Observer Department: Sports

March madness

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The storied tradition of the NCAA’s March Madness basketball tournament continues in 2021 after a one-year hiatus. The 2020 March Madness tournament was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At that point March Madness was one of the very first things to be canceled and what COVID is today,…

Catching up with Track and Field Coach Tim Foley

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NECC has always been a school that offers multiple students from various different background sopportunities to decide what they want to pursue in the future. In hopes of pursuing academic goals and a future career, many students tend to get overwhelmedover the workload they face every day, and search for…

NECC Knights getting back to competition this spring

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As the spring sports semester begins Northern Essex Community College intends to return to competition. The first sports to get this underway will be the men’s basketball team and the women’s volleyball team along with the esports team. After COVID had canceled sports during the fall semester the plan to…

Baseball team opens season with doubleheader

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The Northern Essex Baseball team opened their season with a doubleheader on March 7 and 8. After no season in 2020, the team was excited to get back onto the field again. Saturday’s games were played down in Quincy, MA against Eastern Nazarene, where they lost the first game 6-1…

A shift in sports at NECC

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Kids and teens in the United States always have at least one dream about what they want to do when they are older, some of these dreams are inspired overtime by what they do, what they watch, and what they grow up around. One of the most popular activities among…

Baseball program adjusts to COVID-19 safety protocols

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Ever since the Coronavirus struck the U.S. last March, the country has had to deal withmany changes in our everyday lives. From wearing masks at all times, to socially distancing in public, to not hanging out in big groups or meeting new people; it is safe to say that our…

Sports at NECC have many purposes

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The biggest purpose of going to college, if anything, is obviously to study and be able to get adegree in a field that you want to pursue in the future. Students spend most of their time studying to achieve their goals while receiving much-needed help from the best tutors in…

Esports flourish in a virtual world

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During the pandemic we have had a significant lack of sports due to social distancing. Golf courses where shut down, basketball and, football. Only recently we’ve had a return of some sports. During the lock down there has been a sport that took place in a virtual world and wasn’t…

COVID trumps sports

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Throughout the last six months, our daily plans have taken a heavy turn around in one way or another, and it’s clear that we’ve had to make adjustments that we’re not quite accustomed to. At NECC, all classes are remote for this fall semester, and teachers and students have been…

Pandemic impacts fall sports schedule

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The fall sports season looks different this year for NECC's athletes, coaches and fans. Cross country and esports are participating in regular activities this fall but other sports have had their seasons adjusted or moved because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  “In the fall semester, all of the NECC's athletic programs…