NARRAGANSETT, RI- URI took spring practice on the road on Saturday morning at Narragansett High School. The Rams played The Rams defense proved to be impenetrable when it mattered most, fending off the offense in two critical goal-line stands to secure a 24-14 victory in the annual Spring Game.
WORCESTER – Physical. It’s the only word needed to describe Holy Cross’s annual Spring Showcase inside the St. Ignaitus Indoor Practice Facility on Friday night. For about an hour and a half, the Crusaders wrapped up a very productive spring with a surprisingly hard-hitting controlled scrimmage. “We tried to get everybody an opportunity today,” said head coach Dan Curran. Obviously, a lot of our 1, 1As, they repped, but we……
By Mukala Kabongo NEFJ Correspondent NORTH ANDOVER – A lively Duane Stadium on Friday night for the spring game highlighted excitement for Merrimack football as they prepare for the 2026 season. Head coach Mike Gennetti is set to enter his third season at the helm for the Warriors, it’s been a process for Gennetti since moving from assistant to head coach, but the enthusiasm from Friday’s spring game has the…
ORONO- The University of Maine football program has officially strengthened its ranks for the 2026 season by welcoming five key additions to its staff. These hires bring a wealth of experience across positional coaching, athletic development, and logistical operations, signaling a focused effort to elevate the Black Bears’ performance on and off the field.
While the offense and defense certainly deserved plenty of criticism for the year UMass had in 2025, special teams is of course part of that too. Special teams often flies under the radar during seasons like that because there are so many other problems much bigger than the execution of the kick off, punt and field goal units. But, the lack of a return and coverage game, along with just…
Image courtesy of Rob Heary By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent NEW BRITAIN — The Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils will look to three-peat as NEC champions, but they have a long road ahead before the start of the season. The Blue Devils, who have won seven-plus games in each of the last two seasons, head into this season facing arguably more work than the last two seasons in figuring…
NEW HAVEN — After playing last season in its transition year in the NEC, the University of New Haven Chargers football team is ready to tackle the 2026 season as a full member of the NEC. The Chargers finished their 2025 season with a 5-5 record in their first season as a Division I program.
CAMBRIDGE – The winds of change have swept through Harvard over the last few years, but the program has largely remained the same. Andrew Aurich has been able to continue the historic success Tim Murphy achieved with the Crimson for so many years, and the ring ceremony following the spring game on Saturday was just a small example of it. On the field throughout a blustery morning inside historic Harvard…
By Andy Close NEFJ Correspondent EAST HARTFORD — The score read 69-58 in favor of the Blue Team over the White in UConn’s spring game on Saturday, but that was of little to no consequence. In what could be described as essentially an open practice at Rentschler Field, first-year head coach Jason Candle’s Huskies were able to culminate their spring work with a glimpse into the future. “I’m really proud…
As the 2026 college football season nears each day, the Sacred Heart Pioneers wrapped up its spring football session on Friday, April 10, 2026. The mood in Fairfield, Connecticut is different, as the Pioneers join the Coastal Athletic Association, marking their first time as a conference member since the 2023 season.