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It isn’t often the Westfield High School football team needs to fill a head coaching vacancy. But with Jim DeSarno being promoted to athletic director after 18 years at the football helm, the 127-year-old program needed to make a change. It’s only fitting the 13th head coach in the storied program’s history would not only be one of DeSarno’s longtime …

John Angerer has been a Harbor Creek guy his entire life. From playing for longtime football coach Dan Budziszewski to coaching and teaching at Harbor Creek for more than two decades, it doesn’t get much more Harbor Creek than Angerer. On Thursday, he became the new head football coach of the Huskies. “When Troy (Budziszewski) was entertaining the idea of …

Jun. 13—COLUMBUS — Cam Thomas said his trip to Ohio State for a recruiting camp Thursday went well. Not that it couldn’t have gone better for the Lakota West linebacker. He did not walk away with a coveted scholarship offer, at least not immediately. “I think I did really good,” he said. “I felt loose, explosive, all that. I think …

Big 12 members are considering a first-of-its kind private equity investment to ensure the league’s long-term financial and competitive security, multiple sources tell CBS Sports. On the table is a possible cash infusion of $800 million to $1 billion from Luxembourg-based CVC Capital Partners in exchange for a 15% to 20% stake in the league, those sources said. A portion …

Wisconsin landed a commitment from top-ranked class of 2025 linebacker Mason Posa on Thursday evening. The top recruit chooses the Badgers over other finalists Oregon and Texas A&M. He becomes Wisconsin’s seventh addition to its class of 2025 since the beginning of June, joining OT Logan Powell, three-star OT Logan Davenport, three-star CB Rukeem Stroud, three-star CB Jahmare Washington, three-star TE Nizyi Davis …

MADISON – Mason Posa’s official visit to Wisconsin, which began on May 31, went better than anyone could have expected. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound linebacker from Albuquerque, New Mexico, left Madison almost certain he would choose UW. Posa made his decision official Thursday when he announced he had committed to UW for the 2025 class. His other two choices were Oregon …

Michigan State will be hosting one of the top linebackers from Ohio for an official visit this upcoming weekend. Grant Beerman of West Chester, Ohio will be taking an official visit to Michigan State on June 14. He confirmed the upcoming visit via his X account earlier this week. Beerman is a three-star prospect in the 2025 class. He ranks …

STATE COLLEGE − Penn State football nation wants to know when the White Out will be this fall. Coaches James Franklin hears the questions, feels the impatience. He said he does have some intel on a potential decision … at least at the moment … 2 1/2 months before the season starts … but won’t open up. “As you can …

Kansas State football continues to reap the recruiting benefits from a large group of visitors to Manhattan last weekend. The latest is defensive end Dalton Knapp, a three-star prospect from Fort Worth, Texas. Knapp is the third player to sign with the Wildcats since taking an official visit over the weekend, doubling K-State’s 2025 recruiting class to six total commitments …

RUMSON – Randy Kalman gets right to the point when he is asked what it is like to coach Ella Mason. “She’s the smartest football player I’ve ever coached, Kalman, the head coach for Rumson-Fair Haven’s girls flag football team, said about Mason, a senior quarterback. Thursday, at Borden Stadium, Mason led Rumson-Fair Haven to its second straight Shore Conference …

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, in a wood-paneled room on Capitol Hill, college leaders struck their biggest victory yet here. Five years into their fruitless lobbying effort for congressional legislation, a college athletics bill is now one step away from a vote from a full chamber of the United States Congress. Members of the House Committee on Education and the Work …

According to ESPN’s Bill Connelly (ESPN+), the 1974 Oklahoma Sooners are the 13th most influential college football team of all time. Connelly released the second half of his list of the 30 most influential college football teams on Thursday, unveiling teams ranked 1-15. The 1974 Sooners landed at No. 13. Of course, this team was coached by Barry Switzer, and …

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that Michigan and Ohio State are the two most successful and storied football programs in the Big Ten Conference. That point requires zero explanation. Where the conversation gets interesting, relative to the best all-time Big Ten football programs, is when we ask which school is third-best in the league. Right? …

USATSI Northwestern is reassigning athletic director Derrick Gragg to a new position that will oversee the athletic department’s strategy in the ever-shifting collegiate landscape, the university announced Thursday. Northwestern is actively searching for a new athletic director to replace Gragg.  As the Vice President for Athletic Strategy, Gragg will advise university president Michael Shill and his successor to the athletic …