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Kinchley accounts for four touchdowns as Big Blue gears up for playoffs

MARBLEHEAD | The unbeaten New England Patriots were resting comfortably at home on Thanksgiving but Swampscott senior quarterback Peter Kinchley still did his best Tom Brady impression as he led the Big Blue (10-1) to an impressive 42-16 win over rival Marblehead (4-7). Marblehead now leads the Thanksgiving series 48-47-7.

Memories flow for Marblehead, Swampscott Old-Timers

Danny Sullivan was emphatic, even 55 years after the final whistle of his last high school football game.

The 1942 Marblehead High School graduate and former Magicians' quarterback was as boisterous as he was proud, talking about his team's annual Thanksgiving Day Game vs. Swampscott.

Thanksgiving Day Preview: Swampscott at Marblehead

Where: Piper Field, Marblehead

Date: Thursday, Nov. 22

Time: 10 a.m.

Coaches: Steve Dembowski, Swampscott; Doug Chernovetz, Marblehead

Captains: Swampscott: Peter Kinchley, Sr. QB/DB; Brian Palangi, Sr. OL/DL; Dorsey Dobias, Sr. OL/DL; Marblehead: Mike Sahagian, Sr. RB/DB; Eric Fader, Sr. C/LB; Drew Guzowski, Sr. OL/DE; Sam Perlow, Jr. TE/DE.

Saugus football stomps Marblehead

MARBLEHEAD | Head coach Doug Chernovetz knows his Marblehead High football team is better than it has played this season.

Unfortunately, the Magicians only have one more game to prove it.

Marblehead dropped its third straight game | and missed out on an opportunity to keep alive hope for its first winning season since 1992 | when Saugus scored early and often on its way to a 40-14 victory last night at Piper Field.

Magicians fall to Winthrop

Taariq Allen scored on a 55-yard touchdown pass from Ian McKinley, and Marcel Hardmon added an 8-yard touchdown run in the second half, but it was too little, too late for the Magicians, who slipped to 3-5.

Visiting Beverly casts spell on Magicians

Beverly's dominance over Marblehead continued for an 11th straight season as both Greg Pierce and Rashad Sims each surpassed 100 yards on the ground as the Panthers once again beat Marblehead, 28-7,last night.

Can Magicians end Beverly's dominance?

There isn't a football coach in the Northeastern Conference that Marblehead's Doug Chernovetz respects more than Beverly's Dan Bauer.

Bauer introduced Chernovetz to NEC football when he hired him as an offensive coordinator/defensive backs coach for the Panthers in 2003. Bauer was later sad to see him leave the program two years later.

Marblehead dedicates win to principal's daughter

The Marblehead football team had plenty of incentive in a 15-7 hard-fought, sloppy victory over Danvers that included eight turnovers Saturday at Dr. Deering Field. The award-winning Danvers High band was, as usual, flawless.

Quarterback by committee

Is it quarterback controversy, quarterback competition or quarterback by committee?

Let's scratch quarterback controversy from that list right off the bat because that casts such a negative light over a program. However, it seems we do have both a quarterback competition and a committee situation right here on the North Shore in Marblehead and Beverly, respectively. While neither Marblehead coach Doug Chernovetz nor Beverly coach Dan Bauer planned on using two quarterbacks during the preseason, both are making the best of it.

Marblehead football drubbed by Lynn English

LYNN | Marblehead High football coach Doug Chernovetz doesn't believe in hexes or curses. He just wanted his team to play sound football against favored Lynn English, which has beaten the Magicians every year since 1992.

Marblehead's upside becoming apparent

Doug Chernovetz won't fall into the trap of saying that his Marblehead High football team has made a turnaround, mainly because it implies that the Magicians are already assured of a winning season.

What you might get Chernovetz to say is that Marblehead is getting there.

Special teams play gives Marblehead dramatic win over Revere

In one of the most dramatic games of the season, Marblehead's Evan Comeau blocked a Revere punt in the fourth quarter and teammate Jamie Wade returned it 35 yards for the winning touchdown as the Magicians edged vastly-improved Revere, 13-12.

Classical gets offensive, runs all over Marblehead

MARBLEHEAD | After coming into last night's game with visiting Lynn Classical "cocky (and) a bit arrogant" according to their head coach, the Marblehead High football team got the exact opposite of what they were expecting last night.

Coach's Corner: Marblehead's Doug Chernovetz

Football is in Doug Chernovetz's blood.

Growing up in Connecticut, Chernovetz learned the sport from a man who quarterbacked the Syracuse Orangemen in the mid-1960s. Doug's father, John Chernovetz, showed him all the intricacies of the sport, and his second cousin, Bob Kuziel, was also a center in the National Football League in the late-1970s.

Perlow helps Marblehead football to upset win over Salem

MARBLEHEAD | If it's a key game, then you want Sam Perlow around.

The hero of last Thanksgiving's upset win over Swampscott, the 230-pound junior captain responded in dramatic fashion for the Magicians again last night. Perlow returned a fumble 80 yards to key another upset, a 26-7 triumph over heavily favored Salem at Piper Field.

Gloucester football team rolls over Marblehead

GLOUCESTER | There would be no upset at Newell Stadium last night. Gloucester confirmed that very early.

Three offensive plays was all it took for the Fishermen to score their first two touchdowns and set themselves well on the way to a 48-15 win over Marblehead.

Fishermen can't take underdog Magicians for granted

Tonight's Northeastern Conference matchup between Gloucester and Marblehead may not count toward a berth in the playoffs. But it still means a lot in the minds of the Fishermen and the Magicians.

That hunger should lead to an intense football game at Newell Stadium (7:45 p.m.), as both teams come in at 1-0, and both teams looked very impressive last week.

Marblehead football stops Ipswich in season opener

IPSWICH | There's no bigger game than the next one.

The excitement in the Marblehead High football team's postgame huddle was a great example of that cliche often used by coaches as a motivational tool. And the silent eyes focused on one barking voice in the Ipswich circle was an even better one.

Young Marblehead looks to build off of Thanksgiving win

After losing five Thanksgiving games in a row to archrival Swampscott, the Marblehead High football team stepped up in the final game of 2006 to secure their biggest victory of the season, a 6-0 shutout.