BOLTON — Just in case the rest of Central Massachusetts doesn’t already know, the Nashoba Regional field hockey team is for real. The Wolves have been a buzzsaw through the competition this fall and on Wednesday night against visiting Grafton, it was more of the same. Six different players found the back of the net […]
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Local roundup: Wolves, Bulldogs take golf titles
The Nashoba Regional golf team won the Division 2 Central Mass. Sectional tournament Wednesday at the Heritage Country Club in Charlton, finishing a 16-over par as a group to top second-place Westwood (+18) and third-place Groton-Dunstable (+20). In addition to the team title, the Wolves had two top-10 finishers, with Nolan Engelhardt tying for medalist […]
Local roundup: Ohanesian, Panthers reign on rainy day
The Ayer-Shirley Regional golf team left Shining Rock Golf Club in Northbridge with some hardware on Tuesday. The Panthers took both the team title and individual crown at the Division 3 Central Mass. Sectional tournament despite rainy and windy conditions on the course. Coming in with a score of 326, Ayer-Shirley fended off the likes […]
St. Bernard’s settles for ‘disappointing’ tie
FITCHBURG — The St. Bernard’s field hockey team walked off the field Tuesday afternoon unsatisfied. Despite carrying the play for much of the contest against visiting Blackstone-Millville Regional, the Bernardians and Chargers played to a 3-3 draw on the grass outside the St. Bernard’s Activity Center. The stalemate is the second time these two teams […]
Commentary: Cormier’s passing a big blow for region
A handful of weeks ago, we lost one of the greats in north central Massachusetts high school sportswriting: the legendary Omer Cormier. Omer, who would have turned 95 on Nov. 9, was a Gardner native who did spot coverage for this newspaper on a handful of occasions, but mainly covered the Gardner High Wildcat football […]
New class of Leominster greats enshrined
The Leominster High School Athletic Hall of Fame proudly inducted its seventh class on Oct. 4 at the Leominster/Fitchburg Lodge of Elks. The Induction Ceremony was attended by family, friends and supporters of each inductee. In their acceptance remarks each and every inductee mentioned that they would not be there without the unending support of […]
