Six South Shore football teams reach state semifinals as Duxbury volleyball upsets No. 2 Reading

Updated 7:25 p.m. Nov. 14, 2026.

High school sports: MIAA fall state tournaments, football, girls volleyball, boys and girls soccer and field hockey

Six South Shore football teams are into the MIAA state semifinals after the quarterfinal round, with Bridgewater-Raynham, Marshfield, Scituate, Norwell and Rockland all winning Friday night and Abington winning a night earlier.

In Division 6, top-seeded Norwell and third-seeded Abington are on opposite sides of the bracket, so the two South Shore teams would meet in the state final if both win their semifinals, according to the MIAA bracket.

Duxbury's football team went out by a single point Friday, the same night its seventh-seeded volleyball team knocked off No. 2 Reading Memorial. Top seeds Oliver Ames and East Bridgewater also kept winning on the volleyball court, and the Duxbury and Norwell girls soccer teams won their quarterfinals Saturday.

Football

Scituate 49, Grafton 7 (Division 4). The unbeaten Sailors (10-0) rolled at home behind senior Grayson Foley's four first-half rushing touchdowns, and coach Herb Devine earned his 150th career win, The Boston Globe reported. Junior Tyler Stelljes threw for 185 yards and two touchdowns, and junior Sam Huggins caught two passes for 120 yards and a score. Scituate, the defending Division 4 champion, meets No. 5 Walpole in the semifinals.

Walpole 14, Duxbury 13 (Division 4). No. 4 Duxbury scored in the final minute at home and converted a 2-point try for what would have been the lead, but an illegal shift penalty wiped it out, and Walpole's Caden Petro blocked the extra point that followed, the Globe's Schools Insider reported. Duxbury's Liam Murray threw for 309 yards in the loss, and Lachlan O'Reilly-Lacks caught passes for 135 yards.

Bridgewater-Raynham 27, Westford Academy 14 (Division 2). Second-seeded Bridgewater-Raynham (7-2) did not score until the third quarter, then pulled away from No. 7 Westford Academy at home, according to the MIAA and the Globe. Senior captain Cam Knudsen ran in from the 1 on fourth-and-goal and later went 55 yards with an interception for a touchdown, junior Gabe Ocampo caught a 20-yard touchdown pass, and sophomore Keenan Bernard returned another interception for a score, the Globe reported. Senior Isaiah Baptiste had the third interception, picking off a pass on a Westford fake punt. Up next for Bridgewater-Raynham, in the semifinals, is No. 3 Billerica Memorial.

Marshfield 32, North Attleborough 15 (Division 3). Sophomore Austin Bossey broke a 78-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, and senior Cole Hannigan returned a punt 60 yards for a touchdown in the third, according to the Globe's game roundup. Third-seeded Marshfield, now 8-1, beat No. 6 North Attleborough at home and meets No. 7 Barnstable in the semifinals.

Norwell 35, Lynnfield 6 (Division 6). Lynnfield scored first, then Norwell answered with 35 straight points at home, the Globe's roundup reported. Senior Jack Luccarelli carried 25 times for 179 yards and threw a 48-yard touchdown pass to senior Cole Maguire, and juniors Connor Woodland and Ryan Bonzagni each ran for two touchdowns. Top-seeded Norwell, now 9-1, plays No. 12 Winthrop in the semifinals.

Rockland 36, Tyngsborough 12 (Division 7). Seventh-seeded Rockland went on the road and beat No. 2 Tyngsborough, which entered the tournament 7-0, according to the MIAA. Senior Marvelous Pleasant scored three touchdowns in the second quarter, and junior Dustin Ayer threw touchdown passes of 51 and 50 yards and finished with 169 passing yards, the Globe reported. The Bulldogs, now 5-5, face No. 3 St. Bernard's in the semifinals.

Abington 36, Joseph Case 7 (Division 6). Third-seeded Abington won at Memorial Field on Thursday, Nov. 12, according to the MIAA, and now meets No. 7 Old Rochester Regional in the semifinals.

Outside the tournament on Friday, senior quarterback Nick Navin ran for three touchdowns and threw for a fourth as West Bridgewater won 34-8 at Hull, and senior Cam Horvath threw touchdown passes of 41 and 10 yards and ran for a 7-yard score as Plymouth South beat Whitman-Hanson 30-20 at home, the Globe reported. For Whitman-Hanson, Quinn Fraizer threw for 132 yards.

Girls volleyball

Duxbury 3, Reading Memorial 1 (Division 2). Seventh-seeded Duxbury knocked off No. 2 Reading Memorial on Friday, according to the MIAA. Duxbury plays No. 6 Canton in the semifinals Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 6 p.m. at Scituate High School.

