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Dan Herbert named offensive coordinator at Stonehill

March 21, 2025

Courtesy of Stonehill Athletics Stonehill has a new offensive coordinator. Dan Herbert replaces Tyler Moody who left the program in January to become the head football coach at the The College of New Jersey. Herbert comes to Stonehill from Dartmouth where he served as wide receivers coach last season. He previously coached at Kentucky from 2022 to 2023 serving as a graduate assistant. Prior to that, Herbert coached at Central……

Stefon Diggs is reportedly visiting with the Patriots

March 20, 2025

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Troy Taormina-Imagn Images In a surprise piece of news, former Minnesota Vikings, Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans wide receiver Stefon Diggs is visiting with the Patriots. Chad Graff of The Athletic broke the news last night. Diggs, 31, suffered a season-ending ACL tear eight games into last season with the Texans. At the time of the injury, he had 496 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Prior to last season, Diggs…

Brian Vaughn named new head coach at Arlington Catholic

March 20, 2025

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Arlington Catholic has a new head football coach. Former Lynn Classical Coach Brian Vaughan takes over the program, replacing Dave Wilcox. Arlington Catholic has struggled the last two seasons, going 1-10 in 2023 and 2024. Vaughan has developed the reputation of being a program builder and while Classical finished 3-7 last season, they did 6-5 in 2023. Vaughan had a career record of 43-38 at the school. Vaughan was a……

Catching up with Williston-Northampton DE/TE Chase Bedrossian

March 19, 2025

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Chase Bedrossian recently announced he is reclassifying and going from Bishop Hendricken to Williston Northampton. We caught up with him to find out why he ultimately chose to transfer. NEFJ: What made you decide to leave Bishop Hendricken for WNH? CB: “The reason I decided to reclass and transfer from Hendricken was because it was a great opportunity that I did not want to pass up on. It was also……

College Journal for 3/16/25

March 17, 2025

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Spring football has kicked off in earnest throughout the region. Here is a sample of some the conversations we have had with coaches the past two weeks. Bill O’Brien has been pushing his team hard so far, especially on Saturday when the team had their first practice in pads. The bar has been set and O’Brien expects nothing but a maximum effort out of his team. Speaking of the Eagles…….

High School Journal for 3/16/25

March 16, 2025

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We spent the past two weekends at the Big New England Clinic and the MHSFCA Clinic at Gillette Stadium. We got some good stuff so here goes. We heard that Bill Belichick told coaches when he was here that North Carolina will be recruiting the area for “a while.” Interesting because I still see him returning to the NFL at some point. Scituate Coach Herb Devine told me he is……

Breaking down the Patriots signings of K’Lavon Chaisson, Wes Schweitzer and Marcus Epps

March 15, 2025

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The Patriots were once again busy on Thursday and Friday, signing three more free agents. On Thursday, the Patriots signed 25 year old edge rusher K’Lavon Chaisson to a one year, $5 million dollar deal. Chaisson is coming off of a solid season for the Las Vegas Raiders in which he had 32 tackles and 5 sacks. Chaisson was being taken 20th overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2020…

Spring Preview: UConn hoping to repeat the success of last season

March 13, 2025

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Image courtesy of UConn Athletics Everything went UConn’s way in 2024. They had a favorable schedule which featured eight home games. They also had an experienced team back returning that led the way for a 9-4 season and a win over North Carolina in the Fenway Bowl. It was a magical season but that is in the past now. Jim Mora and his staff are ready to move forward and……

Jones, Wise moving onto the Commanders

March 13, 2025

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A pair of mainstays for the Patriots the nine years are moving on. Cornerback Jonathan Jones and defensive end Deatrich Wise have both signed one year deals with the Washington Commanders. Terms of Jones deal were not disclosed. Signed as an undrafted free agent out of Auburn in 2016, Jones quickly established himself as a regular contributor with the Patriots, winning two Super Bowls and starting 71 total games. Jones…

Harasymiak pleased with his team after opening spring practice on Monday

March 13, 2025

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New UMass Head Coach Joe Harasymiak was pleased with the first day of spring practice for the UMass Minutemen. Harasymiak met with the media after Monday’s practice for roughly eight minutes and covered a variety of topics. The first thing he addressed was the team’s effort. “I thought the tempo was good,” Harasymiak said. “I was focused on the flow of practice, I think that’s what I need to pay……