Editors: Doug Hastings & Bryan Brothers
Jay Pandolfo still looks like he could lace ‘em up and skate a few shifts. A former four-year standout at Boston University and a veteran of 899 NHL games who scored exactly 100 goals in a career that spanned 15 professional seasons, Pandolfo became the BU men’s hockey program’s 13th headContinue Reading
By Stephen Tobey When Jake Ferri arrived at the NCAA Division I wrestling championships, he had the same objective every other wrestler in the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma had. At the end of the three-day tournament, he was not one of the 10 champions, nor was he one ofContinue Reading
Burlington High has a foreign exchange student on its boys basketball team. Sort of. Senior Ben Poehler is a guard/forward for the Red Devils. He’s from Sweden and was quite a basketball player there before agreeing to spend the next few months in Burlington. BHS has had plenty of exchangeContinue Reading
A 9-0 run early in the second quarter put the Burlington High boys basketball team ahead to stay on Friday as the Red Devils advanced to a Round of 16 game on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Sharon after a 62-50 win over Canton. “Awesome,” said BHS coach Phil ConnersContinue Reading
The suspense of who was going to win Tuesday night’s Div. 3 state tournament preliminary game between the Burlington High girls basketball team and visiting Ursuline Academy was over quickly. The Red Devils jumped out to an 11-3 lead and closed the first quarter with a 15-2 run. Yes, Burlington wouldContinue Reading
Crunch the numbers and it’s easy to see how impressive the accomplishments of Burlington High senior Aylvia Pena are on the basketball court. Consider this. The captain of this year’s BHS girls basketball team missed significant time last season, five games, with a concussion. Her sophomore year? That wasn’t easyContinue Reading
Behind the leadership of its five seniors, the Shawsheen Tech girls basketball team rebounded from a three-win season a year ago to finish the 2022-2023 regular season with an overall record of 11-8. At one point, the Rams held a 5-5 record before six wins in their next eight games qualified ShawsheenContinue Reading
At this weekend’s Div. 1 state championships, the Shawsheen Tech wrestling team had another memorable performance. The Rams crowned three champions and had five of their seven competitors advance to this weekend’s all-state tournament in Reading. Shawsheen finished third in the team standings. Three Billerica residents, Brayton Carbone, James Tildsley andContinue Reading
Chances are, the Shawsheen Tech boys basketball team was likely going to make the state tournament anyway, but this sure is a lot more fun. With a 9-8 record and three games remaining on the schedule, the Rams needed at least one victory down the stretch for victory No. 10Continue Reading
They got by with a little help from their friends. The Shawsheen Tech boys hockey team ended up finishing the 2022-2023 as co-champions of the Commonwealth Athletic Conference after Essex Tech skated to a 1-1 tie against Lowell Catholic on Sunday. The tie left Essex and the Rams tied forContinue Reading
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