FITCHBURG — For his final bow, for his final time in that oversized blue jersey, Osiris Lopez put a neat bow on his career with quite possibly his finest interscholastic performance Thursday morning. Lopez bid adieu to the Twin Cities with a solid output, setting a state record with his 123rd career touchdown pass on […]
Fitchburg High
A special game for a special player
LEOMINSTER — Aaron Canterbury said it best, all while tears flowed behind his dark sunglasses as the celebration unfolded in the River Street end of sun-drenched historic Crocker Field Thursday morning: “He’s just such a great kid. Such a great kid. I’m going to miss him.” The “he” the longtime assistant to Devin Gates referred […]
Spotlight lands on cheer teams
Come Thanksgiving morning, there will be plenty of eyes fixed on the gridiron action between the lines at Crocker Field as storied rivals from Leominster High and Fitchburg High clash for the 145th time in their long football history. But to deny attention to what’s happening on the sidelines would be a mistake and, frankly, […]
Local teams eye Thanksgiving success
High school football gets a fair amount of attention throughout the fall. There’s but one game a week, making the contests appointment viewing. One win or one loss carries a lot of weight. Come the week of Thanksgiving, the spotlight shines directly and only on the gridiron action. All other fall sports have wrapped up […]
Leominster rolls in Chicken Bowl
FITCHBURG — With Osiris Lopez graduating this June and playing his last high school football game this Thursday morning on this very field, and seeing what he has done over the last four years, one would think that the Leominster football team may go on a downward path next fall. After all, lightning can’t strike […]
Second-half surge lifts Leominster
FITCHBURG — Leominster’s Malia Reyes and Dani Gates are both Sky View Middle School eighth graders, but don’t let their young ages fool you: nay, they are both experienced, hardened, big-game flag football players, having been part of a championship team that went out to Ohio this past summer. Bringing that type of play is […]
