Champions Q&A: Foxboro coach Jack Martinelli

January 4, 2024

You talk to Foxboro coach Jack Martinelli, you can hear the love in his voice that he has for the 2023 Warriors. The team went 12-1 and won the D5 state title, but the fact that the team was so good was only part of the equation. In a season in which Martinelli also won his 300th game, there was so much to make him smile. We spoke to him……

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Top 10 New England football storylines in 2024

January 1, 2024

As we start 2024, the football season will officially end when the Pats close things out against the Jets next Sunday at Gillette. We thought we’d start to look ahead to the top storylines locally for the upcoming season with Pro Days and combines right around the corner. Heck, it’ll be time for high school and college training camps before you know it! 1. The future of the Patriots This……

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Tabor players continue to gain offers

December 30, 2023

Something is brewing down on the South Coast with Tabor Academy. The Marion, Mass. program is starting to really take off with players earning FBS offers. And coach Jeff Moore and the Seawolves are just getting started. Currently, Tabor has seven offensive starters coming back for next season who have FBS offers. They are: offensive linemen Will Smith, Amahn Williams, Jacob Burns, and Botond Varga; wide receivers Kaiden Drinkwater and……

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Champions Q&A: Duxbury coach Matt Landolfi

December 28, 2023

Another football season has passed, and another great Duxbury team has won a D4 state title. The Dragons went 11-1 this fall, and earned a championship with a 62-33 victory over a very good Scituate team. That makes at least a Gillette Stadium appearance in each of the last four MIAA postseasons. We wanted to talk to Duxbury coach Matt Landolfi, on what makes this program so special. Here is……

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Jermaine Wiggins speaks on Brockton departure

December 27, 2023

Since his dismissal as the coach of Brockton High, it has been radio silence from Jermaine Wiggins. Until now. On WEEI, Wiggins spoke for the first time about leaving Brockton. Although he did not go too much in depth, Wiggins spoke about the school wanting a union member to be coach of the team. After a WEEI caller broached the subject, this is what Wiggins said. “No, coming in, it……

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MHSFCA announces it’s All-State Football Team

December 26, 2023

The Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association announced its All-State Football Team as selected by a committee of coaches from its association. The players will be honored at a dinner co-sponsored by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston and the MHSFCA on March 17 at the Burlington Marriott. The Gridiron Club and MHSFCA will also honor Foxboro’s Jack Martinelli as its Coach of the Year, Isaiah Apperwhite of O’Bryant with……

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Girard reflects on his time at Lincoln Sudbury and his career

December 23, 2023

Jim Girard resigned at Lincoln-Sudbury on Thursday citing family reasons. Girard spent five seasons at the school.  Girard released a statement through the school as to why he stepped away from the program. “Coaching high school football for the past 26 years has been a joy and a privilege. I am so appreciative of all the schools who hired me, the amazing parent/community support I received everywhere, the many wonderful……

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Archbishop Williams hires Mark Landolfi as head coach

December 22, 2023

Archbishop Williams announced on Thursday that Mark Landolfi has been hired as the new head football coach at the school. Landolfi will be joined by his brother Chris Landolfi, who was most recently the offensive coordinator at Lawrence Academy and formerly the head coach Hanover High School where he won a Super Bowl. Chris will be the defensive coordinator.  The Landolfi’s graduated from Archbishop Williams. Mark graduated in 1986 while……

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Champions Q&A: Milton coach Steve Dembowski

December 21, 2023

A little over a year ago, Milton lost in the D3 state title game to Wakefield. The Wildcats lost a good chunk of those players to graduation. But Milton reloaded as well as anyone could have hoped, and this season earned a D3 state title over Walpole. It was a terrific coaching job by Milton’s Steve Dembowski, so we wanted to connect with him on how he was able to……

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