Nate Weitzer’s Week 1 games to watch, picks
Milton at Scituate: Both teams will move up a division under the new MIAA alignments, with Milton joining Division 3 and Scituate now a D4 program. The start can offer the hopefuls of the championship an early litmus test. Selection: MILTON.
Duxbury at Bridgewater-Raynham: New coaches aim to get their first win with Lou Pacheco and the Trojans who receive Matt Landolfi and the Dragons. Selection: BRIDGEWATER-RAYNHAM
Barnstable at Brockton: With Brockton trainer Peter Colombo considering retiring, this could be the last season since 1969 that a Colombo has led boxers. Ross Jatkola and Barnstable don’t mind spoiling Brockton’s home debut. Choose: BARNSTABLE.
Mansfield at Saint John’s (Shrewsbury): Mansfield trainer Mike Redding and Saint Johns trainer John Andreoli were teammates at Holy Cross before graduating in 1982. Choose: MANSFIELD.
Central Catholic in Springfield Central: These Division 1 powerhouses kick off the first year of a statewide tournament with a world-class interstate matchup. Select: SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL.
Brighton at O’Bryant: Sahmir Morales and the Bengals open the year with a tilt against O’Bryant, the runner-up in the Boston City League in the Fall II season. Choose: BRIGHTON.
Cohasset at Abington: These South Shore League rivals have a ton of history, with Cohasset leading Abington in the 2018 Division 7 South finals, but the Green Wave has won each of the last two regular season games. Choose: ABINGTON.
Danvers in Tewksbury: Tewksbury unveils a new facility at Doucette Stadium for a Saturday afternoon test against Danvers. These programs have met several times in Division 3 North-Bracket, both of which will be moved to Division 4 under the new orientations. Choose: TEWKSBURY.
Games on Friday
EASTERN MASS.
BAY STATE – Natick in Needham, Jan.
BOSTON CITY – Brighton in O’Bryant, Jan.
CATHOLIC CENTER – Cardinal Spellman in St. Marys, Jan.
COMMONWEALTH – Lynn Tech at Essex Tech, Jan.
HOCKOMOCK – Foxborough in Milford, Jan.
MAYFLOWER – Bristol-Plymouth in Old Colony, Jan.
MERRIMACK VALLEY – Billerica in Lowell, Jan.
MIDDLESEX – Melrose in Reading, 7; Wilmington in Woburn, Jan.
PATRIOT – Silver Lake at Plymouth South, 7; Whitman-Hanson in Hanover, 7.
SOUTH SHORE – Cohasset at Abington, 7; Norwell at Mashpee, Jan.
TRI-VALLEY – Medfield at Medway, 6; Westwood in Dedham, Jan.
NONLEAGUE – Blue Hills at Hull, 6; Boston Latin in East Boston, 6; Cape Cod Tech at Monomoy, 6; Carver in Atlantis, 6; Roxbury Cathedral Prep, 6; Fairhaven in a sandwich, 6; Hamilton-Wenham of Gloucester, 6; Martha’s Vineyard at Seekonk, 6; Medford at Whittier, 6; Methuen at Lynn English, 6; Milton in Scituate, 6; North Quincy in Somerville, 6; Norwood at Stoughton, 6; Peabody at Revere, 6; Pentucket at Austin Prep, 6; Quincy to Archbishop Williams, 6; Salem at Chelsea, 6; Wakefield at Greater Lawrence, 6; Wayland at Hopkinton, 6; Case at Diman’s, 6:30 a.m. Lowell Catholic in Arlington Catholic, 6:30 am; Manchester Essex at Ipswich, 6:30 am; Masconomet in Newburyport, 6:30 am; Saugus in Lynnfield, 6:30 a.m.; St. John Paul II in Wareham, 6:30 am; Acton-Boxborough at Chelmsford, 7; Amherst-Pelham at Westfield, 7; Assabet at Millbury, 7; Auburn at Oakmont, 7; Barnstable at Brockton, 7; Bartlett in Lunenburg, 7; BC High by King Philip, 7; Belmont at Cambridge, 7; Bishop Feehan of North Attleborough, 7; Bishop Stang at Dartmouth, 7; Braintree at Hingham, 7; Brookline at Oliver Ames, 7; Canton of Dighton-Rehoboth, 7; Central Catholic at Springfield Central, 7; Chicopee at Greenfield, 7; Cumberland (RI) at Rockland, 7; Doherty at Algonquin, 7; Dover-Sherborn at Weston, 7; Dracut at Westford, 7; Drury / St. Joseph Central in Athol, 7; Durfee at Attleboro, 7; Duxbury at Bridgewater-Raynham, 7; East Bridgewater at West Bridgewater, 7; Everett in Xaverian, 7; Greater Lowell at Ashland, 7; Groton-Dunstable at St. Bernards, 7; Latin Academy, Georgetown, 7; Lawrence at Burlington, 7; Mansfield at St. Johns (Shrewsbury), 7; Marblehead at Concord-Carlisle, 7; Marlborough at Tantasqua, 7; Middleborough at Apponequet, 7; Minnechaug at West Springfield, 7; Monty Tech at Murdock, 7; Nashoba at Grafton, 7; Nashoba Valley Tech at South Shore Voc-Tech, 7; New Bedford at Taunton, 7; Newton South at Winchester, 7; North Andover at Lincoln-Sudbury, 7; Northampton in the Hoosac Valley, 7; Northbridge at West Boylston, 7; Old Rochester at Holliston, 7; Palmer at Pathfinder, 7; Pembroke at Nauset, 7; Plymouth North at Falmouth, 7; Quaboag at Ludlow, 7; Randolph at Triton, 7; Sharon at Norton, 7; Shawsheen in Bedford, 7; Shrewsbury at Andover, 7; Smith at Belchertown, 7; Somerset Berkley of Portsmouth (RI), 7; Southbridge at Narragansett, 7; Southeast at Greater New Bedford, 7; South Hadley with Bishop Fenwick, 7; St. John’s Prep at Marshfield, 7; Stoneham at Winthrop, 7; Sutton at Ayer Shirley, 7; Tri-County at Millis, 7; Wachusett at Franklin, 7; Weymouth in Malden Catholic, 7; Worcester North at David Prouty, Jan.
CENTRAL MASS.
MID-WACH – Hudson at Clinton, 7; Littleton in North Middlesex, 7; Maynard / Advanced Math and Science in Tyngsborough, 7; Quabbin at Gardner, 7; Westborough on Shepherd Hill, 7.
SWCL – Uxbridge in Oxford, 7.
WESTERN MASS.
AA – Agawam at Chicopee Comprehensive, 7.
SUBURB – Pittsfield in Wahconah, 7; Taconic in East Longmeadow, Jan.
Saturday’s games
EASTERN MASS.
BAY STATE – Walpole in Framingham, Jan.
NONLEAGUE – north reading in the northeast, 10:30 a.m.; Bourne at the Upper Cape, 12; Nipmuc at St. Paul, 12; Bellingham at Blackstone-Millville / Hopedale, 1; Capital Prep (Conn.) At the Catholic Memorial, 1; Franklin County Tech at McCann Tech, 1; Longmeadow at Wellesley, 1; Lynn Classic in Lexington, 1; Waltham at Newton North, 1; Worcester South at Watertown, 1; Danvers at Tewksbury, 1:30 am; Haverhill in Beverly, 2; Keefe Tech at the KIPP Academy, 6.