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Eastern Massachusetts Football Playoffs

Friday, November 30, 2012

Mansfield's Mike Redding's Super Bowl Record Better Than Reading's

Mansfield and Reading have met only one in the postseason before Saturday's game at Bentley University, but they both have long playoff history.

  Both the Mansfield High and Reading High football teams are no strangers to the postseason. Their only meeting in the postseason was in 2010 Super Bowl where Mansfield rallied for a 29-26 win in the Division 2 Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium. The two teams will be meeting for a second time Saturday at Bentley University at 2 p.m. The following are their playoff records since the Super Bowls were started in 1972. Mansfield vacated their playoff win over Bishop Feehan and their loss to Walpole in the Super Bowl in 2008 after the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association ruled that the Hornets used an ineligible player. Their playoff record doesn't include 2008 appearance, giving them a 10-3 postseason record. Mansfield's Super Bowl…

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

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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