By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Staff HYANNIS – The majority of Thursday night’s battle between Bridgewater-Raynham and Barnstable was played in a driving rain with significant wind gusts. Barnstable made sure to strike quickly by scoring 22 first quarter points, beating the Trojans and the weather 28-18 to clinch a conference championship. While the offense scored all the points Barnstable would need in the game’s first 12 minutes, it was the…
New England college preview – Week 10
We’ve got just four weeks left in the regular season and postseason pushes are in full go mode. UConn, URI, UNH, Maine, CCSU, Stonehill, Harvard, Dartmouth and Yale all have a real chance to extend their seasons heading into the Week 10 slate of games. We’ve got three of the 17 local D1 teams on a bye week, but plenty of great matchups. Here’s how this slate is shaping up:…
2025 Vermont High School Playoff Preview
It is playoff time in Vermont. Division One is wide open while Divisions Two and Three feature heavy favorites in Hartford and Woodstock.
Will the favorites hold serve or will we see some upsets over the course of the next three weeks?
Let’s dive into each division and break to down.
Talking ball with Masconomet running back Jack Fabiano
We got a chance to catch up with Masconomet running back Jack Fabiano after his record breaking performance last week in a 45-42 win over Marblehead.
In the last two weeks, Fabiano has carried the ball 72 times for 633 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns. Unreal numbers.
Here is our conversation with Jack.
Mack Hollins gives Special Olympics kids a day they won’t soon forget
Image courtesy of the New England Patriots FOXBOROUGH – Ordinarily, most NFL players would head home our out to celebrate with friends or family after a big win that kept their team in first place. Not Mack Hollins. Last Sunday, after the Patriots handled the Browns relatively easily, Hollins wasn’t in a hurry to leave Foxborough. Quite the opposite, actually. Hollins had 25 Special Olympics kids as his guests at…
New England high school preview – Week 9
By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Staff It’s the final week of the Massachusetts high school football regular season. There are plenty of intriguing storylines this week, featuring six ranked versus ranked matchups, teams needing a win to be postseason eligible and teams hoping to improve seeding. Vermont is the first New England state to begin postseason play. All three divisions will start the playoffs this week in The Green Mountain State….
Catching up with the CAA coaches
Another week, another impressive performance from most of the New England CAA teams. No. 12 URI (7-2, 5-0) remained unbeaten in the conference with a thorough beating of in-state rival Bryant (2-6, 0-4). Meanwhile, Maine (4-4, 3-1) remains red hot, winners of four straight now after beating Elon. The Black Bears are just two games behind the Rams in the win column with four weeks left and a head-to-head matchup…
High School Dudes of the Week: Week 8
Another strong week of high performances on the New England High School Gridiron.
Here are some of the best performances from the week that was.
Patriots complete busy Tuesday with trade of Kyle Dugger
The third in a trio of moves on Tuesday evening wasn’t all that surprising. The Patriots signed Marcus Jones to a well-deserved three-year extension earlier in the day, then traded Keion White around dinner time. About an hour later, reports started to circulate that New England was trading veteran safety Kyle Dugger to the Steelers. Mike Vrabel’s reshaping of the organization rolls on with exactly a week to go until…
Patriots trade Keion White & 7th-round pick to 49ers for 6th-round pick
The Patriots have traded defensive end Keion White to the San Francisco 49ers for a 2026 6th-round pick for a 2026 7th-rounder according to the NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. White, who registered 5 sacks last season became expendable after not fitting into the new defensive scheme under Mike Vrabel. White was a healthy scratch on Sunday against the Browns. White was a second round pick out of Georgia Tech in…