High School

Sean Marinan returns to Xavier High School as head coach

February 15, 2025
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A familiar face is back on the sidelines at Xavier (Conn) High School. Sean Marinan is back as head football coach, replacing Andy Guyton who stepped away from the program last month. Marinan won five CIAC championships (2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014) from 2002-16. His record as the Falcons head coach was 120-44-1. In a statement released by the school, Marinan is happy to be back and he is looking……

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MIAA Football Committee moves forward with revised MHSFCA Plan

February 13, 2025
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The MIAA Football Committee voted on Wednesday in a 6-5 margin to submit a new proposal to the Tournament Management Committee for final approval. Under the proposal, schools would play a 10-game regular season. The regular season would end on Thanksgiving Day. Eight teams per division would qualify for the playoffs, 64 total. The quarterfinal games would be played the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, the semifinals would be played the next……

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Underclassman Spotlight: Orion Yates, QB, Champlain Valley Union High School

February 12, 2025
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Image courtesy of Orion Yates/CVU In our inagural edition of the Underclassmen Spotlight, I got a chance to chat with Champlain Valley Union Quarterback Orion Yates about his special sophomore season, winning Gatorade Player of the Year and what is next for this Vermont rising star. Orion comes from a football family and his maturity is evident when you talk to him. He is a special young man. Here is……

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Grafton hiring alum Wayne Page as new head coach

February 10, 2025
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Grafton has found Chris McMahon’s successor. It’s someone that knows the program and community very, very well. Former Gators assistant coach and quarterback Wayne Page has been chosen as the team’s next head coach. An official announcement should be coming this week. Page has been Quabbin’s head coach for the last four seasons and told his players in a meeting after school on Monday. After spending five years on the…

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New England High School Journal for February 9th, 2025

February 9, 2025
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Here is the first off-season edition of the New England High School Journal. It is a weekly feature As usual, there is plenty to talk about. Let’s go!  DiLoreto returns home: Everett bringing back Rob DiLoreto for a second tour of duty is a great move. The program is in a tough spot. Rob is an accomplished coach and an Everett native who gets the community and the kids. He……

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Hamilton-Wenham names Mike Flynn head coach

February 7, 2025
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Former Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl champion and 11 year NFL veteran Mike Flynn is the new head football coach at Hamilton-Wenham High School. Flynn was most recently the head coach at Pingree where he compiled a record of 37-8-2.  Flynn spent last season coaching the offensive and defensive line at Masconomet High School. He played his college football at Maine and is in the school’s Hall of Fame.  Flynn has……

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CM’s Fitzgerald set to represent Knights, Patriots during Super Bowl weekend

February 7, 2025
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Winning a D2 Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium was something soon-to-be Catholic Memorial senior Mac Fitzgerald will never forget for obvious reasons. Now, he’s got a chance to top that memory with one he’ll be creating this weekend down in New Orleans while the Eagles and Chiefs get ready to play for the Super Bowl. That’s because Fitzgerald is representing both CM and the Patriots at an event called ‘Nike…

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Adam Behrends steps down at Staples

February 5, 2025
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Image courtesy of the Westport Journal Adam Behrends has stepped down from his position as head football coach at Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut. Behrends is leaving the program to take an offensive analyst position working with quarterbacks and receivers at the University of New Mexico. It is a reunion for Behrends who will join new Lobos offensive coordinator Luke Schleusner at New Mexico. Behrends was a safety at Minnesota……

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BC staff making a statement with two major 2027 commitments from California

February 4, 2025
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The monster is being built and the BC staff is certainly making a statement about the future of the program during its first real recruiting cycle. Given how late in the game the staff came together almost a year ago this week, this winter and spring is the first real opportunity BC has had to go out and recruit around the country at full capacity. Sure, there’s already been plenty…

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Former Patriot Koppen named new coach at LaSalle Academy

February 3, 2025
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Courtesy of WJAR  PROVIDENCE- After conducting a two month search, LaSalle Academy has hired for Boston College and New England Patriots offensive lineman Dan Koppen as the program’s new head football coach.  Koppen was the junior varsity offensive line coach the past two seasons. He has also coached at rival Bishop Hendricken High School. At a press conference earlier today at the school at the school, Koppen talked about his……

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