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Duxbury at Marshfield and Hingham at unbeaten Scituate lead 15 South Shore Thanksgiving football games, all at 10 a.m.

Six South Shore teams on the slate play state semifinals Friday, Nov. 20, first, and Duxbury and Marshfield have turned their rivalry into a food drive for the holiday.

By the South Shore 360 News Desk | Published Nov. 15, 2026 | Last verified Nov. 15, 2026, 9:25 a.m. ET

High school football: South Shore Thanksgiving Day games, Thursday, Nov. 26, and the MIAA state semifinals

Fifteen Thanksgiving football games with South Shore teams kick off at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 26, led by Duxbury at Marshfield and Hingham's trip to a Scituate team that has not lost all season, according to the teams' schedules on MaxPreps.

The same morning has Plymouth South crossing town to Plymouth North, Bridgewater-Raynham playing at Brockton, Norwell at Hanover, Whitman-Hanson at Abington, Weymouth at Walpole and Braintree at Milton.

Six South Shore teams on the Thanksgiving slate still have a bigger game first. Scituate, Marshfield, Bridgewater-Raynham, Norwell, Abington and Rockland all play MIAA state semifinals Friday, Nov. 20, which their MaxPreps schedules list for 7 p.m., with the MIAA choosing the sites, and the winners play for state titles the week after Thanksgiving.

A rivalry with a food drive attached

Duxbury and Marshfield added something new to their Thanksgiving week this year, a food drive competition between the two football programs that runs from Nov. 2 to Nov. 23.

Marshfield High School interim athletic director Lauren Jones told Marshfield Community Media that she and Duxbury athletic director Jeff Maidment came up with the idea as a new tradition, with the teams competing to collect canned goods and whatever else the food pantries need, and a winner counted after the drive closes. "Obviously it's a big rivalry," Jones said, adding that the teams want to show "that they can come together off the field, put the rivalry aside and serve their community in a positive way."

Marshfield's flyer for the drive lists drop-off spots inside Marshfield High School and at the gate at football games, asks for nonperishable food and names the Marshfield Food Pantry as the beneficiary, and the station's report says the drive is for the food pantries in both towns. Jones said the Marshfield team was also looking for spots around town, such as Roche Bros., willing to put out collection boxes. Residents can also give to the Marshfield Food Pantry directly, through the donation bin outside its entrance at Ventress Library Plaza, 1837 Ocean St., which the pantry says is open around the clock for new, unopened, nonperishable food.

The Thanksgiving schedule

Every game below is Thursday, Nov. 26, at 10 a.m., with the home team listed second, according to the teams' MaxPreps schedules.

Stoughton plays its rivalry game two nights early, at Canton on Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 8 p.m. The Hingham at Scituate game is listed on the NFHS Network, the subscription streaming service.

The six South Shore teams still playing for a state title

Seeds, pairings and scores below are from the MIAA, and the game accounts are from The Boston Globe's quarterfinal coverage.

Scituate (10-0), Division 4. The top-seeded Sailors, who won the Division 4 title in 2024 and 2025, meet No. 5 Walpole in the semifinals, the same Walpole team that hosts Weymouth on Thanksgiving. Senior Grayson Foley ran for four first-half touchdowns in a 49-7 quarterfinal win over Grafton on Nov. 13, and quarterback Tyler Stelljes threw for 185 yards and two touchdowns, finding Sam Huggins twice for 120 yards and a score. Foley, who is committed to play Division 1 baseball at Bryant University, ran for 347 yards and all six Scituate touchdowns and made three interceptions at safety in a 42-28 win over North Quincy in October, Boston.com reported.

Marshfield (8-1), Division 3. Third-seeded Marshfield meets No. 7 Barnstable after beating North Attleborough 32-15, a game in which 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.

Bridgewater-Raynham (7-2), Division 2. The second-seeded Trojans face No. 3 Billerica Memorial. Senior captain Cam Knudsen scored from the 1 on fourth down and returned an interception 55 yards for a touchdown in the 27-14 win over Westford Academy, sophomore Keenan Bernard returned another interception for a score, and junior Gabe Ocampo made a 20-yard touchdown catch after senior Isaiah Baptiste picked off a pass on a Westford fake punt.

Norwell (9-1), Division 6. Top-seeded Norwell plays No. 12 Winthrop. Senior Jack Luccarelli carried 25 times for 179 yards and threw a 48-yard touchdown pass to senior Cole Maguire in the 35-6 win over Lynnfield, and juniors Connor Woodland and Ryan Bonzagni ran for two touchdowns each.

Abington (8-2), Division 6. Third-seeded Abington meets No. 7 Old Rochester Regional after beating Joseph Case 36-7 at Memorial Field on Nov. 12. Norwell and Abington sit on opposite sides of the Division 6 bracket, so the two would meet for the state title if both win, according to the MIAA.

Rockland (5-5), Division 7. The seventh-seeded Bulldogs play No. 3 St. Bernard's after a 36-12 win at No. 2 Tyngsborough, where senior Marvelous Pleasant scored three touchdowns in the second quarter and junior Dustin Ayer threw touchdown passes of 51 and 50 yards.

Around the rest of the slate

Duxbury (7-2) comes to Marshfield off a 14-13 quarterfinal loss to Walpole in which Liam Murray threw for 309 yards and Lachlan O'Reilly-Lacks caught passes for 135, the Globe reported. Plymouth South senior Cam Horvath threw touchdown passes of 41 and 10 yards and ran for a 7-yard score in a 30-20 win over Whitman-Hanson on Nov. 13, the same night senior quarterback Nick Navin ran for three touchdowns and threw for a fourth as West Bridgewater won 34-8 at Hull, according to the Globe. Brockton heads into its game with Bridgewater-Raynham off a 34-0 home win over Framingham on Saturday, Nov. 14, according to the Globe's scoreboard and Brockton's MaxPreps schedule.

After the holiday

The MIAA's 2026 football format puts the state semifinals and state finals in the 11th and 13th weeks of the season, with Thanksgiving week in between, and it lets teams in every section play on Thanksgiving Day as the last game of their season.

Where the finals will be played is still being settled: the MIAA said in a statement, reported by Boston.com on Nov. 2, that Gillette Stadium is no longer an option for its football championships, and the Globe reported Nov. 10 that Boston College's Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill will be ready to host some, if not most, of the state finals in Divisions 1 through 8 during the first week of December.

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