DIV. 7 EMASS

Amesbury

Blue Hills

Boston Latin Academy

Case

Chelsea

Cohasset

East Boston

Hamilton-Wenham

Ipswich

Lowell Catholic

Manchester-Essex

Mashpee

Monomoy

Nantucket

O’Bryant

Rockland

South Shore

West Bridgewater

DIV. 8 EMASS

Atlantis Charter

Bourne

Brighton

Cape Cod Tech

Carver

Cathedral

English/New Mission

Holbrook/Avon

Hull

KIPP

Lynn Tech

Millis

Minuteman

Nashoba Tech

Old Colony

Randolph

Roxbury Prep

St. John Paul

Tech Boston

Upper Cape Cod

Wareham

DIV. 7-8 OVERVIEW

Never underestimate the South Shore League’s ability to put up a quality team or two capable of winning a state championship.

Case in point this year is Div. 7 where Mashpee appears ready to make a serious run at getting to Foxboro. The Falcons suffered through an injury-plagued 2023 season but the good news is that plenty of players got some much needed experience. Look for this team from the Cape to be among the best in the SSL.

Never look past a Cohasset team which has had its share of success over the years. Michael Wildfire should be among the more productive quarterbacks in Div. 7 once again.

Rockland is always going to be physical and the proverbial tough out, while West Bridgewater should have another quality team led by running back Ty Holmes.

Amesbury got to the Div, 7 state finals last year, but lost some key components. Others to watch include Monomoy, Lowell Catholic and Manchester-Essex.

Div. 8 appears to be wide open on the Eastern Mass. front with Bourne figuring to be one of the contenders as it returns several starters on both sides of the ball. Randolph should have one of the top backs in the division in Nate Gomes, while Nashoba Tech is capable of making a run.

As for the Boston City League schools, keep an eye on Brighton. The Bengals should have one of the better lines and head coach Randolph Abraham always finds some skill position players.

DANDY DOZEN FOR DIV. 7-8

Ta’Qaire Bell, Jr., WR, 5-7, 150 (Cathedral): Speedy slot receiver helped guide the Panthers to a berth in the Division 8 Final Four last year.

Caiden Doherty, Jr., OL/DL, 5-11, 225 (Bourne): A starter since his freshman year, Doherty should be one of the top linemen in Division 8 this fall.

Luke Dunham, Sr., QB/DB (Hull): One of the few starters from Hull’s Div. 8 state championship squad in 2022, Dunham will be expected to do a variety of things for the Pirates this fall.

Nate Gomes, Sr., RB, 6-0, 210, (Randoph): Gomes had a big junior year, rushing for 1,272 and 14 touchdowns on 136 carries.

Ty Holmes, Jr,, RB, 5-9, 165 (West Bridgewater): As a sophomore, Holmes turned in a big season as he rushed for 1,365 yards and 14 touchdowns on 160 carries.

Dominic Matteodo, Jr., QB, 5-11, 175 (Mashpee): Look for this junior to blossom as one of the top quarterbacks in the South Shore League this fall.

Miguel Montalvo, Jr., DE, 6-0, 215 (Nashoba Tech): Montalvo was one of the top sophomores in the Commonwealth Athletic Conference, finishing with 40 tackles and four sacks.

Jack Shapiro, Jr., QB, 6-2. 190 (Latin Academy): Two-sport star should be one of the premier quarterbacks in Division 7 this fall.

Ben Squarcia, Sr,, RB, 6-0, 195 (Mashpee): Squarcia missed his junior year due to an injury, but earned all-South Shore League All-Star honors after averaging more than seven yards a carry in his sophomore season.

Chris Testa, Sr. RB/DB, 5-7, 160 (East Boston): Testa had a productive junior year for the Jets, rushing for more than 800 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Michael Wildfire, Jr., QB, 6-1, 185 (Cohasset): Wildfire had a terrific sophomore year as he threw for 2,193 yards and 22 touchdowns.

