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Central Catholic loses twice in three days; Medfield is the last perfect team

Bishop Feehan won 1-0 at Central Catholic on Thursday and Braintree beat it 4-0 on Saturday. Medfield (16-0) is the only MIAA team without a loss or a tie, Feehan drew 0-0 at Notre Dame (Hingham) on Monday, Cardinal Spellman beat Bishop Fenwick 2-1, and Concord-Carlisle won 7-2 at Weston.

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Central Catholic scored 65 goals while winning its first 14 games. It has not scored since. On Thursday, Bishop Feehan won 1-0 at Central Catholic when Parker Tellefsen (Select South) scored off an assist from Quinn Dwomoh (Scorpions). On Saturday, Braintree beat Central Catholic 4-0 at home. Micheala Ranieri and Savannah Sanon (Scorpions) each scored twice and had an assist. Braintree had lost 1-0 at Wellesley two days earlier.

Central Catholic is No. 10 in Division 1 in the MIAA power rankings released Tuesday, down from No. 7 on Friday. Braintree is No. 6, up from No. 9. Central Catholic is 14-2 and visits Acton-Boxborough on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Braintree tied Needham 1-1 at home on Monday and is 8-3-5.

That leaves Medfield as the only MIAA team without a loss or a tie. Medfield, No. 1 in Division 3, won 7-0 at Norwood on Wednesday and won 3-0 at Westwood on Monday. It is 16-0 and hosts Holliston on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Feehan, No. 5 in Division 1 after holding No. 1 on Friday, beat Attleboro 3-1 at home on Saturday as Tia LaBrecque scored twice. On Monday, Feehan played to a 0-0 draw at Notre Dame (Hingham). Feehan is 13-0-3 and has allowed six goals in 16 games.

Ranks in this roundup are from the MIAA's Tuesday, Oct. 27 release, which counts games entered by 4 a.m. that day. Records run through Monday, Oct. 26.

Spellman takes the third meeting

Cardinal Spellman and Bishop Fenwick have played three times since Oct. 5. Spellman won 3-2 at home on Oct. 5. Fenwick won 2-1 at home on Oct. 19, handing Spellman its only loss. On Saturday, Spellman won 2-1 at home, and Emerson McCann scored one of its goals. On Monday, Spellman won 3-1 at West Bridgewater. Spellman (No. 6 in Division 3) is 13-1-1 and has allowed seven goals in 15 games. Fenwick (No. 8 in Division 3) is 11-2-2. Spellman hosts Ursuline on Wednesday.

Concord-Carlisle: five goals, then seven

On Thursday, Concord-Carlisle (No. 3 in Division 1) beat Acton-Boxborough 5-1 at home, and Ainsley Siefer (FC Stars) had three goals and an assist. On Saturday, C-C beat Lincoln-Sudbury 5-0. On Monday, it won 7-2 at Weston. It has scored at least five goals in each of its last five Dual County League games, beating Newton South 5-1, Wayland 5-0, Acton-Boxborough 5-1, Lincoln-Sudbury 5-0 and Weston 7-2, and is 14-2-0 with six straight wins since a 6-1 loss at Medfield on Oct. 10.

Acton-Boxborough (No. 9 in Division 1) had won five straight before Thursday. On Saturday it beat North Andover 7-1 at home, and on Monday it beat Cambridge Rindge & Latin 3-1 at home. A-B is 11-2-3 and hosts Central Catholic on Wednesday.

Masconomet: a loss, 6-0, then a draw

Masconomet (No. 4 in Division 2) allowed three goals in its first 14 games. On Wednesday, Danvers scored three and won 3-2 at home. Rylee Sullivan scored and had an assist, and Mia St. Pierre and Emma Sutherland also scored. Emerson Davis and Brooke Hagerty scored for Masconomet, and Ava Wexler had both assists. On Friday, Masconomet beat Andover 6-0 at home. Maggie Blosser (FC Stars) scored three goals and Wexler had two more assists. On Monday, Masconomet tied Beverly 2-2 at home. Masconomet is 12-2-3 and has allowed eight goals in 17 games.

Beverly (No. 11 in Division 1) had beaten Marblehead 2-0 on Wednesday and won 6-2 at Haverhill on Saturday, when Jaydin Simpson and Violet Acheson each scored twice. Beverly is 12-1-2.

Norwell wins at Dover-Sherborn

On Saturday, Norwell (No. 3 in Division 3, up from No. 8 on Friday) won 4-1 at Dover-Sherborn, now No. 4 in the division. Ally Kelley, Emily Tuttle, Hannah Morse and Mairin Blake scored. Norwell beat Carver 8-1 on Wednesday and won 5-1 at Rockland on Monday. It has 74 goals in 16 games and is 11-1-4. Its only loss was 4-2 to Oliver Ames on Sept. 19. Dover-Sherborn is 10-4-2.

