John Sarianides

University of New Haven announces they are moving up to Division 1 and joining the NEC

May 6, 2025

Courtesy of New Haven Athletics Add another Division One football program to the New England College Football landscape. The University of New Haven announced today that they moving up to Division I and joining the Northeast Conference (NEC) effective July 1st. The announcement was made today by NEC Commissioner Noreen Morris and University of New Haven President Jens Frederiksen, Ph.D. “We are thrilled to welcome the University of New Haven to……

Brown announces 2029 recruiting class

May 6, 2025

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Brown announced the incoming freshman class on Monday. 23 members make up the Class of 2029. The group features recruits from all over the country including Hawaii. Once again, James Perry and his staff emphasized New England recruiting picking commitments from five New England prospects. The emphasis was on restocking the skill positions on offense and the secondary on defense. The Bears were able to do that adding players who……

Cliche named new head football coach at Portland High School

May 6, 2025

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Image courtesy of Portland School District/@PHSBulldogs Portland High School has hired a familiar face to take over for Sean Green. Nick Cliche, who joined Green as offensive coordinator in 2023 now replaces him as head coach. Cliche, a native of Vermont has nine years of high school coaching experience. He spent five years with Portland Youth Football. From there, Cliche served as offensive coordinator under Jason Jackson at Deering High……

MHSFCA holds its annual banquet

May 5, 2025

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Courtesy of Milton Athletics The Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association held its annual banquet on Sunday night. Several head coaches, assistant coaches and players were honored at the event which took place at the DoubleTree Westborough. Six head coaches were inducted into the hall of fame. Jeff Cormier (Auburn), Steve Dembowski (Milton), Shawn Maguire (Burlington), Dave Palazzi (Leominster) Bruce Rich (Chelmsford) and Dave Woods (Bishop Fenwick). I caught up with……

Ranking the Patriots UDFA’s in order of who is most likely to make the team

May 5, 2025

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The Patriots open up rookie mini camp later this week. Aside from the talent they drafted last weekend, they also signed 17 undrafted free agents. It is a deep group with some talent. We ranked all 17 players brought in and their chances of getting to training camp and making the team. The Patriots, have had an undrafted free agent make the initial 53-man roster in 20 of the last…

Harvard welcomes 31 players to the program as part of the Class of 2029

May 2, 2025

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Harvard announces their 2029 recruiting class on Thursday. The class features 14 players on offense, 13 on defense, and four on special teams. The offensive talent coming in includes one quarterback, two running backs, seven pass catchers, and four offensive linemen. On defense, the coaching staff added five defensive linemen, three linebackers, and five defensive backs alongside one kicker, one punter, and two long snappers as specialists. It is a……

Pirates make change at the top; Hire Tom Menas as head coach & defensive coordinator

May 1, 2025

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Five games into the 2025 season and the Massachusetts Pirates have made a change at head coach. On Wednesday, the Pirates announced that they relived Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator Fred Griggs after a 2-3 start to the season. The Pirates are replacing Griggs with veteran Arena Football coach Tom Menas. Menas will be filling both roles. He began this year as the Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator of the…

Fortin, Corcoran picked in the CFL Draft.

May 1, 2025

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Former UConn offensive lineman Chris Fortin was drafted eighth overall by the Calgary Stampeders in Monday’s CFL Draft. Fortin, a 6’4 303 guard, center was a two year starter at UConn at both positions and gives the Stampeders offensive line versatility and experience. Fortin is a St. Rene, Quebec native and attended Cegep Beauce-Appalaches. Fortin Was named best offensive lineman in the league after the 2019 season. Two-time RSEQ Division……

Conley excited about the opportunity to play for his favorite team growing up

April 29, 2025

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Image courtesy of Jack Conley When the New England Patriots signed former Boston College offensive lineman Jack Conley on Saturday night, they made his dream of playing in the NFL a reality. What made it even more special for the New Canaan, Connecticut native is that he is getting his shot with the team he grow up rooting for. “It is unbelievable. I actually grew up with the Patriots and…

Patriots release six players

April 28, 2025

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The Patriots announced today that they have released six players: Offensive lineman Jake Andrews, defensive lineman Marcus Harris, wide receiver JaQuae Jackson, linebacker Titus Leo, safety Mark Perry and tight end Giovanni Ricci were all released to open roster spots for some of the incoming rookies, most notably the undrafted free agents. The most notable player released was Andrews. He was originally drafted by the Patriots in the fourth round…