SOMERSET — Coach Jeff Urban needed some “Friday night bodies” on his offensive line this past football season. In stepped Ben Elchin. The versatile Somerset Area High School athlete, who began his varsity career as a quarterback, eventually moving to offensive line, where he excelled in 2024. He helped the Golden Eagles capture a District 5-8-9 Class 3A subregional championship. …

Texas Tech football general manager James Blanchard, an original member of Tech coach Joey McGuire’s staff, has emerged as the top target for Notre Dame to fill its new GM position, national college football writers reported Wednesday. Reporters for On3, CBS Sports/247Sports and Dave Campbell’s Texas Football all indicated Notre Dame, runner-up in the just-completed College Football Playoff, has zeroed …

Hammonton High School will save money on monograms. Earlier this month, the Hammonton Board of Education approved the hiring of Pat Lancetta as its head football coach. Lancetta can reach into his closet for gear from his days as an assistant coach from 1989-to-2002 at the school under former Blue Devils’ coach Pete Lancetta, his brother. Pete is currently the …

Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders gestures after a touchdown against Texas Tech in a Big 12 football game Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, at Jones AT&T Stadium. The weeks of practice have begun for the East West Shrine Bowl. Soon to follow will be the Senior Bowl. There could be some movement on the board based on what happens in those games and …