BOLTON — The freight train that is the Nashoba Regional field hockey team just keeps chugging down the track. The Wolves have dominated the opposition all season long with a deadly offensive attack and a stingy defense. In the first nine games of the season, all victories, head coach Jaime Mariani and her Nashoba squad […]
High School Sports
Local roundup: Falcons soar to win over Anna Maria
The Fitchburg State field hockey team rolled to a 3-0 win over Anna Maria on the road in MASCAC action on Tuesday evening. Fitchburg State opened the scoring 2:35 into the first quarter as senior Sophia Yates (Woodstock, VT) settled a feed from sophomore Ashley Willey (Halfmoon, NY) and deposited a shot into the left […]
Bulldogs avenge lone loss on court
FITCHBURG — The Monty Tech girls volleyball team was looking for a little revenge on Monday afternoon. With Burncoat — a league opponent in the new Central Massachusetts Athletic Conference B division in town — the Bulldogs were looking to avenge their only loss of the season. Monty Tech played like a team on a […]
Local roundup: Lavela nets goal to lift Falcons
The Fitchburg State men’s soccer team returned home from Weston with a victory in tow Monday, having blanked host Regis, 1-0, in non-conference action. After a scoreless first half, during which the Falcons (2-6-1) outshot the Pride 6-3, Fitchburg State finally scored the only goal of the game in the 51st minute. Freshman Joseph Lavela […]
Commentary: Red Raider girls continue to step up
All throughout my formative years and adolescence, I had heard a number of adults constantly dismiss the accolades and achievements of the Fitchburg High School girls’ athletic teams for no real reason whatsoever. “Bah, girls’ sports! They stink! Bah, girls’ sports! They aren’t competitive! Bah, girls’ sports, I’d rather watch paint dry (or grass grow, […]
Blue Knights roll to win over Red Raiders
LUNENBURG — As soon as the 2025 schedule for Fitchburg High football came out before the summer recently passed, the eyes of many easily saw the Red Raiders’ Week Three opponents, and those eyebrows went crooked. How would Fitchburg do against a team it had never played before? Given the way the Red and Gray […]
