LUNENBURG — That wasn’t the way it was supposed to end for the Lunenburg boys basketball team. The visiting Trojans of Bromfield invaded Memorial Gym on Wednesday night and pulled off the upset as the No. 41 Trojans squeaked out a 63-62 victory over No. 24 Lunenburg in the preliminary round of the Division 4 […]
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Lunenburg girls roll to easy win in tourney
LUNENBURG — Lunenburg senior Chloe Koziol picked the right night to have her best shooting night of her career. The senior sharpshooter knocked down a career-high eight 3-pointers on her way to a game-high 28 points to lead the No. 20 Blue Knights to a 73-30 thrashing of No. 45 Putnam Vocational in the Division 4 […]
St. Bernard’s opens tourney with big win
FITCHBURG — The great Eddie Olczyk said it best during the gold medal game on Sunday morning: you win your faceoffs, you can dictate the pace of play and attack. In ninth-seeded St. Bernard’s case, it didn’t have to win every faceoff. It only had to win just enough. The host Bernardians were unrelenting in […]
Local roundup: Balanced Blue Devils win and move on
The Leominster High girls basketball team pulled out a close one in a Division 2 preliminary round contest Wednesday, fending off No. 37 Masconomet, 45-42. The 28th-seeded Blue Devils (12-9) advance to face No. 5 Minnechaug Regional (17-4) in the round of 32. Addison Keenan paced Leominster with 10 points and Raegan Murphy chipped in […]
Diving into MIAA tournament pairings
The Fitchburg High School boys basketball team return to the postseason for the first time in three seasons to draw the 37th and final seed in the MIAA Division 2 state tournament Saturday, and will travel to Walpole High to take on the 28th seeded Timberwolves in the preliminaries on Wednesday evening. The winner of […]
Pairings for hockey, hoops released
Let the chase for high school championship glory begin. The MIAA released its ice hockey and basketball pairings Saturday, giving myriad programs dreams of hoisting hardware in the coming weeks. Locally, there’s no shortage of teams which qualified for the postseason in both boys and girls hockey and boys and girls basketball. Here’s a look […]
