Observer Department: Sports
Knights win their first conference game of the season
On Nov. 9 NECC Knights face off against Quinsigamond Community College in the Sports and Fitness Center. This was the Knights first conference game of the season. A big crowd was in hand just like on opening night this time 121 people were in attendance. This was the Knights…
Knights Basketball win their home opener
On Wednesday November 3, 2021 the NECC Knights men’s basketball team had their home opener against UMaine- Augusta. The players were practicing their shot before the game. I was there a hour early before tip off and both teams were already practicing. Even though this was their first game of the…
Knights Soccer team
On Oct. 23 the NECC Knights Soccer team were 2-9-1 and were facing Massasoit Community College at noon. Their head coach is Eusebio Marote this season. They are having a bad season. They have a losing record, but the coach said the second half of the season has shown improvement. “I believe…
Women’s Volleyball semifinals and finals
The NECC Women’s Volleyball team were looking to become Region 21 champion for the first time since 2018. In the semifinals they hosted number 4 seed Holyoke Community College on Oct. 23. The Knights won the semifinals by shutting out the number 4 seed in three sets. Set one 25-18,…
Basketball Knights getting ready for 2021-2022 season
NECC Knights Basketball head coach is Darren Stratton with 12 games left before the season starts. Stratton graduated from NECC in 1996. He played from 1994-1996 and was head coach from 1999-2015. During his first chapter as coach he won more than 200 games, including advancing to Region 21 championship games in 2003 and…
Top-seeded volleyball team heads into tournament
The top-seeded NECC women's volleyball team will host the NJCAA Region 21 tournament Oct. 23 at the Sports and Fitness Center. The volleyball head coach is Mike Pelosi. It is his first head coach job at college, but he has experience coaching in high school and clubs. Pelosi has more…
Expectations are high for the upcoming baseball season
During the 2021 fall season NECC Baseball team is playing exhibition games. They practice a lot in the field and work out in the gym. They are doing everything that they can to be prepared for the spring. The NECC Knights is a Division Three team. They won the region…
Knights baseball team prepares for Regionals
After a 29 game regular season, the Northern Essex baseball team finished with a final record of 19-10, winning their last 16 of 21 contests. The Knights opened up their season inMarch, going down to New Jersey and Pennsylvania to play two top 10 nationally rankedopponents: Northampton Community College and…
The Knights are hot come playoff time
The Northern Essex baseball team has picked up their level of play in recent games,winning 11 out of their last 13 games. After losing on a walk off walk to Eastern CT, the Knights went on a 5 game win streak before dropping two games in a double header to…
Knights baseball team loses tough battle
On Sunday, May 2nd, the Northern Essex Knights had a home game doubleheaderagainst the Uconn Avery Point Pointers. Prior to these two games, the Knights had matched u pagainst the Pointers on three other occasions, beating them all three times. Three wins out of thefive total games against each other…
