2016 Football News
Tom Kelley is one of only a handful of college football coaches who also don the hat of athletic director. It’s never easy. It makes for long days into night. Kelley doesn’t have to just focus on his team — he has to oversee 11 other teams.
It is a family tradition. From both of his grandfathers to his father and now him, Mike Kelley of Massachusetts Maritime, can’t remember a childhood memory that didn’t involve sports. As the baseball coach and assistant football coach for the Buccaneers, Kelley continues a family history steeped in athletics.
A total of 690 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Fall 2016 All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann.
Massachusetts Maritime senior linebacker Marshall McCarthy is one of 81 national finalists from across three divisions of play for the 2016 Cliff Harris Award presented to the nation’s top small college defensive player. The announcement was made over the weekend by the Little Rock (Ark.) Touchdown Club, which will name the recipient of this year’s prestigious honor on Christmas Eve.
A lot of great football players have come through Mass Maritime Academy. On the defensive side of the ball, Marshall McCarthy might be one of the best ever. The 2013 graduate of Duxbury High just concluded his final season at the academy, where he earned Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors after recording 108 tackles in nine games, ranking 12th nationally in Division 3.
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth senior Pat Sullivan became the second All-American in Corsair football program history on Monday, as he was named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III Coaches’ All-America Second Team as an offensive lineman. In the first year that the AFCA has selected a Second Team since 1945, Sullivan becomes one of just 50 Division III football players nationally to earn the prestigious honor.
Elvis Romero of Bridgewater State, Stephen Beahn of Framingham State, Marshall McCarthy of Massachusetts Maritime and Pat Sullivan of UMass Dartmouth have been named to the 2016 D3Football.com All-East Region.
After transferring from Stonehill two years ago, senior linebacker Marshall McCarthy of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy football team didn't know what was in store for him.
Check out a full recap of all the exciting events of the 2016 MASCAC Fall Championships from cross country, field hockey, football, soccer and volleyball.
Marshall McCarthy, who graduated from Duxbury High in 2013, was an integral member of the Dragons’ most recent state champion football team. In 2011, Duxbury cruised to a 35-0 win over Tewksbury in the EMass Division 2 final, and ever since that day the Dragons have been clawing their way closer to another championship.
Elvis Romero of Bridgewater State, Campbell Marchant of Framingham State, Marshall McCarthy of Massachusetts Maritime, Zach Ziemba of Plymouth State and Pat Sullivan of UMass Dartmouth have been named to the 2016 New England Football Writers Association Division II-III All-New England team.
46 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been recognized for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2016 Fall Sportsmanship Team.
Framingham State's Adam Wojenski, Bridgewater State's Stephen Jacobs, Joe Savignano earn the final MASCAC Football Offensive, Rookie, Defensive and Special Teams Player of the Week accolades.
The Bridgewater State University football team dropped a 33-27 overtime decision to #15 Alfred University in the opening round of the 2016 NCAA Division III Tournament.
The Framingham State University defense stopped Salve Regina University on four straight plays inside the ten in the final two minutes as the Rams defeated the Seahawks 37-34 in the Inaugural New England Bowl. The Rams close the season at 8-3, while the Seahawks are 8-2.
The Framingham State University football careers of two running backs from Brockton will conclude Saturday afternoon in the first New England Bowl.
