PEABODY — It may have only been July, but it felt like September. On Thursday night at Bishop Fenwick in Peabody, BB&N and Lawrence Academy did battle in the finals of the Northeast 7v7 New England championship. The intensity was raised. When BB&N made a stop on the first Lawrence possession, the Knights were hooting and hollering like it was a regular season game. In the end, the Knights won,…
FITCHBURG — The Northeast 7v7 Central regional had about 25 teams, and although it was a smaller group of teams, there was no shortage of talent on display. In the end, Lawrence Academy claimed the title in a 28-22 win over West Springfield. It was one of the best 7-on-7 games of the summer, with both teams making outstanding plays. Here are some of the teams that stood out. Lawrence…
A big transfer to the ISL was announced this week over Twitter. Jayden Campbell, who started at Brockton this past season as a freshman, announced that he will be transferring to Lawrence Academy, and reclassifying to the class of 2028. This is big news for both programs. For Lawrence, it means the Spartans have their heir apparent for Michael Landolfi. Landolfi was an all-league player who will be attending Boston…
GROTON — In Saturday’s Independent School League showdown with Lawrence Academy, BB&N wanted to send an early signal that the Knights were the superior team. Message received, loud and clear. Bo MacCormack returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, and the Knights never looked back in a 52-21 victory. BB&N scored 42 points by halftime, and dominated from start to finish. With the win, BB&N improved to 6-2 and looks…
MARION — With two undefeated Independent School League teams going at it on Saturday, this regular season game felt more like a NEPSAC bowl. Both Lawrence Academy and Tabor Academy entered this contest with considerable clout, and played like it on a perfect, warm October day. In the end, it was the visiting Spartans who made just one more play, as Lawrence earned a hard-fought, 28-21 win over Tabor. With…
NEEDHAM – Tied 14-14 heading to the fourth quarter of a typical grind-it-out ISL game on Friday night, it appeared 17 or 21 points might get the win for Lawrence Academy or St. Sebastian’s. Then, the offenses woke up. The Arrows and Spartans ended up in a shootout that Lawrence Academy won 31-28 thanks to a late field goal from senior Rollin Hughes. Hughes’ 31-yarder propelled the Spartans to a…
WATERTOWN — It was not that long ago that BB&N’s ISL-7 title hopes seemed like a joke. League champs? Hardly. Even a winning season seemed a long shot. No, the Knights seemed destined to be a talented, but flawed, spoiler. Maybe they could dash someone else’s dreams, but theirs were clearly over. But, my how things changed over the course of the last month. Despite a 1-3 start, BB&N rallied…
MILTON — Even with a season-opening win over Belmont Hill, Lawrence Academy was kind of the forgotten team in this year’s race to an Independent School League title. Well, in Saturday’s game against Milton Academy, the Spartans gave a performance to remember with a 40-18 rout of the two-time defending ISL champs. Lawrence, in improving to 2-0, became the first ISL team to beat Milton since Nobles pulled it off…
Junior quarterback Michael Landolfi announced on Sunday that he was leaving Hanover High School to transfer to Lawrence Academy. Landolfi will reclassify at LA and repeat his junior year. @LASpartansFB @ToonMarlon pic.twitter.com/sxQHBPwCAi — Michael Landolfi (@Mikelandolfi2) April 11, 2022 According to Landolfi, the decision to reclassify came down to two things. “I chose to go Lawrence Academy because the school has a great athletic and academic program that will allow…
Since the day Jeff Hafley was introduced as the new head coach at BC, he has been committed to making sure some of the best talent in Massachusetts stays home. It’s one thing for a new coach to say he’s going to try and keep the best local players in the area, but it’s another thing to convince them to stay when other major universities are calling and basically begging…