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Some positive news leaking out of Andover, amid the insanity

Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 30th, 2009 Comments

With an entire town torn asunder by a questionable, if not peculiarly classless and ill-timed firing of Ken Maglio, I did hear through sources that one Andover High athlete is skyrocketing up the college recruiting charts.
A bulked-up, now 6-foot-4, 200-some odd pound Brian Miller had the Boston College coaches beaming at the recent BC football [...]

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Andover coach Ken Maglio won’t be re-appointed

Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2009 Comments

Ken Maglio has been pushed out as both head football and head varsity baseball coaches for the Golden Warriors.
Maglio was contacted today, receiving a notice from AD Chris Bergeron.
“I’m totally surprised. I have no idea where it’s coming from,” said Maglio, after opening day of his Andover Warriors Baseball School.
Most importantly, he’s not looking to [...]

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Congrats Rob Oppenheim, nice win!!!

Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2009 Comments

Andover’s Rob Oppenheim finishes off the field at the Mass. Open with a four-shot win.
The former Rollins College great picks up a nice check of $15000 for the three days work, which hopefully will be a springboard to a big summer around New England and in Canada.
Message to the folks running the PGA Deutsche Bank [...]

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Set the date, or dates, and let’s see some bigtime hoops

Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 15th, 2009 Comments

OK, it’s a bit of a down time on the AAU hoop circuit on until late July.
Talking to Haverhill High/Mass Rivals boss Mike Trovato and Granite State Jayhawks guru Mark Dunham this week, I wondered aloud why the two premier AAU hoop programs in our region couldn’t hook up a couple times this summer for [...]

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The school year is in the books, the Creatures says thanks and be ready for bigger and better things

Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 15th, 2009 Comments

OK, year number one of the Creature, the 2008-09 school sports year, is now in the books.
And what a year it was.
We took some bumps along the way, remember the wars with MKA and Kodiaksrevenge/tom tuttle.
I’ve tried to make this blog interesting, bordering on must-read stuff and don’t plan on changing that strategy now.
In the [...]

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Sox draft Yaz in Round 36 … Methuen’s Wendt taken in Round 50 by Rays

Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2009 Comments

St. John’s Prep senior Mike Yastrzemski of Andover was selected in the 36th round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Boston Red Sox.
Yastrzemski, who is slated to attend Vanderbilt University in the fall, is the grandson of Red Sox Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski.
A center fielder, he is currently playing for Andover American [...]

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Go get ‘em Robbie Opp!! A little golf and a lot of baseball talk

Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2009 Comments

As I type this Andover’s Rob Oppenheim is teeing it up on the Nationwide Tour event in Maryland. This is a big one for the Rollins College legend, who has been tearing it up lately in qualifiers and mini-tours.
Let’s shoot for a top 20, Opp. Good luck. By the way, the tournament is on the [...]

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Playing catch-up on the Mass. tourney, prepping for NH

Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 3rd, 2009 Comments

Wow, too much to catch up on for the last week of action.
Some thoughts as we move ahead.
Big won for the Knights of North Andover today with Dracut at 3:30 in Lowell for the Division 2 North baseball semis.
A Weisman vs. Silva pitching matchup should be a good one.
Who’s bigger right now than NA leadoff [...]

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