The Patriots and Bills meet for the second time at Gillette Stadium today in a pivotal game that has both divisional and playoff implications. The Patriots won the first meeting on Sunday Night Football earlier this season, 23-20. As always with the Bills, stopping Josh Allen is priority number one. The second is controlling James Cook and their running game. Winning individual match ups will be a big key for…
CIAC Class LL State Championship: Greenwich 45, Southington 6 – Cardinals go back-to-back in dominant fashion
Image courtesy of Scott Sulkazi By Andy Close NEFJ Correspondent NEW BRITAIN — Greenwich made back-to-back look easy on Saturday. The Cardinals put together a dominant first half, as Jack Kelly accounted for four total touchdowns in a 45-6 win over Southington in the Class LL title game to win a second consecutive state title. “It feels surreal,” Kelly said. “We came into this season and said we can’t get…
CIAC Class M State Championship: Berlin 20, Brookfield 15 – Rice’s heroics give Redcoats wild state title victory
Image courtesy of Dan Heary By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent NEW BRITAIN — When Brookfield scored a touchdown and converted a two-point conversion to take a 15-14 lead over Berlin with 48 seconds left in Saturday’s CIAC Class M state championship game at Arute Field, it looked as if the Bobcats were going to avenge last year’s title loss and becomes this year’s champion. Berlin’s Eli Rice had different plans….
CIAC Class L State Championship: New Canaan 34, Cheshire 13 – Rams roll to 4th straight championship
Image courtesy of Scott Sulkazi By Andy Close NEFJ Correspondent NEW BRITAIN — Make it four in a row for the New Canaan Rams. Behind 166 yards and two touchdowns on the ground from Finn Mocco , the Rams rolled to their fourth consecutive CIAC Class L title, 34-13 over Cheshire on Saturday. It was a dominant performance from start to finish from one of New England’s premier programs. It…
CIAC Class MM State Championship: Windsor 23, Bunnell 13 – Robinson pushes Warriors to title after runner-up finish a year ago
Image courtesy of Carlos Rodriguez By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent NEW BRITAIN — A year ago, Windsor saw its season-long goal of becoming state champions come up short at the hands of the Masuk Panthers, who defeated the Warriors by three points for the 2024 CIAC Class MM state title. Fast forward a year later to Saturday and the opportunity wasn’t going to pass them by this time. Windsor defeated…
CIAC Class S State Championship: Sheehan 21, Northwest Catholic 7 – Durant leads Titans to championship
By Craig Boland NEFJ Correspondent NEW BRITAIN – With three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Sheehan running back Joshua Durant carried multiple Northwest Catholic defenders into the end zone (with a helpful push from multiple linemen) for his third rushing touchdown of the day, putting Sheehan ahead 21-7 after a Reid Carter extra point. Northwest Catholic would not score again, and the Titans went on to win the Connecticut…
CIAC Class SS State Championship: Hand 37, Killingly 13 – Tigers roar to title with big 2nd half
Image courtesy of Scott Sulkazi By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent NEW BRITAIN — A 27-point second half by Hand in the CIAC Class SS championship on Saturday led to the 15th state title in program history as the No. 2 Tigers defeated No. 1 Killingly, 37-13. Trailing the Trailblazers 13-10 midway through the third quarter, Hand retook the lead 17-13 as Lucca Boyce rushed for his second touchdown of the…
UNH head coach Rick Santos leaving to take over at Penn; Scott James named interim head coach
UNH fans woke up to some pretty stunning news on Saturday morning. Longtime head coach and former Wildcat Rock Santos is leaving to become the head coach of the Ivy League’s Penn Quakers. Santos led the Wildcats to a 37–24 overall record and a 28–12 record in the CAA over his five seasons as head coach. UNH earned NCAA FCS Playoff berths in 2022, 2024, and 2025 under Santos. In…
Ashton Grant still using lessons learned from Bob Chesney as Pats QB coach
Image courtesy of the New England Patriots FOXBOROUGH – No one in New England was more happy for Bob Chesney when he got the UCLA job than Ashton Grant. It’s well-known that the Patriots’ quarterbacks coach played for Chesney during his days at Assumption. Of course, he was thrilled for his old coach and mentor to get his first big time FBS gig after leading James Madison to the College…
Gordie Sammis departs UConn to take over as TCU’s Offensive Coordinator
UConn interim coach and offensive coordinator Gordon “Gordie” Sammis, has accepted the position of offensive coordinator at TCU. Sammis will be moving to the Big 12 to take over a high-profile position for the Horned Frogs replacing Kendal Briles who left for South Carolina earlier this week.