1. The countdown to Central Catholic-Billerica has officially begun. Yes, those two don’t play for two weeks, but the MVC large has thing to two teams with Andover’s loss to Dracut. The Raiders and Indians are on a collision course. 2. Let’s say this about Central, the Raiders are resilient. Facing adversity, Central rallied like [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2009 View Comments
Pretty good time, well as good as any, to check in with an updated Fantastic Four. I will start with this. I had a reader chime in as to whether the prep schools in the region, Brooks and Phillips, were included in the Fanty Four. I’ve pondered it back and forth. There are a ton [...]
Former Central Catholic assistant and Merrimack College standout Tom Sipsey has been named the new head boys basketball coach at Whittier Tech. Sipsey becames the latest in a Dick Licare coaching tree that started all the way back with Dave Fazio and Leo Parent. He’s been on Central’s bench most recently for Rick Nault, who [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 28th, 2009 View Comments
If this doesn’t work, just copy and paste this as a link or go straight to youtube.com and search Hector Longo football friday. This week, I chat with Reggie rusher Joey Pizzuto.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 25th, 2009 View Comments
Andover’s Rob Oppenheim shot a four-day total of 12-under par 276 in stage 1 of the PGA Tour’s qualifying school to advance to November’s second stage. Oppenheim tied for fifth in the field of 70 players at the Wannamaker Golf Course in Port St. Lucie, Florida. He advances to the familiar territory of Stage 2, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 24th, 2009 View Comments
All right, sorry for no picks this week. Seriously, i’m getting a tad tired of it. And there’s no way I could ever have picked Methuen over Andover or Newburyport over North Andover. That said, there’s plenty of news. Have to start with hoop, where sensational freshman Derek Collins has transferred out of Central Catholic [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 20th, 2009 View Comments
Time for Andover folks to step up and support a good coach and a world-class human being. Ousted Andover High football and baseball coach Ken Maglio will finally have his day before superintendent Dr. Claudia Bach in Andover on Monday, 3:30 p.m. at the school committee room in the Doherty Middle School. Maglio was fired [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 18th, 2009 View Comments
Some thoughts on the local sports scene as I watch the snow fall down here at Gillette Stadium. Could it happen? Could it really happen? A full 21 years after Glenn Lacroix’s clearly good (that comment is clearly directed to Sondra (Barch) Longo, AHS ’89) field goal sent Central Catholic to the Super Bowl, could [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 15th, 2009 View Comments
New Fantastic Four, just in: 1. Salem, NH; 2. Central Catholic; 3. Andover; 4. North Andover Sorry, i still can’t put Pinkerton in there until they beat somebody. I liked what I saw from Andover, too, but we’re get a better gauge Friday night in Chelmsford as to whether the Warriors are for real. So [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 15th, 2009 View Comments
Before I get to my weekend high school football thoughts and post, I wanted to mention a couple quick notes: Remember, this is the weekend for Garrison Golf Center’s Gazette Santa Fund Hole-in-one contest. It’s a great charity event at the range for a great cause. Go hit a bucket and try to make “hole-in-one” [...]
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