MIAA Football State Championships - Divisions 5-8: Uxbridge, West Boylston Repeat Winners; Shawsheen, Hudson Cap Perfect Seasons

The 2025 MIAA Football Tournament began with a total of 128 teams across eight divisions, with 16 qualifiers in each. Following three weeks of action before Thanksgiving, 16 teams took to the turf at Gillette Stadium from December 4-6, and eight champions ultimately were crowned.

Divisions 6-8 were dominated by schools from Central Mass., with Uxbridge High School and West Boylston Middle High School repeating their 2023 victories, and Hudson High School returning to the top for the first time in more than three decades. Hudson completed a perfect 2024 season, a feat also achieved by Division 5 champion Shawsheen Tech. 

Here is a recap of the Division 5-8 championship games:

Division 5

Locked in a defensive stalemate through three quarters, No. 1 seed Shawsheen Tech finally broke through with a pair of touchdowns in the last 7+ minutes and never relented on the other side of the ball as the Rams shut down No. 3 seed Foxborough High School, 14-0.

Shawsheen allowed only 58 yards of offense to the Warriors and had three interceptions as part of their stout defensive effort.

But they had little success breaking through the Foxborough defense until compiling much of their 142 yards of total offense in the final quarter. Sidney Tildsley capped a lengthy drive with a 1-yard plunge that finally broke the ice and gave Shawsheen a 7-0 lead with 7:15 to play.

The Rams then returned one of their three interceptions -- by Jake Banda -- to the brink of the end zone, and Tildsley’s 2-yard run with 2:37 to play capped the scoring.

Tildsley rushed for 65 yards on 21 carries, also threw for 46 yards, and had an interception in the defensive struggle. Jake Banda added 28 yards rushing and 14 receiving as Shawsheen won its first championship since 2010 and improved to 2-2 all-time. WIll Holloway had the other Shawsheen pickoff.

For Foxborough, which couldn’t repeat its 2023 state championship, Ben Angelini rushed for 39 yards (18 carries) and had a pair of catches for 35 yards. The Warriors are 5-5 all-time in championship games.

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Division 6

Zac Attaway rushed for a 47-yard score and also completed 6-of-15 passes for 93 yards, sparking top-seeded Hudson High School to a 21-14 victory over No. 3 seed Fairhaven High School.

The championship was the first for the Hawks since 1991 and completed a perfect season at 13-0. Fairhaven, the 2023 champ, was denied a repeat and dropped to 4-1 all-time in championship games.

However, the biggest touchdown pass wasn’t thrown by Attaway, who left the game briefly in the second quarter with an injury. With Hudson trailing 6-0, Loigan Dome stepped in for a fourth-down play and found Savion Newton-Clark in the right corner of the end zone for a 21-yard touchdown, giving the Hawks a 7-6 lead with 10:27 left in the first half, just 1:28 after Fairhaven took the lead on Cameron Burke’s 4-yard touchdown run.

Attaway’s TD made it 14-6 at the half, and Tobias Edie scored from 2 yards to push it to 21-6 late in the third.

Fairhaven got a 26-yard TD run from Landon Pickup and recovered the ensuing onside kick, but couldn’t find the tying score. The Blue Devils had 298 of their 318 yards on the ground behind the combined efforts of Aaron Lague (13 carries, 82 yards), Burke (18-58), Pickup (10-56), Justin Marques (13-49) and Riche Senna (10-44).

Edie had 8 carries for 52 yards and a 31-yard reception for the Hawks. Nolan Yates added 2 catches for 44 yards.

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Division 7

Rogan Devlin ran for a pair of touchdowns and threw for two more, including the go-ahead score in the waning seconds of the first half, and No. 1 seed Uxbridge High School repeated as champion by pulling away from No. 3 Mashpee High School, 42-20.

Devlin’s 18-yard TD pass to Thatcher Sweeney with 17 seconds left in the half gave the Spartans a 14-8 lead at intermission. Devlin added the first of his two touchdown runs, a 38-yard burst that pushed the lead to 21-6 with 5:43 left in the third quarter.

Camden LaChapelle ran for 1-yard and 65-yard scores as Uxbridge broke it open with three touchdowns in the final 9+ minutes. LaChapelle finished with 205 yards on 19 carries, and Devlin’s big day included 11 carries for 70 yards, and 11-of-18 passing for 156 yards. Liam Kaferlein was on the receiving end of his other touchdown pass as Uxbridge earned its fourth championship overall in as many tries.

Benjamin Squercia rushed for a pair of touchdowns and Logan Wills added one on the ground. Dominic Matteodo rushed for 73 yards on 9 carries and also completed 13-of-24 passes for 213 yards for the Falcons, who dropped to 4-1 all-time in championship games.

Box Score    Division 7 Bracket

Division 8

West Boylston Middle High School repeated as Division 8 state champion and made it three consecutive titles overall as the No. 2 seed Lions overcame an early deficit with 22 consecutive points and then held off a rally by top-seeded Randolph High School, 22-16.

Dominick Renzoni and Stephen Simpson spearheaded the attack for the Lions, who managed only 207 total yards, all on the ground. Renzoni rushed for 97 yards and a pair of scores on 16 carries, and Simpson added 86 yards and a touchdown on 9 carries.

A 27-yard field goal by Alin Norisca gave Randolph the early 3-0 lead, but West Boylston responded quickly. Renzoni scored from 24 yards out late in the first, then Simpson (19 yards) and Renzoni (3 yards) added TD runs for a 22-3 lead at the break.

The Blue Devils tried to ride Mekhi White to a second-half comeback. White scored from 12 yards in the third and 1 yard in the fourth, finishing with 143 yards on 20 carries. But that was as close as Randolph got. Abraham Cornet (6 carries, 50 yards) and Haggai Joseph (16 carries, 48 yards) added to the ground game for the Devils.

With its three straight titles, including a Division 7 crown in 2022, West Boylston is 5-0 all-time in championship games. Randolph’s only previous appearance with a 20-14 win over Hull for the Division 8 title in 2021.

Box Score    Division 8 Bracket