Breydan Lewis and Bridgewater-Raynham host Westford Academy with a Division 2 semifinal on the line
Senior back Breydan Lewis and a Trojans team that has won five straight meet Cam Croom and a Westford team that has won seven in a row, with tickets $11.50 on GoFan and the game live on BTV.
RAYNHAM Raynham and Bridgewater's high school football team is one home win from the Division 2 state semifinals, and senior back Breydan Lewis and a stingy Trojans defense take on Westford Academy Friday night.
No. 2 Bridgewater-Raynham (6-2) hosts No. 7 Westford Academy (8-1) at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at Bridgewater-Raynham High School, 415 Center St., Bridgewater, in the MIAA Division 2 Round of 8. The winner meets the winner of No. 3 Billerica Memorial and No. 6 Peabody, who play at 7 p.m. Friday in Billerica, in the semifinals, according to the MIAA bracket.
It is a second straight home playoff night for Raynham families and a chance at a second straight trip to the final four. The Trojans reached the Division 2 semifinals last fall, beating Billerica 28-7 at home in the quarterfinals before losing 31-27 to Bishop Feehan at Mansfield High School, according to the MIAA's 2025 bracket. This year's team has won five in a row, and one of those wins was a 34-6 rout at Bishop Feehan in October.
How the Trojans got here
B-R opened 1-2, losing 19-0 at home to Mansfield and 18-15 at Marshfield around a 27-0 win at Plymouth South, and it has not lost since. The Trojans shut out Attleboro 26-0, won 34-6 at Bishop Feehan, beat Dartmouth 35-12 on senior night and came from behind to beat Barnstable 13-7, winning both of their Southeast Conference games, according to the team's MaxPreps and Arbiter schedules.
Against Barnstable on Oct. 30, the Trojans trailed 7-6 for most of the night after the Red Hawks broke a 74-yard touchdown run on their second play. Lewis, a senior who also plays outside linebacker, put B-R in front to stay with a 67-yard touchdown run, and the defense forced four turnovers, the last an interception with under four minutes to play.
In the Round of 16 on Nov. 5, the Trojans scored three touchdowns on their first five offensive plays against No. 15 Waltham. Lewis went 29 yards up the middle on a trap for the first, quarterback Logan Bovil threw 24 yards to senior Logan Tripp for the second, and sophomore quarterback Levi Tripp ran 19 yards through the middle for the third. Junior Gabriel Ocampo scored on a short pitch that counted as a pass before halftime, and B-R led 35-0 at the break.
Bovil finished 3 of 5 for 60 yards and two touchdowns without a turnover, and Lewis had 89 yards on five carries in the first half before adding a 16-yard touchdown run that made it 41-0. Sophomore Jack Mattar threw a 51-yard touchdown pass in the second half of the 48-7 win.
Senior night against Dartmouth on Oct. 23 showed the rest of the cast. Lewis opened the scoring on a 4-yard run behind a block from Ocampo, senior Cam Knudsen returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown, and senior tight end Finn Kelley, who also punts for the Trojans, caught a 34-yard touchdown pass from Bovil. Levi Tripp added a 12-yard touchdown run on a quarterback keeper.
Bridgewater-Raynham's defense has allowed 69 points in eight games, 8.6 a game, with shutouts of Plymouth South and Attleboro, and no opponent has scored more than 12 points against it during the winning streak. Senior Nick Rotondo, a Yale commit who led the defense in sacks last fall, works off the edge, and senior Collin Pauline's pressure forced Barnstable's quarterback into a hurried incompletion. The Boston Globe's preseason preview listed Rotondo's commitment and named Eian Bain, in his third season at B-R after coaching Franklin, as head coach.
Westford's season
Westford Academy comes in with seven straight wins. Its only loss was 14-10 to Billerica Memorial on Sept. 18, and Billerica, the No. 3 seed, is the team that could be waiting in the semifinals. The Grey Ghosts won the Dual County League's Thorpe division at 3-0, MaxPreps shows, and four of their wins came by eight points or fewer, including 14-6 at Concord-Carlisle and 14-13 at Chelmsford.
At Chelmsford on Oct. 23, senior Brett Moran returned a kickoff about 90 yards for a touchdown, and Westford scored again with 3:39 to play, when senior Tyler Kane's extra point put the Grey Ghosts ahead 14-13 for good. Junior Joey Guthrie played quarterback that night, and Moran, Declan Hevey and Malcolm MacDonald were among the captains at midfield.
In the first round on Nov. 6, Westford gave up a touchdown on Quincy's first series in steady rain, then senior Cam Croom scored three touchdowns, two in the second quarter, in a 35-18 win, The Boston Globe reported. Hevey ran 18 yards for a touchdown after Westford recovered an onside kick in the third quarter, Moran scored from 2 yards out and Zach Olander intercepted a pass. It was Westford's first playoff win in at least eight years and the third time this fall that coach Bruce Rich's team came back from a first-half deficit.
