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Friday night's scores:

Attleboro 26, Dartmouth 7
Bishop Feehan 27, Durfee 6
Blue Hills 12, Tri-County 8
Dighton-Rehoboth 29, Fairhaven 8
Foxboro 21, Canton 0
King Philip 35, Stoughton 0
Norton 22, Millis 12
Wareham 16, Seekonk 6

Now, for the bonus thoughts:

** I haven't seen a quarter's worth of excitement like the third quarter of the Falcons' win over Fairhaven since ... well, the Patriots' second quarter against Tennessee. In fact, let's compare them.

The Patriots scored five touchdowns i… Continue

An explosive third quarter for the Falcons, in which wide receiver Brian Espinosa scored three touchdowns of 38, 68 and 65 yards, and as a result, D-R has clinched at least a share of the South Coast Conference title at 6-0 in league play with two games to go (and three other teams with two losses).

Here's the box score, with bonus thoughts to follow.

Dighton-Rehoboth 29, Fairhaven 8

Fhvn D-R
First downs 10 15
Total yardage 184 321
Rushing yardage 181 137
Passing yardage 8 184
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Kendall Simmons, a former starter for the Steelers on their offensive line who was given a three-year contract here, has been released. It's not a good year for personnel decisions at Patriot Place.

Here's the release from the team:

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FOXBORO. – The New England Patriots released G Kendall Simmons today.

Simmons, 6-3, 315 pounds, was signed by New England on September 6, 2009 He was inactive for six games and played in one game on special teams against Tennessee (10/18… Continue

I've pretty much fallen out of the race for the year's supply of Turtle Wax after everyone finished 7-1 last week, so I'm just trying to hang on and claim that gift certificate to the Spiegel catalog (and seriously, is there a Spiegel catalog any more? But I do remember when every game show gave gift certificates from the Chicago-based retailer as consolation prizes) and the latest home edition of the Weekly Picks Game.

As always, the complete staff standings can be found in the print edition.… Continue

Patriots' coach Bill Belichick was asked today what steps the Patriots might be taking to protect themselves from an assault by the H1N1 virus (otherwise known as "swine flu").

"There's nothing more important than the health of your team," Belichick said during his midday press conference. "This is the time of year when -- whether it's that particular one or the colds that go around every year that get picked up -- it can spread pretty quickly. A team that eats together and showers together and… Continue

Drive by Gillette Stadium and Patriot Place these days, and you may notice that on one of the water towers that serve the development, advertising has sprouted.

The water tower next to the Renaissance Hotel has "eBay" plastered all over it. I couldn't help but think that it's possible that a visitor to the Bass… Continue

The Patriots return to action this Sunday against the Dolphins, and we've got Matt Slater and Stephen Gostkowski talking about how to stop the returns of Miami's Ted Ginn Jr. We've also got Brady on the Red Zone and Belichick lovingly remembering his old boss, Bill Parcells.



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Amid reports that Patriots' defensive end Jarvis Green will be out for a month following knee surgery performed during the bye week, the attention in the locker room today turned to a likely successor, fifth-year veteran Mike Wright, who leads the Patriots in sacks (4) and quarterback hits (6).

Before we get to the transcript of what Wright had to say today, a transaction; the Patriots signed rookie TE Rob Myers to the practice squad today and placed TE Robbie Agnone on practice squad/injured w… Continue

The Hockomock League football game between North Attleboro and Mansfield, originally scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, has been moved to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Alumni Field. The game was moved to allow for the North Attleboro community to properly recognize the life and accomplishments of U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kyle Van De Giesen, who died in a helicopter crash a week ago in Afghanistan.

Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Friday at Saint Mary's Church, 14 Park St., North Attleboro, with burial to fo… Continue

Today's AFC East-related action is over, and the Patriots are in their accustomed spot atop the division as they prepare to resume action next Sunday at home against Miami.

Here's where the teams stand at this juncture -- and seriously, take note of that conference record. The Patriots don't have much more wiggle room in that particular tiebreaker, with the rest of the division to be finished and conference games against Indianapolis, Jacksonville and Houston still on the schedule:

Team....… Continue