Concord-Carlisle makes a statement as Masconomet, Tyngsborough and the unbeatens hold the line

Concord-Carlisle shut out a 6-1 Hopkinton team 5-0, Masconomet and Norwell handed Beverly and East Bridgewater their first losses, Central Catholic and Pope Francis stayed perfect, and Tyngsborough survived a 4-3 test at Hudson in a busy week from the Berkshires to the Cape.

Mass Pitch Staff · 2026-10-03

Concord-Carlisle has spent September winning without much fuss. On Wednesday, it won loudly.

The Patriots took apart Hopkinton 5-0 in Concord on Sept. 30, with Emmy O'Donnell scoring three times and Caroline Ferrari and Ainsley Siefer adding one apiece. Hopkinton arrived 6-1 and scoring better than three goals a game. On Monday it had won a 4-3 thriller over Natick, a game in which Natick's Zoey Carlisle scored twice. Concord-Carlisle is now 7-0 and has conceded one goal all season.

It was that kind of week across Massachusetts: the unbeatens mostly held, a couple of perfect starts ended, and several programs answered a setback with a quick rebound.

Results that moved the needle

Masconomet 2, Beverly 0. Beverly came into Monday 5-0, having allowed two goals all season. Masconomet went to Beverly and won 2-0, then won by the same score at Peabody on Wednesday. Masconomet is 8-0 and has outscored opponents 29-1.

Norwell 7, East Bridgewater 1. East Bridgewater arrived Monday 5-0, having conceded once. Norwell scored seven, then won 7-0 at Mashpee on Wednesday and now has 39 goals in seven games. East Bridgewater bounced right back on Wednesday with a 5-0 win at Carver.

Tyngsborough 4, Hudson 3. Hudson had been scoring more than five goals a game. On Thursday, Tyngsborough won the high-scoring duel at Hudson to reach 8-0-1, two days after beating Bromfield 5-0.

Tewksbury 4, Billerica 0. On Tuesday, Tewksbury went to Billerica and won comfortably, then beat Methuen 4-0 on Thursday to reach 7-2. Billerica, which came in 5-1, answered on Thursday with a 4-0 win at Lowell.

Central Catholic 1, Chelmsford 0. Chelmsford arrived Thursday 5-0-2, and Addison Brosnihan scored the only goal as Central Catholic stayed perfect. On Tuesday, Sarah Tressler had a hat trick in a 5-0 win at Dracut. Central Catholic is 7-0 and has outscored opponents 36-5.

Duxbury 4, Hanover 1. Duxbury handled Hanover at home on Tuesday, then won 4-0 at Plymouth North on Wednesday. Duxbury is 7-0-1 and has allowed three goals in eight games.

King Philip 9, Milford 0. King Philip opened the week on Friday, Sept. 25, at Milford behind a hat trick from Ella McDonald, two goals each from Molly Chase and Chase Bright, and one from Ava Quintin. It then beat Oliver Ames 2-0 on Monday and Stoughton 8-1 on Wednesday, finishing the week 19-1 on goals.

Mount Greylock 1, Wahconah 1. On Friday, the Berkshire rematch finished level; Greylock had won the first meeting 2-0 on Sept. 7. Both teams then won twice. Mount Greylock won 3-1 at Drury on Tuesday and 3-0 at Monument Mountain on Thursday and sits at 8-0-1. Wahconah beat Monument Mountain 6-2 on Tuesday and Pittsfield 1-0 on Thursday and is 6-1-1.

Needham and Wellesley keep pace. Needham won 3-1 at Walpole on Tuesday and 5-0 at Weymouth on Thursday (6-1). Wellesley, the only team to beat Needham, won 3-0 at Framingham on Tuesday and 1-0 at Milton on Thursday (4-1-1).

Unbeaten watch

Records below run through Thursday, Oct. 1.

The perfect starts: Pope Francis (9-0; beat Agawam 6-0 on Saturday, Sept. 26, won 1-0 at Longmeadow on Tuesday and won 3-2 at Belchertown on Wednesday), Masconomet (8-0), Cohasset (8-0; beat Rockland 3-1 on Wednesday), Hopkins Academy (8-0), Concord-Carlisle (7-0), Central Catholic (7-0), Keefe Tech (7-0), Greater Lowell Tech (7-0), Belmont (6-0) and Medfield (6-0; won 5-0 at Norton on Wednesday). Sturgis Charter East (5-0) and Smith Vocational (6-0) are also perfect.

