• Turns out, there's more than one
    September 24, 2023
    Big news was made Saturday when Haley Van Voorhis took the field at safety for Shenandoah, but it turns out, Taylor Crout played at corner for Fitchburg State two weeks earlier, and WPI had a woman play wide receiver back in 2021.
  • Fitchburg State coach resigns
    October 14, 2022
    After a season and a half, and one win, Scott Sperone has stepped down as head football coach at Fitchburg State. An assistant coach will take over for the rest of the season.
  • WPI assistant to get head coaching job
    January 29, 2020
    Scott Sperone, the defensive coordinator at WPI, will get his first head coaching position, as he'll replace Jim McGuire at the helm of Fitchburg State.
  • McGuire out at Fitchburg State
    December 01, 2019
    Jim McGuire, who went from interim coach in February 2018 to having his interim tag removed in October 2018, left his job at the end of the 2019 season.
  • Springfield is winning the trenches, and its games
    September 12, 2017
    Recruited as linebackers, the Pride's offensive line isn't the biggest bunch around, but it is the perfectly suited to the speed of this system.
  • Expect to see a lot more Victory at Coast Guard
    September 06, 2016
    Derek Victory was a 5-foot-9 quarterback in high school. Nobody was clamoring for him to come to their campus and play football. But on Saturday, he eclipsed 5,000 career passing yards for Coast Guard.
  • 10 games to watch for 2016
    August 30, 2016
    Veteran Around the Northeast columnist Tom Haley showcases a new season full of marquee matchups and coaches vying to make it into the national spotlight. Here are his 10 games to keep a close eye on.
  • New England conferences team up for bowl series
    August 30, 2016
    The ECFC, MASCAC, NEFC and NEWMAC will be pulling out of the ECAC's postseason bowls and creating their own postseason game this season.
  • Trinity defense yet to yield a point in 2015
    October 12, 2015
    The next offensive score against the Bantams will be the first of 2015. Trinity (Conn.) has played three games without allowing an opposing offense to put up a point. More in Around the Northeast.
  • NCAA reverses course, says no bid for SAA, MASCAC
    October 31, 2014
    Contrary to the information it released a few weeks ago, the NCAA D-III football championships committee announced Friday that the Southern Athletic Association and Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference will not have automatic bids to the 2014 Division III football playoffs.
  • Fitchburg, Castleton having surprising success
    October 14, 2014
    If you had told people in the heat of August that Fitchburg State and Castleton State would be a combined 9-2 at this point, you would have gotten more strange looks than Endicott's Drew Frenette has touchdown passes this season. And he has 18 of those.
  • Framingham State Withstands Fitchburg State, 29-26
    September 19, 2014
    FITCHBURG, Mass. – Fitchburg State University was unable to come back from an 11-point halftime deficit, falling to Framingham State, 29-18, in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletics Conference (MASCAC) football contest on Friday night at Elliot Field.
  • Fitchburg State Upends Curry, 21-7
    September 12, 2014
    The Fitchburg State football team was in action this evening, defeating Curry College, 21-7 in non-conference action before a sold out crowd at Elliot Field.
  • Getting past the pain
    November 05, 2013
    Salve Regina coach Kevin Gilmartin saw his top running back Richie Edwards' passion for the game as he came back from a knee injury that put him on the shelf for much of 2012.
  • Becker Upends Fitchburg State In Season Opener, 13-3
    August 31, 2012
    The Fitchburg State football team opened the 2012 season on the road this evening, falling to the Hawks of Becker College, 13-3 in non-conference action at Alumni Field.
  • NEFC splits, will get two AQs
    February 09, 2012
    The New England Football Conference is splitting after the 2012 season, with the groups getting a second automatic bid after a two-year waiting period and taking one at-large bid away from the field.