Five players from the Fitchburg State field hockey team were placed on the MASCAC Field Hockey All-Conference team on Wednesday afternoon. Senior Olivia Narkevicius (Phillipston), classmate Samantha Yates (Woodstock, VT) and sophomore Isabella Corcoran (Braintree) were selected to the MASCAC field hockey All-Conference first team, while sophomores Kendall O’Brien (Townsend) and Nola Patty (Ashburnham) were […]
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Local roundup: Damien Jones honored for huge game
What a weekend for Damien Jones. The University of New England junior running back and Fitchburg native had a career day in a 47-30 loss at Curry. The former St. Bernard’s standout racked up career-highs with 267 rushing yards and four touchdowns. making some program history. Jones scored on runs of 12, 27, 47 and […]
Local roundup: Blue Devils win and advance
The Leominster High football team never looked rattled Friday night. Despite falling behind by a touchdown early, the eighth-seeded Blue Devils battled back and held off No. 9 Franklin, 42-21, at Doyle Field in the opening round of the Division 1 tournament. The Blue Devils advance to the Division 1 quarterfinals where they will face […]
Fitchburg hurt by turnovers in loss
FITCHBURG — Halloween was a week ago, and Thanksgiving in only three weeks away, but with the way Fitchburg gave the ball away to Maynard Friday night, it might as well have been Christmas. Poor giveaways on fumbles and bad snaps was the theme of the game for the Red and Gray’s second consecutive game, […]
Palermo powers Nashoba to win
BOLTON — Happy birthday, Gabby Palermo. The senior captain celebrated her 18th birthday on Wednesday with a hat trick to lead the Nashoba Regional field hockey team to a convincing 7-0 victory over visiting Notre Dame of Hingham under the lights at Nashoba Regional High School. With the win, the second-seeded Wolves (19-0-1) advance to […]
Local roundup: Falcons stunned by Rams in tourney
The cliché has been thrown out so many times, it causes eyes to roll. But there’s some truth to it. It’s tough to beat a team three times in one season. After rolling past sixth-seeded Framingham State twice in the regular season, the third-seeded Fitchburg State field hockey team had its season come to an […]
