Seven Fitchburg State student-athletes have been recognized for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2025 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Fall Sportsmanship Team on Thursday. The MASCAC Sportsmanship Team is intended to recognize one student-athlete from each team, in every sport that best demonstrates the values of the MASCAC and its Sportsmanship Statement, […]
College Sports
Local roundup: Lunenburg topples St. B’s
If one is good, two is better. One day after the Lunenburg High boys basketball team claimed a Bud Tackett Legacy Tournament title, the Blue Knight girls had a chance to do the same. Lunenburg took care of business on its home floor Monday night, topping St. Bernard’s, 38-27, for the Bud Tackett Legacy Tournament […]
College notes: Awards pile up for Vera
Gael Vera might want to invest in a trophy case. Fresh off a spectacular sophomore soccer season at Wheaton College, the accolades are beginning to pile up for the former Oakmont Regional star. Vera, of Westminster, was the New England Women’s & Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Men’s Soccer Athlete of the Year following his second […]
Softball mainstay Dick Hurley laid to rest
One of the region’s most prolific softball coaches was laid to rest on Wednesday. Richard “Dick” Hurley, a Fitchburg High graduate and longtime Leominster resident, died after a brief illness on July 7 at the age of 75, with his burial mass taking place on Wednesday morning. Hurley was a giant in the world off […]
MacPherson headed to MASCAC Hall of Fame
Among the 10 members 2025 Hall of Fame Class for the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) 2025 Hall of Fame Class is a face very familiar to those at Fitchburg State University. Malcolm MacPherson, who guided the Falcons’ men’s soccer team on the pitch for many years and served as an assistant coach on […]
Trahan co-files bicameral bill to strengthen Title IX
U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan joined a group of congressional Democrats this week in refiling a bill aimed at strengthening Title IX protections for K-12 and college athletes.
