Two baseball players from Leominster walk into Delta Dental Stadium… While it sounds like the start of a really bad joke, it’s actually what’s set to happen this weekend in minor league baseball. When the Binghamton Rumble Ponies visit the New Hampshire Fisher Cats Friday evening to start a three-game set, two ballplayers from the […]
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North Middlesex Regional hires Jason Rivers as varsity football coach
After Jordan Murphy resigned as the North Middlesex Regional High School football coach so he could spend more time with his growing family, the school’s athletic director, Ryan DeMar, didn’t have to look far to find his replacement. Assistant coach Jason Rivers, who has over 20 years of coaching experience at four varsity programs, has been announced as the new guy in charge. “We formed a committee and went through the interview process with the candidates, and we just feel like coach Rivers is the best person to build off what we have now but also bring new excitement, which […]
Local notebook: Santucci making strides in Brooklyn
He started his professional career 0-4, but it’s safe to say Jonathan Santucci has turned things around. Playing for the High-A Brooklyn Cyclones, the Leominster native and 2024 second-round pick of the New York Mets has won his last five decisions on the hill. And each performance has been better than the previous one for […]
Lunenburg scores early and often in win
LEOMINSTER – The Lunenburg 13–15 year-old baseball team plated seven runs in the first inning and never looked back as it cruised to a 16-8 victory over Ash/West in Central Massachusetts Baseball action on Monday evening at McLaughlin Park. Lunenburg is now 14-1 while Ash/West falls to 1-10-1. Gabe Wright reached base four times and […]
Noah Gray gets back to his roots
A two-time Super Bowl champion as a tight end with the Kansas City Chiefs, Noah Gray returned to his high school stomping grounds on Saturday. The Leominster High grad was back at Doyle Field for his annual instructional clinic, lending his wisdom to youth and high school football players. Photographer Alan Arsenault was at the […]
A unique opportunity for Zachery Hillman
For Zachery Hillman, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience that’s eight years in the making. Ever since he was upright, the Lunenburg resident has been on skates. That’s not hyperbole; as a two-year-old he began hitting the ice at the Wallace Civic Center in Fitchburg, taking “Learn to Play Hockey” classes with Fitchburg State head coach Dean […]
