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Fairhaven opens its title defense against Case, the only team to score more than 28 on the Blue Devils this fall

Fairhaven graduated 10 of 11 offensive starters, the Boston Globe reported, and still outscored opponents 328-105 by the schools' posted scores. It has beaten Case six straight times since 2021, 255-59 combined. The rematch is Thursday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the Division 6 Round of 16.

By the SC360 Sports Desk | Published Nov. 5, 2026 | Last verified Nov. 5, 2026, 12:07 p.m. ET

FAIRHAVEN Updated 12:19 p.m. Nov. 5, 2026.

Fairhaven has played eight football games this fall and allowed more than 28 points once. That came Oct. 16, when Joseph Case put 37 on the Blue Devils at their own stadium and lost 45-37 on a touchdown with 21 seconds left. On Thursday, Nov. 5, the defending Division 6 state champions start their title defense against that same Case team, at home, at 6:30 p.m.

Fairhaven is 8-0, the No. 6 seed in the MIAA's Division 6 tournament and the South Coast Conference Gold champion, and it has won 15 straight games dating to last season, by our count from its schedules. Case is 6-2 and seeded 11th, and the Boston Globe picked the Cardinals as the sleeper of the division. The Globe made Norwell a slight favorite and named Hudson, Abington and Fairhaven as threats. Fairhaven won the title in 2023 and 2025 and lost the 2024 final to Hudson.

Tale of the tape

Records and seeds come from the MIAA's bracket and final power rankings, and the points, shutouts and common-opponent marks are our count from the schedules both schools post on Arbiter Live. League marks and Case's receiving and interception lines are from MaxPreps, where Case's own statistics stop at Oct. 18. Almeida's record is the Globe's preseason 55-13 plus this fall's 8-0, season player numbers are from the Globe's Nov. 1 playoff preview, and the kicking lines come from the Standard-Times and Globe game reports.

What the numbers say

Fairhaven scores more, and Case allows a little less. The Blue Devils topped 40 points five times, and the Cardinals topped 30 six times. Leave out the game against each other and Fairhaven allowed 68 points in seven games, 9.7 a game, while Case allowed 54 in seven, 7.7 a game, by our count.

Against the three opponents both teams played, Case has the better results. Fairhaven won 42-0 at Bourne, 22-13 at home against West Bridgewater and 56-28 at Seekonk. Case beat Bourne 64-0 and Seekonk 39-14 at home and won 35-8 at West Bridgewater. Against those three, Case's margin was 116 points and Fairhaven's was 79, by the posted scores.

The MIAA's power rating sees it the other way. Its formula adds a team's average margin, capped at 14 points a game, to the average rating of its opponents. Fairhaven's 12.63 average margin and Case's 8.88 both sit on schedules the MIAA rates below zero, Fairhaven's at minus 5.95 and Case's at minus 6.60, which is why an unbeaten champion is seeded sixth and a 6-2 team 11th. Among the top eight seeds, Abington, Stoneham and Norwell played the toughest schedules and Fairhaven the easiest, by the same table.

How Fairhaven rebuilt a champion

Last Dec. 4 at Gillette Stadium, third-seeded Fairhaven ran for 410 yards, 226 of them after halftime, and beat top-seeded Norwell 28-14 for the Division 6 title, the Globe reported. It was the program's fifth Super Bowl title, after 1991, 1994, 2000 and a 26-22 win over Salem in the 2023 state final, by the MIAA's records, and its third straight trip to the final.

Then most of that offense graduated, as the 2025 team lost its top four ball carriers, its entire offensive line, its quarterback and its top receiver, the Globe reported from the first day of practice on Aug. 24. Senior Carter Frates was the only offensive starter back. The new line is built around four seniors who spent the title season behind the starters, Samuel McMullen, Nicholas DeAlmeida, Mikyle Hart and Cian Piehl, the Globe reported. "Those kids were understudies," Almeida told the Globe in October. "They didn't get a chance to play last year but they were competing against elite players in practice and they've led us this year."

Just over two hours into that first practice, Hart pulled off his helmet and shouted, "Football! We're back baby!" the Globe reported. "We have a lot to prove," senior running back Aidan Donnelly said that day. "I think we're better than people think. A lot of us are going to step up."

