Thirty years ago this week, the Holyoke High School football team rode the legs of senior tailback Cedric Washington to a resounding victory over Greenfield in the 1995 Western Massachusetts Division I Super Bowl at Springfield College.

Washington’s historic career with the Purple Knights was capped with that 47-16 victory, as he rushed for a whopping 352 yards on 45 carries and five total touchdowns in the Super Bowl. That output had him atop the Massachusetts all-time rushing list, as he set the career record with 6,688 yards.

Time flies, and Washington’s record lasted almost three full decades. But just last week, Greater Lawrence Tech’s Gustavo Varela vaulted into the No. 1 spot in the Massachusetts record books. On Thanksgiving Eve, Varela’s 144 yards in a 45-40 win over Whittier Te

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