Editors: Doug Hastings & Bryan Brothers
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
Taking care of business. It’s not only a famous song from 1973 anymore. On Friday in Wakefield, the Shawsheen Tech football team won its seventh straight game, clinched its first Commonwealth Athletic Conference championship since 2019 and further improved its playoff seeding with a 42-14 thumping of Northeast Metro Tech.Continue Reading
The Billerica High girls soccer team moved its overall record to 13-1-2 on Saturday with a 4-0 victory in Westford. The Indians scored two goals in each half against the Ghosts, who stayed with BMHS for most of the first half aside from two shots by sophomore Sara MacLeod, bothContinue Reading
INDIANS BEAT CENTRAL, FALL TO HAVERHILL No, it wasn’t a victory, but the Billerica High volleyball team certainly came to play on Friday against Haverhill. After being swept 3-0 by the Hillies early in the season, the Indians made it much competitive at home, winning the first set 25-23 beforeContinue Reading
A few observations after the Billerica High football team’s 34-15 win over Acton-Boxborough on Friday night in Billerica. JT Green sure can throw the ball. Scott Einarson transforms into King Kong when he puts football pads on. Billerica’s defense is nasty, filthy and every other word that means really goodContinue Reading
The Burlington High field hockey team scored a goal in each half on the way to an exciting 2-0 victory over Woburn. It was the first win of the season for the Red Devils, who used a stubborn defense to hold off the Tanners for the entire 60 minutes ofContinue Reading
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