FOXBOROUGH – In his 42nd year at the helm, Foxborough High head coach Jack Martinelli returns an experienced Warriors team looking to improve from last year’s 6-6 season that included a loss to Grafton in the Division 4 semifinals. From Sam Berns Community Field, Foxboro is hosting their annual pre-season camp as they gear up for the 2023 season and the challenges the team will face now playing at the…
The Rhode Island High School Football kicks off this week and as usual, the top programs in the state are once Bishop Hendricken, LaSalle, Central and North Kingstown. St. Ray’s and Cumberland are among the favorites in Division Two but they will be challenged by Westerly and Portsmouth. Shea and Cranston West also figure to be in the mix and could surprise people. Moses Brown is going to look to…
Division One will be a four team competition between CVU, Burr & Burton, Middlebury and Hartford. There will be other teams in the division that compete but those four schools are the primary contenders. Bellows Falls will once again be one of the teams to watch in D2 however they will have some stiff competition despite the fact that they return a talented senior class. Windsor is a bear in…
Well, well, well…the offense has arrived. While it hasn’t been as ugly as the first few days last season, the first week or so of training camp so far had been “meh” offensively as the defense had little trouble making its presence known. That all changed on Wednesday. Both Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe were great and the offense was successful in various situations that we hadn’t yet seen them…
Image courtesy of UMass Athletics/Thom Kendall Santa Claus wasn’t in Amherst on a scorching Friday morning, but Don Brown was. Same thing, right? The Minutemen officially opened their 2023 training camp with a 10 A.M. practice. A few weeks ago when Coach Brown joined us on the New England Football Show, his excitement for what’s being built radiated through his computer screen. Now, the guys finally get to take another…
Every time there was a roar during the early portion of the Patriots’ first training camp practice on Wednesday morning, all you had to do was look at the wide receiver group. Whether it was a great catch by URI’s Ed Lee, Kendrick Bourne, Tyquan Thornton and DeVante Parker dancing or newcomer JuJu Smith-Schuster jumping up and down, interacting with fans, JuJu’s energy was infectious for everyone around him. From…
Last week while I was at the M2 New England Showdown at Stonehill, Andover High School coach E.J Perry told me that his son E.J had flown out to Michigan to workout for the USFL’s Michigan Panthers. He thought the team was interested in signing him. He wasn’t sure what was going to happen. Well, now we know. E.J did sign and a week after joining the team, he has…
Kickoff: The Pirates will be looking to pick up their eighth win of the season tonight at home when they host the Las Vegas Knight Hawks. The Pirates picked up their best win of the season last week beating Frisco 72-58. Massachusetts hopes to continue their winning ways tonight. Here are three keys to the game. 1. No letdown: Last week’s win was nice but the Pirates have to refocus and…
WORCESTER – Days like Thursday are becoming the norm at Holy Cross. NFL scouts, media members and coaches from other local schools were all on hand to watch Holy Cross, UNH, Bentley, Brown and New Haven athletes display their talents at the Crusaders’ Pro Day. Peter Oliver, Liam Anderson, John Smith and Derek Ng all had good days while head coach Bob Chesney watched on, smiling from ear-to-ear for virtually…
A big thank you to Phoebe Wong of Holy Cross Athletics (@phoebewrenwong) for providing these photos from Holy Cross Pro Day on Thursday. Players from Holy Cross, Brown, Merrimack, Bentley, New Haven and UNH were on hand to participate in drills in front of NFL scouts.