• Key spring dates for local college teams
  • Stonehill looks to the future with large recruiting class
  • Brian Belichick and Mike Pelligrino land new jobs
  • Grafton hiring alum Wayne Page as new head coach
  • New England football legend Dick Jauron passes away at 74

Medway hires Ted Rigney as the school’s new head football coach

Medway High School on Monday announced the hiring of Ted Rigney as the school’s new head football coach. Rigney has years of experience as an assistant and head coach. He was most recently an assistant on Matt Blood’s staff at Uxbridge. Rigney has over 30 years of coaching experience and was previously the head football coach at Bellingham High School where he teaches.  Prior to become a teacher, Rigney was……

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Avon Old Farms OT Owen Aliciene commits to Penn State

Avon Old Farms Class of 25 offensive tackle Owen Aliciene committed to Penn State over the weekend after visiting the school for junior weekend.  Aliciene held offers from 18 schools including Penn State. He also had offers from Boston College, UMass, UConn, Florida State, Michigan State, Texas A&M, SMU, Pitt, Maryland, Louisville and Kentucky among others. He ultimately committed to James Franklin and the Nittany Lions.  The 6-7 275 tackle…

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Remembering when the Patriots almost became the St. Louis Stallions

Sunday marked the 30th anniversary of Robert Kraft’s purchase of the New England Patriots. Kraft purchased the franchise on January 21st, 1994 from then owner James Busch Orthwein. Kraft had been a Patriots fan since 1971 and had expressed an interest in owning a sports franchise in New England for years. At one time, he was the owner of the now defunct Boston Lobsters of the World Tennis Team. In…

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Mayo provides some insight into offseason vision

Getty Images Despite the whole still not technically having a GM thing (although he’s probably in the building already), apparently the Patriots are planning a big roster shakeup this offseason. During an interview with The Greg Hill Show (Greg Hill, Jermaine Wiggins & Courtney Cox) on Monday morning, new Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo talked about a number of things, including quite a different approach to roster building than everything…

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MHSFCA releases All-Divisions Teams

On Saturday, the MHSFCA released their all division teams. Here are all eight teams and some thoughts on each team. Division One Hasselbeck and Eason are no brainers. Both were two of the best signal callers in the state. Braintree’s James Curry was one of the top running backs in Eastern, Mass and returns next year as a junior. Great to see Joe Pendergast from Braintree getting recognized as well……

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10 candidates I would interview for the Patriots offensive coordinator opening

The Patriots officially have an offensive coordinator opening. Here are some names to keep an eye on as new coach Jerod Mayo looks to fill the vacancy.  Brian Griese, Quarterbacks Coach, 49ers: Griese played at Michigan and played in the NFL for 11 years, starting 83 games. He also had a successful media career. His career parallels Mayo’s in some ways. He is the son of legendary Dolphins quarterback Bob…

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Lyons: Top Candidates To Replace Bill O’Brien

By Jon Lyons NEFJ Correspondent News broke last night that Patriots offensive coordinator/ quarterbacks coach Bill O’Brien is leaving the team to become the offensive coordinator at Ohio State. The move is not that surprising given the head coaching change in New England and the frustrating year that O’Brien went through in 2023. With him gone, Jerod Mayo has his biggest task of his coaching reign thus far in hiring…

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