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I flat out love the unprovoked Christmas Tourney talk … Can’t wait till Friday night

Posted in Basketball, Hector Longo on Dec 31st, 2008 Comments

Ok, I’ve been a little lax lately, took a vacation with the family over Christmas, stayed away from the blog, got enticed by Capital One Bowl Week on ESPN, and I haven’t put the words to the blog in a while.
I’m back and ready.
So, here goes:
All you naysayers, whining about the Christmas Tournament moving to [...]

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Great preseason baseball program for kids ages 7-and-up starts Sunday at Andover High!

Posted in Baseball, Hector Longo on Dec 30th, 2008 Comments

Andover High Baseball Ken Maglio will be hold his annual Preseason Baseball Clinic, in conjunction with the Dept. of Community Services, beginning Sunday at the high school fieldhouse.
This baseball clinic is designed to help the athlete trying out for Little League as well as other Town teams. Stations in throwing, hitting, fielding.
There will also be [...]

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For the record, here is that much talked about 130-plus player All-MVC team, from the perspective of this side of the Valley

Posted in Football, Hector Longo on Dec 18th, 2008 Comments

Central Catholic senior Zak Adamopoulos, a three-year starter who had eight sacks and 94 tackles this fall, was named the MVC Lineman of the Year.
Pat Graham, who guided Methuen to a 7-4 season following five straight seasons of two or fewer wins, was selected co-Coach of the Year. He shared the award with another second-year [...]

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Central’s Zenevitch to miss 3-4 weeks

Posted in Alan Siegel, Basketball on Dec 17th, 2008 Comments

A broken bone in her hand, suffered last night, will cost Central Catholic all-Scholastic Katie Zenevitch at least the upcoming Christmas tourney and the first couple weeks of January.
Zenevitch had four points and missed the second half in the opening night win.

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Paging someone from the MVC with a little pride … Repeat … Someone from the MVC with a little pride

Posted in Football, Hector Longo on Dec 15th, 2008 Comments

I tried the phone lines in Dracut and sorry, but the folks in charge over there couldn’t be bothered (I guess!!) so now I’ll implore all you folks help us out at The Eagle-Tribune (circulation about 50,000, which according to industry standards represents about 125,000 readers).
Perhaps, they’re ashamed. Perhaps, they don’t like being mocked every [...]

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Welcome to hoops 2008-2009 … now somebody stop me from chuckling as I conjure up the first Longo Top 10 of the boys hoop season, plus make my preseason prognostications

Posted in Basketball, Hector Longo, Uncategorized on Dec 12th, 2008 Comments

OK, it’s not the kind of evidence that would convict, hell I’m not even sure of hearsay is admissable, but an Eagle-Tribune staffer relayed the story to me that Ricky Nault, yes Central’s Ricky Nault, picked his team fourth in the Merrimack Valley Conference. Fourth!!!
Folks, I’m only going to chastise Ricky and his unfathomable humility [...]

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Crowning the final “Longo Top 10″ champion

Posted in Football, Hector Longo on Dec 7th, 2008 Comments

Time to put a wrap on the football season.
Hope you all enjoyed the first-ever All-Longo team. I’ve read all the responses and can only say that I tried to be as honest and fair as I could be.
In putting together my final Top 10, I tried to weigh all the factors that matter most, record, [...]

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