Fairhaven hired Derek Almeida in August 2020 from Falmouth, where his 2016 team went unbeaten and won the Division 2A Super Bowl, the Globe reported at the time. His father, Dana, led Fairhaven to three Super Bowls in 18 seasons as head coach, and Derek was a two-year varsity starter for the Blue Devils in 1997 and 1998. He took over a program without a winning record since 2012 and brought the triple option with him. Last December the New England Patriots named him their high school Coach of the Year. "To me, it's a team award," Almeida told WBSM. "Our coaches, our kids, our administration, everyone has put in so much work for so many years."

The season, game by game

Fairhaven opened Sept. 11 with a 39-7 home win over Somerset Berkley. A week later it won 35-13 at Plymouth North, where junior Jackson Williams ran for 102 yards on eight carries, scored on a 21-yard run and caught a 32-yard touchdown pass, and senior Liam Pickup ran four times for 146 yards, the Standard-Times reported. A 42-0 win at Bourne on Thursday, Sept. 24, made 10 straight wins across two seasons, by MaxPreps' count.

West Bridgewater, which forced three turnovers to beat Fairhaven 47-43 in 2025, came to Fairhaven on Oct. 2 and led 13-0 in the second quarter, the Globe reported. Fairhaven scored the next 22 points and won 22-13, and its last touchdown capped a 19-play drive that began late in the third quarter in a steady rain. On third and goal from the 15, Almeida called a reverse to junior Elliott Grant, who reached the ball across the goal line as he was upended, the Globe reported. "That's my favorite play. When I heard it in the huddle, my ears lit up," Grant said. "Every inch matters."

Junior quarterback Jackson Ponte threw for 192 yards and four touchdowns in a 42-7 win over Uxbridge on Oct. 9, and Frates caught three touchdown passes, by the Globe's weekly leaders list. Against Case a week later, junior Maddox Joseph ran for three touchdowns, on runs of 2, 27 and 1 yards, and Ponte ran for 67 yards and went 5 of 9 for 87, the Standard-Times reported. Joseph and Donnelly each topped 100 rushing yards in both papers' counts and combined for four touchdowns, and Donnelly broke a 76-yard run, by the Globe's count. Fairhaven led 16-7 at halftime and 29-14 after three quarters before Case scored 23 points in the fourth, by the MaxPreps line score. Pickup returned a fumble 52 yards for a touchdown in the first half and then ran 18 yards for the winning score with 21 seconds left, the first two varsity touchdowns of his career, the Globe and the Standard-Times reported.

A 56-28 win at Seekonk on Oct. 23 clinched the conference title. Ponte went 10 of 12 for 221 yards and five touchdown passes, a school single-game record, and ran five times for 57 yards, the Standard-Times reported. Williams scored four times, two rushing and two receiving, with 113 yards on four carries and 55 more on three catches. Wes Amarello caught touchdown passes of 35 and 26 yards, Frates caught one from 30, Pickup ran six times for 116 yards and a score, DeAlmeida had a sack, Gavin Anderson forced a fumble with a strip sack, Jayce James recovered a fumble and Jackson Dane made all eight extra points.

The regular season ended Oct. 30 with a 47-0 shutout at Greater New Bedford. Ponte threw touchdown passes of 50 yards to Williams and 30 to Frates and ran seven times for 88 yards, Joseph scored twice, Seth Olivier and Logan St. Germain ran for touchdowns, and James returned a fumble 98 yards for a score and made 10 tackles, the Standard-Times reported. Frates and Grant intercepted passes, Frates forced a fumble, and Dane kicked five extra points.

The players who carry it

Ponte is in his first season as the starter. His 1,004 passing yards come with 16 touchdown passes and one interception, and the Globe wrote that he "has surprised Fairhaven opponents with a pass-heavy approach." Frates, the lone returning starter, has 414 receiving yards and nine touchdowns and was praised by the Globe for "elite blocking on the edge." Williams has 264 receiving yards and four touchdowns, and the two have combined for seven interceptions on defense, by the Globe's figures.

Fairhaven runs the ball by committee. Joseph has five touchdowns in the last three games, Pickup has won the Standard-Times readers' Player of the Week poll twice, and Williams has scored both rushing and receiving in two games, at Plymouth North and at Seekonk. On defense, James has two fumble recoveries in the last two games, one of them taken 98 yards, and Anderson, Olivier, Kyle Soares and DeAlmeida all made plays behind the line in the last two weeks, the Standard-Times reported.

