A BB&N football player was seriously injured during a scrimmage with Wayland High School last evening. He was airlifted to Boston Medical Center where he underwent surgery last evening and is currently in intensive care.
Citing confidentiality, school officials refused to divulge the identity of the player
“According to the coaches, prior to the collapse, there didn’t seem to be any obvious cause as he hadn’t been involved in an impact collision as far as anyone could see,” said BB&N spokesperson Joe Clifford. “He returns to the huddle where he was wobbly and collapsed. Training and medical staff came out to the field quickly, did an evaluation and determined that he needed medical attention and a helicopter came and took him to Boston Medical Center.”
As soon as the school releases more information, we will post it.

Here is a look at some Saturday final scores

Hull 33, Pembroke 20
Manchester Essex 44, Pope John 14
Milton 18, Brookline 15
Natick 36, Newton North 0
Needham 28, Dedham 0
North Reading 8, Pentucket 6
Norwood 18, Braintree 0
O’Bryant 30, Cathedral 0
Old Colony 22, Trinity Catholic 16
Plymouth South 28, St. John the Baptist (NY) 21
St. John’s Prep 36, Masconomet 19
Shawsheen 13, Tri-County 7

Here is a look at some scores from tonight’s action

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Abington 29, Rockland 14
Chelmsford 14, Bridgewater-Raynham 6
Cohasset 28, Quincy 27 (ot)
Dracut 34, Brockton 32
Duxbury 27, Xaverian 24
Everett 38, Waltham 8
Hingham 21, Bishop Stang 0
Lawrence 13, Malden 7
Lowell Catholic 28, Mystic Valley 0
Lynnfield 28, Matignon 6
Malden Catholic 12, Lowell 7
Methuen 17, Bishop Fenwick 0
New Bedford 20, Sandwich 14
Nipmuc 19, Ashland 7
Randolph 24, Watertown 20
St. Clement 14, Burke 6
Triton 6, Newburyport 0
Walpole 34, Framingham 13
Westford Academy 28, Tyngsboro 0
Weymouth 26, Wellesley 7

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Cathedral at O’Bryant, 10
Needham at Dedham, 10
St. John’s (NY) at Plymouth South, 10
Braintree at Norwood, 11
Hull at Pembroke, 1
Milton at Brookline, 1
Shawsheen at Tri-County, 1
Trinity Catholic at Old Colony, 1
Masconomet at St. John’s Prep, 1:30
North Reading at Pentucket, 1:30
Pope John vs. Manchester Essex (Endicott), 4
Natick vs. Newton North (Bentley), 4:15
Marshfield at Beverly Hills, 7

You can hear all about tonight’s games and tomorrow’s action on the Shales and Danny V Radio Show from 10-12 AM on 1510-AM The Zone.

Peabody High has hired Domenic Coleman as the school’s new boys basketball coach. Coleman was an assistant to Chris Mastrangelo for the past nine seasons. Coleman is a health and physical education teacher at the high school.

The Tri-County/Shawsheen game, originally scheduled for 6 p.m. tomorrow has been moved up to 1 p.m. because of the weather. The game will still be played at Franklin High School.

A correction in our players to watch section. In today’s paper, we listed West Bridgewater offensive lineman Michael Courtemanche as being from Nantucket (a crime punishable by flogging in WB circles).

Once again, we’ll attempt to predict the high school season on a weekly basis. Here’s a look at the 10 games in the first week and our prognostications.

CHELMSFORD over Bridgewater-Raynham - New-look Lions get same old results.
Xaverian over DUXBURY - Should be one of the best nonleague games of the early season.
EVERETT over Waltham - Crimson Tide continues their mastery over the Hawks.
WALPOLE over Framingham - Too much Izzo for the Flyers.
LAWRENCE over Malden - Lancers are getting better.
NEWBURYPORT over Triton - Clippers take first step toward erasing bitter taste from last Thanksgiving Day’s loss to Amesbury.
ST. JOHN’S PREP over Masconomet - Size advantage in the trenches will spell the difference.
BROCKTON over Dracut - Just have a feeling the Boxers are a little too athletic.
Natick over Newton North - Neutral field won’t make a difference here as Natick is just too good.
PENTUCKET over North Reading - Sachems are very tough to beat at home.

