• Catching up with Catholic Memorial’s Kise Flannery after his commitment to Harvard
  • Capodice named new coach at Berlin High School
  • 5 observations from our spring visit with UMass
  • Robert Kraft speaks at NFL Owners Meetings in Florida
  • Bill Parcells to be inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame as a contributor

BB&N 35 Milton Academy 21- Knights run past Mustangs in ISL opener

WATERTOWN- BB&N avenged last season’s opening season loss to Milton Academy with an impressive 35-21 win to kick off the 2023 season. Running back Bo MacCormack rushed for 205 yards and two touchdowns while quarterback Henry Machnik added 75 yards and three touchdowns on the ground as well as a 22 yard reception to pace the offense. BB&N Head Coach Mike Willey praised both Machnik and MacCormack for leading the……

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Barrington 37, Westerly 0 – Eagles impress in blowout win over Bulldogs

By Mike Scandura NEFJ Correspondent BARRINGTON – When Barrington lost star quarterback Alex McClelland with a left-shoulder injury early in the second quarter of Friday’s Division 2-B game against Westerly, there might have been reason to panic. “Might” was the operative word because coach Sandy Gorham plugged in seldom-used senior Ryan Van Ness who, along with running back A.J. Diorio, kept the Eagles soaring en route to a 37-0 victory……

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Springfield Central 44, Xaverian 41 — Young guns shine for Golden Eagles

WESTWOOD — As Springfield Central players went through Friday night’s postgame handshake line, star Xaverian wide receiver Jonathan Monteiro had a message for his opponents. “We’ll see you again,” Monteiro repeated over and over. Fans and observers of Massachusetts high school football could only be so lucky to see these teams in a rematch. In a wild game that has to be considered one of the year’s best at this……

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Could Bill Belichick’s shorter-than-usual press conference Friday be a message to his team?

Bill Belichick isn’t looking to filibuster a press conference at any point in time, but Friday morning’s end of the week presser lasted roughly three minutes. That’s short even for him. Usually, Friday’s are a bit more light-hearted and he’ll engage on just about anything, but not this time. By my count, BB said just 100 words while answering 11 questions. ‘Jets Week’ is always a big one around 1…

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NEFJ picks – Week 3

Alright, through two weeks of picks John is 15-7 and both Adam and Stone are 13-9. John and Adam went 8-3 last week while Stone was 7-4. Let’s see how this goes for Week 3… High School Springfield Central @ Xaverian Stone: Taking Xaverian here. Feels like this might be the best Hawks team they’ve had in a while, could be a shootout though, SC is always going to score points……

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