Side by side
| Bridgewater-Raynham | Westford Academy | |
|---|---|---|
| Seed | No. 2 | No. 7 |
| Record | 6-2 | 8-1 |
| League | 2-0, Southeast Conference | 3-0, Dual County Thorpe |
| Home and road | 4-1 at home, 2-1 on the road | 4-1 at home, 4-0 on the road |
| Points allowed | 69, or 8.6 a game | 130, or 14.4 a game |
| Points scored | about 25 a game | 253, or 28.1 a game |
| Streak | Won five | Won seven |
| Losses | Mansfield 19-0, at Marshfield 18-15 | Billerica Memorial 14-10 |
| Against Waltham | Won 48-7 at home, Nov. 5 | Won 41-13 on the road, Sept. 25 |
| First round | Beat No. 15 Waltham 48-7 | Beat No. 10 Quincy 35-18 |
| Quarterback | Logan Bovil; Levi Tripp, sophomore | Joey Guthrie, junior (at Chelmsford) |
| Lead back | Breydan Lewis, senior | Cam Croom, senior |
| Return threat | Cam Knudsen, 97-yard kickoff return TD | Brett Moran, about 90-yard kickoff return TD |
| MaxPreps state rank | 23rd | 48th |
| Head coach | Eian Bain | Bruce Rich |
| Thanksgiving | At Brockton, Thu. Nov. 26, 10 a.m. | Acton-Boxborough, Thu. Nov. 26, 10 a.m., at home |
Our read
Both teams have beaten Waltham, and B-R did it by 41 points in November while Westford won by 28 on the road in September. Westford's best chance rests on its run game, Croom, Moran and Hevey behind a line that includes captain Malcolm MacDonald, staying ahead of the chains against a Trojans front that has not given up more than 12 points in five weeks. Westford has won close games all fall, so if it is within a score late, the Grey Ghosts have been there more often than B-R has.
For the Trojans, the path looks like the Waltham game, getting Lewis going early on the inside trap, letting Levi Tripp run in short yardage and taking a shot to Kelley or Logan Tripp off play action. Field position is the other edge we see, with Kelley's punting and Knudsen's returns on one side and Moran's speed on kickoffs and Westford's onside kick from last week on the other.
How to follow it
Bridgewater's community access station, BTV, has the game scheduled to stream live and free on its YouTube channel, and the NFHS Network also lists it as a subscription stream. Tickets are sold online only, at $11.50 for general admission on GoFan, under the MIAA's fall tournament price list. South Coast 360 will have the final Friday night.
Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.
Notes
Every fact comes from the MIAA's Division 2 bracket, the GoFan listing for this game, Bridgewater-Raynham's and Westford Academy's MaxPreps schedules and rosters, Bridgewater-Raynham's Arbiter schedule, the NFHS Network and BTV listings for tonight, and the game broadcasts of Bridgewater-Raynham against Waltham, Barnstable and Dartmouth and of Westford at Chelmsford, with the Quincy game and the preseason coaching and recruiting notes credited to The Boston Globe. We read and watched them on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. We checked each date and weekday against a calendar and recomputed the scoring averages from the season results. Names, classes and positions are as the MaxPreps rosters print them; Logan Bovil's name is spelled as The Boston Globe's preseason preview prints it. Bridgewater-Raynham's Arbiter page and the description on BTV's Waltham video list the Dartmouth score as 36-12; MaxPreps and the play-by-play crew's closing call of 35 points say 35, which is what we use. The 'Our read' section is our own football analysis.
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- MIAA: Football 2026 Division 2 State TournamentSeeds 2 Bridgewater-Raynham, 3 Billerica Memorial, 6 Peabody Veterans, 7 Westford Academy; Round 1: Bridgewater-Raynham 48, Waltham 7 (Nov. 5); Westford Academy 35, Quincy 18 (Nov. 6); Round 2: Bridgewater-Raynham vs. Westford Academy, 11/13/26 6:00 PM, Bridgewater Raynham; Billerica Memorial vs. Peabody, 11/13/26 7:00 PM, Billerica Memorial High School. Read Nov. 13, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
- GoFan: Bridgewater-Raynham vs. Westford Academy, MIAA Football Div 2, Round of 8General Admission $11.50; 6:00 PM Nov. 13, 2026; Bridgewater-Raynham High School, 415 Center St., Bridgewater. Read Nov. 13, 2026, 11:46 a.m.; venue and start reread 1:10 p.m.
- MIAA: Fall 2026 ticket prices for MIAA tournamentsOnline ticket sales only, general admission; football Round of 8 $11.50, fees included. Read Nov. 13, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
- MIAA: Football 2025 Division 2 State TournamentSeed 3 Bridgewater-Raynham; Round 2: Bridgewater-Raynham 28, Billerica Memorial 7, 11/14/25, Bridgewater-Raynham High School; Round 3: Bishop Feehan 31, Bridgewater-Raynham 27, 11/21/25, Mansfield High School. Read Nov. 13, 2026, 1:08 p.m.
