Scores and bonus thoughts from Robert T. Roy Field.

Friday night's scores:

Attleboro 26, Dartmouth 7
Bishop Feehan 27, Durfee 6
Blue Hills 12, Tri-County 8
Dighton-Rehoboth 29, Fairhaven 8
Foxboro 21, Canton 0
King Philip 35, Stoughton 0
Norton 22, Millis 12
Wareham 16, Seekonk 6

Now, for the bonus thoughts:

** I haven't seen a quarter's worth of excitement like the third quarter of the Falcons' win over Fairhaven since ... well, the Patriots' second quarter against Tennessee. In fact, let's compare them.

The Patriots scored five touchdowns in a span of 15 minutes, or one every three minutes.

The Falcons scored three in 10 minutes, or one every 3 minutes and 20 seconds.

Not bad at all.

** When it looked as if it was going to be a ground-based game, Fairhaven was going to extraordinary means to keep its drives alive. A breakdown of the third-down and fourth-down conversions proves how extraordinary.

In the first half, the Blue Devils converted only one of five third-down attempts, but were 3-for-4 on fourth down. For the game, the Devils were 1-7 on third down and 3-5 on fourth.

D-R, on the other hand, was 3-4 for the game on third down, and never attempted a fourth-down conversion. With Brian Espinosa catching four passes for 184 yards, the Falcons didn't need to.

** In case you were wondering, Brett Croteau's passing line (4-6, 184 yards, three TD, no interceptions) translates to 149.3 in the NFL way of calculating a passer rating, or fewer than 10 points below perfect. Not too shabby.

** Probably because of Fairhaven's surprising upset win over Hockomock League contender King Philip earlier in the season, a lot of the metro media types and even some of the locals picked Fairhaven to win the game. And if you believe that young people don't read newspapers any more, it certainly seemed like everyone in the D-R locker room knew exactly who picked what.

While there's nothing wrong with drawing some motivation from newspaper picks, I'd caution anyone against taking them too seriously. Most of us pick what we honestly believe will happen, and local writers should be a little more credible because we see the teams more often than the metros. And some metro papers don't take the picks seriously at all, which is why the Globe hasn't picked Everett to win a game in about a decade. But when a writer picks a team to win, or lose, it's kind of a "Godfather" situation -- it's business, not personal.

I might have been fooled by the win over KP, too, if I hadn't been told that the Warriors made a season's worth of mistakes (and had some curious penalties called against them) in the loss to Fairhaven. Give the ball away enough, and you'll lose to anyone.

Fairhaven certainly was a dangerous club, but D-R has been a steadily improving team all season long, and I had a feeling the Falcons wouldn't let down as the stakes became higher. Not exactly scientific, but at least for the first time this week, no one was upset with me!

** Nice job by the D-R band with its Star Trek-themed halftime show, complete with authentic sound effects, flashing lights and smoke. Live long and prosper, kids. Now, if only someone can come up with a good Shatner impression for the dialogue ...

I also like the atmosphere at the D-R games. It's been a while since I've made it to Roy Field, and it's very festive. Good food at the concession stands, too. About the only thing I'd alter slightly is the constant commentary from the well-meaning but gabby public address announcer.

Here's a situation from which I can actually speak from experience, having performed those duties in my high school days, and occasionally thereafter. I was told a long time ago that if I wanted to be a play-by-play announcer, I should go to the Connecticut School of Broadcasting, But for high school football, what should suffice over the PA system is the ball-carrier's name (tackler, too, if I see it or a spotter can help), down, distance and yard line ... and that's it.

Now, some people have accused me of being mean-spirited when I make comments like this. However, some of those would probably be offended if I said, "the sky is blue," because I left out other colors and made them feel sad. In this instance, please understand that it's just a suggestion and not some sort of edict (one I couldn't enforce in any event). Take it for what it's worth.

See you at Mansfield Saturday afternoon. Remember, the 50-50 raffle proceeds will go to a fund to help the family of Kyle Van De Giesen, former North Attleboro quarterback and Marine helicopter pilot, who died in action last week in Afghanistan.