Six straight over Case

Fairhaven has beaten Case in each of the six seasons since 2021, by both schools' schedules on MaxPreps: 24-0 at Case in 2021, 49-6 at home in 2022, 49-6 at Case in 2023, 42-0 at home in 2024 and 46-10 at Case last Oct. 30, then 45-37 this October, a combined 255-59. Case's 37 points this fall were more than the 22 it had scored in the five previous meetings combined, and the eight-point margin was the closest of the six, by our count.

"I'm extremely proud of the hard work, commitment, and preparation our players and coaches have put in since the offseason. This group has continued to build on the standard we've established within our program, but they also understand that our biggest challenges are still ahead of us. We've put ourselves in a great position, and now it's about staying focused, continuing to improve, and playing our best football when it matters most," Almeida said in an email to South Coast 360 on Thursday. "We look forward to tonight's matchup with Case, they are a tough talented opponent. We had a great week of practice in preparation and we are excited for it to show on the field."

Our read: the matchup

This is our analysis, drawn from the records above. The triple option makes a defense assign a player to the dive, the quarterback and the pitch on every snap, and an assignment missed is a long run. That is the base of an offense that averages 41 points, and this year it has a passing game on top of it. With Ponte throwing 16 touchdowns against one interception, a safety who crowds the line to stop the option leaves Frates or Williams open behind him.

The one team to beat Fairhaven in the last two seasons did it by taking the ball away. West Bridgewater forced three turnovers to win 47-43 last fall, and this year it turned a failed Fairhaven fourth down and a fumble into a 13-0 lead before Fairhaven took over, the Globe reported. Fairhaven's defense takes the ball away too: Frates and Williams have combined for seven interceptions, Pickup scored on a fumble return against Case, and James scored on one in the finale.

Case's threat is concentrated in one player. Aedan Borges, the senior wearing No. 2 on the roster Case posts on MaxPreps, threw for 262 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 158 yards and three more at Fairhaven, the Globe reported. That is 420 yards and five touchdowns from one player, by our math, in a game Fairhaven won. Fairhaven's job is to keep him from repeating it while its own offense holds the ball. The game is on Fairhaven's artificial turf, a fast surface for an option offense built to get the ball to the edge, and perimeter speed was one of the two strengths the Globe listed for the Blue Devils before the season.

What Case brings

By the Globe's figures, Borges has run for 1,352 yards, thrown for 1,098 and accounted for 24 touchdowns. In the October game at Fairhaven he also made 11 tackles and went 3 for 3 on extra points, and he finished the regular season with 400 total yards and four touchdowns in a 41-14 win over Sharon/Dedham, the paper reported. Junior Anderson Emard, No. 14, returned two fumbles for touchdowns, 83 and 43 yards, in a 35-8 win at West Bridgewater, the Globe reported.

The Globe also named senior captains Cooper Bert, No. 4, and Cole Rego, No. 5, and junior running back Brett Silva, No. 25, before the season. Bert and Rego are listed at tight end and linebacker on the MaxPreps roster, and Silva averaged 65.8 rushing yards a game in Case's statistics through Oct. 18. Case has won six of its last seven. Cloutier is Case's third coach in three years and went 5-6 in his one season at Falmouth, by the Globe's preseason report, after five seasons at Dedham, the Falmouth Enterprise reported. "Defensively, we are a very strong team that can create some problems and offensively, we have a lot of different ways to attack people with the depth that we have," Cloutier told the Globe in September.

Thursday night: time, place, tickets, stream

Kickoff is 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at Fairhaven High School, 12 Huttleston Ave., by the MIAA's Division 6 bracket and both schools' schedules. The game moved up a day from the Friday date first listed. From the Round of 16 on, the MIAA sells tournament tickets only online, through GoFan, its media and ticketing page says. A Round of 16 football ticket costs $9.40, general admission, with all fees included, by the MIAA's ticket price list. The NFHS Network, which holds the digital rights to MIAA tournament games, lists a subscription stream of the game.

Buy tickets on the GoFan page for Case at Fairhaven, or start from the MIAA's media and ticketing page.

No. 3 Abington and No. 14 Wilmington meet in the Round of 16 the same night, at 7 p.m. at Memorial Field. The Fairhaven-Case winner plays the Abington-Wilmington winner in the Round of 8, at the higher seed's field, by the MIAA's bracket. Abington senior quarterback Jack Reilly has 1,200 passing yards and 15 total touchdowns, and slot back Naz Paulding has 1,150 all-purpose yards, the Globe reported. Old Rochester sits on the same half of the bracket, so two South Coast teams could meet in a state semifinal.

