The goal is to show improvement on a weekly basis.

Using that as a barometer, we did make some progress in the second week. We checked in with a decent 8-2 mark, boosting our winning percentage to .700 for the season.

One theme that has been common so far is our inability to get coaches over the 200-win mark. For the second straight week, we hitched our wagons on Melrose in hopes that Tim Morris would win his 200th game only to come up empty. It would come as no surprise moving forward if the Melrose Athletic Department and the Morris Family decide not to let the Herald know when they play again.

Our other setback came in what may have been the Game of the Week. Leominster and its stellar quarterback Osiris Lopez battled back all night long and emerged with a wild 36-35 win over Milford, giving us our second loss.

Scituate over NORWELL: Sailors have it going big time under Herb Devine.

ARLINGTON over Stoneham: Spy Ponders making some noise in the Middlesex League.

Woburn over BURLINGTON: Tanners prevail over one of the favorites in the ML Freedom.

St. John’s Prep over CENTRAL CATHOLIC: Give CC credit for a tough schedule, but this appears to be another insurmountable task for the Raiders to overcome.

NORTH ATTLEBORO over Taunton: Red Rocketeers get the call in this early-season battle of unbeatens.

MILFORD over Wellesley: Bounce back effort for the Men of Milford.

Xaverian over EVERETT: X marks the spot here at Everett Memorial Stadium.

BISHOP FENWICK over Bishop Stang: Our goal is to cover one coach winning his 200th game this year and we hope the streak of jinxing them comes to an end here.

Belmont Hill over ST. SEBASTIAN’S: Anthony Fucillo has it going pretty good at Belmont Hill.

BB&N over LAWRENCE ACADEMY: Visiting Knights looking to show who the team to beat in the ISL-7 is.

HOME TEAM IN CAPS

LAST WEEK: 8-2 (.800)

SEASON TO DATE: 14-6 (.700)