Rockets quarterback sheds light on his football career, plans after Needham High School.
Needham Rockets quarterback Drew Burnett had a career game last Friday, Sept. 16 against the Mansfield Hornets, despite his team's loss, and the senior captain is optimistic about the remainder of the season. The Rockets are currently undefeated in the Bay State Carey Division and will look to earn their second conference win on Saturday when they travel to Curry College to face the Braintree Wamps. Needham Patch sat down recently to chat with the Needham High School quarterback—talking about football, the current season and his plans for life after graduation. You had a career game against Mansfield last Friday—tossed four touchdowns and completed 16-of-32 passes for 326 yards. Were you in awe of your performance? I think so. Definitely …
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After four days of practices, Needham High School's varsity football head coach seems content with what he's seen from the Rockets.
It’s only been four days, but Needham Rockets head coach Dave Duffy seems quite pleased with what he’s seen thus far during football pratice. Yet, while there’s still roughly two weeks remaining until their regular season kicks off in Norwood, Duffy also believes a lot of work is necessary for his team to have a successful year. He is optimistic about his seniors but also hopes his underclassman will step up, too. Here’s what Coach Duffy had to say after Thursday’s afternoon session. What are you expecting from the Class of 2012, as well as your underclassmen this season? I think our seniors [have] got to gel. The team last year gelled a lot. We [had] some injuries, we had some kids get their positions changed and nothing’s a bigger …
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