Spring Practice Preview: Big Green looking to maintain success

April 19, 2025

Dartmouth Athletics Spring is a beautiful time of year in Hanover, New Hampshire and for Sammy McCorkle’s squad, it is a time of renewal as several new faces are expected to set up and make an impact.  Gone are established contributors like Nick Howard, Q. Jones and Paxton Scott on offense and Derrell Porter, Micah Green and Danny Cronin on defense. Several new faces are going to be expected to……

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Harvard makes history naming Katie Patton as Director of Football Operations

April 18, 2025

In a day and age where women in football – regardless of what level – is becoming more the norm than the aberration, Harvard took that a step further on Friday afternoon. Head coach Andrew Aurich and the Crimson announced that Katie Patton has been named the program’s Director of Football Operations. Patton is now the only female DFO in the Ivy League and is both Harvard’s first woman DFO…

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Harasymiak, Minutemen ready for spring game on Saturday

April 17, 2025

AMHERST – With the annual spring game just a few days away, new UMass head coach Joe Harasymiak met with the media after practice on Thursday. UMass will take the field at McGuirk Stadium ‘officially’ for the first time under their new leader at noon with anticipation just as high – if not higher – than it was when Don Brown took over a few years ago. Here’s everything Harsymiak…

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Merrimack unveils 2025 schedule

April 16, 2025

Year two of the Mike Gennetti Era already feels different. There was a buzz on the field and in the stands in North Andover despite the terrible weather last weekend as the Warriors closed out spring ball with their annual spring game. The physicality and intensity for a meaningless scrimmage in April was hard to ignore. While that doesn’t win you games in September, October and November, the tone has…

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Recapping the Holy Cross spring game

April 13, 2025

WORCETSER – A new tradition may have started in Worcester on Saturday. With some miserable New England April weather rolling through this weekend, the annual spring game was forced inside the St. Ignaitus indoor facility at Holy Cross. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The atmosphere was phenomenal as recruits, their families and alumni lined one sideline and the far end zone as the Crusaders capped off…

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Recapping Merrimack’s spring game

April 12, 2025

NORTH ANDOVER – Year one of the Mike Gennetti Era didn’t go very well for Merrimack, but things are already back on the right track. On a chilly Friday night in front of a couple hundred fans, the Warriors had an intense, physical controlled scrimmage with various competitive periods thrown in that should have left everyone in attendance impressed. Merrimack – just two years removed from playing for back-to-back NEC…

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BC staff, spring ball practices have big impression on local recruits

April 7, 2025

As the Eagles staff finally has its first full offseason and spring to recruit local talent, there’s no denying BC has made an effort to keep that proverbial fence around Massachusetts and the rest of New England. Among the hundreds of recruits that have come through the doors of Fish Field House each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for the last month and a half, the majority of them have been…

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Harvard’s depth shines in spring game

April 5, 2025

By Paul Vozzella NEFJ Staff CAMBRIDGE – Harvard took one step closer to the start of the regular season with its annual spring game on Saturday afternoon. Team Crimson shined as it defeated White 31-0. Although the final score won’t be taken into serious consideration, the main focus was on individual performances and who proved they deserve a bigger role going into the 2025 season, according to head coach Andrew…

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Spring Preview: Bears looking to bounce back after disappointing 2024

April 5, 2025

Courtesy of Matt Childs’ Instagram The Brown Bears got people’s attention after upsetting Harvard in Week Two of last season. Unfortunately for James Perry’s squad, they only won one game the rest of the way in a disappointing season. Replacing Jake Willcox at quarterback is priority number one. Sophomores James Murphy and Brady Dever along with junior Ty Holtz and freshmen Nolan Lazor all appear to be in the mix……

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