LEOMINSTER — In two games this season, the Leominster High girls basketball team have won both contests by a combined number that everyone has probably heard too much of lately — 67. After winning by 48 against Notre Dame Academy of Worcester last Thursday, the Blue Devils followed that up in their home opener on […]
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It’s official: Osiris Lopez sticks with Chanticleers
LEOMINSTER — When Tim Beck was relieved of his duties as head coach of the Coastal Carolina football team on Sunday, Osiris Lopez’s phone began blowing up. Texts and calls from friends, family and even recruiters poured in. The question was simple: Did Lopez have any desire to change his verbal commitment to the Chanticleers […]
Leominster tabs Smith to lead on court
LEOMINSTER — With the fall sports season now in the rearview mirror, attention turns towards the winter sports season beginning today. The Leominster girls basketball program will have a new voice at the head of the bench this winter. Ashley Smith will be taking over the Blue Devils program this winter, replacing Rusty Frederick, who […]
Leominster puts on a Thanksgiving show
FITCHBURG — For his final bow, for his final time in that oversized blue jersey, Osiris Lopez put a neat bow on his career with quite possibly his finest interscholastic performance Thursday morning. Lopez bid adieu to the Twin Cities with a solid output, setting a state record with his 123rd career touchdown pass on […]
A special game for a special player
LEOMINSTER — Aaron Canterbury said it best, all while tears flowed behind his dark sunglasses as the celebration unfolded in the River Street end of sun-drenched historic Crocker Field Thursday morning: “He’s just such a great kid. Such a great kid. I’m going to miss him.” The “he” the longtime assistant to Devin Gates referred […]
Second-half surge lifts Leominster
FITCHBURG — Leominster’s Malia Reyes and Dani Gates are both Sky View Middle School eighth graders, but don’t let their young ages fool you: nay, they are both experienced, hardened, big-game flag football players, having been part of a championship team that went out to Ohio this past summer. Bringing that type of play is […]
