Keeping a secret can be hard sometimes, but keeping the same secret for a month and making sure your family does too? That’s excruciating. On Saturday afternoon with a national audience on a CBS Sports livestream watching and his teammates, family and friends sitting in the bleachers behind him inside St. John’s Prep’s beautiful field house, star safety Joenel Aguero finally got to reveal the decision he had known he…
Pirates Preview: Quad City Steamwheelers (9-7) at Massachusetts Pirates (11-5)
It’s playoff time! What happened in the regular season means nothing now. It’s the second season and the Pirates are about as healthy as they can be this time and ready to defend their IFL title. To do it, they will have to beat Quad City. The Pirates beat the Steamwheelers 36-25 on April 3rd in a back and forth game. So expect another tight game with more on the…
Recruiting: Loomis-Chaffee offensive tackle Olaus Alinen commits to Alabama
After a year of being one of the most heavily recruited offensive lineman in the nation, Loomis-Chaffee offensive tackle Olaus Alinen announced this morning that he is committing to the University of Alabama. https://twitter.com/alinen_olaus/status/1550468721365360641?s=21&t=P5E7lQztvrk-KDJaFCCBvA Alinen picked Alabama over Ohio State, Oregon, Georgia and Miami. Alinen had 45 total offers but narrowed it down to these five schools a few weeks ago. The native of Finland has only been in the…
Recruiting: New England will be the center of the recruiting universe this weekend with the Alinen, Aguero announcements
Images courtesy of 24/7 Sports New England is the recruiting center of the universe this weekend as Loomis Chaffee offensive tackle Olaus Alinen and St. John’s Prep athlete Joenel Aguero are set to commit to the schools of their choice. Alinen has narrowed down his choice to five schools. Ohio State, Alabama, Oregon, Georgia and Miami. Alabama is the rumored favorite to land Alinen. Alinen has 45 total offers which…
Recruiting: Jayden Bass realizes a lifelong dream by committing to Syracuse
Syracuse reeled in a big fish out of the New England pond last night when Springfield Central offensive lineman Jayden Bass committed to the Orangemen. https://twitter.com/jayden_bass/status/1549532821634654208?s=21&t=pCE3GbjuQ46UL0bY5tt-9w Bass held 20 offers total including offers from: Temple, UConn, UMass, Central Michigan, Buffalo, Akron, Eastern Michigan, Navy, Army, UNH and Maine. Ultimately, Bass settled on Syracuse after receiving an offer on June 5th and visiting the school on June 24th. According to Bass,…
Boston College: DeBerry looking to add leadership as defense aims to be best in the ACC
Photo: @BCFootball Josh DeBerry wasn’t going to mince words when sitting at the podium in North Carolina on Wednesday afternoon during the first of two ACC Media Days. The Eagles’ offense has been getting all the attention – rightfully so – but the BC defense believes it can be special too. “We’re looking to be the best defense in the conference, in the country this year in terms of every…
Boston College: Eagles unofficially kick off season with ACC Media Day
Photo: BC Football The BC football season still doesn’t start for just over a month officially, but Wednesday provided Eagles fans with a fix they were craving ahead of camp starting. The ACC and ACC Network kicked off its two days of media coverage and season previews down in North Carolina Wednesday with Atlantic Division players and coaches representing each school. The Coastal Division will go through the media “car…
Recruiting: Crusaders strong month in recruiting continues with commitments from Clerveaux and Warren
Bob Chesney and his staff have had a great month in recruiting. First they landed offensive lineman Bennett Nunnally out of All Saints Episcopal High in Fort Worth Texas and William Janis out of the Brunswick School in Connecticut. Both committed to the school in a two day span. The Crusaders followed that up this week by picking up commitments from former Everett and Williston running back Jayden Clerveaux and…
High School: Springfield Central to Host St. John’s College of Washington, DC. On September 24th
Never say that the Springfield Central football program is afraid of a challenge. For the second year in a row, the Golden Eagles have rocked the out-of-state scheduling world. On Monday, Central locked up a major opponent for the 2022 season when it connected with St. John’s College of Washington, DC. The game will take place at Central on Sept. 24. St. John’s previously had a commitment with a Canadian…
Patriots: Ranking the undrafted free agents and who has a shot at making the 53 man roster
The Patriots have had an undrafted free agent make the team in 18 straight seasons. Will this be the year one doesn’t make the team? We will see. There are currently five undrafted free agents on the training camp roster. We rank them in order of who we think is most likely to make the team. 1. Brendan Schooler, S, Texas: Schooler has good size at 6-1 205 and profiles…