BOLTON — A week after suffering a season-opening 19-7 loss to Algonquin Regional, the Nashoba Regional football team was hoping that some home cooking would be the recipe to pick up its first win of the season on Friday night in Bolton. Unfortunately, the host Wolves welcomed a Grafton team that had 22 seniors as […]
high school football
Bernardians cut down in opener
FITCHBURG — Opening the season against a buzzsaw resulted in a loss for the St. Bernard’s football team, but there were lessons to be taken away from defeat at the hands of Blackstone Valley Tech. The Bernardians looked the part of a team trying to find their feet against a veteran BVT side, dropping a […]
Red Raiders aim to move forward on gridiron
FITCHBURG — It shouldn’t be unexpected, but there is a different kind of energy emanating from the corner of Circle and Broad this fall as opposed to what happened with the 2023 edition. The difference this year? It’s a lot. The leadership that lacked last year (0-11, if anyone needed reminding) has returned. The senior […]
After upgrades, Crocker Field set to shine
As Bob Dylan so astutely surmised way back in 1964, the times, they are a-changin’. Some 60 years later, that’s undeniably true at Crocker Field. A gem of interscholastic competition in the city since it opened in 1918, the home of Fitchburg High football has undergone a serious transformation leading up to the 2024 fall […]
Leominster’s Lopez eager to succeed
The story of Osiris Lopez’s high school career to this point is a captivating one. He burst onto the Central Mass. scene in 2022 with a sensational freshman campaign for Leominster High, putting up big numbers while surrounded by a star-studded and experienced cast. And while his stats fell last season with the graduation of […]
Football schedules
It all kicks off this week. High school football teams have gone through camps, cuts, practices and scrimmages and most programs get the 2024 season underway this Friday. The weekly action goes on for a couple months, with teams vying for playoff spots or eyeing big Thanksgiving rivalry games to close things out. From Leominster’s […]
