North Kingstown 17, Cumberland 7 – After slow start, Skippers are cruising

November 1, 2024

By Charlie Adams NEFJ Staff NORTH KINGSTOWN – After a 1-3 start to North Kingstown’s season, many wrote the team off. Well, the Skippers continued to prove the doubters wrong on Friday night, taking down Cumberland, 17-7. With a third straight win, NK now sits at 4-3 and likely will have a bye in the first round of the Division-I (non-state) Super Bowl. For coach David Giorgi, these last weeks……

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Foxborough 19, North Attleborough 14 – Warriors hang on late vs. Rocketeers

November 1, 2024

By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Staff FOXBOROUGH – Through 36 minutes, it appeared Foxborough would waltz its way to a dominant win over league rival North Attleborough. The momentum swung in the fourth quarter, however, and Foxborough needed a stop, clinging to a five point lead with under two minutes left in the game. Senior defensive back Jon Sacchetti stayed poised defensively and intercepted Chase Frisoli’s pass to seal a 19-14…

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St. John’s Prep 28, BC High 0 – Prep gets important bounce-back win heading into playoffs

November 1, 2024

By Mukala Kabongo NEFJ Staff DANVERS — St. John’s Prep bounced back from last week’s Catholic Memorial ugliness with a 28-0 victory over Boston College High on Friday night. You could say this game was a gut check one for the host Eagles after the disastrous performance against CM this past Saturday. Was it time to hit the panic button? No, but it was time to see how this team…

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New England college preview – Week 10

November 1, 2024

We’re officially hitting the home stretch of the college season starting this weekend. After games Saturday, there are just three weeks left in the season for FCS teams and four weeks left for Boston College, UConn and UMass. BC, Holy Cross and Sacred Heart are on bye weeks as we roll into November, but there’s some massive playoff implications on the line in games across New England. Two teams from…

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Harvard looking to spoil Dartmouth’s perfect season & keep Ivy League title hopes alive

November 1, 2024

Entering 2024, Harvard didn’t  feel like the Ivy League champs despite clinching a share of the title in 2023. Losses to Yale and Princeton created a three-way tie with the Bulldogs and Dartmouth for the prestigious championship. This season, the reality of another split championship is becoming more real by the week, but in order for the Crimson to have a piece of the pie this time around, Harvard will…

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Can Dartmouth keep magical run going vs. Harvard?

October 31, 2024

If you haven’t been paying attention to the Dartmouth football story over the last two years, you’re missing out. Last season, Sammy McCorkle took over the program in a nearly impossible situation following the tragic passing of longtime head coach Buddy Teevens. Replacing a legend is always hard, but under these circumstances, it would have been perfectly understandable if the Big Green sort of just ‘got by’ in 2023. Instead,…

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Henry’s & Herzlich’s team up for special night at BC

October 30, 2024

Images courtesy of of @bc_aia (Instagram) On Monday night, Patriots tight end Hunter Henry, his wife Parker, former legendary BC linebacker Mark Herzlich and his wife Danielle were in Chestnut Hill to speak to student athletes. This wasn’t an ordinary sit down or meet-and-greet, it was faith-based discussion conducted by the Christian life group ‘BC Athletics In Action.’ Hunter and Parker have often been very open about their faith on…

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Wachusett’s Dubzinski wins Patriots’ Coach of the Week award

October 30, 2024

Image courtesy of the New England Patriots  As if winning a milestone game as a high school head coach isn’t special enough, being recognized by the Patriots days later is a cool way to cap things off. Last Friday, Wachusett beat rival Algonquin in a bit of a shootout, 32-27. Not only did the victory move the Mountaineers 4-3 with the playoff push now in full gear, but it was…

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UMass starting tough stretch to close out another disappointing season

October 29, 2024

So, now what? UMass is 2-6 with road games against Mississippi State and Georgia two of the next three weeks. Liberty and UConn also remain on the schedule, which means 2-10 is a very real, and the most-likely outcome for the 2024 Minutemen. With mere months until the program heads into the MAC, we’re still left with more questions than answers when it comes to the lack of progress with…

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With 4 games left, URI must remain locked in on the process

October 28, 2024

Eight down, four to go. The 14th-ranked URI Rams are now 7-1 (4-0 in the CAA) after a 10-point win over a growing and gritty Maine team this past weekend. With four games remaining – two at Meade Stadium and two on the road – the end of that 39-year playoff drought is coming closer and closer into focus. URI has a chance to remain alone atop the CAA with…

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