The Pingree football team will play Brooks Academy in the Clark-Francis Bowl Saturday afternoon at Endicott College (1:30 p.m.).
Here’s some video footage of Brooks’ BYU-bound quarterback/cornerback Jordan Johnson:
Join the sports staff of The Salem News as they discuss every game being played by North Shore teams this Thanksgiving Day.
Total time: 40:53
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Just making the point that most football games are off for Saturday due to the forecasts of rough weather. Meanwhile, the state sectional cross country meets are still on!! So much for football being the toughest sports and one that plays in all elements.
Sophomore forward Caroline Stewart scored 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting in 19 minutes as the Boston University women’s basketball team dropped its season opener to the University of Kentucky Friday afternoon, 92-58.
Stewart, a former Masconomet standout, came off the bench and converted 6-of-9 free throws and grabbed two rebounds. She missed her only three-point attempt.
The 6-footer [...]
Phil Stacey won again last week to keep Mike Grenier at bay thanks to a monster day from George Sessoms (5 TDs!!). So that’s two in a row for Phil while the rest of us are still playing catch up. Here’s the final picks before the holiday.
Phil Stacey: Matt Barbuzzi, Swampscott QB — Big tuneup [...]
It’s the final weekend of the regular football season. With a visitor from Gloucester in the house, the Salem News sports staff discuss which teams have a shot at post-season play.
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St. John’s Prep sophomore Nick McLaughlin became just the third golfer from the school to capture the Division 1 state individual championship when he fired a 72 at Turner Hill in Ipswich earlier this week.
McLaughlin, the reigning Massachusetts Junior champion, posted a 37 on the front and a 35 on the back to run away from the Division [...]
Aah, November. When football matters. Or as Matt Williams put it, “Leaves are turning and there are championships up for grabs.” This week’s marquee game is a big NEC Small matchup of Beverly at Marblehead. The Magicians put their big-play, misdirection offense against a Beverly team coming off a 51-0 romp over Saugus. Pingree enters [...]
The New England Regional Champion Peabody West Little League team was honored by the Peabody High Tanners before Friday night’s win over Salem at Coley Lee Field, and it was a touching moment for PHS coach Scott Wlasuk, whose son Cody was one of the 12 youngsters that advanced to Williamsport last summer.
“It was something [...]
No bye week for the Salem News sports staff - there’s plenty of high school football to talk about: Masconomet trying to keep its supremacy going against Wilmington; emergent Marblehead ready to be take on Danvers; battle-tested Swampscott against Winthrop; and Peabody vs. Salem in a game that could be decided by who’s hungrier. Plus [...]
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