With the Leominster High football home opener set for tonight, there’s already a well-deserved buzz being generated by the Blue Devils. Entering tonight’s contest with visiting Doherty Memorial at Doyle Field, Leominster is off to a 2-0 start and coming off an absolutely scintillating victory over Milford. It tough to make the Blue Devil faithful […]
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Leominster High coach named New England Patriots Coach of the Week
A dramatic win has led to a prestigious award. Last week, despite trailing late in the fourth quarter, the Leominster High School football team pulled out a thrilling 36-35 victory at Milford. The victory earned head coach Devin Gates the New England Patriots Coach of the Week Award. Leominster junior quarterback Osiris Lopez threw for […]
Nashoba struggles in loss to Grafton
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 […]
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 […]