- MaxPreps: Bridgewater-Raynham football schedule 2026Results 9/10 to 11/5, overall 6-2, home 4-1, away 2-1, PA 69, streak 5W, MA rank 23; 11/13 vs. Westford Academy; 11/26 at Brockton, 10 a.m. Read Nov. 13, 2026, noon.
- Arbiter Live: Bridgewater-Raynham boys varsity football scheduleResults with Dartmouth and Barnstable marked as league games; Nov. 13 vs. Westford Academy, 6 p.m.; Nov. 26 at Brockton, 10 a.m. Read Nov. 13, 2026, 12:29 p.m.
- MaxPreps: Bridgewater-Raynham football schedule 20258-4; W 28-7 vs. Billerica Memorial (playoffs, Nov. 14, 2025); L 31-27 at Bishop Feehan (playoffs, Nov. 21, 2025). Read Nov. 13, 2026.
- MaxPreps: Bridgewater-Raynham football roster 2026Classes and positions for Breydan Lewis, Logan Tripp, Levi Tripp, Gabriel Ocampo, Cam Knudsen, Finn Kelley, Nick Rotondo, Collin Pauline, Jack Mattar. Read Nov. 13, 2026.
- MaxPreps: Westford Academy football schedule 2026Results 9/11 to 11/6, overall 8-1, league 3-0, 1st Dual County Thorpe, home 4-1, away 4-0, PF 253, PA 130, streak 7W, MA rank 48; 11/26 vs. Acton-Boxborough, 10 a.m. Read Nov. 13, 2026, noon.
- MaxPreps: Westford Academy football roster 2026Classes and positions for Cam Croom (Cameron Croom), Brett Moran, Declan Hevey, Joey Guthrie, Tyler Kane, Zach Olander, Malcolm MacDonald. Read Nov. 13, 2026.
- BTV Access Corporation: BR vs Waltham, MIAA Division 2 Playoff Football, Nov. 5, 2026 (broadcast)Lewis 29-yard TD; Bovil 24-yard TD pass to Logan Tripp; Levi Tripp 19-yard TD run; three TDs on five plays; Ocampo pitch TD counted as a pass; 35-0 half; Bovil 3 of 5, 60 yards, two TDs, no turnover; Lewis 89 yards on five first-half carries and 16-yard TD for 41-0; Mattar 51-yard TD pass; 48-7. Watched Nov. 13, 2026.
- BTV Access Corporation: BR vs Barnstable, Oct. 30, 2026 (broadcast)Barnstable 74-yard TD run on its second play; B-R down 7-6 most of the game; Lewis 67-yard TD run; four forced turnovers; late interception; Pauline pressure; 13-7. Watched Nov. 13, 2026.
- BTV Access Corporation: BR vs Dartmouth, Oct. 23, 2026 (broadcast)Lewis 4-yard TD with an Ocampo block; Knudsen 97-yard kickoff return TD; Bovil 34-yard TD pass to Finn Kelley; Levi Tripp 12-yard TD keeper; senior night; 35 points. Watched Nov. 13, 2026.
- Chelmsford TV: CHS Football vs. Westford, Oct. 23, 2026 (broadcast)Westford captains at midfield including Brett Moran, Declan Hevey and Malcolm MacDonald; junior quarterback Joe Guthrie; Moran kickoff return TD of about 90 yards; Tyler Kane extra points; Westford ahead 14-13 with 3:39 to go. Watched Nov. 13, 2026.
- The Boston Globe: Westford defends, then answers with a defining Division 2 playoff win over Quincy (Nov. 6, 2026)Croom three TDs, two in the second quarter; Hevey 18-yard TD after an onside kick; Moran 2-yard TD; Zachary Olander interception; first postseason win in at least eight years; Rich on the third first-half comeback. Read Nov. 13, 2026.
- The Boston Globe: MIAA football Division 2 teams 2026 (Sept. 9, 2026)Coach Eian Bain, third season, formerly Franklin; Yale commit Nick Rotondo led the defense in sacks; Westford coach Bruce Rich Jr.; 'Junior Logan Bovil and sophomore Levi Tripp are competing for the starting quarterback job.' Read Nov. 13, 2026.
- NFHS Network: 2026 MIAA Football Playoffs, Westford Academy vs. Bridgewater-Raynham, 11/13/2026Event start 23:00 UTC Nov. 13 (6 p.m. EST); subscription stream. Read Nov. 13, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
- BTV Access Corporation: BR vs Westford Academy, MIAA Division 2 State Quarterfinals, Nov. 13, 2026 (scheduled live stream)Listed on the BTV YouTube streams tab; at 12:37 p.m. YouTube showed 'This live event will begin in 5 hours.' Read Nov. 13, 2026.