Here’s the way our friends at calpreps view the same 10 games. Please visit their website at calpreps.com

CHELMSFORD 27, Bridgewater-Raynham 7
DUXBURY 20, Xaverian 19
EVERETT 35, Waltham 6
WALPOLE 38, Framingham 10
LAWRENCE 22, Malden 21
NEWBURYPORT 22, Triton 6
Masconomet 21, ST. JOHN’S PREP 20
BROCKTON 34, Dracut 17
Natick 35, Newton North 8
PENTUCKET 28, North Reading 14

The Dracut-Brockton football team has been moved from Saturday night to Friday at 7 p.m. becuase of the weather concerns. Also the St.John’s-Plymouth South game on Saturday has been moved up to 10 a.m.

Here’s a look at the Division 3-3A predictions. We’ll finish it up with a look at Division 4-ISL (top eight teams) tomorrow. We also have the Thursday Pickorama coming later and the first installment of the Weekly Super Seven tomorrow.
Note: The Sweet 16 will be in tomorrow’s Boston Herald along with the Division 4 preview and feature.

DIVISION 3

NORTHEASTERN SMALL
Swampscott
Winthrop
Saugus
Beverly
Marblehead
Danvers

CATHOLIC CENTRAL LARGE
Arlington Catholic
Bishop Fenwick
Archbishop Williams
Austin Prep
St. Mary’s
Cardinal Spellman

SOUTH SHORE LEAGUE
Abington
Mashpee
Hull
Carver
Cohasset
East Bridgewater
Norwell

TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE
Norton
Medfield
Holliston
Medway
Westwood
Hopkinton
Bellingham
Dover-Sherborn
Ashland
Millis

DIVISION 3A

COMMONWEALTH LARGE
Whittier
Shawsheen
Greater Lawrence
Greater Lowell
Lynn Tech

MAYFLOWER LARGE
Martha’s Vineyard
South Shore
Blue Hills
Cape Cod/Harwich
Southeastern
Bristol-Plymouth
Bishop Connolly

CAPE ANN SMALL
Georgetown
Newburyport
Amesbury
Hamilton-Wenham
Ipswich
North Reading
Lynnfield

BOSTON NORTH
South Boston
Madison Park
East Boston
West Roxbury
Charlestown
Boston English

Remember to listen in to the Shales and Danny V Radio Show Saturday morning (10-12) on 1510-AM The Zone where we will recap the Friday night games and preview the Saturday games. Fans who want to share in their opinions of what they saw or expect to see are more than welcome to call in to the show at 617-237-1234.

Some more from the old crystal ball

DIVISION 2

BAY STATE HERGET
Natick
Walpole
Norwood
Milton
Wellesley
Dedham

EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Coyle-Cassidy
Bishop Feehan
Bishop Stang
Somerset

HOCKOMOCK LEAGUE
Mansfield
Foxboro
North Attleboro
Franklin
Stoughton
Canton
Sharon
Oliver Ames
King Philip

MIDDLESEX LEAGUE
Wakefield
Melrose
Reading
Lexington
Winchester
Woburn
Belmont
Burlington
Stoneham

DIVISION 2A

CAPE ANN LARGE
Masconomet
Wilmington
Pentucket
Lawrence
North Andover
Triton

NORTHEASTERN LARGE
Gloucester
Lynn English
Salem
Revere
Peabody
Lynn Classical

PATRIOT LEAGUE
(Keenan)
Duxbury
Hingham
Silver Lake
Quincy
Scituate
Whitman-Hanson

(Fisher)
Rockland
North Quincy
Middleboro
Hanover
Pembroke
Randolph

SOUTH COAST CONFERENCE
Apponequet
Wareham
Old Rochester
Seekonk
Bourne
Fairhaven
Dighton-Rehoboth
GNB Voke
Case

Tony Sarkis loves wrestling, loves coaching the Greater Lawrence wrestling team.
But there was one thing which he preferred over wrestling - his family.
Citing time constraints, Sarkis recently stepped down after leading the Reggies to a pair of Division 2 state team titles. Sarkis will remain as head coach of the football tean, the defending Division 3A Super Bowl champions.
My son (Jamil) is 10 years old and it’s not far for my wife and child to be away for that long a period of time,” said Sarkis. “Maybe someday I might return to wrestling, but for now, it’s better for me to stay with the football.”