Changes This Season to Braintree High Football Schedule

By Michael Hardman 

There will be a new look to the Braintree High football team's schedule this fall.

The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association is going to a new playoff system, which will end with state champions being crowned at Gillette Stadium in December.

Braintree will be in Division 2 South, which is regarded as one, if not the best in the state, with powerhouses like Barnstable, Duxbury. Mansfield, Marshfield, Natick, Needham and Wellesley all competing for the playoff spots.

Durfee, King Philip, Quincy and Taunton are also in the division.

Teams will have seven games scheduled for September and October. In the first week of November, the playoffs will start. If the Wamps don't make the playoffs, there will have games scheduled against non-playoff teams. Braintree will be at Milton, Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, at 10 a.m.

The Wamps will be spending September at home, hosting Quincy, Sept. 12, at 4 p.m., Hingham, Sept. 20, at 5 p.m. and Brookline, Sept. 28 at 2 p.m.

Braintree will play its first road game, Oct. 5, traveling to Newton North for a 3 p.m. game. After coming hole to play Needham, Oct. 11, at 4:30 p.m., the Wamps will hit the road for games at Weymouth, Oct. 18, 7 p.m., at Framingham, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m.