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High School: MIAA approves modifications for Fall II season

January 29, 2021

The waiting is over. After five months of torture for the Massachusetts football community, the wait is finally over. There will be football in Massachusetts this year. On Friday morning, the MIAA Board of Directors unanimously voted (22-0) to approve the modifications made by the Covid task force for a Fall II football season. The season will run from February 22-April 25 without any real changes to the game itself….

CAA: UNH, URI and Maine coaches meet the media as unprecedented spring season approaches

January 28, 2021

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Who’s ready for some freezing cold football? The Colonial Athletic Association is set to begin its “spring” football season in just a few weeks, and while teams like Maine, UNH and URI will have to almost certainly deal with weather issues more often than not, all three programs can’t wait to get going. On Wednesday morning, the CAA had its virtual Media Day, with the CAA commissioner and 12 coaches…

Tampa Bay Tuesday: Brady heads to 10th Super Bowl as Bucs survive in Lambeau

January 26, 2021

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Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Let’s be perfectly clear right away. Tom Brady is not the only reason why the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are now hosting the Super bowl. In fact, he almost cost them the NFC title game against Green Bay on Sunday. However, there is no denying that his affect on the entire Bucs organization played into why they hung on for a 31-26 win to create NFL…

High School: NEFJ Featured Team of the Week – Hingham

January 22, 2021

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Like most teams around the state, the Hingham football program has had to get creative to keep things fresh. Whether it’s mentally or physically, the Harbormen coaching staff has done everything they possibly can to make sure the squad is ready to go if they’re given the green light in just about four weeks. “My high school coach who actually got me into coaching, and he’s now our quarterback coach,…

Buccaneers: Brady beats Brees, sets up duel with Rodgers in 14th conference title game

January 19, 2021

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He’s done it again. In his 20th NFL season, at 43 years old, Tom Brady is heading to a 14th conference championship, this time in the NFC after Tampa Bay beat New Orleans 30-20 in the Super Dome on Sunday. Brad has now won two road playoff games without a bye week. He’s done it against one of the best defensive fronts in the league and then against one of…

High School: NEFJ Featured Team of the Week – Holliston

January 16, 2021

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For Holliston seniors Zack Athy, Teddy Ratcliffe, Tristan Benson, Christian Schneeloch and Kevin Lyons, this season has been a long time coming. Whatever the game looks like and whenever the Fall II season actually starts, those five have been strapping up the pads for the varsity squad since they were sophomores and building towards the 2020 (now 2021) campaign. There are 13 total seniors on this Panthers squad, but those five…

Tampa Bay Tuesday: Brady & the Bucs head to NFC Divisional round

January 12, 2021

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One down, three to go. Tom Brady is now three wins away from a seventh Super Bowl ring after the Buccaneers took care of a pesky Washington Football Team 31-23 on Saturday night in the NFC Wild Card playoff game. Yes, I know he doesn’t play here anymore. If you can’t put your Patriots pj’s away for a little while and root for the single greatest athlete in our lifetime…

High School: NEFJ Featured Team of the Week – Natick

January 8, 2021

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Image courtesy of Natick Athletics. Can you believe we’re up to 17 of these already? Our latest “Featured Team of the Week” is one of the most respected programs in the state, the Natick Redhawks. Whether you’re a Bay State Conference rival or a random opponent from somewhere in Massachusetts, whenever the red or white jerseys of Natick are standing on the opposite sideline, the game automatically has just a…

Patriots: Newton throws three TD’s, Pats end brutal 2020 with a win. Now what?

January 4, 2021

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Photo by Billie Weiss/Getty Images Where was this for the past three months? Granted, it came against the Jets, but the New England offense looked great on Sunday in a 28-14 win to close out the strangest year in Patriots history. Cam Newton was probably playing his last game in a Patriots’ uniform and made the most of it, throwing for 242 yards and three touchdowns without an interception. Newton…

High School: NEFJ Featured Team of the Week – South Hadley

January 3, 2021

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It’s almost as if New England Football Journal has started a Western Mass football revolution lately. Ok, so maybe we don’t have THAT much of an impact, but, for the third time in four weeks WMASS is represented as our Featured Team of the Week, our 16th to be exact. That brings us to South Hadley. Head coach Scott Taylor has done his best to navigate the pandemic – like…