Greater Lawrence Tech sent out a fax today announcing their new boys basketball coach. If you’ve been around the Merrimack Valley over the last 25 years, you’ve heard the name before: Dan Habib. The announcement is effective immediately, as Habib, is replacing four-year coach Chet Jackson, who is now an Assistant Principal at North Andover High School. [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Bill Burt on Sep 11th, 2007 View Comments
It’s early, probably too early, to make any preditions but we will know a lot more about who the powerhouse team North of Boston is by Saturday night. That’s when Central, one of the MVC behemoths this year, faces off against its Catholic school rival, St. John’s Prep. Central won a tough game over Lawrence, [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Bill Burt on Sep 8th, 2007 View Comments
Amid the excitement at last night’s Pinkerton-Manchester Central, won by Pinkerton, 30-21, in the final seconds, was the play of the quarterbacks. Manchester Central’s QB, Scott McCurdy, sort of came out of nowhere. The 6-2, 175-pounder, looked like the second-coming of BC’s Matt Ryan. Not only was he right on, completing 15-of-23 passes for 217 [...]
Read Full Post »