LEOMINSTER —The Leominster girls basketball team battled against the very best on Wednesday evening. The Blue Devils welcomed the two-time defending Division 4 state champion Cathedral High to Granite Street for an early season showdown. Leominster hung tough for 32 minutes, going toe-to-toe with the champs, but in the end the Panthers proved to be […]
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Local roundup: Falcons blanked in tourney game
The Fitchburg State ice hockey team fell in the semifinals of the 59th annual Codfish Bowl at UMass Boston, losing 2-0 to Wisconsin Superior on Friday. Following a scoreless first period of play, Wisconsin Superior grabbed the lead 8:30 into the middle stanza as freshman Logan Nickerson settled a feed from classmates Alexey Yarmulnik and […]
Local roundup: Blue Devils fall to Andover
The new year got off to a rough start for the Leominster High girls hockey team, which suffered a 4-2 loss to Andover at the Wallace Civic Center on Thursday evening. Alyssa Allan and Brenna Gendron each lit the lamp for the Blue Devils, who fall to 3-4. College football Jones earns big honor: University […]
Local roundup: Spartans roll to win at home
The Oakmont Regional ice hockey team rolled to a 7-1 victory over Minuteman Tech Monday at Cushing Academy’s Iorio Arena. With the win, the Spartans reach .500 on the season at 3-3. Oakmont returns to action Saturday, welcoming Chicopee to Ashburnham for a non-conference game at 1 p.m. Lunenburg/Ayer-Shirley 2, Worcester 1: Dylan Sprague (assist) […]
Tournament roundup: Blue Knights rally, but fall short
The championship game of the annual Mark Bushnoe Tournament appeared to be pointed in the direction of a boring blowout Saturday evening at the Wallace Civic Center. Hudson had roared out to a 2-0 lead over Lunenburg/Ayer-Shirley in the first 15 minutes, adding a third goal just 38 seconds into the middle frame. It looked […]
Local roundup: Leominster impresses at Bossi tourney
A barometer of a grappler’s caliber, the George Bossi Holiday Wrestling Tournament has long been considered one of the toughest events to win at. Just being competitive against many of the state’s best and brightest wrestlers can be considered a victory at the Bossi Tournament, so when Leominster High sent three grapplers to the podium […]