Here is this week’s journal. Plenty to talk about as usual. So here goes!
Masuk makes a hire: Masuk has hired Chris Pace to replace Steve Christy. Pace has had success as a head coach and he understands the Masuk tradition. He will fit right in and keep things rolling after the Panthers won the Class MM title last season.
Dexter Southfield has another D1 lineman in Hall: Add Anthony Hall to the long list of lineman who has gone onto play Division One football out of Dexter Southfield. Hall joins a long list of lineman in recent years to go to a Division One program including: Sullivan Weidman, Dominic Silva, Liam Andrews and Hardy Watts.
Dexter Southfield Coach Casey Day says the school prioritizes lineman development and credits offensive line coach Dan DiNicola who is a Dexter/Umass alum.
Dexter has more line talent in the pipeline so keep an eye out in the coming years.
Northeast 7v7. Spring League announced: Steve Dembowski announced the Northeast 7 v.7 passing league will kick off on April 27th and run for four weeks. Each team in the league will play three games per week. Teams are guaranteed 12 games.
Malden Catholic looking for multiple coaches: Malden Catholic is looking to fill multiple positions on Joe Gaff’s coaching staff. The positions were listed. It is unclear how much staff movement there was on Gaff’s staff. If coaches are interested, they can apply at [email protected]
Impressive list headlines Maine Elite Passing Camp: The Maine Elite Passing Camp has been the preeminent passing camp in Maine for years. Several of the state’s top programs will attend. Here is an updated list so far.
South Portland
Cheverus
Leavitt
Lisbon
Mt. Valley
Oak Hill
Bonny Eagle
Sacopee Valley
Gorham
Scarborough
Madison
St. Brigid’s
Lake Region
Thornton Academy
Biddeford
Oxford Hills
Bath Middle
Telstar
Old Town HS
Oak Hill High School
Maranacook
Wiscasset Middle/High School
Maple Sugar Bowl rosters announced: The rosters for the 72nd annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl were announced earlier this month. Here are the New Hampshire and Vermont rosters:
New Hampshire
Alec Adorno (Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough)
Kellen Bateman (Exeter)
Tyler Bland (Exeter)
Jacob Brown (Kingswood)
Gareth Brown (Mascoma)
Seth Cortina (Spaulding)
Andrew Deely (Alvirne)
Brogan Donnelly (Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough)
Nathan Galbraith (Concord)
Travis Garcia (Merrimack Valley)
Jackson Greene (Exeter)
Jackson Hall (Bow)
Noah Harder (Gilford)
James Healey (ConVal)
Ethan Lewis (Mascoma)
Liam Bowie (Alvirne)
Brady Lover (Bow)
Nicholas Mackey (Campbell)
Tyler Medeiros (Plymouth)
Kenny Mercado (Concord)
Jake Michalik (Windham)
Aidan Morrison (St. Thomas)
Ethan Motyl (Merrimack)
Sahil Mujawar (Merrimack)
Keegan Murphy (Hanover)
Caiden Paolucci (Portsmouth)
Mason Paquette (Londonderry)
Cooper Perkins (Gilford)
Kai Reitnauer (ConVal)
Zack Richardson (Stevens)
Jaxon Rineer (Plymouth)
Andrew Rodriguez (St. Thomas)
Tyrese Ryder (Kingswood)
Dino Savvas (Pinkerton)
Liam Shannon (Plymouth)
David Souther (Pinkerton)
Dillon Tufts (Londonderry)
Brett Tuttle (Concord).
Vermont
Eli Albee (Bellows Falls)
Lucas Almena-Lee (Champlain Valley)
Jacob Armstrong (Champlain Valley)
Tyler Benson (BBA)
Angus Blackwell (Middlebury)
Hayden Boivin (North Country)
Aiden Boyd (U-32)
Riley Britch (MAU)
Carter Bunnell (St. Johnsbury)
Jack Cady (Brattleboro)
Carter Crete (Essex)
Nick Daniels (Hartford)
Ahmed Diawara (Seawolves)
Izaih Erno (BFA-Fairfax)
Ty Ferguson (Fair Haven)
Dylan Frere (Champlain Valley)
Wyatt Fuller (Rutland)
Jayden Graham (Rutland)
Sean Kennedy (Champlain Valley)
Max Kyhill (Fair Haven)
Coleton Merchant (Rice)
Kymani Mignott (Essex)
Tucker Morter (Middlebury)
Darek Noyes (St. Johnsbury)
Caeden Perreault (Woodstock)
Hank Potter (Rutland)
Joshua Quad (Champlain Valley)
Joe Reed (Essex)
Hadyn Richardson (Missisquoi)
Caleb Scrodin (Champlain Valley)
Tommy Sheldon (BBA)
Austin St. Peter (Hartford)
Dallas St. Peter (Rice)
Colby Tierney (Hartford)
Isaac Whitney (Otter Valley)
Ethan Wideawake (Rutland)
The 2025 Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl will be played Aug. 2 at Vermont State-Castleton’s Dave Wolk Stadium. The opening kickoff is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. All proceeds from the game will benefit Shriners’ Hospitals in Springfield, Mass., Montreal and Boston.