The Northeast 7 on 7 rolls onto Marshwood High School in Maine on Sunday. Here is a preview of each pool. Pool 1 St. Mary’s of Lynn is a program to watch in this pool as is Marshwood. Former Longmeadow coach Alex Rotsko has done a tremendous job with the Marshwood program and they are one of the better programs in the state in his tenure. Tewksbury is also in…
Dedham High School won the small division championship in 2023 The annual Northeast 7 on 7 kicks off this morning at Xaverian High School in Westwood with the South Regional. The North Regional Tournament is tomorrow at Marshwood High School in Maine. Under the direction of Milton High School coach Steve Dembowski, the tournament are grown tremendously in recent years. Here are some thoughts on today’s South Regional. We will…
A few years ago, it felt like Jahlani Tavai was simply one of those classic journeymen that Bill Belichick brought in on a cheap deal to try and fill a void. Low expectations and he’d be gone in a year or two. Well, Tavai has now become one of the locker room leaders and an important voice on the field too. So important in fact, that Eliot Wolf and the…
Image courtesy of New England Patriots The countdown is officially on. On Tuesday morning, the Patriots announced the dates for opening training camp practices where fans will get their first look at the Jerod Mayo-led team. Rookies report to camp on July 19th while veterans report on the 23rd. One day later is the first open practice for fans. Gates will open at 10 AM each day with practice starting…
FOXBOROUGH- St. Mary’s scored on a late touchdown catch by Kaileigh Patterson to beat defending champion Leominster 18-13 in the second annual Girls Flag Championship at Gillette Stadium. Patterson, a sixth grader and the daughter of Spartans coach Terrell Patterson stole the show as she was one of the top performers of the evening. She opened the scoring in the championship game with a pick six and she sealed for…
Image courtesy of Boston Renegades It wasn’t always pretty at times for the 2023 Renegades relative to the success the franchise has had the last five years, but it doesn’t matter now. With a 55-20 blowout of the D.C. Divas at Harry Della Russo Stadium in Revere on Saturday night, Boston finished the regular season at 4-2, second behind the 6-0 Pittsburgh Passion in the National division. The five-time defending…
FOXBOROUGH – From the time the fans started streaming in and out of the Patriots pro Shop around 1:30 on Wednesday, you knew it was going to be a special night. The day just felt different. Not quite a game day, but a festive, anticipatory atmosphere. Many of the lots closer to the stadium started filling up quickly. Jahlani Tavai was out taking pictures with fans. Dietrich Wise cruised by…
We’re on to the summer time, ladies and gentlemen. The Patriots officially wrapped up the spring with the final mandatory minicamp practice on Wednesday morning and as usual, it’s tough to put too much stock into a lot of things we’re seeing so far, but there were a few things that stood out in the just-about two hour session. For the final time until late July, here’s everything I saw…
The third ‘first’ of Jerod Mayo’s coaching career took place on an absolutely beautiful day in Foxborough on Monday. The first mandatory minicamp practice of the Mayo era lasted two hours and while it wasn’t pretty at times – especially for the offense – there was still some good stuff to take away from the non-padded session. As usual, here’s everything I saw from high on top of the hill……
There’s been a lot of talk about how Jerod Mayo will fail because he doesn’t have any head coaching experience. Well, there’s another local coach who’s now three wins from a championship that didn’t have any head coaching experience when he took over last season and look how it’s turned out. In fact, Mazzulla wasn’t even on the bench two years ago, he was a row behind Ime Udoka. Mazzulla…