Coach Verria's Blog

Coach Joe Verria

To all our supporters of Bears Football, thank you for staying involved with the program. The purpose of my blog and the site is to keep you informed of upcoming events, Bears football news, and give you a place to connect with teammates, coaches, and other supporters. Shortly we will have a search feature whereby you will be able to find former teammates or others connected to Bears football. Looking to reconnect with an old teammate or coach – you will find it here.
Thanks, Joe


Game Recaps Plus Crimson Pride Challenge info

November 4, 2025

As you may be aware, we have had two nice wins in the last two weeks against Dean College and UMass Dartmouth. We hope to have turned a corner on the season, and I want to thank all of you for your support at Homecoming. The crowd was one of the biggest I can remember. […]

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Bye Week Update

October 14, 2025

Hi Guys, For those of you who have been following our season, thanks for the support. I am writing this during our bye week and preparing for our Homecoming game next Saturday, October 18, against Dean College. As many of you who have watched our games know, we have had a rough start to the […]

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Looking Forward to a Great Season

September 10, 2025

Hello Guys, Hope you are all doing well and looking forward to our first Home Game Tent honoring Coach Mazzaferro this Saturday at 2:30 PM. We are looking forward to a great season despite our loss to Curry College on Friday night. You can see game highlights here. We started camp with 118 kids, and […]

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Thank you for all your support this season

October 25, 2024

Hi Guys, Hope everyone is doing well. I am sorry I have not talked to you in a while. First, I want to thank you for all your support during this season. As you are aware, it has not gone as hoped, and we are definitely feeling the loss of some very good players. After […]

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Final in-season wrap up for the 2023 season

November 16, 2023

Hi Guys, Reluctantly, this is my final in-season wrap up for the 2023 season. As most of you know, we defeated Mass Maritime 48-6 for a big win in our 44th Cranberry Bowl at Clean Harbors Stadium on a beautiful day for Football. Our team played very well, led by Cranberry Bowl MVP James Cahoon, […]

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Crimson Pride fundraising update & Cranberry Bowl

November 9, 2023

Hi Guys, This week we played at Framingham State University and came away with a 21-7 win for our 6th conference victory of the season. This was probably one of best team wins of the season against a rival school who has been tough to beat. Offensively Adam Couch ran very hard behind an Offensive […]

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An update on Bears football and our fundraiser

November 3, 2023

Hi Guys, This past Saturday we played a very good UMass Dartmouth team and lost 34-14 at Home. For those of you that attended the game in person or watched it on your computer, thank you for the support. Despite UMD’s size and speed our kids fought very hard and rallied back from a 20-0 […]

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Thanks for supporting us at Homecoming

October 25, 2023

Hi guys, Great to see you all at Homecoming and thanks for weathering the storm (literally) and ALWAYS GIVING US THE SUPPORT. After coming off a perfectly timed and much-needed Bye week we were able to beat a tough Westfield team at Mazzaferro Field. With the weather making it very tough to throw, our OC […]

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Recent wins and looking ahead to homecoming

October 17, 2023

Hello Bears Alumni, Hope you are all doing well. Since my last update, we have won our last 2 games over an improved Fitchburg team and a Friday night win at Worcester State, putting us 4-0 in the conference with 4 very tough games left on the schedule (Westfield, UMD, Framingham, and MMA Cranberry Bowl). […]

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Team update and upcoming games

September 27, 2023

Hello BSU Bear Alumni, Hope everyone is doing well. It was great to see many of you at Coach Mazz’s dedication, truly an excellent turnout for a wonderful event. After a slow start, we have put together 2 big wins for a 2-0 Conference record. We started the season with a tough loss to a […]

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