BROCKTON − Brockton High School officially has its next head football coach eight months after Jermaine Wiggins’ departure. A Brockton High graduate was named as the new head football coach.
Frederick Richard stuck a stunning landing in the biggest high-bar routine of his life. The 20-year-old Stoughton native made his mark at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
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Three leaders of Brockton Public Schools were placed on paid leave a year ago following the announcement of the school district’s multi-million dollar budget deficit from 2023. Those three leaders remain on paid administrative leave. How much have they earned?
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Brockton High School has named alumni Jailson Silva as the program’s next head football coach. The announcement became official Tuesday in a statement posted to Brockton Public Schools’ website. Brockton waited nearly eight months, and just over two weeks before tryouts begin on Aug. 16, to officially name a new head coach after former New England Patriots tight end and WEEI radio host Jermaine Wiggins resigned from the position in December after one season.
New head football coach at BHS: A familiar face: Brockton High graduate named new head football coach
It looks like Olympian and Massachusetts native Frederick Richard’s biggest fan may be the one who’s been cheering him on long before the Paris games: his dad. Richard, a native of Stoughton (Class of 2022), is competing in the Olympics on the U.S. men’s gymnastics team. His parents, Ann-Marie and Carl, were in the stands Monday as their son won bronze with his team. Carl Richard’s reaction to his son’s high bar routine went viral after he erupted emphatically at the 20-year-old’s successful landing.
Frederick Richards’s dad goes viral: ‘That’s my baby’ Frederick Richard’s dad goes viral for reactions to Olympics performance
Richard in men’s all-around final: Gymnast Frederick Richard of Massachusetts in men’s all-around final at 2024 Olympics
‘As cool as it gets”: ‘As cool as it gets’: What commentators said on Frederick Richard’s Olympic performance
Photos of Richard at Olympics: Gymnast Frederick Richard of Massachusetts competes in Men’s All Around in Paris 2024
For the first time in program history, Bridgewater American’s 12u Little League team can call itself state champions. Bridgewater outlasted Acton-Boxboro, 3-1, at Deyermond Park to earn the right to represent Massachusetts in the New England Regional tournament in Bristol, Connecticut. State champ has a nice ring to it, but after recording the final out, the players started realizing they’re about to experience something else that is pretty cool, too. “We’re going to be on ESPN,” Bryson Buker exclaimed with a big smile.
Bridgewater wins state crown: Bridgewater wins Massachusetts Little League state crown. Next up: Regionals
Bridgewater preps for state tournament: Bridgewater Little Leaguers prep for state tournament; New England bid up for grabs
Photos Bridgewater send-off: Bridgewater sends World Series-hopeful Little League team off to New England Regionals
Three leaders of Brockton Public Schools were placed on paid leave a year ago following the announcement of the school district’s multi-million dollar budget deficit from 2023. Those three leaders remain on paid administrative leave one year later, school district officials confirmed. According to 2023 salary data, the three leaders earn a combined salary of approximately $741,000 annually.
School administrators on paid leave: Three school administrators remain on paid leave one year later. How much have they earned?
Police say they arrested a man wanted for a recent Brockton murder as he tried to flee the country at Logan Airport. Te Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office says State Police detectives assigned to their office arrested Marcus Miranda, 20, and charged him with murder and other gun offenses on Monday evening. Marcus was wanted in the fatal shooting of Romualdy Pierre-Charles, 22, of Brockton, at his home at 27 Vesey St. on July 24, the DA’s office said.
Police arrest man wanted for murder: DA: Police arrest man wanted for Brockton murder as he tried to flee country
Man killed in shooting: Brockton man, 22, killed in shooting on Vesey Street
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