Erin McNamara scored 26 points to lead the St. Bernard’s girls’ basketball team to a 49-13 win over visiting Monty Tech Friday night in the Bud Tacket Memorial Tournament at the Activity Center. St. Bernard’s (1-0) will host Lunenburg on Sunday evening in the tournament championship. Monty Tech (0-1) was led by Kylie Neseran’s seven […]
High School Sports
Leominster’s offense came out swinging in rivalry tilt
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 […]
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 […]
Cassella, Gaels run past Nashoba
CLINTON — The Clinton football team proved too be too much for visiting Nashoba Regional on Thursday morning as the Gaels cruised to a 42-7 victory in the Cataldi/Tucker Thanksgiving Classic at the Clinton Veterans Athletic Complex. Clinton wraps up its season with a 9-3 overall record and has now won back-to-back Thanksgiving battles with […]
Bulldogs put scare into Vikings
FITCHBURG — Like it has all year long, the Monty Tech football team went down fighting on Wednesday evening. The host Bulldogs dug themselves a 20-point hole before rallying back to take the lead in the third quarter. Unfortunately for Bulldog fans, this story doesn’t have a happy ending as visiting Nashoba Valley Tech reclaimed […]
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, […]
