Berlin 24, Newington 7 – Redcoats pull away in 2nd half to remain undefeated

October 24, 2025

Image courtesy of Dan Heary By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent BERLIN — Both Berlin football coach John Capodice and Newington football coach John Acquavita knew it was going to be a battle on Alumni Field between the two neighboring teams on Route 5. After a 7-7 halftime tie, it was the Redcoats used a 17-point second half and shut out Newington to earn a 24-7 win, remaining undefeated at 6-0…….

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NEPSAC Top 10 Poll – Week 6

October 23, 2025

The top three teams stay the same but that should change this week with the big game between AOF and Dexter.

BB&N made another jump this week with their win over Milton Academy. St. Mark’s also moved up after winning their fifth game of the season.

Here is our NEPSAC Top 10 Poll for this week.

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New England high school preview – Week 8

October 22, 2025

Image courtesy of Dexter Southfield Football By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Staff There are two weeks left in the regular season in Massachusetts. While there may not be any top five battles this week, there are four ranked vs. ranked matchups on tap. In other New England states, this week will be one for teams to prove whether they are the team to beat in their respective states. With plenty of…

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Fornaro named Patriots Coach of the Week

October 21, 2025

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have named Al Fornaro, Head Coach of the Xaverian Brothers High School football team, as their High School Coach of the Week, following the Hawks’ thrilling upset victory over previously undefeated and top-ranked Catholic Memorial Knights.

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St. John’s Prep head coach Brian St. Pierre inducted into Boston College Varsity Club Hall of Fame

October 20, 2025

Image courtesy of The Salem News St. John’s Prep head coach Brian St. Pierre was stressed out about missing a practice this past weekend. St. Pierre hadn’t missed one as the head coach of the program for 11 years now and never missed one as a player at BC or in the NFL, but he just couldn’t get out of this pesky little commitment… That ‘commitment’ was enjoying a weekend…

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Connecticut Top 25 – Week 6

October 20, 2025

By Rob Gullo and Andy Close NEFJ Correspondents Many teams were on their byes this past weekend in the state of Connecticut for high school football, with not much movement in this week’s Top 25 poll. However, there was some action which saw a bit of a shakeup in the rankings. Here’s our latest poll: 1. New Canaan (5-0) – New Canaan is returning from its bye and hosts No….

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BB&N 24, Milton Academy 22 – Taylor, Snoonian lead Knights to wild win

October 19, 2025

By Mukala Kabongo NEFJ Staff CAMBRIDGE – Buckingham and Brown Nichols School continued its dominance over Milton Academy with a dramatic 24-22 victory on Saturday. It’s been some time since Milton Academy has beaten BB&N (2022), when the Mustangs came out with a 31-14 victory. Since then, the Knights have been a problem for the Mustangs. Saturday evening, the Knights kept it rolling thanks to Damon Taylor and the leg…

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