It was a week for individual performances on the gridiron.
After a Week 1 that featured a flurry of wild finishes and a handful of top-20 upsets, Friday night saw little of that, but plenty of impressive stat lines.
Only three teams in the Globe Top 20 poll lost Friday, and all fell to ranked teams. No. 5 BC High fell to No. 6 Central Catholic, 28-7, as the Raiders pounded the rock and pulled away in the second half; No. 9 Duxbury was tripped up by No. 8 Scituate, 27-15, marking the first time Sailors head coach Herb Devine beat the Dragons in the regular season in his 18 seasons; and No. 14 North Attleborough, the defending Division 3 champion, was defeated, 21-7, by No. 4 King Philip, which moved down to D3 this fall after making four consecutive D2 Super Bowls.
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1. Reading list
H.S. Football Roundup: Ryan Foley had been waiting for his moment to shine for Foxborough and delivered against Walpole
Now Grayson Foley, Scituate have a regular-season win to savor against rival Duxbury too
Boxed in on its new turf, Stoneham airs out Arlington with a win to savor
Two quarterbacks out? Caiden Hartley-Didio, Methuen cook up new path to victory over North Andover
Central Catholic football commits to its ground game and churns up a win over BC High
2. Star of the Day
Back in 1908, Everett’s George Brickley — who went on to play both professional football and baseball and coach Woburn High football — became the first Massachusetts high school football player to score eight touchdowns in a game. One hundred and two years later, in 2010, Andover’s Andrew Coke also scored eight touchdowns.
On Friday, Greater Lawrence senior Gustavo Varela came within one score of matching the state record, scoring all seven of his team’s touchdowns in a 52-30 win over Cathedral. Varela, a 5-foot-9-inch, 185-pound back who ran for 1,912 yards as a sophomore and had 341 in a game last season, finished with 173 rushing yards.
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3. Spectacular Six
Six more standouts from Friday night.
Nick Bonafiglia, Seekonk — The 5-foot-8-inch, 145-pound senior did it all in a 55-12 demolition of Ludlow, throwing for 214 yards, rushing for 106, and scoring three touchdowns.
Joel LaChapelle, Northbridge — The 6-3, 195-pound senior quarterback lit up the field with six total touchdowns, rushing for 99 yards and four scores and passing for 234 yards and two more touchdowns in a 39-7 win over Clinton.
Kyle Olson, Andover — The junior made the most of his first career start, throwing for 198 yards on 16-of-21 passing, connecting on scoring strtikes of 30 and 32 yards, and added two more scores (7 and 47 yards) with his legs in a 31-23 win over Wellesley.
Jake Varholak, Hingham — The 5-11, 185-pound senior quarterback provided the best finish of the night, connecting with Riley Bello for a 4-yard score as time expired to give the Harbormen a 26-21 win over Hanover. Varholak finished with four total touchdowns, throwing for 147 yards and two scores and rushing for 75 yards and two more TDs.
Declan Walker and Nick O’Brien, Tri-County — Walker, a senior quarterback, threw for 270 yards and three touchdowns, tacking on a 2-point conversion in a 42-0 blanking of Smithfield (R.I.). O’Brien, a junior coming off a 400-yard game in Week 1, had 152 receiving yards, two rushing scores, and an interception.
4. Milestones
▪ West Boylston coach Mike Ross, who has led his team to three straight Division 8 championships, marked his 200th career win with a 42-20 defeat of Bartlett.
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▪ Cohasset senior quarterback Michael Wildfire threw for 53 yards on 7-of-11 passing and added 74 rushing yards on 12 carries, pushing him past 4,000 total yards for his career in a 27-14 win over Silver Lake.
▪ Brady McCormack continued to pile up yardage, eclipsing 3,000 career rushing yards with a 229-yard, four-touchdown night in Medfield’s 50-21 win over Dracut. McCormack, who is second in school history for career rushing yards behind Mike Lane (4,005), has 426 rushing yards and eight touchdowns through two games. “Brady is a once in a generation talent,” Medfield coach Erik Ormberg said. “It’s been a good start, one of the best starts we’ve had in a few years.”
5. Friday’s leaderboard
Passing TDs
Jason Berry, North Reading, 3
Nico Bonafiglia, Seekonk, 3
Patrick Collins, Milton, 3
Rory Funke, Dexter Southfield, 3
Brayden Jones, Attleboro, 3
Caleb Lafreniere, St. Bernard’s, 3
Gus Stillman, Minuteman, 3
Declan Walker, Tri-County, 3
Sean Barry, Silver Lake, 2
Joel LaChapelle, Northbridge, 2
Ronan O’Connell, Winchester, 2
Tommy Pham, Boston Latin, 2
Sylar Pimental, Bedford, 2
Aaron Sellers, Joseph Case, 2
Mason Tarantino, Lincoln-Sudbury, 2
Freddy Torcasio, Newton North, 2
Passing yards
Declan Walker, Tri-County, 270
Joel LaChapelle, Northbridge, 234
Nico Bonafiglia, Seekonk, 214
Jason Berry, North Reading, 210
Freddy Torcasio, Newton North, 202
Kyle Olson, Andover, 198
Drew Gustafson, Masconomet, 181
Sean Barry, Silver Lake, 150
Coleman Keuchkarian-Mckeen, Watertown, 140
Rushing TDS
Gustavo Varela, Greater Lawrence, 7
Camden LaChapelle, Uxbridge, 4
Joel LaChapelle, Northbridge, 4
Brady McCormack, Medfield, 4
Jake Banda, Shawsheen, 3
Zack Deschenes, Nashoba Valley Tech, 3
Jack Fabiano, Masconomet, 3
Ben Figuerido, Seekonk, 3
Gus Greene, Cohasset, 3
Caden Schrock, Hamilton-Wenham, 3
Mekhi White, Randolph, 3
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Rushing yards
Brady McCormack, Medfield, 229
Jack Fabiano, Masconomet, 202
Gustavo Varela, Greater Lawrence, 173
Jayson Dyer, Barnstable, 168
Gus Greene, Cohasset, 160
Dillon O’Brien, South Shore, 158
Mekhi White, Randolph, 154
Tallan King, King Philip, 144
Matthew Tasker, Lincoln-Sudbury, 142
Breydan Lewis, Bridgewater-Raynham, 133
Ben Figuerido, Seekonk, 132
Keigan Canto-Osorio, King Philip, 127
Dylan Leone, Newton North, 117
Nico Bonafiglia, Seekonk, 106
Aaron Lague, Fairhaven, 106
Receiving TDs
Jasaung Young, Cathedral, 3
Christian Navas, Boston Latin, 2
Receiving yards
Gavin Brady, North Reading, 164
Nick O’Brien, Tri-County, 152
Rylan Golden, Marblehead, 137
Cal Weidman, Masconomet, 113
Mike Crowley, Andover, 88
Brendan Kurie can be reached at brendan.kurie@globe.com. Follow him on X @BrendanKurie.