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Area football playoffs kick off Thursday night

Plus, Scouts pick up food donations Saturday at 9 a.m. across Rhode Island.

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Mansfield, King Philip and North Attleboro have their MIAA football playoff seeds

The MIAA tournament ends at Gillette Stadium

128
teams in the MIAA football tournament
8
Super Bowls at Gillette Stadium
Dec. 3-5
for the Super Bowls, times TBA

If you follow area football, the MIAA has released its 2026 playoff brackets. Mansfield (7-1) holds the No. 1 seed in Division 3, King Philip (5-3) kept the No. 4 seed, and North Attleboro (5-2) is No. 6. They're part of the 128-team tournament that ends with eight Super Bowls at .

The Sun Chronicle's Tyler Hetu writes that the Division 3 field is stacked, with little-to-no expected finals matchup or champion. Mansfield head coach Mike Redding said there are plenty of viable contenders, with "landmine" upsets waiting to happen.

Three area teams earned playoff seeds

TeamSeedRecord
MansfieldNo. 1, Division 37-1
King PhilipNo. 45-3
North AttleboroNo. 65-2
  • Kickoff: Thursday night in Divisions 3 and 5
  • Round of 16 and Round of 8: at the higher seed's home site
  • Super Bowls: Dec. 3-5, times to be announced

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Food drive

Scouts will start picking up donations Saturday, Nov. 7 at 9 a.m. from homes that got a door hanger, in the 39th annual drive. The most needed items are canned tuna, peanut butter, soups, cereal and canned vegetables. warwickonline.com

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Thirty-seven private wells near Provident Place in Coventry exceed the state's 20 parts per trillion PFAS standard, with results pending for 16 more. Ninety-one wells have been sampled so far. RINewsToday

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The RISPCA has taken in 23 chinchillas rescued from an Ohio commercial breeding facility. They are among the 951 that Humane World for Animals staff has taken from R & R Chinchilla over the past month. WPRI.com

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Older patients at Kent Hospital got some Halloween cheer. The hospital's Acute Care for Elders unit teamed up with Park Elementary School in Warwick, and local students hand-painted small pumpkins for patients spending the holiday in the hospital. That's a sweet swap.

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Area football playoffs kick off Thursday night

Plus, Scouts pick up food donations Saturday at 9 a.m. across Rhode Island.

The TLDR

  1. Mansfield, King Philip and North Attleboro have playoff seeds
  2. Scouts pick up food donations Saturday at 9 a.m.
  3. 37 Coventry wells exceed the state PFAS standard
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