5 Observations from our spring visit with URI

March 24, 2025

We visited with the URI Rams on Saturday morning for our annual spring visit. Coming off of an 11 season and a share of the CAA title, a new standard has been set in Kingston. The Rams lose several key contributors from last season’s team, most notably defensive stalwarts Westley Neal, Freddie Mallay and A.J Peña but they do return several key contributors on both sides of the ball, most……

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5 Observations from our spring visit with Bryant

March 24, 2025

We visited Bryant on Saturday in front of a packed house for Junior Days. The Bulldogs scrimmaged for about two hours. There plenty of things to take away, most notably the talent that was on the field. Bryant is young and it showed in some of the mistakes they were making but there is no denying that once they gain and experience and maturity, this will be a better football……

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Portland (ME) Coach Sean Green steps away

March 22, 2025

After leading Portland (ME) High School to a Class A state title, Sean Green has stepped down as head football coach. “After much thought and reflection, I have made the difficult decision to step down as the Head Football Coach of Portland High School.” By all accounts, the announcement was a surprise as one of the top coaches in Maine walks away from a program that is just starting to……

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URI Spring Preview: Rams looking to replicate 2024

March 22, 2025

The Rhode Island Rams kicked off spring practice this week and they will be looking to carry the success they had last season when they won a program record 11 games and a playoff game. It will not be easy as the Rams have to replace several key contributors on both sides of the ball. Running back Malik Grant is gone as are mainstays on defense like A.J Peña who……

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Sharks 46, Pirates 25: Pirates struggle in season opening loss

March 22, 2025

Courtesy of the IFL The Massachusetts Pirates kicked off the 2025 season with a 46-25 loss to the Jacksonville Sharks. It was a disappointing opener for the team in front of their fans.  Running back Pooka Williams was the lone bright spot, scoring three touchdowns for the Pirates but it wasn’t enough as Massachusetts fell behind early and struggled to mount a consistent offensive attack.  Turnovers were the story. Massachusetts…

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Pirates Preview: Familiar faces, new faces to make the difference for the Pirates this season

March 21, 2025

The Massachusetts Pirates are back as they kick off their season on Friday night at home against the Jacksonville Sharks.  The Pirates return 10 players from last year’s Eastern Conference Championship team with four on offense and six on defense. The offense has also added two players who have previously played in Massachusetts. Offensively, the three headed receiving monster of Thomas Owens, Issac Zico and Teo Redding returns. Owens, Pirates…

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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……

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Stefon Diggs is reportedly visiting with the Patriots

March 20, 2025

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…

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Brian Vaughn named new head coach at Arlington Catholic

March 20, 2025

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……

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Catching up with Williston-Northampton DE/TE Chase Bedrossian

March 19, 2025

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……

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