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Pandemic has thrown high school players, coaches a myriad of last-minute scheduling obstaclesFootball teams have been forced to adapt to pandemic's challenges. “It’s forced us to kind of think outside the box,” said Winthrop coach Jonathan Cadigan.
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Football teams have been forced to adapt to pandemic's challenges. “It’s forced us to kind of think outside the box,” said Winthrop coach Jonathan Cadigan.
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They’ve been getting their kicks as football newcomersWith four seasons on the MIAA athletic calendar this year due to the pandemic, athletes like Ipswich's Rowan Silva are finding new opportunities to contribute on the gridiron.
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With four seasons on the MIAA athletic calendar this year due to the pandemic, athletes like Ipswich's Rowan Silva are finding new opportunities to contribute on the gridiron.
FRIDAY'S FOOTBALL ROUNDUPHigh schools scoreboard
Barnstable football makes a healthy return to field with shutout of Nauset
Playing first game in 498 days, Red Hawks rush to victory behind Eugene Jordan and Gibson Guimond; Whitman-Hanson presents retiring coach Mike Driscoll with victory over Hingham.
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A closer look at how football teams use play calls and audibles

Duxbury football coach fired over team’s use of anti-Semitic terms in recent game
Dave Maimaron, the longtime head coach of the Duxbury High School football team, was fired Wednesday as the fallout widened from disclosures that his players used Holocaust-related language and Jewish words to call plays during a recent game.
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See the full All-Scholastics teams for the fall season

A season of perseverance
There were starts and stops, and quarantines. In a few communities, unbeaten seasons came to an abrupt halt. But through the masks, the sanitizers, and the socially-distanced markers, Massachusetts' high school athletes played on.
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