It was a bit of an off year for Deerfield Academy in 2022. The Big Green went 3-6 and found themselves in a lot of shootouts. But there are plenty of reasons for optimism, as Barbato has established a winning culture. The Big Green won NEPSAC bowls in both 2019 and 2021 (there was no 2020 NEPSAC season due to Covid). “The kids have bought in,” Barbato said over a……
Shrewsbury tight end/defensive end Cooper Ackerman announced on Thursday that he is committing to UConn. https://twitter.com/ackerman_cooper/status/1661682704788717569?s=46&t=0-klhPVppXQ66vGpXhGesA The 2024, 3-Star recruit also held offers from Boston College, Rutgers, Temple, UMass, Army, Navy, Holy Cross, Bryant, UNH, Penn and Colgate. He ultimately chose UConn because of the coaching staff and the overall success of the athletic programs at the school. “Every time I have been there, I’ve loved it and felt right……
A tradition has been established at BB&N that says the Knights will be winners in the fall and on National Signing Day, alike. That will stands to continue going forward for coach Mike Willey and his team. In 2022, BB&N lost two games but still managed to make it to a NEPSAC bowl and earn a tie for the top of the ISL-7. Once again, BB&N will be one of……
Over 100 programs and over 150 coaches flocked to Connecticut on Monday and Massachusetts on Tuesday for the New England Showcase. The event was started last spring by Avon Old Farms Coach Jon Wholley. https://twitter.com/jonathanwholley/status/1658434643970990081?s=46&t=0-klhPVppXQ66vGpXhGesA The former college assistant saw an opportunity to put together a showcase for private school prospects in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The event got some attention last year but it blew up this year given the……
NEEDHAM — There was a time not too long ago where football recruiting for New England was, nationally, a little off the radar, off the beaten path. But as evidenced by the last two days of the New England Showcase, and Tuesday at St. Sebastian’s, those days are over. At St. Seb’s, Power Five coaches from every conference came to see players go through drills. There were roughly 50 or……
BROOKLINE – Around 10:15 on Tuesday morning, the Dexter Southfield campus was quiet as kids were in class. By 10:30, just outside the Kraft Fieldhouse and Fusco Arena, dozens and dozens of NCAA scouts and some head coaches from around the country began convening just outside one of the end zones in preparation of the next Showcase Day. Between Monday and Tuesday, Connecticut and Massachusetts have been the epicenter of……
This past season, Plymouth South separated itself as one of the top teams on the South Shore. With a number of close wins against quality opponents, the Panthers built up an unbeaten record that only came to an end with a loss in the Division 3 playoffs to eventual champion Wakefield. Now, with a strong returning cast, Plymouth South should once again be among the favorites both in the South……
By Ryan Martin NEFJ Correspondent MALDEN – In a Mother’s Day double-header, the Northwest Knights rolled through the MetroWest Maulers 24-7 before the Boston Junkyard Dogs beat the Southwest Cobras 17-7 during The League play. The 2-1 Knights and 3-0 Junkyard Dogs now sit atop of The League, New England’s premier spring ball league for local high schoolers, while the Maulers (1-2) and Cobras (0-3) each fell. Leading off the……
The New England Showcase is back. The brainchild of Avon Old Farms Head Coach Jon Wholley, the showcase will be held today in Connecticut and tomorrow in Massachusetts. https://twitter.com/newftbj/status/1656820103353372677?s=46&t=0-klhPVppXQ66vGpXhGesA Some of the top prospects in New England will showcase their talents in front of over 60 schools and over 100 plus college coaches. New England has become a hotbed for talent in recent years. There has always been talent in……
Sometimes, in the world of college football recruiting, scholarship offers can come in as a trickle, one every few months. Then, a lot of times, those offers build up like an avalanche, and that trickle is more like a fire hose blast. You can hardly keep up with the every day onslaught. For quarterbacks Miles O’Neill and Blake Hebert, the experience has been way more like the latter most recently…….