Tewksbury Football Will Open Playoffs On Saturday With Home Tilt Against Concord-Carlisle

TEWKSBURY, MA -- Tewksbury Memorial High School's football team, which finished the regular season at 6-1, was seeded second in the MIAA's Division 3 North playoffs. Tewksbury will open the eight-team tournament Saturday at 1:30 pm when they host seventh-seeded Concord-Carlisle (2-5).

If Tewksbury were to win Saturday's game, they would advance to play the winner of Lynn Classical (6-1) and Danvers (5-2) on either November 3 or November 4 at a time to be announced after the four first round games are completed.

Shawsheen Regional Technical High School, which finished the season at 5-2, was seeded 3rd and will play the MIAA's Division 6 North playoffs and will host Whittier (5-2) on Friday at 7 pm. The winner of that would game would play the winner of Stoneham (5-2) and Ipswich (4-3) in the second round. Shawsheen Tech in located in Billerica and serves students from Burlington, Wilmington, Bedford, Tewksbury and Billerica.

The MIAA switched to a playoff format in 2010. The state semi-finals are scheduled for the weekend of November 17 and 18, with state championship games scheduled for December 2 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. For more on the state football tournament, see the MIAA football Website.

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