Friday, June 10, 2011, Beaver Street Field, Franklin

Round 1 will begin tonight, Friday, June 3rd.

Game 1: Franklin Panthers v Westwood Wolverines, Beaver St Field, Franklin, 6:00 PM

Game 2: Walpole Rebels v King-Philip Warriors, Turco Field, Walpole, 8:00 PM

Our regular season has come to a close and we are now entering The 2011 Playoffs!

For 2011, the top 4 ranked teams will enter the playoffs. The semi finals will be:

Game 1: King-Philip vs Westwood, Friday, 5/20, 6:00 PM, Anderson Field, Wrentham

Game 2: Franklin vs Walpole, Friday, 5/20, 6:00 PM, Beaver St Field, Franklin

The winners of game 1 and game 2 will meet for the U13 FNL Championship!

Match	Score
May 20, 2011 6:00 pm Anderson D Field, Wrentham –	10 - 3
May 20, 2011 6:00 pm Beaver St Field, Franklin –	9 - 8
June 3, 2011 6:00 pm Rice Complex, Wrentham –	-:-

U13 SEMI-FINAL PREVIEW

King-Philip vs Westwood

This is a seed 1 v seed 4 game. The most disparate records in the playoffs; KP is a 6-0 team, Westwood a 3-3 team. The game results aren’t the real story here, the real story is found in the statistics and by all accounts King-Philip is a monster of a team, doling out beat downs as if the other teams owe them cash. Digest this for a second, KP has found the back of the cage 70 times this season while only allowing 8 goals. Eight. An average of 1.3 goals per game while killing the cage on the other end with almost 12 goals per game.

Westwood is going to have to become very aggressive offensively if they are to overcome the stingy KP defense. The Wolverines are a very balanced team, they’ve averaged nearly 6 goals per game, but they’ve also allowed an average just over 5 goals per game. Shutting down the KP offensive is a task unto itself, but finding the back of the cage will be the real test.

The last time these teams met, it was a 10-2 game in favor of KP. Westwood wants to return the favor.

Prediction: Warriors, and a long ride back to Wolverine town.

Franklin vs Walpole

By rights this should be the closer game in the semi-finals, however the last time these teams met at Beaver Street it was a 15-0 rout by the Panthers. Has Walpole learned anything since that game earlier in the season?

Looking at the numbers, Franklin leans towards being a very offensive team averaging almost 11 goals per game while Walpole appears to allow more than 6 goals per game. Walpole has actually allowed more goals than they’ve put up with a 35:38 ratio.

Walpole has gained some confidence and should find the cage this time around, but the Panthers are also on a 4 game winning streak and they’ve rested with their last game on 5/6.

Prediction: Panthers, Rebels start their golfing season early.

U13, Monday, 5/16, 6:00 PM, Oldham School Field, Norwood

U15, Wednesday, 5/18, 6:00 PM, Callahan School Field, Norwood

The U13 Panthers ran all over the Rebels, beating them up for a 15-0 debacle.

The U15 Panthers – Rebels game was more evenly matched, the teams traded goals throughout the game and ended it with the Panthers 6, the Rebels 5.

Thursday, 4/14, 6:45 PM, on the multi-use field behind Westwood High School

Originally scheduled for 7:30, tonight’s game will begin at 6:30

The Rebels U13 team took it to the Hornets in a 10-2 bout where the score doesn’t tell the real story of a hard fought game.

Later in the evening, the Rebels U15 team found a competitive Hornets U15 team. The Rebels marched away victorious in a 5-2 game.