By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Correspondent The New England high school football season continues to roll on and with each passing week, we gain more clarity on which teams are contenders. This week’s schedule doesn’t feature as many top-tier matchups as past weeks, but there are still many games on the docket that are worth paying attention to. The headliner in the region this week is in Rhode Island where Catholic……
As the calendar flipped to October last weekend, we’re starting to learn more about who’s a real contender and who will be playing out the string soon around New England. Here’s the five biggest D1 storylines around New England after five weeks of the regular season: Yale’s emotional day & Dante Reno’s incredible performance After losing his father the day before, Dante Reno willed Yale to a 41-24 come-from-behind victory…
It was a heck of a weekend around New England for the majority of the D1 teams. Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, URI, Bryant, UNH, Sacred Heart and Holy Cross all won games with some big performances. BC, UMass and UConn all fell, but there were still some big games in there as well. Here’s the Week 5 Dudes of the Week: Under unimaginable circumstances, Yale’s Dante Reno put up the most…
Our fifth D1 New England poll of the year is here. While there’s not as much movement this week as there’s been the last two, there’s still some changes heading into Week 6. Here’s how things stand through the first weekend of October. Six of the 17 teams will have their bye weeks this weekend… 1. UMass (4-1) – The Minutemen finally had the bubble burst in a blowout loss…
Image courtesy of MIAA By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Correspondent Another wild week is in the books. The headliner from last week was Central Catholic’s thrilling 52-51 win over Xaverian. With that win, the Raiders have jumped from 10 to four in this week’s New England Football Journal MIAA Top 25. St. John’s Prep remains atop the top 25 after a dominant 60-35 win over La Salle. Catholic Memorial and Springfield…
FOXBOROUGH – Admittedly, not being in Buffalo to cover the game on Sunday, the fan in me came out again. Sitting on my couch while also trying to write for the site, the yell that must have echoed through the parking lot with my apartment windows open must have been ridiculously loud on the Efton Chism III game-winner from Drake Maye. It was like I was watching with a group…
Image courtesy of AP Photos For the second straight year, the Patriots may have saved their season in Buffalo. Thanks to a ridiculous one-handed Efton Chism III touchdown catch with 1:50 remaining, an interception from Craig Woodson on the ensuing drive and a huge first down catch and run by Hunter Henry to seal it, New England stunned Buffalo 29-26 on Sunday. Remarkably, it happened with Christian Gonzalez and Christian…
The first weekend of October was a wild one around New England. We’ve got stories posted on the site on Boston College and UMass losing, Harvard’s miracle finish, URI and Brown in the Governor’s Cup, UConn almost beating Syracuse in OT and CCSU rolling on the site, but here’s what else you may have missed with some of the other local teams picking up major victories: Holy Cross 41, William…
With four seconds left and trailing Colgate 17-14 on Saturday night, Harvard lined up for a long 54-yard field goal to try and send the game to overtime. Then, there was the false start that might have saved an unbeaten season. The Crimson backed up five yards and had no choice but to try a desperation Hail Mary in the final seconds. Sophomore QB Charlie Smith slid left, planted his…
