Editors: Doug Hastings & Bryan Brothers
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
After one win all of last season and an 0-5 start to the 2022-2023 season, it would have been easy for the Shawsheen Tech/Bedford girls hockey team to be feeling down. It didn’t. The Rams put together a six-game winning streak from Dec. 28 through Jan. 18, then shook offContinue Reading
On senior night, it was quite fitting that the 12th graders on the Burlington High boys basketball team came through in a major way. Against a solid Westford Academy team, the Red Devils finished their regular season with a 15-5 record after defeating the Grey Ghosts, 66-55 at Burlington. SeniorContinue Reading
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