Editors: Doug Hastings & Bryan Brothers
Digesting Billerica High’s thrilling victory on Thursday while digesting too much pie and cranberry sauce. Murnane did it all Junior captains don’t come around very often. In most cases, a team has a group of seniors as its captains. But once in a while, there’s a guy like Michael Murnane.Continue Reading
Shawsheen Tech’s football team improved to a perfect 3-0 in Thanksgiving Day games against Arlington Catholic and moved its overall record to 12-0 with a 42-19 win against AC on Thursday in Billerica. Shawsheen’s next and final stop is next Friday’s Div. 5 state championship Super Bowl against North ReadingContinue Reading
With the Merrimack Valley Conference’s championship hanging in the balance, the Billerica High football team stopped Chelmsford on four straight plays from the Indian 5-yard line, the last coming with just 39 seconds remaining, and held on for a 20-14 victory in a Thanksgiving Day game played at Chelmsford. “That’sContinue Reading
Between them, they weigh more than 600 pounds and stand well over 12 feet high. Senior linemen John Colby and Keith Johnston have always had plenty of responsibilities on the football field, but Thursday’s Merrimack Valley Conference championship tilt against Chelmsford gave the veterans and their linemates a little extraContinue Reading
Good luck charms come in many different forms. Some of them are worn. Some of them are hung up somewhere. And some of them are safely tucked into a pocket. Shortly before the Shawsheen Tech football team’s Div. 5 semifinal game against Dover Sherborn on Saturday, head coach Al CostabileContinue Reading
The dilemma? When you’re a team preparing to play for a state championship with another game in between. Rest the starters so nobody gets hurt for the Super Bowl? Spend less time preparing for the Thanksgiving Day game and focus mostly on the championship? Shawsheen Tech football coach Al CostabileContinue Reading
In a playoff game for the ages, the Shawsheen Tech football team overcame five turnovers, four of them in the second half, to outlast Dover Sherborn in the Div. 5 state semifinals, 21-14, on Saturday afternoon at Weston High School. “Unbelievable,” said Shawsheen coach Al Costabile. “What a roller-coaster rideContinue Reading
After an outstanding regular season that saw the Billerica High boys soccer team finish with an overall record of 11-2-5, the Indians hosted a Div. 2 first-round state tournament game on Nov. 5. BMHS ended up with an unlucky draw as a solid Nauset team eliminated the Indians, 2-1. AllContinue Reading
Had Friday night’s Div. 3 quarterfinal football game between Billerica High and North Attleborough taken place on a dry, turf field? Who knows? But last night’s game on the muddy, grass at North Attleborough’s Community Field, complete with those old-fashioned goal posts and houses within a long kick away fromContinue Reading
Several local teams received their postseason assignments over the past two days while the MIAA will release its soccer pairings on Wednesday afternoon. The Burlington High volleyball team opens its playoff run with a home match against Milton most like Thursday or Friday. The Red Devils finished the year withContinue Reading
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