Donnelly, Frates, Pickup and the four senior linemen have at least one more home game after Thursday: Dartmouth visits on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, at 10 a.m. Reaching the final again would make four straight trips, and winning it would give Fairhaven its sixth Super Bowl title and its third in four seasons, by the MIAA's records. Where that final would be played is not yet set: the MIAA said Nov. 2 that Gillette Stadium, home of last year's title game, is no longer an option for this year's championships and that it is working to secure other host sites.

Thursday's final will be on the Friday Night Scoreboard, the Case side of this matchup is in our Case preview, and every South Coast playoff game is in our bracket story.

Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.

Notes

Seeds, the kickoff time and site, the Abington game and the Round of 8 path come from the MIAA's Division 6 bracket, which we read again Thursday morning along with both schools' schedules, all of which list the game Thursday, Nov. 5; power ratings from the MIAA's final Division 6 power rankings; the ticket rule, price and streaming rights from the MIAA's ticketing and price pages; the street address from the game's GoFan event listing, which matches the school's Arbiter Live page; every 2026 date, site and score from the schedules Fairhaven and Case post on Arbiter Live; the series since 2021 from both schools' MaxPreps schedules, which agree; league marks, the Oct. 16 quarter-by-quarter line score and Case's team-entered statistics from MaxPreps; Case's jersey numbers from the roster Case posts on MaxPreps. Point totals, per-game averages, common-opponent margins, the 63-13 record and the 420 yards are our math from those records. Season player numbers come from the Boston Globe's Nov. 1 playoff preview, schemes and surfaces from its Sept. 9 preview, and game details and quotes from the Globe, the Standard-Times and WBSM, credited where they appear. Almeida's comments on the season and the Case game come from his email to South Coast 360 on Thursday, Nov. 5. The section headed Our read is our analysis. We checked each date and weekday against a calendar.

