As college football coaches come to Greater Akron next week to check on potential recruits, the Beacon Journal thought it would be a good idea to see what’s going on as well. Six area teams made the regional semifinals (round of 16) or better last season and we wondered exactly where those teams sit heading into 2025. Although no one …

Field Level Media Austin Peay confirmed the death of senior defensive back William Hardrick. He was 22. Hardrick passed away Tuesday, but no cause of death or other details were immediately available. “William Hardrick was an exceptional young man, and our team is heartbroken by his loss,” head coach Jeff Faris said in a news release. “He made everyone around …

The 2025 Egg Bowl between Mississippi State football and Ole Miss will be played on Black Friday again, according to announcements by both programs. Kickoff at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Nov. 28. The TV channel has not yet been announced. It will be the second season in a row that the Rebels and …

Yankees prospect Spencer Jones talks torpedo bats, plate consistency Spencer Jones, the Yankees’ No. 6 prospect according to Baseball America, will be the big name to watch in Somerset to begin the 2025 season. Courtesy of Somerset Patriots Once again, St. Thomas Aquinas has a new football coach. The school announced Thursday afternoon that it hired Shamir Bearfield to lead …

Texas A&M’s 2025 football will start and end with starting quarterback Marcel Reed’s performance, as he enters the 2025 season as the full-time starter after rotating with Conner Weigman during the 2024 season. Despite Reed’s four-star recruiting prowess and dual-threat running ability, Aggie fans are split on his ability to lead the offense due to his lack of consistency in …

With spring football practice and the NCAA spring transfer portal window in the rearview mirror, we’ve reached a (mostly) quiet part of the college football offseason. Teams will return after their post-spring ball break for summer workouts, and then fall camp and media days will be here before we know it. The spring was a very busy time for the …

May 8—In most official visits, a recruit and a coach will sit down and watch film. Some sessions are more thorough, making said time the focal point of the visit. Others aren't. It all depends on the coach, program and player. In UConn transfer quarterback Cole Welliver's case, he spent about 10 minutes of his official visit to New Mexico …

Eastern Greene is banking on Shawn Nikirk. The T-Birds have tapped the former Bedford North Lawrence All-State receiver and former Stars assistant coach for 10 years to take over its football program. It will be the first head coaching job for the 49-year-old father of three who handles mortgages for Fifth Third Bank in Bloomington. Nikirk is back on the …

LAKELAND — When fans last saw Lakeland on the football field, its offense was sputtering its way to the state championship game where it came up empty in a 34-0 loss to Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas. As the Dreadnaught work their way through spring practice, one of the goals is to retool the offense and meld the newcomers on …

PULLMAN – Washington State isn’t done building depth at the most important position on the field. The Cougars signed Pittsburgh transfer quarterback Julian Dugger on Thursday, the program announced, for their second quarterback transfer in two days. Dugger redshirted his true freshman year last fall, playing in one game, giving him four years of eligibility with WSU. Listed at 6-foot-3 …

MURFREESBORO − Will Hester launched Ravenwood’s girls flag football program four years ago, leading the Raptors to back-to-back Williamson County championships before passing the reigns, and high expectations, to Ricky Rodriguez, then an assistant with Ravenwood football. Now in his second year at the helm of the flag football program, Rodriguez took that success Hester started, and took it to …

INDIANAPOLIS — FCS teams would be allowed to play 12 regular-season games every year under a Division I Football Championship Subdivision Oversight Committee recommendation. The NCAA announced Tuesday the one-game extension would go into effect in 2026 if the Division I Council gives its approval during its June 24-25 meeting. Current legislation permits 12 regular-season games in years when there …

It is still early, but a trend — maybe a trend-lite — seems to be emerging for Utah State under new head coach Bronco Mendenhall. What is it? The transfer of former BYU Cougars to USU. Since Mendenhall took over the Aggies program in December, Utah State has added a lot of new faces. Forty-plus as of early May, one …

Dramatic changes in college sports have drawn the attention of the White House, and two prominent men from the world of college football are set to co-chair President Donald Trump’s commission on college athletics—an effort to get the train back on the tracks amid mounting issues in the collegiate model. It’s too early to know how former Alabama coach Nick …

With spring practices and transfer portal shuffling more or less complete, outlets around the country are updating their top 25 rankings. ESPN unveiled its post-spring way-too-early top 25 rankings on Thursday. ESPN’s Mark Schlabach left the Hawkeyes outside his post-spring top 25 rankings. Schlabach did rank Big Ten foe Penn State as the No. 1 team nationally exiting the spring. …