Predicting the winner of each Week 2 Excessive College soccer sport in Central Mass. – The Gardner Information

Right here. We. Go. 
With the primary full week of high school football video games set to start Thursday, after a handful of groups performed final week, the T&G is tackling a mighty feat (very similar to our gridiron gangs this fall) by predicting how every soccer sport will unfold. 
As we open ourselves as much as bulletin-board materials, second guessing and verbal lashing, I’ll try and handicap every highschool soccer every week all through the course of the 2025 season. 
So, with out additional ado, listed here are the predictions for the primary full week of highschool soccer video games within the Central Mass. and Worcester space. 
This one options the debut of two new coaches within the space, with Adam DeBartolo taking up at Gardner and Mike Besaw setting in at Quabbin. The guests from Quabbin will play the function of spoilers, as a special Adam, Quabbin QB Adam Adams, prevails for the Panthers.  
Choose: Quabbin 
Though BMR misplaced this sport to open final season, numbers are low for Millis’ program and the Chargers will outlast the Mohawks Friday. 
Choose: Blackstone-Millville 
A troublesome journey to the Cape to open their season has the Patriots dropping a gritty floor sport with the Canalmen. 
Choose: Bourne 
After beating Monty Tech, 21-14, to open the 2024 marketing campaign, Narragansett follows an analogous script with Jordan Baumann taking part in a giant function for the Warriors. 
Choose: Narragansett 
In one of many extra intriguing matchups of the week, West Boylston travels on the street to tackle an upstart Bartlett squad. However with West Boylston head coach Mike Ross going for career win No. 200, count on the Lions to play some impressed soccer following one among Ross’ famend pregame speeches. 
Choose: West Boylston 
Over the previous two years, the Rangers have had fairly the revival. However with a robust senior class graduating this previous spring, Westborough will want a while to search out their footing and face a tricky take a look at on the street in Burlington. 
Choose: Burlington 
A case of time and place, Doherty ushers in a brand new period at QB with Josh Romeo now graduated, and Minnechaug, coming off a Week-1 loss to Barnstable, will look to proper the ship.  
Choose: Minnechaug 
With the defending Division 6 state champs selecting up a gritty Week-1 win over Auburn, the Hawks will look to take one other shut one once they head to Shrewsbury. However the Colonials have senior QB Drew Vincequere main the cost. It is a tossup. 
Choose: Hudson 
The Woolies are primed for a giant season with QB Matteus Mateo and WR Aiden Phillipo, and can come out firing towards host Leicester. 
Choose: Millbury 
In an intriguing matchup, the Titans topple Nashoba — thanks largely to the efficiency of two-way participant Anthony Bessard.  
Choose: Algonquin 
With Belchertown going winless final fall, Quaboag opens up its season with a win at house. 
Choose: Quaboag 
In a blue-collar battle, Auburn seems to be to get again heading in the right direction following a Week-1 loss to Hudson. Rockets working again Bradyn Belanger is a bellcow, and shall be powerful to bottle up for the Beavers. 
Choose: Auburn 
Within the T&G Recreation of the Week, the ground-and-pound Gaels tackle the aerial attacking Rams. In a sport I don’t need to decide, it’s laborious to go towards Northbridge coach Ken LaChapelle beginning his 50th (and final) year as head coach together with his grandson, Joel, because the senior beginning quarterback. Needs to be a enjoyable one.  
Choose: Northbridge 
Though the Minutemen are coping with an harm to one among their finest two-way gamers, Bay Path nonetheless is aware of learn how to win soccer video games.
Choose: Bay Path 
In a sport that includes two packages making an attempt to get again on observe this fall, give me the house workforce. 
Choose: Groton-Dunstable 
Following a big-time efficiency from Devin Rowden in a 30-14 win over South in Week 1, the Rams are rolling and hope to go 2-0 with a win over a workforce from Rhode Island. 
Choose: Shepherd Hill 
With Littleton profitable a Week-1 sport final yr after which Ayer-Shirley taking the Turkey Day showdown, this one is one other tossup. However give me the Tigers in a detailed one because of returning senior QB Tyler Branco.  
Choose: Littleton 
With not a lot intel on this matchup to start out the season, I’ll give the sting to educate Tom Bingham and his workforce at house.
Choose: St. Bernard’s 
Though Noah Snowden had a giant efficiency for the Panthers of their season-opening win, and Tantasqua has to switch graduated QB Adam Howe, the Warriors gained huge on this matchup final fall and will have the sting at house once more. 
Choose: Tantasqua 
On the heels of a resounding win over St. John’s last week, Leominster and the Osiris Lopez present continues because the Blue Devils welcome a tough-nosed opponent from Milford to Doyle Area Friday. Pack your ice.  
Choose: Leominster 
After rolling previous host Quaboag, 40-6, final week, Abby Kelley continues to cruise with a house sport towards North. 
Choose: Abby Kelley 
The Mustangs opened the season with a 26-7 win over Robury Prep Constitution and have the posh of already having a sport below their belt towards the guests from Southbridge.
Choose: Minuteman 
With one other new QB, following within the footsteps of Kellen LaChapelle (2023) and Rogan Devlin (2024), the back-to-back state champs from Uxbridge will rely closely on senior working again Cam LaChapelle to be their go-to man this fall.  
Choose: Uxbridge 
In what’s normally a knock-em-out, drag-em-out sort of sport, the Mountaineers possess a number of expertise whereas the Panthers appear to be in a little bit of a rebuild. Wachusett QB Thomas Anderson is the actual deal. 
Choose: Wachusett 
The Aztecs will look to maintain enterprise at house towards a workforce that went winless in 2024. 
Choose: Assabet 
David Prouty has some good athletes on the gridiron, and St. Paul is comparatively unknown with new coach Chris Liziewski and the commencement of John Walsh Karam. However give me the Knights at house. 
Choose: St. Paul 
Though Dover-Sherborn is normally a powerful non-conference opponent, the Raiders appear to be in a rebuild whereas the Warriors are on the come up — with QB Josh Giancola and WR Johnny Desmond offering chemistry early on. 
Choose: Nipmuc  
Each groups suffered Week-1 losses, however Nauset is used to powerful schedules and the host Spartans face a stiff take a look at from the guests. 
Choose: Nauset 
With a number of unknowns going into the season, it’s too early to have any intel on the sort of matchup. With a tie not being an possibility for these predictions, give me the house workforce in each groups’ opener.
Choose: Milton Academy 
— Need to present your individual ideas on these predictions? Contact Tommy Cassell at tcassell@telegram.com. Observe him on X, previously referred to as Twitter, @tommycassell44. 

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