DANVERS – The no. 7-seeded St. John’s Prep Eagles (6-2) host the no. 10-seeded Attlleboro Bombadiers (4-4) ion Friday night in the MIAA Division 1 football playoff opener. For Prep coach Brian St. Pierre, the focus this week, as usual, will be “inward.” With outstanding play all the way around on Friday night, the Eagles were able to come home from Shawsheen with a 48-12 win over “the other St. John’s.”
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St. John’s Prep football coach Brian St. PIerre
Salem News write-up on St. John’s Prep vs. St. John’s of Shrewbury
St. John’s Prep 48, St. John’s Shrewsbury 12: Joenel Aguero returned punts of 66 and 48 yards and also caught a 21-yard swing pass for another score as the Eagles (6-2) routed the Pioneers on the road. Stephon Patrick added a special teams score of his own as the speedster took a kickoff 78 yards into the end zone following the lone score by the hosts in the first half.
Sophomore quarterback Deacon Robillard was 6-for-7 passing for 98 yards, including an 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end Mason McSweeney. Carson Browne (7 yards) and fullback Jack Fillion (1 yard) ran for touchdowns as well for St. John’s Prep, which scored 34 points in the second quarter to take a commanding 48-6 halftime lead.
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