The most famous amateur baseball league in America just got a local entrant.
Jack Leathersich, who lit the Northeast-10 on fire as a freshman at UMass-Lowell, has joined the Cape Cod Baseball League’s Orleans Firebirds for the 2010 season.
It’s the latest step in the development of Beverly native Leathersich, who was named the best pro prospect [...]
A long touchdown pass by host Northeast Metro Tech early in the first quarter, followed by a North Shore Tech fumble on their own 23-yard line and ensuing score by the hosts, has the visiting Bulldogs trailing, 16-0, late in the first quarter tonight in Wakefield.
Dan Harrison of our sports staff is live on the [...]
Our sources up in the River Rival region of the state tell us that one of the North Shore’s most successful ever football coaches, Ed Nizwantowski, is back on the gridiron this fall.
The always-colorful “Niz” will serve as an assistant coach at Triton Regional High School in Byfield.
The Vikings are a member of the Cape [...]
A big honor for former Peabody High star Mike Gallo, as the NECBL announced last night that the big righthander will start the league’s annual All-Star game for the East Division.
Gallo has played for the North Shore Navigators the last two seasons and is 3-1 with a 1.39 ERA this season. He struck out a [...]
Coming off a sensational freshman season at RPI, Dan Duval has joined the North Shore Navigators of the NECBL.
A very strong bullpen man for RPI, Duval helps the Navs at a time when 10 games in the next 12 days, followed by 12 more in the 14 days after the all-star break. That sheer volume [...]
The schedule of events for the 2009 Agganis games was recently released. The events are as follows:
Awards Ceremony, Sunday July 12 at 10 a.m. at Manning Field.
12th Annual Softball Classic, Sunday July 12 at noon at Fraser Field.
15th Annual Baseball Classic, Sunday July 12 at 2 p.m. at Fraser Field.
5th Annual Women’s Basketball Classic, Monday [...]
Jeff Allison, the former first round draft pick out of Peabody High, threw in the Florida State League’s all-star game over the weekend.
The Jupiter Hammerheads righty tossed a scoreless inning and allowed one hit with one strikeout in Saturday’s all-star game, but his South squad fell to the North by a score of 6-4.
It was [...]
Swampscott standout pitcher Hunter Gordon has been invited to play for Team Massachusetts in their annual game against Team Connecticut on Sunday, June 28 at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, Conn.
The Boston College-bound Gordon, a Northeastern Conference all-star who not only led the Big Blue in wins and strikeouts, but also led all area hitters in [...]
Who is the best baseball program on the North Shore from 2000-2009? We examined this question in detail in the final Around the Horn of the 2009 season, and now it is time for you to vote.
Tale of the Tape
Peabody: 151-48 overall record, 17-10 state tournament record, 2004 Division 1 North title. Notable players include [...]
Peabody’s Jeff Allison, a right-handed pitcher for the Jupiter Hammerheads in the Single A Florida State League, was selected as a league all-star for the second consecutive season.
Allison has compiled a 3-4 record this year with a 3.55 ERA. He leads the Hammerheads with one complete game, and ranks third on the team with 50.2 [...]
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