Ed Gagnon, a familiar face around Bishop Feehan High and on collegiate basketball sidelines, was recently inducted into the University of New England (formerly St. Francis College) Athletic Hall of Fame. Gagnon, currently an assistant coach with the Babson College men's basketball program, directed the Shamrock boys' hoop teams to 14 league titles. At St. Francis, he was a four-year starter for both the basketball and baseball teams, and an All-Naismith Conference selection during his junior and senior seasons ...

Dighton-Rehoboth athletic director Stan Franczyk and football coach Dave Driscoll have their fingers crossed, but they may play their first home game of the year on their newly-sodded Robert T. Roy Field Nov. 10 against Case.

and also the Thanksgiving Day game against Seekonk. "We're hoping that the field dries out a bit and it looks really nice," said Franczyk, hoping that three days of rain or snow do not interfer with the target date. "We're very optimistic" ...

Kudos to former North Attleboro High football standout Kyle Edwards and Mansfield High soccer star Tom Hernon. Edwards, a fifth-year senior and captain of the URI football team, was named one of 147 semifinalists among Division 1, 2 and 3 players for the Draddy Award, the National Scholar Athlete Award presented by the National Football Foundation. And Hernon, a sophomore striker for the Stonehill College men's soccer team, was named to the All Northeast 10 Conference Academic Team, having a 3.77 grade index as a biology major ...

Left on the cutting room floor last week was a story about Hockomock League football teams and their turnover ratios. Updating the numbers, Foxboro is at plus-12 with 10 fumble recoveries and six pass interceptions, while having one lost fumble and three pass interceptions; North Attleboro is at plus-4 with seven fumble recoveries and four pass interceptions, while having six fumbles and one pass interception; KP is at minus-12 with three fumble recoveries and four pass interceptions, while losing four fumbles and six pass interceptions; and Mansfield comes in at plus-17 with 12 fumble recoveries and eight pass interceptions, while losing the ball three times on fumbles and not having a pass intercepted ... An absolutely great day by two former area star high school quarterbacks last weekend - Mansfield High product John Sperrazza completed 18 passes for 175 yards, directing Northeastern to 29 second half points in a one-point upset of New Hampshire; and former North Attleboro High Rocketeer Ryan VanDeGiesen completed seven passes for 132 yards and two TDs as unbeaten (8-0) Curry scored 40 points against Plymouth State ...

Attleboro High Booster Club honcho George Lukin reminded us of the Bombardiers' own "EEE virus, on the humorous side," the girls cross country team heading into today's OCL Championship Meet with senior captain Emily Fournier, junior Emily Lukin and freshman Emily Pelletier ...

Was that a Halloween costume, or was that really a New England Patriot on Adams Field the other day for the Norton High School football team's practice session? Former Patriot defensive back Jimmy Bowman, in full uniform, took a few turns and hits on the field too, the Lancers having quite a spirited workout that day ...

"He has a good touch, good awareness and moves the ball well," North Attleboro High boys' soccer coach Steve Santos praised the play of sophomore midfielder Sam Ocel ...

Standing just 5-foot-11, but playing much taller on the pitch as the sweeper and point man on airballs out of corner kicks on the attack, Seekonk High senior Steve Creamer - son of the Warriors' coach Jeff Creamer - has been "a big reason" why the team has double digit wins ...

"He's been solid all year and once again he plays big in the big tournaments," said Foxboro High golf coach Shawn Seybert of Warrior senior co-captain Ryan Myers, who finished fourth at the Division 3 South Sectional Qualifying Tournament. Last year, Myers helped Foxboro win the Division 3 state title, finishing as the inidividual runnerup ...

"She's so quick and is usually a passer, but I keep telling her, when she has a look, she needs to take it (a shot)," said Dighton-Rehoboth High soccer coach Jeff White of sophomore midfielder and playmaker (15 assists) Kelsey Mahoney, who may have totaled a single-game school record five goals against Martha's Vineyard ...

Mansfield High girls' soccer coach Kevin Smith has a pair of Olympic Development Program players on the defensive backline in sweeper Ali Nagle and Jill Johnson, but quietly and effectively, Kristin Sankey and Jen Call have been brilliant defensively. Call is a junior left side back and Sankey was converted from center midfield to stopper ...

Steve Hixon, the Foxboro High boys' soccer coach, is grooming a pair of sophomores at central midfield for the future, J.R. Formentera and Ben Young ...

North Attleboro's Gary Gardner was tabbed the Northeast 10 Conference Cross Countrty Coach of the Year, guiding his UMass-Lowell men's team to the league title at Bryant, the RiverHawks having four of the top nine runners ... Former Seekonk High swimming star Caitlin Grant, a sophomore at Colgate, took seventh place in the 200 freestyle in a meet against BC and fifth in the 50 freestyle against Syracuse ...

PETER GOBIS may be reached at 508-236-0375 or via e-mail at at pgobis@thesunchronicle.com.