Oliver Ames 3, Longmeadow 0 (Division 2). Top-seeded Oliver Ames, 19-1 entering the tournament, swept No. 9 Longmeadow on Saturday morning. Oliver Ames meets No. 5 Barnstable in the semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 6 p.m. at Plymouth North High School, according to the MIAA.

Barnstable 3, Hingham 1 (Division 2). No. 5 Barnstable ended No. 4 Hingham's run on Friday.

East Bridgewater 3, Hamilton-Wenham 0 (Division 4). Top-seeded East Bridgewater (19-1 entering the tournament) swept No. 8 Hamilton-Wenham on Friday. Sophomore Elizabeth Willis had 11 kills, senior Olivia McManus added eight and senior Ayla Kingman set up 23 assists, according to the Globe's volleyball roundup. Next for East Bridgewater, in the semifinals, is No. 4 Greater Lawrence Tech.

Bellingham 3, Pembroke 0 (Division 3). Top-seeded Bellingham swept No. 8 Pembroke in Saturday's quarterfinal, according to the MIAA.

Soccer and field hockey

Duxbury 3, Whitman-Hanson 0 (girls soccer, Division 2). Top-seeded Duxbury, unbeaten at 14-0-5 entering the tournament, shut out No. 8 Whitman-Hanson at home in Saturday's quarterfinal, according to the MIAA. Duxbury meets the winner of Sunday's quarterfinal between No. 4 Masconomet and No. 5 Oliver Ames.

Norwell 6, Tewksbury Memorial 0 (girls soccer, Division 3). Second-seeded Norwell, 13-1-4 entering the tournament, routed No. 10 Tewksbury Memorial at home Saturday and will face the winner of No. 3 Dover-Sherborn and No. 6 Belchertown in the semifinals.

Medfield 10, Cardinal Spellman 1 (girls soccer, Division 3). Brockton's Cardinal Spellman, the No. 8 seed at 14-2-2 entering the tournament, fell at unbeaten, top-seeded Medfield on Saturday, according to the MIAA.

Hull 5, Rockport 1 (girls soccer, Division 5). Third-seeded Hull beat No. 6 Rockport at home Saturday to reach the semifinals, according to the MIAA.

Pembroke 1, Chicopee 0 (boys soccer, Division 3). Fourth-seeded Pembroke edged No. 5 Chicopee at home Saturday and meets top-seeded Medfield in the semifinals, according to the MIAA.

Oliver Ames 2, Melrose 0 (boys soccer, Division 2). Top-seeded Oliver Ames, unbeaten at 16-0-2 entering the tournament, shut out No. 24 Melrose at home in Saturday's quarterfinal, according to the MIAA, and meets No. 4 Milford in the semifinals.

Milford 3, Marshfield 0 (boys soccer, Division 2). No. 4 Milford ended No. 5 Marshfield's season in Saturday's quarterfinal at Milford, only the second loss for a Marshfield team that was 15-1-2 entering the tournament.

Sutton 1, Abington 0 (boys soccer, Division 4). No. 4 Sutton edged No. 5 Abington in Saturday's quarterfinal at Millbury High School.

Littleton 2, West Bridgewater 0 (boys soccer, Division 4). No. 10 Littleton won at second-seeded West Bridgewater on Saturday, handing a West Bridgewater team that was 15-2-1 entering the tournament its third loss.

Somerset Berkley 5, Hingham 1 (field hockey, Division 2). No. 4 Somerset Berkley beat No. 5 Hingham in Saturday's quarterfinal at Somerset Berkley.

What's next

The football semifinals are Bridgewater-Raynham vs. Billerica Memorial in Division 2, Marshfield vs. Barnstable in Division 3, Scituate vs. Walpole in Division 4, Norwell vs. Winthrop and Abington vs. Old Rochester Regional in Division 6, and Rockland vs. St. Bernard's in Division 7, according to the MIAA. The Scituate and Rockland schedules on MaxPreps list their semifinals for Friday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m.

In girls soccer, two Hingham schools meet Sunday, Nov. 15, at 4 p.m. when second-seeded Hingham hosts No. 7 Notre Dame Academy in a Division 2 quarterfinal, according to the MIAA. Also Sunday, fifth-seeded Rockland plays at No. 4 Sandwich at 1 p.m. in a Division 4 quarterfinal, and No. 5 Oliver Ames meets No. 4 Masconomet at 2:45 p.m. at Danvers High School for a Division 2 semifinal spot against Duxbury.

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