By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Staff 2025 MIAA Preseason Top 25 Xaverian – The reigning two-time Division 1 champions deserve the top spot. Catholic Memorial – Could easily be in the one spot. Knights have plenty of returning talent. St. John’s Prep – Christopher Vargas is poised for a monster sophomore season. Springfield Central – Central features arguably the top backfield in the state in Jareth Staine and Isaiah Rogers. King……
Prior to the first of two joint practice with the Vikings in Minnesota on Wednesday, Mike Vrabel met with the media. One question in particular from NBC Sports Boston’s Phil Perry drew an interesting response regarding Drake Maye’s leadership and leadership as a whole. We’ve all seen the Forged in Foxborough clips where Vrabel’s encouraging Maye to go celebrate with teammates or talk to them during a brief break. Vrabel…
By Andy Close NEFJ Correspondent STORRS — The temperature was north of 90 degrees during a visit to the UConn Huskies practice on Tuesday, but it was something the players seemed to embrace. This is a hungry group, one that isn’t satisfied with a 2024 season that saw them win nine games for the first time since 2007 and win a bowl game for the first time since 2009. Head…
The Ivy League held its annual virtual Media Day on Monday with each school getting two representatives and head coach for roughly 15 minutes each. Here’s everything James Perry, James Murphy and Owen Clarke had to say: Perry opening statement “This is the best time of year, I can promise you that. This is just…my favorite day will be next Thursday. I’m kind of counting the minutes down. We’ve got…
The Ivy League held its annual virtual Media Day on Monday with each school getting two representatives and head coach for roughly 15 minutes each. Here’s everything Sammy McCorkle, Sean Williams and Delby Lemieux had to say: McCorkle opening statement “Super excited about going into preseason next week. Guys have done a phenomenal job ever since the season ended last year. Our new strength coach Connor McNally has come in…
The Ivy League held its annual virtual Media Day on Monday with each school getting two representatives and head coach for roughly 15 minutes each. Here’s everything Andrew Aurich, Ty Bartrum and Jaden Craig had to say: Aurich opening statement “I can speak for everybody here that we’re real excited to get started with preseason camp. Excited to have these two guys (Bartrum and Craig) here, who I think are…
The Ivy League held its annual virtual Media Day on Monday with each school getting two representatives and head coach for roughly 15 minutes each. Here’s everything Tony Reno, Joshua Pitsenberger and Abu Kamara had to say: Reno opening statement “I’m really excited for this team and what they’ve done. Obviously, with our captain Joshua Pitsenberger and Abu Kamara, two guys who have been incredible leaders from, really from the…
FOXBOROUGH – Before heading out to Minnesota on Tuesday for another important week, the Patriots had a more game-week like practice on Monday morning. It was mostly a walkthrough with some scout team looks, mirroring a few things the team might see against the Vikings, specifically defensively with Brian Flores running the show for Minnesota. Tuesday’s practice was closed to the public as training camp is technically over and we’ve…
FOXBOROUGH – Roughly 8,000 fans got to see the Patriots in pads for the final time on Sunday until the opener against the Raiders. And it wasn’t pretty if you were hoping for some of the offense New England showed in the first preseason game. With most of the practice geared towards red zone work – as Mike Vrabel said would be the case beforehand – the offense had it’s…
After winning just one game a year ago and going winless in NEC play, Stonehill is looking to return to the form it entered the conference with back in 2022. Head coach Eli Gardner – entering his 10th year at the helm of the program – took part in an NEC Media Week interview on Friday to talk about the Skyhawks. Here’s everything he had to say: On being eligible…