In maybe the best game of the young season, Leominster rallied past Milford, 36-35, to improve to 2-0. The Blue Devils and standout quarterback Osiris Lopez are off to a great start, and are looking like maybe the best team in Central Mass. We spoke to Leominster coach Devin Gates about his team and what they’ve been able to accomplish. Adam Kurkjian: How big of a win is this for…
It could be a big year for the Leominster Blue Devils and coach Devin Gates. The team has loaded up its schedule with a difficult slate. The opponents include St. John’s of Shrewsbury, Milford, Doherty, Catholic Memorial, Westford Academy, Wachusett, Shrewsbury, and Algonquin. In other words, Leominster will not be hurting for strength of schedule points. In 2023, Leominster went 6-5, with a loss to St. John’s Prep in the…
As Travis Kelce put on a green sweater with reporters and cameras gathering around his little locker in the corner of the Gillette Stadium visitors’ locker room, Noah Gray tried to tiptoe around people, grabbing clothes and deodorant from his locker right beside Kelce’s and stepped aside to get dressed a few stalls down. The herd of media members – mostly all from Kansas City or national guys – only…
By Owen Hart NEFJ Correspondent BOSTON — Wednesday night’s Leominster-Fitchburg game at Fenway Park can be summed up by the opening play, where Leominster quarterback Osiris Lopez unleashed a deep ball to receiver Ryan Ricker for a 71-yard touchdown pass and catch just 19 seconds into the game. Leominster didn’t take long at all to get back on the board, after a three and out from Fitchburg, Lopez was back…
By Ethan Winter NEFJ Correspondent LEOMINSTER — Ever since the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association instituted the power ranking system, a lot of what determines whether a team is postseason bound or not has been left out of many teams’ control. There are no more “win and you’re in” scenarios. It’s more like, “win and you have a chance.” Well, on Friday night, the 20th ranked Leominster High football team continued…
Every week, we highlight some games that caught our attention in a way that it would not normally. These feature teams that are not in our rankings or weekly previews, but are nonetheless noteworthy. Without further ado, here are those games. Dartmouth 36, Apponequet 20 — Dartmouth is an interesting program. When the Indians are good, they tend to be very legit, and you may see that start to transpire…
LEOMINSTER and SHREWSBURY — In the first weekend of scrimmages for the MIAA, we wanted to pop out to Central Mass. and see two good ones. At 11 am at Doyle Field, Catholic Memorial took on host Leominster. After that, at 3 pm, Brockton went out to St. John’s of Shrewsbury. There were things to like from each team. CM scored four times with the ones, twice with the twos…
READING – James Murphy has gotten plenty of well deserved attention for his ability as a quarterback. Murphy is one of – if not the best – in the state at his position and is committed to Brown, but he hadn’t had a signature moment. Until Friday night. Locked in a wild 44-44 tie with 3:05 remaining and the ball at the Reading 31, Murphy led a 10 play march…
By Tony Catalina NEFJ Correspondent LEOMINSTER – Friday night at Doyle Field was a duel between to supremely talented quarterbacks. Leominster’s Osiris Lopez and Wachusett’s Tucker McDonald – a UConn commit – put on a show for the packed crowd. Both teams were looking to sling the ball around and let their signal callers dictate the game in an offensive heavy contest and did so, with Leominster prevailing 48-27. Both…
LEOMINSTER- Peabody has been known for their offense during this current 11 game winning streak that they are on but it was their defense that set the tone last night in the Tanners 42-20 win over Leominster. Led by senior Jayce Dooley (Two INT’s, pick 6), Peabody’s defense had five interceptions and routinely set up quarterback Shea Lynch and the offense with good field position. The Tanners did not waste…