Who had this on the New England football bingo card for 2024? On3’s Pete Nakos reported (and I was able to confirm) that BC quarterback – well, former BC quarterback – Thomas Castellanos will be heading to the transfer portal when the window opens on December 9th. Just three days ago, Castellanos was the starting QB of an Eagles team looking to come out of the bye strong at home…
Ryan Bannon etches his name in North Attleboro history
Even now, as a senior at North Attleboro, Ryan Bannon can rattle off the names of former Red Rocketeers greats whom he looked up to as a kid. Chad Peterson. Zach DeMattio. Ryan Clemente. Those players led North to postseason success, and Bannon, a running back and linebacker, now does the same. It’s that carrying of the torch, a youth player watching the older ones, then doing the same, that……
Week 11 High School Preview
Playoffs are in full swing in much of New England. We are previewing almost every game, but not every one. This is one of the best weekends of the season, so get out and see as much football as you can. Let’s get into it . . . Week 11 High School Preview Methuen at St. John’s Prep — These two scrimmaged against each other in the preseason, and it……
Top 10 NEPSAC Poll – Week 8
The regular season is over in the NEPSAC and it is bowl week. We have some great match ups this week. Here is our final regular season poll. 1. Choate (8-0): Boars finish undefeated and will play Brunswick on Saturday in the Leon Modeste Bowl. 2. BB&N (8-0): Knights finish off an impressive undefeated season and will play St. Paul’s in the John Papas Bowl at B.C. 3. Brunswick (7-1):……
College Dudes of the Week: Week 11
Image courtesy of Boston College Athletics Plenty of big performances this week as the college football season winds up. Here are some of the top performers from New England College Football. Kye Robichaux and Jordan McDonald combined to rush for 321 yards and 3 touchdowns in Boston College’s 37-31 win over Syracuse. DUDES! Donovan Ezeiruaku and Quintayvious Hutchins combined for four sacks, two apiece in the Eagles win. DUDES! Cam……
CIAC Top 25 Poll: Week 10
The top of the poll is unchanged. We did some movement in the middle of this week’s poll with Bunnell and St. Joe’s both losing. Hard to believe we are entering the final week of the regular season. Here is this week’s poll. 1.Windsor (8-0): Handled Platt 42-3 in impressive fashion. Host Berlin on Friday night. 2. Hand (8-0): Tigers shut out Notre Dame West Haven 25-0. Host Xavier on Friday…….
Legendary Northbridge coach Ken Lachapelle wins Patriots’ Coach of the Week award
Image courtesy of the New England Patriots A historic week for legendary Northbridge head coach Ken Lachapelle got a little sweeter on Tuesday morning. The Rams beat Oxford 39-0 in a D7 first round game last Friday night, which also gave LaChappelle his 400th win. LaChapelle is the first coach in not only Massachusetts history, but New England history to reach that milestone. It comes in his 49th season as…
Bill O’Brien names Grayson James BC’s new starting quarterback
Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images CHESTNUT HILL – The Tommy Touchdowns Era may officially be over at Boston College. Castellanos was benched this past Saturday when he had just 14 yards through two-plus quarters with a turnover. On Sunday, Bill O’Brien officially told Castellanos and backup Grayson James – who started against Western Kentucky and won when Castellanos was injured – that he’ll be the starting QB when the Eagles face No….
Recapping Don Brown’s weekly UMass press conference as Minutemen prepare for final 3 games
By Ryan Barry NEFJ Staff After a bye week, UMass head coach Don Brown took to the podium at his opening week press conference on Monday following practice to discuss an upcoming home matchup against the Liberty Flames. The Minutemen have Liberty, Georgia and UConn remaining on the schedule. Brown’s opening thoughts “We’re coming off the bye with a good week of practice. In the bye week I like…