The Abington Greenwave finished their season with a record of 7-1, beating Rockland 32-7 on Homecoming and beating East Bridgewater 20-0. Their perfect record only blemished with the first game of the season barely losing to Duxbury in a shootout 52-44. A Duxbury team that finished fourth in their own respected Division 4. This fantastic season for the Greenwave saw them only finishing second in their division. They fell short of the champions of the division, the Norwell Clippers. This is where the questions start to shape.

Norwell had a respectable season themselves finishing 6-2 with losses only to Scituate High School and our very own Greenwave. This raises the question: how could Norwell possibly have finished the champions? Abington had the better record with 7-1 compared to Norwell’s 6-2, and they beat them 21-14 in Norwell. One could argue that Norwell’s only other loss was to the champs in Division 4, and Abington’s loss was to number 4 in that division. This would lead to Norwell having a better opponent rating finishing 0.789 above Abington. This is a number that determines the difficulty of competition. A higher the number means you’ve played better teams with high team ratings. However, that statistic should be obsolete solely based on the fact that Abington defeated them and finished with a better record. If the opponent rating was substantially greater than Abington’s, then it could be taken into consideration. However, the rating being only marginally better leaves the Greenwave wondering what other factors could be taken into account for their standing.

The only other possibility is Abington’s fourth game of the season, a win over Dennis Yarmouth. They finished twenty-second in Division 6, with a record of 1-7. This game did Abington’s opponent rating no favors as Dennis Yarmouth finished the season with an overall team rating of -8.2710. Incorporating all of these factors it’s very hard to believe that Abington were not crowned champions of Division 6. This could be the motivation Abington needs to go and prove that it doesn’t matter what place they are in, it matters who wins it all. The Greenwave have their first playoff game of the season against Triton on November 7^th. Hopefully this could be the start of something special.