King Philip beats Somerset Berkley

On Wednesday, Layla Venancio (Scorpions) scored five goals as Somerset Berkley beat Fairhaven 7-1. On Friday she scored both of Somerset Berkley's goals in a 3-2 loss at King Philip. King Philip (No. 3 in Division 2) is 10-2-3. It plays at Oliver Ames on Tuesday and hosts Franklin on Thursday. Somerset Berkley is 13-2-1.

Hopkins, Keefe Tech and Montachusett

Hopkins Academy (No. 4 in Division 5) started 13-0-1. It lost 3-0 to Frontier on Oct. 20, then lost 1-0 at home to Monson on Wednesday on a goal by Jordyn Szado. Monson had won once in 14 games before that. On Monday, Hopkins beat Gateway Regional 8-0 and is 14-2-1.

Montachusett beat Parker Charter 3-1 on Wednesday and won 5-1 at Keefe Tech on Friday, when Addison Boudreau scored four goals and Madison Pederson had four assists. Keefe Tech also lost 4-0 at St. Bernard's on Wednesday, then beat Burncoat 4-1 on Monday, and is 13-3-0. Montachusett beat Abby Kelley Foster 6-0 on Monday and is 9-5-2.

Bay State and Hockomock

On Thursday, Wellesley (No. 1 in Division 1) beat Braintree 1-0 for its 10th shutout in 14 games, and Needham (No. 2) won 2-0 at Milton. On Monday, Wellesley beat Framingham 6-1 and Needham tied Braintree 1-1. Wellesley is 12-1-2 and Needham is 12-1-2. On Saturday, Franklin (No. 4 in Division 1) won 3-1 at Wachusett as Lily Strong scored twice. Franklin is 13-2-0 and hosts Sharon on Tuesday.

Unbeaten watch

Still perfect: Medfield (16-0).

Unbeaten with at least one draw: Quabbin (13-0-1; beat Ayer Shirley 8-2 on Thursday), Cohasset (one draw; won 3-0 at Middleborough on Wednesday), Bishop Feehan (13-0-3), Granby (13-0-3; won 6-2 at Chicopee Comprehensive on Thursday, with three goals from Margo Healy) and Duxbury (12-0-4; no games since Oct. 20).

Hingham (No. 2 in Division 2) beat Plymouth South 6-0 on Thursday as Taylor Bello scored five goals and Corinne Granoff had two assists. Hingham is 14-1-2 with 13 shutouts in 17 games.

Big nights

On Wednesday, Faythe Sobieski scored four times for Franklin County Tech in a 5-3 win at Mount Everett. Khloe Bonin had three goals and two assists as Archbishop Williams beat Fontbonne 8-1. Emma Healy and Elena Snyder (FC Stars) each scored three times as Ursuline Academy won 6-0 at O'Bryant. On Thursday, Elisa Vladasi scored three goals as Lynnfield beat Rockport 8-1. Lynnfield then won 1-0 at Marblehead on Saturday and is 13-2-1.

Around the state

North: On Thursday, Newburyport beat Amesbury 3-0 for its 14th shutout in 15 games. On Saturday, Tyngsborough beat Methuen 4-1 and is 13-1-3, Winchester beat Natick 2-1, and Elizabeth Robinson scored twice in Chelmsford's 3-2 win at Nashoba. On Sunday, Burlington and Andover tied 1-1.

Central: On Thursday, Shrewsbury beat Westborough 4-2 and Grafton beat Wachusett 1-0. Sutton (No. 2 in Division 4) beat Lunenburg 3-0 on Friday and won 3-0 at Martha's Vineyard on Saturday. Also Saturday, Hopedale won 6-0 at Blackstone Valley a day after a 2-2 draw at Whitinsville Christian, Douglas won 5-0 at Auburn, and Hampshire beat Millbury 1-0 on a goal by Shayne Moynahan.

West: On Wednesday, West Springfield and Minnechaug played 0-0. On Friday, Northampton and Belchertown played 0-0.

South: On Saturday, Bridgewater-Raynham and Oliver Ames tied 1-1, Notre Dame (Hingham) won 2-1 at Silver Lake, Whitman-Hanson beat Weymouth 1-0, and Falmouth won 3-0 at Old Rochester.

Games to circle this week

By the numbers: statewide leaders

MIAA regular-season games through Monday, Oct. 26; minimum five games. Ties broken by goal differential, then goals for.

Top scoring offenses (goals per game)

  1. Quabbin — 5.29 (74 in 14)
  2. Medfield — 4.88 (78 in 16)
  3. Greater Lowell Tech — 4.71 (66 in 14)
  4. Westport — 4.67 (70 in 15)
  5. Norwell — 4.62 (74 in 16)

Top goal differential

  1. Medfield — +66
  2. Duxbury — +60
  3. Greater Lowell Tech — +59
  4. Newburyport — +59

Top defenses (goals allowed per game)

  1. Newburyport — 0.20 (3 in 15)
  2. Hingham — 0.35 (6 in 17)
  3. Bishop Feehan — 0.38 (6 in 16)

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