The times are indeed changing. With the Fitchburg vs. Leominster rivalry clash shifted to Wednesday this year, only three local teams will kick off their season-ending contests on Thanksgiving morning. In addition to the Twin Cities rivalry at Fenway Park, four other schools in the Sentinel & Enterprise coverage area played their contests on Thanksgiving […]
No one player alone wins a high school football game. But some players sure know how to make a big impact on a contest’s outcome. As players take the field for the final time this fall and in some cases, the last time in high school here are a half dozen local players […]
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 […]