By Tom O’Brien NEFJ Correspondent MALDEN – Week two of the league has already come and gone. Last week defense was the main story of most of the games. That reign true again this week, but when it came to crunch time, the offenses came to life in thrilling fashion. “Every game was close, the last one came down to the last play,” said The League founder Mike Wiley. The……
Manchester Essex has hired Nicholas Broughton as the school’s new head football coach.
Broughton comes to Manchester Essex after serving as an assistant coach at Marblehead High School, where he served as a key member of the coaching staff as an assistant since 2015.
Wellesley has hired long time assistant Jim Everhart as the school’s new head football coach. After nearly two decades as an assistant, Everhart steps into the head coach role, replacing Jessie Davis who stepped down earlier this offseason to spend more time with family. Davis’ overall had a record of 99-58 during his tenure at Wellesley. He won 10 or more games in 2016 and 2019. In Davis’ 14 seasons leading the Raiders, the program only finished with one losing season in 2023 and they went .500 in 2020.
By Tom O’Brien NEFJ Correspondent MALDEN- ‘The League’ officially kicked off its fifth year with games on Sunday. Three teams looking to put some good film together for college scouts played each other once in legitimate 11-on-11 games. “It’s the first week, the guys were competing and getting better,” said The League founder and BB&N head coach Mike Wiley. The first game was between the Boston Junkyard Dogs and the…
Tyler Coady has been named the new head coach at Hanover High School. Coady is replacing Brian Kelliher who stepped down earlier this off-season.
FRANKLIN, MA- The MIAA football committee convened in Franklin this past Wednesday to address both immediate scheduling concerns and the long-term structure of the postseason.
The Uxbridge High School athletic department has officially named Brad Creighton as the next Head Football Coach of the Spartans.
All images courtesy of Scott Sulkazi By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent WEST HARTFORD — Around a year ago, Mike Sloninia, CEO/owner of A Shot For Life (a non-profit organization that funds cancer research initiatives) introduced the ASFL initiative to high school football in Connecticut. Slonina, a Massachusetts native, started the A Shot For Life organization 15 years ago when he found out his mother was diagnosed with cancer. This led…
By Tom O’Brien NEFJ Correspondent MALDEN- Spring is truly here. In an unofficial sign, The League kicked off its season with a jamboree before official games begin next week. “It was kind of our last dress rehearsal before the games actually start next week, so we call this our jamboree. It’s like a combination of inside run, seven on seven, and then some 11-on-11 button up stuff and it was good,”…
