For the second straight year, Monty Tech hosted the Kieron Smith Memorial Tournament to celebrate and honor their late head coach and for the second year in a row, it kept the trophy in-house. The Bulldogs secured the title with the help of six champions and multiple place-winners. As senior captains Jonah Paulino (132 pounds) […]
ASHBURNHAM For the better part of the 2023 season, the North Middlesex Regional football team steamrolled the competition, power through a 5-0 start. The last two weeks, however, saw the Patriots struggle against a pair of perennially potent programs, skidding to back-to-back defeats. But on the road for the regular season finale, North Middlesex […]
TOWNSEND Having grown accustomed to playing with leads this season, the shock was evident for North Middlesex Regional on Friday night. The Patriots were in an unfamiliar position: trailing early and by a sizable margin. Before the Patriots had gained a single yard offensively in their tilt against visiting Maynard, the Tigers had hung […]
TOWNSEND Having grown accustomed to playing with leads this season, the shock was evident for North Middlesex Regional on Friday night. The Patriots were in an unfamiliar position: trailing early and by a sizable margin. Before the Patriots had gained a single yard offensively in their tilt against visiting Maynard, the Tigers had hung 14 points on the scoreboard at 1A Auto Field. And the guests didn’t slow down from there, handing North Middlesex its first loss of the season in a 35-21 drubbing. By the time the final whistle sounded on the first half, the Tigers (5-1) held […]
TOWNSEND The smiles come in bulk at North Middlesex Regional football games this fall. It’s not uncommon at all to see Patriots players grinning from ear to ear, laughing with one another and enjoying the experience of playing high school football. It’s what’s expected at most football fields. But there was a time in […]