Uxbridge quarterback Kellen LaChapelle had his fingerprints all over his team's Super Bowl win

FOXBOROUGH — As Kellen LaChapelle made his way off the field on Friday, the Uxbridge High quarterback tossed a football to his mom in the stands at Gillette Stadium.

It marked the first time all day that LaChapelle ceased control of the pigskin.

“She means the world to me, she’s so supportive,” LaChapelle said. “I wish I could give one to my whole family, especially my dad.”

From rushing to passing, and even receiving, the Spartans senior signal-caller scored five touchdowns to leave his fingerprints all over Uxbridge’s 42-16 win over Amesbury in the Division 7 state championship.

LaChapelle wraps up his senior season with 48 touchdowns, a 13-0 record and his team’s first Super Bowl title since 1992.

“It’s unexplainable. It’s amazing,” LaChapelle, 17, said. “It’s what we’ve dreamt of our whole life and now it’s finally a dream come true.”

Money LaChapelle

LaChapelle and the Uxbridge offense didn’t waste much time scoring on Friday when the Spartans marched down the field on the first drive of the game and scored on a 9-yard run from LaChapelle.

Following the touchdown, the Uxbridge QB made the money symbol with his hands — an ode to former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel. The TD salute was a special request from LaChapelle’s cousin, Rory Schofer, who graduated from Northbridge High in 2022.

“I know Kellen loves Johnny Manziel,” said Uxbridge senior captain and right guard Nate Noyes. “I actually think he plays like him. Money Manziel.”

Coupled with LaChapelle’s money signs were lifts in the air from Noyes after every touchdown. It’s a celebration the Spartans started three years ago and ramped up this season.

“Whoever scores, I'm putting them up,” Noyes said. “They get the props for that touchdown, they’re the one that ran it in.”

With TD runs of 33, 22, 21 and nine (twice) yards, Noyes had to lift up LaChapelle five times on Friday. A heavy — yet welcomed — burden.

“I’m pretty tired,” Noyes admitted. “I was really trying to push him up as high as possible today.”

LaChapelle finished Friday’s win with 148 rushing yards, 25 passing yards and two receiving yards (he caught a tipped ball off of his own pass). His five rushing touchdowns tie a Super Bowl record.

“He’s electric,” said Uxbridge senior captain Matt DiLibero, who was playing with a torn right ACL. “Kellen is always getting the ball down the field.”

Said Uxbridge senior captain Liam Rigney: “He’s absolutely unreal. He does things that make me go ‘wow’ watching him.”

“I love it, but it doesn’t matter who scores the touchdowns as long as we get the win,” LaChapelle added. “That’s what matters.”

Family feel to Uxbridge football this fall

As time ticked down in the final quarter, Noyes and assistant coach Tanner Landini dumped water from a Gatorade cooler over the head of Uxbridge head coach Matt Blood.

Before he could dry his jacket, Blood found himself hugging his son, Aidan, a senior captain, with tears in his eyes near the 50-yard line.

It’s been an emotional season for the father-son combo.

“That was a mutual show of love,” Matt Blood said.

“This is the last time he’s coaching me in a game and it’s just emotional for me,” Aidan Blood said. “It’s unreal.”

The Bloods aren’t the only bloodlines that seeped into Uxbridge football this fall.

From the Bloods, Devlins, Espositos, Gilmores and Kaferleins, to the LaChapelles, Noyeses, Rigneys, Simondses and Venezianos — the family tree runs deep with Spartan players and coaches.

“It’s really cool being there with my dad and just us going through it together,” said Noyes, whose father, Bill, coaches the offensive line. “I feel like it makes it mean so much more that we have rings we’ll be able to share together.”

“It feels exactly like a family,” said Rigney, whose dad, Tim, coaches special teams. “Even the people that aren’t related are so close to each other and everyone just meshes together so well.”

And after LaChapelle gifted the pigskin to his mother and took photos with his family and teammates, the Uxbridge High quarterback finally had his chance to put his fingerprints on something else: the Agganis Trophy.

The peak prize for the ultimate season from Uxbridge football and their star quarterback.

“It means the world,” LaChapelle said. “I’m just so proud of these guys.”

“It’s a dream come true,” said his father, Trevor.

— Contact Tommy Cassell at tcassell@telegram.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @tommycassell44. 

This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: Kellen LaChapelle leads Uxbridge football to Division 7 Super Bowl win