• Key spring dates for local college teams
  • Masuk hires Chris Pace as head football coach
  • Spring football games are quickly becoming a thing of the past
  • Bill Belichick lands top 2026 recruit in Massachusetts with commitment from Anthony Hall
  • Patriots release LB Sione Takitaki, re-sign C Ben Brown and OT Demontrey Jacobs

Top 16 College Poll – Week 7

Week seven featured five programs locally on bye weeks. We also saw a thrilling finish at Brown and a couple of blowouts including Harvard blowing out Howard and UMass getting blown out at Penn State. Here is Top 16 Poll after Week 7.  1. Harvard (5-0)- Crimson cruise past Howard. Next up is a trip to New Jersey to take on Princeton, 2. Holy Cross (4-2)- Crusaders had a bye…

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Five underrated high school results from Week 6

Here are five results from the weekend that we didn’t otherwise cover or preview.These are teams that are outside the rankings but deserve mention. Here are the five: Danvers 27, Swampscott 14 — Danvers is an interesting team. The Falcons lost two close games — to Tewksbury and Salem — by only one score each. This is a team that owns wins over Winthrop, Reading, Beverly, and now Swampscott. Although……

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The changes we were supposed to see never happened on Sunday

Bill Belichick told the assembled media after last Sunday’s blowout home loss to the Saints that there would be changes. The anticipation was that we would see changes with the Patriots. In the end, we barely saw any. Aside from Malik Cunningham being brought up from the practice squad and used on three snaps, it was business as usual for the Patriots. The reason you did not see any changes…

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CIAC Top 25 poll – Week 7 (Public)

By Nick Dalessio NEFJ Correspondent 1. Greenwich, Next Game: 10/20 at Trumbull The Cardinals were victorious over another top 10 opponent. Senior running back George Vomvolakis rushed for 105 yards and a score. Senior quarterback Rocco Grillo passed for 186 yards and two touchdowns, completing 69% of his passes. 2. Cheshire, Next Game: 10/27 at Notre Dame-West Haven The Rams trounced Hamden 41-0. Senior ATH Jeffery Gonzalez scored three total……

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