After Jordan Murphy resigned as the North Middlesex Regional High School football coach so he could spend more time with his growing family, the school’s athletic director, Ryan DeMar, didn’t have to look far to find his replacement. Assistant coach Jason Rivers, who has over 20 years of coaching experience at four varsity programs, has been announced as the new guy in charge. “We formed a committee and went through the interview process with the candidates, and we just feel like coach Rivers is the best person to build off what we have now but also bring new excitement, which […]
High School Sports
Lunenburg scores early and often in win
LEOMINSTER – The Lunenburg 13–15 year-old baseball team plated seven runs in the first inning and never looked back as it cruised to a 16-8 victory over Ash/West in Central Massachusetts Baseball action on Monday evening at McLaughlin Park. Lunenburg is now 14-1 while Ash/West falls to 1-10-1. Gabe Wright reached base four times and […]
Noah Gray gets back to his roots
A two-time Super Bowl champion as a tight end with the Kansas City Chiefs, Noah Gray returned to his high school stomping grounds on Saturday. The Leominster High grad was back at Doyle Field for his annual instructional clinic, lending his wisdom to youth and high school football players. Photographer Alan Arsenault was at the […]
Massachusetts girls flag football soars to new heights
BOSTON — What started as a small initiative by the New England Patriots has quickly turned into a statewide phenomenon.
Football notebook: Blue Devils have a shot at title
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 […]
Leominster falls to Braintree in tourney
The Leominster High baseball team saw its season come to a close in the Division 1 tournament, falling to Braintree, 4-1, in the round of 16 Thursday evening. The 24th-seeded Blue Devils finish the season with a 12-9 record. Braintree — the tournament’s eighth seed — advances to face the winner of Thursday night’s game […]