Logan Wills, Sr., RB/DB, 5-10, 175 (Mashpee): Stepped up big time last year as he rushed for more than 1,000 yards,

DIV. 7-8 PLAYERS TO WATCH

Andy Ambroise, Sr., WR (Brighton); Marvins Antoine, Jr., RB/WR/DB (Atlantis Charter); Jack Balzarini, Sr., QB/DB (Carver); Joseph Beato, Jr., OL/DL (KIPP); Lucas Beaulieu, Jr., QB (Case); Aedan Borges, So. RB (Case); Cian Brennock, Jr., OL/DL (Manchester-Essex); Amari Brissett, Jr., RB/LB (O’Bryant); Divine Burroughs, Jr. TE/DL (Lowell Catholic); Chase Carney, Sr., WR/DB (Nashoba Tech); Said Cardoso, Sr., QB (Latin Academy); Dillon Chapman, Sr., RB/DB (Monomoy); Brandon Comeau, Sr., TE (Rockland); DJ DeCoste, Sr., QB/DB (South Shore); DJ DiCarlo, Sr., LB (Amesbury); Jullien Duarte, Sr., OL/DL (Brighton); Justin Dube, Jr., QB (Amesbury); Jose Echevarria, Sr., WR/DB (KIPP); Alias Edriss, Sr., RB/DB (English/New Mission); Max Finney, Sr. RB/LB (Old Colony); Ethan Fox, Jr., RB/DB (Bourne); Josiah Gillard, Sr., WR (Tech Boston); Dontay Gillis-Rainey, Jr., RB/DB (Brighton); Jake Giorgio, Sr., OL/DL (Monomoy); Jesse Gomes, Sr., OL/LB (Upper Cape Cod); Zack Gosselin, Sr., OL/DL (Lowell Catholic); Ajhani Graham, Sr., RB/DB (English/New Mission); Isaiah Green, Sr., TE/DE (Hull); Will Gromko. Jr. TE (Ipswich); Arann Hanlon, Jr., LB (Nantucket); Zach Hurd, Jr., QB/DB (Manchester-Essex); Jack Kalkus, Sr. QB/LB (St. John Paul); Drew Kelley, Jr., RB/DB (Bourne); Liam Kraby, So. RB (Millis); Xavier Landrum, Sr., DE (Tech Boston); Timothy Lewis, Jr., OL (Latin Academy); Joshua Louis, Sr., OT/DE (Lynn Tech); Brayden Mahoney, Sr., QB (Blue Hills); Dominic Matteodo, Jr., QB (Mashpee); Sam Mello, Jr., WR (Case); Colin Monahan, Sr., RB/LB (Old Colony); Peyton Morris, Sr. RB (Cape Cod Tech); Will Norgeot. Sr., WR/DB (Cohasset); Alin Norisca, Sr., OL/DL/K (Randolph);Vinny Pinnetti, Sr., WR/DB (Mashpee); Sean Needham, Jr., OL/DL (Monomoy); Devon Paradise, Sr., WR (Atlantis Charter); Ty-Rell Pires, So., RB/LB (Wareham); Jasmar Patterson, Sr. OL/DL (Roxbury Prep); Vinny Pinnetti, Sr., WR/CB (Mashpee); Lucas Saltmarsh, Sr., DE (Case); Savi Sanchez, Sr., OL/DL (Brighton); Seamus Scott, Sr., WR/DB (Lowell Catholic); Caden Schrock, Jr., RB/LB (Hamilton-Wenham); Owen Sullivan, Sr., LB (Nantucket); Ryan Triveri, Sr., WR/DB (Mashpee); John Truglia, Sr, RB/LB (Hull); Nolan Vient, Sr., OT (Amesbury); Collyn Viveiros, Jr. WR/DB (Atlantis Charter); Israel Watkins, Sr., LB (Roxbury Prep); Luke Wile, Jr. OL (Ipswich); Keyshon Wright, Sr., QB/DB (O’Bryant)