Image courtesy of Holy Cross Athletics By Tony Catalina NEFJ Correspondent WORCESTER – An instant classic took place at Fitton Field on Saturday afternoon. In front of a packed crowd and against one of their biggest threats to a fourth straight Patriot League title, Bob Chesney and his Holy Cross Crusaders pull out trickery in overtime to win 53-52 over Fordham and elevate to 8-0 on the season. “A battle….
High School: Catholic Memorial rallies past Xaverian in classic, 41-34
WEST ROXBURY — Over the years, Catholic Memorial coach John DiBiaso has coached in some barnburners against Xaverian, including when he was leading Everett. On Saturday, his Knights rallied for a 41-34 win over Xaverian, in a game that should be included in that canon of classics. Overall, DiBiaso will just take the win, as the Knights start the Division 2 playoffs next week with a 7-0 record and 4-0…
Harvard Four Down Preview: Harvard Crimson (4-2) at Dartmouth Big Green (2-4)
Kickoff: Harvard and Dartmouth renew their rivalry today in Hanover, N.H. Both schools were picked as pre-season favorites to win the Ivy League but it hasn’t panned out as expected thus far. Despite that, this is a legitimate rivalry game so expect a physical, back and forth affair. Dartmouth has won the last three meetings. Four Downs 1st Down: Move on from last week: The Crimson need to move past…
Patriots: Our first look at the New York Jets
By Mason Sousa Wow. It can’t get more embarrassing than that. I was dead wrong in my preview of the Bears last week. I even feel like I should apologize for giving the Bears absolutely no shot to beat the Patriots never mind embarrass them on national television. Be that as it may, the Patriots are heading into Week 8 at 3-4 and looking up at the rest of the AFC East….
High School: South 44, Auburn 6; LaRose proves to be too much for the Rockets
By Tony Catalina NEFJ Correspondent AUBURN – As the regular season winds down in Massachusetts, South High will roll into the playoffs off a very impressive 44-6 victory over the Auburn Rockets on Friday night. The Colonels defense had four interceptions coupled while star running back Angelo LaRose added four rushing touchdowns. “We came out really slow and we didn’t execute early on defense” said Angelo LaRose. However LaRose was…
High School: North Attleboro sets physical tone in 24-14 win over King Philip
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH-King Philip has been one of the top programs in the state the last fifteen years because of their physical running game and great defense. On Friday night they got a taste of their medicine in a 24-14 loss to North Attleboro. The Red Rocketeers took a page out of the Warriors playbook by running the football, controlling the line of scrimmage and playing great defense. After the game,…
High School: NEFJ & Gold Athletics Game of the Week – Milton Academy 20, St. Sebastian’s 13
NEEDHAM – The message during Milton Academy warmups on Friday night was loud and clear. When you’re in the ISL, records don’t matter. Every week is a one game playoff and a new opportunity to make history. Players constantly reminded each other of that as the Mustangs went through their pregame preparations. St. Sebastian’s entered the matchup as the talk of the ISL. The unbeaten Arrows had given up just…
High School: Plymouth South takes down Scituate, wrapping up Patriot League title
By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Correspondent The old football adage “defense wins championships” was on full display Friday night in Scituate. With Plymouth South clinging to a seven point lead, Scituate possessed the ball deep inside their own territory. Facing a third and long, quarterback Jackson Belsan dropped back to pass and was intercepted by linebacker Gavin Schultz to seal a 28-21 Plymouth South win and a Patriot League championship along…
High School: Milford runs over Franklin, 43-24
FRANKLIN — You can do all the right things in practice to prepare for Milford’s ground attack. You can watch film, breaking down their habits. You can get in the right alignments, and maybe even throw one of your biggest skill kids on the scout team. But when it comes right down to it, there is almost nothing you can do to simulate what Milford does, which is rotate a…
High School: Milton rolls over Natick to finish regular season unbeaten
By Andrew Bluestein NEFJ Correspondent NATICK: In a non-league rivalry on Friday night, Milton traveled to Natick to take on the RedHawks in a rivalry game. Thanks in large part to the defense, the Wildcats wrapped up the season on a high note, finishing unbeaten at 7-0 with a 28-7 victory. The story of the game was the Wildcats forcing four turnovers – all interceptions by four different players –…