Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 30th, 2011 View Comments
Sources have confirmed, at least seven athletes have been KO’d for the hoop season and two players have been expelled for the alleged summer hazing incident at the Hoop Mountain Camp with the Andover High hoop team. The verdict came down today. Trying to get more, but as expected, few are talking about it. The [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 27th, 2011 View Comments
Usually, turning the page on football is a happy time in my life. This whole Andover mess places a serious pall over what is usually a fun, fun season for this reporter, and it stinks. First, great job by Bill Burt on a story that was not only very tough to write, but nearly impossible [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 24th, 2011 View Comments
Wow, that was a shocker to me last night as the 10 o’clock news on WBZ-TV reported a potential hazing incident at Andover High on the boys basketball team. Folks at AHS aren’t talking as the investigation rolls on. Clearly, this is a huge issue, on the eve of the opening practiice. We’ll try to [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 23rd, 2011 View Comments
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Andover High all-scholastic RB/DB Andrew Coke has committed to play at Brown University. The Ivy League has long been a goal for Coke, who follows a strong tradition of Andover athletes to Brown, including Patriots OC Bill O’Brien and practice-squadder Buddy Farnham. Certainly, David Willis will have much more on this in the pages of [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 16th, 2011 View Comments
After mulling over both football and baseball options, North Andover’s Brandon Walsh has committed to play baseball at UMass Amherst. We’ll have more on the Walsh decision in Friday’s Eagle-Tribune. By the way, took in some of the Reebok fall ball in North Andover. Saw Lawrence taken out by an impressive looking Andover team, which [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 12th, 2011 View Comments
Can’t confirm this yet, but more than one person at last night’s NA-Lynn English football game told me that it looks like Derek Collins’ back hasn’t improved and he’s going to miss the upcoming season. I hope to heck I’m wrong and the news is wrong. Collins is a great kid and a tremendous basketball [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 11th, 2011 View Comments
Quickly, instead of a picks video, we traveled all over NH to preview the playoff weekend. Please watch. Here are the rest of my weekend picks. Friday North Andover over Lynn English … With or without Bambi Lawrence over Methuen … Lancers aren’t a happy bunch Pentucket over Amesbury … Sachems looking for winning mark [...]
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