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The local High School football season is well underway and the Northampton Blue Devils won their first two games this year thanks in part to the play of quarterback Tom Jacques. In week two against Pittsfield, Jacques threw for 268 yards and four touchdowns, He also ran for another score.
Northampton’s Tom Jacques is this weeks Northampton Radio Athlete of the Week.
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