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 […]
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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 […]
North Middlesex cruises to win
TOWNSEND — The North Middlesex Regional girls soccer team’s postseason run got off to a blazing start on Monday evening. The No. 23 Patriots welcomed No. 42 East Boston to Route 119 for Preliminary Round action of the Division 3 tournament. The host Patriots had little trouble as they took down the Jets by a […]
Local roundup: Historic season ends for Fitchburg
The Fitchburg High girls soccer team saw its historic season come to an end Monday afternoon, falling to Dighton-Rehoboth, 2-1, in a Division 3 preliminary round game in Rehoboth. Down 1-0 at the halftime break, the 35th-seeded Red Raiders battled back in a Division 3 prelim, with freshman Lyla Kherallah knotting the score early in […]
