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 […]
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Local roundup: Wolves hold on, advance past Burlington
The seventh-seeded Nashoba Regional boys lacrosse team had its hands full with No. 17 Burlington Tuesday night, but held on for a 9-8 victory in the Division 3 round of 16 in Bolton. Knotted at 6 at halftime, the Wolves (15-5) did just enough in the second half to pull out the victory. Zach Dahill […]
Local notes: Harlow, Hart cap solid careers at FSU
With the women’s basketball season at Fitchburg State coming to a close Tuesday night, the Falcons bid farewell to a handful of departing seniors, including a pair who have etched their names in the program record book. Guard/forward Rylie Harlow and forward Stephanie Hart both made a major impact on the court during their time […]
MIAA releases winter tourney pairings
With the release of the MIAA’s winter tournament pairings, several local programs will have a chance to vie for ice hockey and basketball state titles. The organization announced the initial pairings for both sports on Saturday, with a 24-hour period allowed for corrections. The pairings were based on the MIAA’s power rankings, which take into […]
Local roundup: Falcons blanked in tourney game
The Fitchburg State ice hockey team fell in the semifinals of the 59th annual Codfish Bowl at UMass Boston, losing 2-0 to Wisconsin Superior on Friday. Following a scoreless first period of play, Wisconsin Superior grabbed the lead 8:30 into the middle stanza as freshman Logan Nickerson settled a feed from classmates Alexey Yarmulnik and […]
Tournament roundup: Blue Knights rally, but fall short
The championship game of the annual Mark Bushnoe Tournament appeared to be pointed in the direction of a boring blowout Saturday evening at the Wallace Civic Center. Hudson had roared out to a 2-0 lead over Lunenburg/Ayer-Shirley in the first 15 minutes, adding a third goal just 38 seconds into the middle frame. It looked […]