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1. Derek Almeida, Fairhaven head football coach: email to South Coast 360Sent Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, 10:56 a.m.; quoted word for word on the season and the Case game. The link is the Globe preview that lists him as head coach. Read Nov. 5, 2026.
2. MIAA: Football 2026 Division 6 State Tournament (live bracket page)Seeds and records (6. Fairhaven (8-0), 11. Joseph Case (6-2), 3. Abington (6-2), 14. Wilmington (3-5)); Fairhaven vs. Joseph Case, 11/05/26 6:30 PM, Fairhaven High School (11/06/26 on the Nov. 3 read); Abington vs. Wilmington, 11/05/26 7:00 PM, Memorial Field. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m., and Nov. 5, 2026, 8:2x a.m.
3. MIAA: 2026 Division 6 Football Power Rankings, finalFairhaven 8-0, average margin 12.6250, opponents 5.9486 below zero, rating 6.6764; Joseph Case 6-2, 8.8750, 6.5967 below zero, 2.2783; Norwell, Hudson and Abington ratings and opponent ratings; margin capped at 14 points a game. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
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5. MIAA: media and ticketing pageTickets from the Round of 16 on sold only online via GoFan; NFHS Network holds the digital rights to MIAA tournament games. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
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8. Arbiter Live: Fairhaven High School Varsity Football scheduleEvery 2026 date, site and result (39-7, 35-13, 42-0 Thu. Sept. 24 at Bourne, 22-13, 42-7, 45-37, 56-28, 47-0); Thu Nov 5 6:30 PM vs Joseph Case, Fairhaven HS Stadium (Fri Nov 6 on the Nov. 3 read); Thu Nov 26 10:00 AM vs Dartmouth. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m., and Nov. 5, 2026, 8:2x a.m.
9. Arbiter Live: Joseph Case High School Varsity Football scheduleEvery 2026 Case result (7-12 Diman, 21-6 Southeastern, 31-0 at Tri-County, 64-0 Bourne, 39-14 Seekonk, 37-45 at Fairhaven, 35-8 at West Bridgewater, 41-14 at Sharon); Thu Nov 5 6:30 PM @ Fairhaven High School, Fairhaven HS Stadium. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m., and Nov. 5, 2026, 8:2x a.m.
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11. MaxPreps: Case football (team-entered statistics, last updated Oct. 18, 2026)Overall 6-2, League 3-1 (2nd); Cooper Bert receiving leader, 29.7 yards a game; interceptions Matt Bogdan 1, Bert 1; stats last updated Oct. 18, 2026. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
12. MaxPreps: Case 2026 varsity roster (team entered, last updated Oct. 18, 2026)No. 2 Aedan Borges, No. 4 Cooper Bert, No. 5 Cole Rego, No. 14 Anderson Emard, No. 25 Brett Silva, with positions. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
13. MaxPreps: Case at Fairhaven, Oct. 16, 2026, game pageLine score: Case 0, 7, 7, 23 for 37; Fairhaven 0, 16, 13, 16 for 45. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 4:5x p.m.
14. MaxPreps: Fairhaven 2021 schedule10/8 @ Case, W 24-0. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
15. MaxPreps: Fairhaven 2022 schedule10/6 vs Case, W 49-6 (Case 2022 schedule agrees). Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
16. MaxPreps: Fairhaven 2023 schedule10/6 @ Case, W 49-6 (Case 2023 schedule agrees). Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
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18. MaxPreps: Fairhaven 2025 schedule10/30 @ Case, W 46-10 (Case 2025 schedule agrees). Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
19. The Boston Globe: MIAA football playoff previewPublished Nov. 1, 2026: Division 6 sleeper No. 11 Joseph Case; Norwell slight favorite, Hudson, Abington and Fairhaven threats; titles 2023 and 2025, 2024 loss to Hudson; Ponte 1,004 passing yards, 16 TDs, 1 INT, "pass-heavy approach"; Frates 414 receiving yards, 9 TDs; Williams 264, 4 TDs; seven combined interceptions; senior quarterback Borges 1,352 rushing, 1,098 passing, 24 total TDs; Reilly and Paulding numbers. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
20. The Boston Globe: Previewing every Division 6 football team in Eastern Mass. in 2026Published Sept. 9, 2026: Fairhaven triple option, artificial turf, perimeter speed a strength, Almeida 7th season, 55-13, 12-1 last year, Frates lone returning offensive starter, senior Liam Pickup; Case spread, grass, Cloutier 1st season, 4-7 last year, captains Rego and Bert, juniors Silva and Emard; Cloutier "Defensively, we are a very strong team" quote. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
21. The Boston Globe: Fairhaven 28, Norwell 14, Division 6 Super BowlPublished Dec. 4, 2025: third-seeded Fairhaven over top-seeded Norwell; 410 rushing yards, 226 after halftime; fifth Super Bowl title. Read Nov. 2, 2026, 6:24 p.m.
22. MIAA: 2025 Football State Championships programFairhaven Super Bowl wins 1991, 1994 and 2000; 2023 state final Fairhaven 26, Salem 22; 2024 state final Hudson 21, Fairhaven 14; roster spellings (Samuel McMullen, Nicholas DeAlmeida, Mikyle Hart, Cian Piehl, Aidan Donnelly, Elliott Grant). Read Nov. 2, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
23. The Boston Globe: first day of practice, 2026Published Aug. 24, 2026: graduated top four ball carriers, entire offensive line, quarterback and top receiver; Hart and Donnelly quotes. Read Nov. 2, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
