Entering October 3’s game against Randolph, the Mashpee High School football team was a perfect 3-0 and ranked No. 1 in that morning’s Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s (MIAA) Division 7 football power rankings. Its opponent, the Randolph Blue Devils, is considered by many to be one of the top two or three teams in Division 8 and boasted an identical 3-0 record. Something had to give.

It didn’t take long for Randolph to take control of the game, as the host Blue Devils controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball en route to a resounding 27-14 win over the Falcons.

Randolph won the coin toss and elected to receive the opening kickoff. On only the fifth play from scrimmage, Blue Devils star running back Mekhi White busted loose for a 53-yard touchdown, put

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