Massachusetts High School Football: Xaverian Brothers notches three-peat for state title

The last time St. John’s Preparatory School and Xaverian Brothers met was on Thanksgiving Day, with the Hawks coming away with the win in the storied Massachusetts high school football rivalry.

Missing from that very game was 2028 four-star quarterback Christopher Vargas, who was on crutches last week and didn’t play. Over a week later, Vargas was back in action and it seemed like that might be the missing piece that could swing the pendulum in their favor.

It didn’t impact the game quite like folks or the Hawks may have thought as the result remained the same as Xaverian Brothers in dramatic fashion defeated St. John’s Preparatory School, 41-35, Saturday night at Gillette Stadium for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) Division I Super Bowl.

With the victory, Xaverian Brothers secured the three-peat in beating their rivals all in the process. It’s a rarity that two teams would face each other in back-to-back weeks, one being a regular season game and the very next week for a state championship. The Hawks notched their 11th state title in program history, which the game was the final one of the Massachusetts high school football season.

Hawks junior signal caller Will Wood finished the historic night throwing for 346 yards, which is third most in MIAA Super Bowl history.

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