LEOMINSTER — The bus ride home from Westwood two weeks was surely tough for Leominster High junior quarterback Osiris Lopez and the rest of the Blue Devils. The loss came two rounds from the promised land of Gillette Stadium, but Lopez didn’t want to rest on his laurels. Instead, they flipped the switch to Fitchburg […]
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Blue Devils feast on Thanksgiving Day
LEOMINSTER — They made it look so easy, and then some. Host Leominster had no problems executing against archrival Fitchburg’s defense, scoring at will and putting the 144th meeting between the two schools to bed rather swiftly as the Blue Devils romped to a 46-7 win over the Red Raiders at Historic Doyle Field Thursday […]
Deep roots on both sides of rivalry
FITCHBURG — John Jeffrey, 71, of Fitchburg is proud supporter of anything Fitchburg High, particularly its football and basketball teams. Jeffrey is a proud FHS graduate, Class of 1971, who played on Hall of Fame coach Doug Grutchfield’s first basketball team in 1970-71, considers legendary FHS Hall of Fame running back Barry MacLean a close, […]
Leominster runs to win over Fitchburg
FITCHBURG — Suffice it to say, Leominster running backs Jack Parisi and Masyn Chester gave great arguments as to why they should get snaps at running back next fall — heck, maybe even a few this Thursday morning — with their rushing performances against Fitchburg in the annual junior varsity Chicken Bowl at Historic Crocker […]
A New Tradition: Flag football round 1 goes to Blue Devils
FITCHBURG — A thoroughly dominating performance by the Leominster girls flag football team, and by all-league senior quarterback Jaliany “Jally” Santiago. Santiago had herself a morning and a half for the Blue Devils, throwing for 250 yards and six TDs, four of which to all-league receiver Hailey Jimenez. She also had an interception, then caught […]
Plenty of gridiron treats to feast on
Were the week leading up to Thanksgiving football a holiday meal, the appetizers would already be making their rounds. The build to Thursday’s annual gridiron clashes got underway last night with junior varsity action in Lunenburg, as the host Blue Knights hosted Oakmont Regional. The St. Bernard’s JV squad welcomed St. Paul to the Bernardian […]
