FITCHBURG — The great Eddie Olczyk said it best during the gold medal game on Sunday morning: you win your faceoffs, you can dictate the pace of play and attack. In ninth-seeded St. Bernard’s case, it didn’t have to win every faceoff. It only had to win just enough. The host Bernardians were unrelenting in […]
High School Sports
Diving into MIAA tournament pairings
The Fitchburg High School boys basketball team return to the postseason for the first time in three seasons to draw the 37th and final seed in the MIAA Division 2 state tournament Saturday, and will travel to Walpole High to take on the 28th seeded Timberwolves in the preliminaries on Wednesday evening. The winner of […]
Pairings for hockey, hoops released
Let the chase for high school championship glory begin. The MIAA released its ice hockey and basketball pairings Saturday, giving myriad programs dreams of hoisting hardware in the coming weeks. Locally, there’s no shortage of teams which qualified for the postseason in both boys and girls hockey and boys and girls basketball. Here’s a look […]
Leominster’s Randall honored for her work
LEOMINSTER — Leominster High School athletic trainer Amanda Randall loves her job and the Blue Devils athletic community loves her right back. Randall, in her second year in the role of athletic trainer, was honored by the Athletic Trainers of Massachusetts as one of nine trainers selected for the yearly Athletic Trainer of the Year Award […]
Local roundup: Blue Devils erupt in victory on ice
The Leominster girls hockey team put up some points on Wednesday afternoon. Bolstered by a three-goal first period, the Blue Devils (4-13-2) took control at the Wallace Civic Center and never looked back, topping visiting Marblehead, 3-1. Cordelia Rhodes potted a hat trick, while Sydney Belliveau added a goal and two assists. Brenna Gendron, Fran […]
Lunenburg surges to win over Chargers
LUNENBURG — It took a little bit to get going, but the Lunenburg girls basketball team put three players in double figures and pulled off a stunning second-quarter surge to help lift the Blue Knights to a 45-41 win over visiting Blackstone Millville Regional in a Clark Tournament consolation game at the Veterans Memorial Wednesday […]
