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…
Montigo Moss has been a key to Maine’s resurgence
Photo by Seth Poplaski Back in June during Tom Brady’s Hall of Fame induction at Gillette Stadium, Randy Moss got an impromptu standing ovation that was one for the highlights of the night. It’s probably safe to assume that somewhere in the 40-ish thousand people that were in attendance that night, a few were from Maine and probably followers of Maine football. I mean, it’s Maine, I feel like if…
URI postseason hopes still in good shape despite loss to Delaware
Rhode Island is so close, yet still so far from adding ‘2024’ to a playoff banner that hasn’t had a number added to it since 1985. Following a 24-21 loss to Delaware this past Saturday, the Rams dropped to second place in the CAA with two games remaining. On Monday, URI remained firmly in the playoff picture, ranked 18th in the latest AFCA Coaches Poll at 8-2 and 5-1 in…