Unbeaten with at least one draw: Tyngsborough and Mount Greylock (8-0-1); Duxbury, Quabbin and Cardinal Spellman (7-0-1); Northampton, Lynnfield, Bishop Fenwick and Bishop Feehan (6-0-1); Wayland and Granby (5-0-2); Acton-Boxborough (4-0-2); Shrewsbury (4-0-3); and North Middlesex (3-0-4). Quabbin won 6-0 at Ayer Shirley on Tuesday and beat Fitchburg 5-2 on Thursday.

Big nights

On Thursday, Taylor Bello scored three goals and Charlotte Mercer set up three more as Hingham beat Marshfield 5-0. Maeve Maroney also scored. Mercer had the only goal in Friday's 1-0 win over Notre Dame (Hingham), and after a 3-0 win at Pembroke on Tuesday, Hingham finished the week 3-0 without allowing a goal.

On Monday, Kenley Fletcher scored three times as Grafton beat Leicester 4-1. On Wednesday, Fia Parnes had a goal and two assists in Newton South's 4-1 win at Cambridge Rindge & Latin.

Also on Wednesday, Boston Latin got goals from Nina Sly, Maya Lanfer and Isabella Escobar in a 3-0 win over Waltham, and Siena Fabrizio and Molly Manning scored in Oliver Ames' 2-0 win over Sharon. On Tuesday, Eva Timlin scored off an assist from Ellie O'Connor as Milton beat Braintree 1-0. Wayland's Sazie Wrentmore scored in both of her team's wins, 4-0 at Westfield on Saturday and 2-1 at Bedford on Wednesday.

On Monday, Somerset Berkley won 10-0 at Greater New Bedford and Swampscott won 7-0 at Winthrop. Newburyport won 7-0 twice, against Triton on Tuesday and at Manchester Essex on Thursday.

Around the state

West: On Tuesday, Hopkins Academy beat Chicopee 2-0. Northampton beat Longmeadow 1-0 on Friday and won 5-0 at Chicopee Comp on Thursday. Granby won 2-0 at Hampshire on Friday, then drew 1-1 at Frontier on Thursday. Minnechaug beat Westfield 1-0 on Monday and won 3-1 at East Longmeadow on Wednesday to reach 7-1.

Central: Sutton won 4-0 at Nipmuc on Tuesday and beat Shepherd Hill 4-0 on Wednesday to reach 7-1. Lunenburg won 6-0 at Maynard on Tuesday, and on Thursday Westborough won 2-0 at Algonquin and Grafton beat Nashoba 2-0.

North: North Reading won 2-0 at Essex North Shore on Tuesday and 5-1 at Rockport on Thursday. Georgetown beat Manchester Essex 6-0 on Friday and Triton 3-0 on Thursday. Marblehead beat Danvers 3-0 on Wednesday, and Andover beat North Andover 2-0 on Thursday. Greater Lowell Tech beat Lowell 7-0 on Saturday and Montachusett 2-1 on Tuesday.

Metro: Belmont beat Burlington 4-0 on Tuesday and won 1-0 at Woburn on Thursday. Winchester beat Wakefield on Tuesday and Lexington on Thursday, 2-0 each time. Somerville beat Methuen 4-2 on Monday and won 6-0 at Chelsea on Tuesday. Everett beat O'Bryant 2-1 on Monday and Revere 3-1 on Wednesday. Malden won on Friday, Tuesday and Thursday by a combined 13-0.

Hockomock and Tri-Valley: Franklin beat Oliver Ames 3-1 on Friday and Attleboro 4-0 on Monday, then won 4-1 at Canton on Wednesday to reach 7-1. Foxborough also went 3-0, winning 2-0 at Sharon on Friday and 1-0 at Mansfield on Monday before beating Milford 5-3 on Wednesday. Dedham won 4-2 at Ashland on Monday and beat Norwood 7-0 on Wednesday.

