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Locals named All-NESCAC in football

Posted in Beverly, Football, Swampscott on Nov 18th, 2009 Comments

A trio of Northeastern Conference Small alums earned All-Nescac honors on the gridiron this fall.
Beverly grad Pat Bailey was named to the all-league second team as a running back for Tufts and also earned a spot as a return specialist.
Also for the Jumbos, Danvers’ Alex Perry earned a second team nod at defensive back.
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Beverly/Swampscott football also moved to Sunday

Posted in Beverly, Football, Swampscott on Nov 13th, 2009 Comments

Projected heavy rainfall has also caused the Beverly at Swampscott Northeastern Conference Small football game to be moved from Saturday to Sunday.
The game will be held at Blocksidge Field in Swampscott Sunday at 1 p.m. (note: that’s an hour later than Saturday’s game would have been).

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It shall come to pass — and they do

Posted in Beverly, Danvers, Football, Marblehead, Masconomet, Salem, St. John's Prep, Swampscott on Nov 12th, 2009 Comments

The general notion about high school football on the North Shore is that you can’t bank on a passing attack for the entire season because the weather is too brutal for the final few games. And with so many teams playing at night, that would seem like a sound policy. For decades, head coaches had [...]

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Beverly girls volleyball team finally breaks through

Posted in Beverly, Volleyball on Oct 28th, 2009 Comments

You have to admire the athletes on the Beverly High girls volleyball team for sticking it out through a very tough season.
The Panthers were winless, 0-16, heading into Wednesday’s match against rival Salem, but their persistence paid off with a 3-1 win over the Witches.
What made it even more impressive is that Beverly lost the [...]

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More football game changes this weekend

Posted in Beverly, Bishop Fenwick, Football, Hamilton-Wenham on Oct 2nd, 2009 Comments

Saturday’s Bishop Fenwick at Hamilton-Wenham football game, originally scheduled for 1 p.m., has been moved up to a 10 a.m. start in hopes of beating the worst of what is expected to be torrential rains on Saturday.
Also, the unbeaten Northeastern Conference clash between Beverly and Gloucester at Hurd Stadium in Beverly has been postponed on [...]

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Beverly QB Hannable may be back sooner than expected

Posted in Beverly, Football on Sep 30th, 2009 Comments

The Beverly High football team received some great news recently when it was learned that senior quarterback Mark Hannable will be back sooner rather than later.
Hannable, who projected as the team’s starter after passing for 1,250 yards last season, has yet to play this season because of mono.
The initial report was that he would be [...]

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A snapshot look at this weekend’s football games

Posted in Beverly, Bishop Fenwick, Danvers, Football, Hamilton-Wenham, Ipswich, Marblehead, Masconomet, North Shore Tech, Peabody, Salem, St. John's Prep, Swampscott on Sep 24th, 2009 Comments

We couldn’t squeeze this into Friday’s newspaper, so here’s a capsule look at each of this weekend’s North Shore football matchups, starting with tonight’s games:
Intent on proving it’s a serious contender in 2009, Marblehead faces its first test against one of the Northeastern Conference’s big boys when Lynn Classical comes to Piper Field (7 p.m.). [...]

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Biggest question facing Beverly football

Posted in Beverly, Football on Aug 17th, 2009 Comments

Who is the next great Panther running back?
That’s the biggest question facing the BHS football team this fall, as the Panthers look to fill the void left by Rashad Sims. Of course, this question isn’t exactly a new one to Panther fans.
Beverly has had a 1,000+ yard back the last four years as Pat Bailey [...]

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QBs to watch in 2009: Mark Hannable, Beverly

Posted in Beverly, Football on Aug 12th, 2009 Comments

Our series remains in the NEC South, where when you consider always tough Winthrop and resurgent Saugus (7-3 the last two years), any of the 5 teams appear to have a shot at the league’s playoff berth.
Beverly’s hopes may rest with Mark Hannable, a versatile kid who ran for 6 TDs last year while tossing [...]

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Brown made a run at Gilligan

Posted in Beverly, Hockey on Jul 23rd, 2009 Comments

Came across a nugget in a recent column by Adam Wodon over at CollegeHockeyNews.com that might be of interest to local puck nuts.
On the subject of Brown University’s head coaching search, Wodon writes: “Billy Gilligan, another former Brown player, was an assistant at Massachusetts before leaving to be a head coach in Europe (Austria). Brown [...]

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