Football

Digesting Billerica High’s thrilling victory on Thursday while digesting too much pie and cranberry sauce. Murnane did it all   Junior captains don’t come around very often. In most cases, a team has a group of seniors as its captains. But once in a while, there’s a guy like Michael Murnane.Continue Reading

With the Merrimack Valley Conference’s championship hanging in the balance, the Billerica High football team stopped Chelmsford on four straight plays from the Indian 5-yard line, the last coming with just 39 seconds remaining, and held on for a 20-14 victory in a Thanksgiving Day game played at Chelmsford. “That’sContinue Reading

Between them, they weigh more than 600 pounds and stand well over 12 feet high. Senior linemen John Colby and Keith Johnston have always had plenty of responsibilities on the football field, but Thursday’s Merrimack Valley Conference championship tilt against Chelmsford gave the veterans and their linemates a little extraContinue Reading

Had Friday night’s Div. 3 quarterfinal football game between Billerica High and North Attleborough taken place on a dry, turf field? Who knows? But last night’s game on the muddy, grass at North Attleborough’s Community Field, complete with those old-fashioned goal posts and houses within a long kick away fromContinue Reading

A few observations after the Billerica High football team’s 34-15 win over Acton-Boxborough on Friday night in Billerica. JT Green sure can throw the ball. Scott Einarson transforms into King Kong when he puts football pads on. Billerica’s defense is nasty, filthy and every other word that means really goodContinue Reading