24. The Boston Globe: "Derek Almeida returns home, as football coach at Fairhaven"Published Aug. 13, 2020: Dana Almeida three Super Bowls in 18 seasons; Derek a starter in 1997 and 1998; Falmouth 2016 Division 2A Super Bowl, unbeaten; no winning record at Fairhaven since 2012; triple option. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 10:4x a.m.
25. WBSM: "Fairhaven's Almeida Earns Patriots High School Coach of the Year"Published Dec. 10, 2025: Almeida quote on a team award. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 10:4x a.m.
26. The Boston Globe: Week 4 games to watchPublished Oct. 1, 2026: West Bridgewater forced three takeaways in a 47-43 win in 2025, Fairhaven's only loss (12-1); graduated 10 of 11 offensive starters; senior linemen; Frates "elite blocking on the edge"; Almeida "understudies" quote. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
27. The Boston Globe: Friday's football roundup, Oct. 2Published Oct. 2, 2026: 22-13 over West Bridgewater after trailing 13-0, the first score after a failed Fairhaven fourth down and the second after a Fairhaven fumble; 19-play drive; Grant reverse on third and goal from the 15; Grant quote. Read Nov. 2, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
28. MaxPreps game report: Fairhaven extends winning streak to 10Published Sept. 24, 2026. Read Nov. 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m.
29. MaxPreps game report: Fairhaven picks up 12th consecutive winPublished Oct. 10, 2026, after Uxbridge; three wins since make 15. Read Nov. 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m.
30. The Boston Globe: Schools Insider, Week 5Published Oct. 10, 2026: Ponte 192 passing yards, 4 touchdown passes; Frates 3 receiving touchdowns. Read Nov. 2, 2026, 6:47 p.m.
31. The Boston Globe: Friday's football roundup, Oct. 16Published Oct. 16, 2026: Donnelly and Joseph nearly 250 rushing yards and four scores; Pickup 52-yard fumble return and 18-yard winner. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
32. The Boston Globe: Schools Insider, Week 6Published Oct. 17, 2026: Donnelly 76-yard run; rushing leaders Donnelly 135, Joseph 108. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
33. The Boston Globe: Players of the Week, Week 6Published Oct. 19, 2026: Borges, 262 passing yards and two touchdowns, 158 rushing yards and three scores in the 45-37 loss; Borges 11 tackles, 3 for 3 on extra points; Pickup, senior, winner with 21 seconds left and 52-yard fumble return in the first half. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
34. The Standard-Times (on Yahoo Sports): Week 6 player of the week ballotPublished Oct. 20, 2026: Joseph 23 carries, 136 yards, 3 touchdowns on runs of 2, 27 and 1 yard; Donnelly 14 carries, 128 yards, 1 touchdown; Ponte 67 rushing yards, 5 of 9 for 87; Pickup's first two varsity touchdowns. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
35. The Standard-Times (on Yahoo Sports): Week 6 SouthCoast football roundupFairhaven 45, Case 37: Pickup 18-yard run with 21 seconds left. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
36. The Standard-Times (on Yahoo Sports): Week 2 player of the week ballotPublished Sept. 21, 2026: Williams 8 carries, 102 yards, 21-yard touchdown run, 32-yard touchdown catch; Pickup 146 yards on 4 carries. Read Nov. 2, 2026, 7:00 p.m.
37. The Standard-Times (on Yahoo Sports): Week 7 SouthCoast football roundupFairhaven 56, Seekonk 28: SCC Gold title; Ponte 10 of 12, 221 yards, school single-game record 5 touchdowns, 5 carries for 57 yards; Williams 4 carries 113 yards 2 TD, 3 catches 55 yards 2 TD; Amarello TDs of 35 and 26; Frates 30-yard TD; Pickup 6-116, TD; Dane 8 of 8; James fumble recovery; DeAlmeida sack; Anderson strip sack. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
38. The Standard-Times (on Yahoo Sports): Week 8 SouthCoast football roundupFairhaven 47, GNB Voc-Tech 0: Ponte TD passes to Williams (50) and Frates (30), 7 carries 88 yards; Joseph 2 TDs; Olivier and St. Germain TD runs; James 98-yard fumble return TD, 10 tackles; Frates interception and forced fumble; Grant interception; Olivier, Pickup and Soares tackles for loss; Dane 5 PATs. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
39. The Standard-Times (on Yahoo Sports): Week 8 player of the week ballotPublished Nov. 2, 2026: Pickup won the Week 7 poll (Week 6 poll won per the Week 7 ballot, Oct. 26). Read Nov. 2, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
40. The Boston Globe: Schools Insider, Week 7Published Oct. 24, 2026: Emard fumble returns of 83 and 43 yards in the 35-8 win at West Bridgewater. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
41. The Boston Globe: Players of the Week, Week 8Published Nov. 2, 2026: Borges, 400 total yards and four touchdowns in a 41-14 win over Sharon/Dedham. Read Nov. 3, 2026, 2:3x p.m.
42. New England Football Journal: "Mike Cloutier named head coach at Joseph Case High School"Posted Feb. 23, 2026. Read Nov. 2, 2026, 6:36 p.m.
43. The Enterprise (Falmouth): Cloutier tabbed as new football coach at FHSPublished July 14, 2025: five seasons at Dedham. Read Nov. 2, 2026, 6:40 p.m.
44. NFHS Network: Fairhaven High School eventsJoseph Case vs. Fairhaven, Nov 5, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC (6:30 p.m. EST), event gam1debb95414; subscription streams. Read Nov. 5, 2026, 8:3x a.m.
45. MIAA: Update on Status of MIAA Football ChampionshipsPosted Nov. 2, 2026: "the utilization of Gillette Stadium for the MIAA Football Championships is no longer an option"; the MIAA will "work diligently to secure host sites." Read Nov. 3, 2026, by the second check.

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