After falling to .500 last week, the Leominster High football team got back on track Friday night. The visiting Blue Devils rolled to a 25-9 victory over Algonquin Regional in Northboro, improving to 3-2 on the season. High school field hockey Leominster 3, North Middlesex 0: Annika Hjelm erupted for a hat trick as the host […]
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Historic night for Fitchburg
FITCHBURG — Suffice it to say, the group of young women representing Fitchburg High School on the soccer pitch aren’t like past incarnations; this isn’t your older sister’s FHS girls’ soccer team, it’s not your mom’s FHS girls’ soccer team. Long gone are the blowout defeats that came from being a first-year squad with that […]
Red Raiders top St. B’s for first win
FITCHBURG — What a night for the Fitchburg girls volleyball program. It’s been a season of struggles for the Red Raiders in 2025. Fitchburg entered Thursday’s road contest with St. Bernard’s having dropped 12 straight games to open the season. In fact, the Red Raiders took the floor Thursday having not won a single set […]
Local roundup: Wolves, ‘Dogs reign on links
The Nashoba Regional golf team left Townsend Thursday afternoon with some hardware. The Wolves snuck out a narrow win at Northern Spy Golf Club to capture the Mid-Wach A championship. Nashoba finished first at 297, five shots better than both Grafton and Shrewsbury. Zach Otis of Grafton took the individual crown, shooting a 2-over 72, […]
Blue Devils, Rams play to another scoreless tie
LEOMINSTER — After playing to a draw last month in Dudley, the Leominster and Shepherd Hill Regional girls soccer teams were back on the pitch Tuesday evening for the rematch. For the second time this season, neither the Blue Devils nor the Rams could walk away with the upper hand as the two teams played […]
Local roundup: Guevara Mateo honored again
Paulino Guevara Mateo has done it again. The Fitchburg State freshman from Cambridge was named Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Men’s Cross Country Rookie of the Week on Tuesday for the second consecutive week and third time this season. Guevara Mateo posted his fifth weekly honor of the season — he’s twice been named […]
