In a season-opening matchup of two of the best high school girls basketball programs in Massachusetts, St. Mary’s High School fell to Archbishop Williams (Braintree), 54-46, Friday night at the Tony Conigliaro gymnasium. The game was a rematch of last…
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English Bulldogs Take a Bite Out of the Fisherman, Winning 42-0
Last Friday night the Bulldogs of Lynn English High School had their 2019 season home opener after four weeks on the road. They face the Fisherman of Gloucester High School at Manning Field. The dogs dominated from the beginning, on…
St. Mary’s Soccer Coach Foley Reaches 250 Career Wins
By Stacy Drector For the past 21 years, Jim Foley has been the head coach of the girl’s soccer team in addition to serving as the assistant basketball coach. Before coming to St. Mary’s, he was the assistant coach under…
Perkins Gets a Draw In His Pro Boxing Debut
Lynn’s James Perkins made his professional boxing debut at Encore Boston Harbor, recording a majority draw after a tough toe-to-toe battle with Boston’s Aaron Trecell Smith, who also making his debut as a pro. Perkins, whose nickname is “Pit Bull,”…
Lynn Tech Football Draws Large Turnout for 2019 Team
James Runner is beginning his tenth season as head coach of the Lynn Tech football team and the outlook is optimistic, meaning that the Tigers will likely be contending for conference and MIAA playoff titles. Such has been the excellent…
Special Olympics at LVTI: A Community-Wide Effort
The Special Olympics at Lynn Vocational Technical Institute (LVTI) created a special day for the children who attended. The field house was buzzing with excitement as the games began. Students from the elementary school level had the time of their…
Hall of Fame Memories
Mihos, Classical upset undefeated and No. 1-ranked Reading in Division 1 State Softball Tournament in 2003 There were 16 inductees into the Lynn Classical Hall of Fame Saturday night and only one brought a prop to the podium. And what…
Opening Night Test Lynn Classical Will Begin Season With Brockton at Manning Field
Lynn Classical head football coach Brian Vaughan and his team will be tested right away in the 2019 season. Classical’s opening night opponent at Manning Field will be Brockton High School. With 4,200 students, Brockton is the largest high school…
St. Mary’s Athletic Director Newhall Honored By Peers
St. Mary’s High School Athletic Director Jeff Newhall received the President’s Award of Merit from the Massachusetts Secondary School Athletic Directors Association (MSSADA). The award was presented at the organization’s annual awards luncheon on March 27 in Hyannis. The President’s…
Gannon Golf Club Sport Coat Benefit
Beautiful Gannon Golf Course was created in the 1930s for the working man in Lynn under President Hoover’s administration. The course was craved-out from a section in the Lynn Woods Reservation. Over 800 Lynn residents were able to find work…