AYER — The latest addition to the Ayer Shirley High School cafeteria isn’t a tasty new dish, it’s a hydroponic grower with multiple heads of lettuce inside, all earmarked for the school’s lunch menu. So, in a way, it amounts to the same thing. The hydro-grower, parked by the cafeteria kitchen, showcases a Civics project […]
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Football notebook: Blue Devils have a shot at title
While the MIAA drags its feet on adding girls flag football to its spring offerings, Leominster High is continuing to do what it has done since the start of the Patriots Girls High School Flag Football Program got underway: contend for titles. The top-seeded Leominster High 1 team will play for a Central/Western Mass. championship […]
Blue Knights get it done
FITCHBURG — The Lunenburg/Ayer-Shirley ice hockey team prides itself on being a team that’s tough to play against. The Blue Knights have depth. They have talent. They’ve got tenacious defense. An excellent goaltender. Above all else, they have a willingness to do whatever it takes to compete. So in a battle of unbeaten teams Monday, […]
Unified through hoops at North Middlesex
TOWNSEND — Superintendent Brad Morgan is pleased to report that North Middlesex Regional High School hosted a Unified Sports Basketball Jamboree with student-athletes from North Middlesex, Ayer-Shirley, Littleton and Groton-Dunstable high schools. On Tuesday, North Middlesex Regional High School hosted a Unified Sports Basketball Jamboree as part of the Unified Sports Basketball season, which runs […]
Local Notebook: Area programs eye postseason glory
6With the release of the MIAA’s field hockey and girls volleyball tournament pairings on Wednesday, several local programs will have a chance to vie for state championships. The top 32 teams in the MIAA’s power rankings qualified, regardless of record, as did teams finishing outside the top 32 with a record of .500 or better. […]
Local roundup: Leominster grinds out win on the road
It wasn’t as easy as some predicted, but the Leominster High football team kept rolling on Friday night. Up just two points at halftime, the Blue Devils put their road contest against Shrewsbury High away late, picking up a 30-12 victory. With the win, Leominster — which entered the night ninth in the MIAA’s Division […]
