Week 4 preview

But the night belonged to the Foxboro Warriors.  Fresh off the loss to Whitman Hanson the previous week, the Warriors would not be deterred.  Not only did Foxboro come away with a win, they shut out North Attleboro.  The defense worked as a team to shut N-A down.  Emotions were high for the team as Foxboro had not beaten North for several seasons.  It was North's first loss of 2012.  With Mike Slaby, Luc Valenza and Kiivone Howard rushing strong, Howard scored 3 touchdowns.  North's bid for a second half comeback came to a close when Alex Pacitti executed a nice interception to halt the Red Rocketeers' momentum. 

Whitman-Hanson Game

First home game of the season!  Boys were pumped.  Week three and we still hadn't seen a Hockomock matchup.  Whitman-Hanson was a relatively unknown opponent heading into the game but at least we were in Eastern Mass football.

Yikes!  W-H scored on the opening kick-off.  Then they scored on the second play of their next drive as well. The Warriors definitely needed to wake up and play Foxboro football.  The team settled down after that and were certainly the better team on the field.  Unfortunately the only thing that counts in the win-loss column is the score.  Foxboro ended up losing by 1 point.  The Warriors fought back the entire game.  They outrushed the Panthers and had more first downs.  After missing the PAT on Foxboro's last touchdown, final score was Whitman-Hanson 21, Foxboro 20.  
The silver lining in this cloud is that the Blue & Gold did not give up after a horrendous start.  They got their head in the game and continued to play hard and with heart.  That was not always true in years past and is something to look forward to.

East Providence

Week 2 continued the great football mojo for the Foxboro Warriors.  Final winning score was Foxboro 40, East Providence 6.  Foxboro had 33 unanswered points in the fist half!  They tried to give a few gifts to East Providence but the Townies could not capitalize on them :).  Jess Todd scored two receiving touchdowns and Kiivone Howard ran several scores in as well.  One downside to the game was that #7 Drew McGeary was injured and will be out for a few weeks.  Stay tuned for week 3 - the first home game is Friday vs. Whitman-Hanson.
Foxboro Reporter preview

East Longmeadow game

Warrior football kicked off last Friday night in East Longmeadow, MA!  Great game - Foxboro came away with a 34-13 win to start the season.  The JV and Freshmen teams won their games at home the next day as well.  The team traveled in style on (2) cushy deluxe buses and feasted upon arrival.  It was hard to say who the star of the game was - sure Kiivone scored (3) touchdowns and played great but let's talk about the terrific job the O-line did to protect Slaby and bust open those holes he ran through. 

Read the Foxboro Reporter article by David Carty for more details on the game...
Foxboro Reporter, Foxboro vs. East Longmeadow