BROCKTON — As Brendan Hall of ESPN Boston used to say, the Brockton and St. John’s of Shrewsbury scrimmage is the annual unofficial start of the MIAA high school football season. So, by that metric, welcome to 2024. St. John’s drove from Central Mass. down to Brockton, and the two did battle, getting the rust out and hitting someone else for the first time this season. For much of what……
It has been quite the process, but Brockton made it official Saturday. The Boxers have hired Jailson Silva as their next coach. Silva takes over for Jermaine Wiggins, who was the coach last year, in what became a controversial hire. Silva was an assistant on Wiggins’ staff, then was chosen as his successor. However, an individual contested Silva’s hire, and then the union contested that move on behalf of the……
A big transfer to the ISL was announced this week over Twitter. Jayden Campbell, who started at Brockton this past season as a freshman, announced that he will be transferring to Lawrence Academy, and reclassifying to the class of 2028. This is big news for both programs. For Lawrence, it means the Spartans have their heir apparent for Michael Landolfi. Landolfi was an all-league player who will be attending Boston……
Since his dismissal as the coach of Brockton High, it has been radio silence from Jermaine Wiggins. Until now. On WEEI, Wiggins spoke for the first time about leaving Brockton. Although he did not go too much in depth, Wiggins spoke about the school wanting a union member to be coach of the team. After a WEEI caller broached the subject, this is what Wiggins said. “No, coming in, it……
Almost as soon as it began, the Jermaine Wiggins Era at Brockton High has come to a close. Wiggins, tagged in the spring to succeed coach Peter Colombo, has resigned after one season leading the Boxers. The Boxers went 3-8 in Wiggins’ only season, a year after the team went 9-2. This fall’s team started 1-5, and had blowout losses to Barnstable, Andover, and Pinkerton Academy (NH). Word began to……
Although we covered a lot of ground this weekend, there were still some results that slipped between the cracks. Here are some games that we wanted to take another look at. Here are the five: Agawam 38, Amherst 20 — Agawam came into this game with three losses, but to good teams: Westfield, West Springfield, and Wahconah. Amherst was unbeaten, so this serves as a mild upset. Both of these……
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On Wednesday night, Cam Monteiro revealed his college decision, which he made earlier in the week. The Brockton wide receiver announced his verbal commitment to Pittsburgh, which is increasingly getting more and more active in Massachusetts recruiting. We learned earlier in the week that Monteiro made his intentions known to coach Pat Narduzzi and the Panthers’ staff. Then, Wednesday at Brockton High’s gym, Monteiro made his pledge public. The commitment…
