HORNETS WIN: Mansfield Football 23, Duxbury 19; Hornets in Super Bowl
The Mansfield High football team upset Duxbury, 23-19, in the Division 2 playoffs and will now have a rematch with Reading in the Super Bowl Saturday.
The Mansfield High football team is going Bowling again. After beating Duxbury, 23-19, Tuesday night at Bridgewater-Raynham High School in the Division 2 playoffs during a snowy showdown. "Our kids come back every week and keep working, win or lose," Mansfield head coach Michael Redding said. The Hornets will be playing Reading in Saturday's Division 2 Super Bowl at Bentley University in Waltham. Reading defeated Tewksbury, 42-6, in the other playoff game in Reading. The Hornets defeated Reading, 29-26, with an amazing comeback in the 2010 Super Bowl game at Gillette Stadium. "We did all the things we had to to beat a great football team," Redding said. "That is one heck of a run to get to 37 [wins] and I'm glad we had a chance to compete…
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Michael Hardman
9:19 am on Monday, November 26, 2012
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