South Shore, Cape and South Coast: Hull won 6-1 at Mashpee on Monday and 2-1 at Middleborough on Wednesday. Silver Lake beat Scituate 2-0 on Tuesday and Whitman-Hanson 2-1 on Thursday. Sandwich won 4-1 at Martha's Vineyard on Wednesday, and Nauset won 6-0 at Monomoy on Monday before a 0-0 draw at Falmouth on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Apponequet won 4-1 at Dighton-Rehoboth and Old Rochester beat Greater New Bedford 7-0. Bridgewater-Raynham won 6-0 at Barnstable on Tuesday and beat Bishop Stang 3-0 on Thursday. Westport won 8-0 at Atlantis Charter on Tuesday and 6-0 at Avon on Thursday.

Catholic schools: Cardinal Spellman won 4-0 at St. Mary's (Lynn) on Monday and beat West Bridgewater 2-0 on Thursday. Bishop Fenwick went 3-0, winning 3-0 at Essex North Shore on Friday and 5-1 at Archbishop Williams on Monday, then beating Malden Catholic 2-0 on Wednesday. Ursuline won 3-0 at Arlington Catholic on Friday and 2-0 at Archbishop Williams on Thursday to reach 8-1. On Wednesday, St. Mary's beat Medford 2-0.

Games to circle (Oct. 3-9)

• Saturday: Ursuline vs. Cardinal Spellman, 11:30 a.m. at Xaverian. Northampton vs. Mount Greylock, 1 p.m.: two unbeatens from the western part of the state. Belmont vs. Bishop Feehan, 1 p.m.: another meeting of unbeatens. Norwell vs. Duxbury, 4 p.m.: one of the state's most prolific offenses against one of its stingiest defenses.
• Mon., Oct. 5: Cardinal Spellman vs. Bishop Fenwick, 3:30 p.m., a meeting of Catholic Central unbeatens. Norwell vs. Cohasset, 4 p.m., a South Shore League headliner. Apponequet vs. Somerset Berkley, 4 p.m.; Somerset Berkley won the first meeting 2-1.
• Tue., Oct. 6: Lynnfield vs. Newburyport, 6 p.m. Lynnfield won the season opener 3-2, and Newburyport hasn't lost since. Sutton vs. Douglas, 3:30 p.m.: Douglas handed Sutton its only loss. Wayland vs. Acton-Boxborough, 4 p.m., between Dual County unbeatens.
• Wed., Oct. 7: Marblehead vs. Masconomet, 4 p.m. Masconomet won the first meeting 1-0.
• Thu., Oct. 8: Greater Lowell Tech vs. Tyngsborough, 3:30 p.m., a non-league meeting of unbeatens. Minnechaug vs. Pope Francis, 6:45 p.m. Pope Francis won the first meeting 3-0, Minnechaug's only loss. Andover vs. Central Catholic, 7 p.m. Needham vs. Newton North, 4:30 p.m.

By the numbers: statewide leaders

Regular-season games through Thursday, Oct. 1. Minimum five games; ties broken by goal differential, then goals for.

Top scoring teams (goals per game)

1. Westport (6-1): 6.00, 42 goals in 7 games
2. Greater Lowell Tech (7-0): 5.71, 40 in 7
3. Norwell (5-1-1): 5.57, 39 in 7
4. Medfield (6-0): 5.17, 31 in 6
5. Keefe Tech (7-0): 5.14, 36 in 7 (ahead of Central Catholic and Greater Lawrence Tech, also 36 in 7, on goal differential)

Top goal differential

1. Greater Lowell Tech (7-0): +37 (40-3)
2. Hingham (8-1): +36 (40-4)
3. Westport (6-1): +35 (42-7)
4. Keefe Tech (7-0): +35 (36-1)
5. Cardinal Spellman (7-0-1): +33 (34-1)

Top defenses (goals allowed per game)

1. Cardinal Spellman (7-0-1): 0.13, 1 goal allowed in 8 games
2. Masconomet (8-0): 0.13, 1 in 8
3. Keefe Tech (7-0): 0.14, 1 in 7
4. Concord-Carlisle (7-0): 0.14, 1 in 7
5. Shrewsbury (4-0-3): 0.29, 2 in 7

Most shutouts: 7, shared by Hingham, Cardinal Spellman, Masconomet and Newburyport.

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