Los Angeles Angels left-hander Packy Naughton, a native of West Roxbury, Mass., made his Major League debut on August 8 at Dodger Stadium, tossing one inning of relief, yielding one run on two hits. That was enough for the Boston Latin alumnus to stick in the majors, and three of his six remaining … [Read more...]
D3 insider: Kosta Drosidis, Anna Maria poised for next step in GNAC
Dan Briand knows where his Anna Maria College program stands in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference pecking order. “When you get into that championship setting, it’s usually going to be Johnson & Wales or Saint Joseph’s (of Maine),” said Briand, whose AMCATS went 18-10 overall and 9-3 in GNAC … [Read more...]
Dylan Bedder, Ian Battipaglia have teams poised for runs in Northeast-10
Jerod Edmondson’s first two seasons as the head coach at St. Anselm College have been anything but ordinary. The Hawks won six of their 12 games before the COVID-19 pandemic stopped play in 2020, matching the team’s win total from a full 2019. Last spring included the team’s first Northeast-10 … [Read more...]
D1 power rankings: Preseason top 10 among New England programs
Four D1 New England schools earned conference championship titles last spring, earning opportunities to represent the Northeast on the “Road To Omaha” in NCAA tournament play. The loss of the Ivy League season and a conference-only schedule for one of the region’s best teams didn’t lessen the number … [Read more...]
State of the program: Brown looks strong on the mound, up the middle
When Grant Achilles finally returned to the field with his Brown squad this past fall, he wasn’t quite sure what to expect. The Bears weren’t alone in that regard as the entire Ivy League is springing into game action for the first time since March of 2020, but the eighth-year head coach had some … [Read more...]
State of the program: Harvard returns from two-year hiatus with firepower
With the month of February nearing, Harvard coach Bill Decker (Greenfield, Mass.) and his Ivy League colleagues are grooming their teams for the 2022 season with a level of excitement that hasn’t been reached in years. Since the Crimson won the last Ancient Eight title played in 2019, the COVID-19 … [Read more...]