By Chris Wilson, Contributing Writer

A Grafton player sizes up a defender during a game in Grafton’s Fall II season earlier this year.
(Photo/Jesse Kucewicz)
REGION – Regional schools returned to action last week. Quickly, Grafton led the way with an 11-1-1 record across six different sports.
The varsity football squad particularly delighted fans with a 41-21 victory over Nashoba.
Outside of Grafton, the entire region celebrated as football and girls volleyball in particular, played their first fall games since 2019. Those teams saw their 2020 seasons postponed to the abbreviated Fall II schedule, which ran earlier this year, due to COVID-19.
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Grafton football linemen line up during a game in Grafton’s Fall II season earlier this year.
(Photo/Jesse Kucewicz)
ALGONQUIN
FIELD HOCKEY – SEPTEMBER 8
Algonquin – 1, Wachusett – 1
BOYS GOLF – SEPTEMBER 9
Algonquin – 40, Westborough – 32
VOLLEYBALL – SEPTEMBER 9
Algonquin – 2, Lincoln-Sudbury – 3
FIELD HOCKEY – SEPTEMBER 10
Algonquin – 0, Sutton – 1
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL – SEPTEMBER 10
Algonquin – 3, Nashoba – 1
FOOTBALL – SEPTEMBER 10
Algonquin – 23, Doherty – 14
BOYS SOCCER – SEPTEMBER 11
Algonquin – 0, St. John’s – 1
GIRLS SOCCER – SEPTEMBER 11
Algonquin – 4. Acton-Boxborough – 5
GRAFTON
BOYS GOLF – SEPTEMBER 7
Grafton – 162, Leicester – 217
VOLLEYBALL – SEPTEMBER 7
Grafton – 0, Nashoba – 3
BOYS GOLF – SEPTEMBER 8
Grafton – 170, David Prouty – 239
GIRLS SOCCER – SEPTEMBER 8
Grafton – 5, David Prouty – 0
BOYS SOCCER – SEPTEMBER 8
Grafton – 1, David Prouty – 1
FIELD HOCKEY – SEPTEMBER 8
Grafton – 1, Marlborough – 0
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL – SEPTEMBER 8
Grafton – 3, Tantasqua – 1
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY – SEPTEMBER 8
Grafton – 18, Auburn – 45
FIELD HOCKEY – SEPTEMBER 10
Grafton – 6, Leicester – 0
GIRLS SOCCER – SEPTEMBER 10
Grafton – 5, Leicester – 0
BOYS SOCCER – SEPTEMBER 10
Grafton – 3, Leicester – 0
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL – SEPTEMBER 10
Grafton – 3, Notre Dame – 0
FOOTBALL – SEPTEMBER 10
Grafton – 41, Nashoba – 21
SHREWSBURY
GOLF – SEPTEMBER 7
Shrewsbury – 169, Nipmuc – 189
BOYS SOCCER – SEPTEMBER 7
Shrewsbury – 1, Nashoba – 1
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL – SEPTEMBER 7
Shrewsbury – 3, Minnechaug – 0
BOYS GOLF – SEPTEMBER 8
Shrewsbury – 195, St. John’s – 232
GIRLS SOCCER – SEPTEMBER 8
Shrewsbury – 2, Ludlow – 4
FIELD HOCKEY – SEPTEMBER 8
Shrewsbury – 2, Nashoba – 3
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL – SEPTEMBER 9
Shrewsbury – 0, Westborough – 3
BOYS SOCCER – SEPTEMBER 9
Shrewsbury – 1, Framingham – 2
FOOTBALL – SEPTEMBER 10
Shrewsbury – 42, Andover – 49
WESTBOROUGH
GIRLS SOCCER – SEPTEMBER 8
Westborough – 8, Auburn – 0
FIELD HOCKEY – SEPTEMBER 8
Westborough – 1, Quabbin – 0
GIRLS SOCCER – SEPTEMBER 9
Westborough – 0, Wachusett – 0
BOYS SOCCER – SEPTEMBER 9
Westborough – 3, Wachusett – 0
FIELD HOCKEY – SEPTEMBER 10
Westborough – 2, Shepherd Hill – 0
FOOTBALL – SEPTEMBER 10
Westborough – 6, Shepherd Hill – 53
- JOHN’S
CROSS COUNTRY – SEPTEMBER 7
St. John’s – 50, Doherty – 15
SOCCCER – SEPTEMBER 7
St. John’s – 1, Leominster – 2
FOOTBALL – SEPTEMBER 10
St. John’s – 20, Mansfield – 28