Observer Department: Sports

NECC community gathers for 5k and fun

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On Saturday, Oct.13 students, alumni and community members of the Merrimack Valley area alike gathered for Northern Essex Community College’s second annual homecoming. There were activities, pie eating contests, and the Campus Classic 5K Race, bringing out a large crowd despite the rain. Features included food from Lucky’s cafe, beer…

Volleyball team wins tournament

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Knights Volleyball team wins Region 21 Tournament The Northern Essex Women’s Volleyball team swept in both games against Bunker Hill Community College and MassBay Community College to claim the volleyball program’s 7th Region 21 championship for the program. After this win in the region tournament the team will advance to…

Red Sox Clinch AL

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Red Sox advance to 9th World Series, 2nd in five years The Boston Red Sox are heading back the World Series for the ninth time in team history. The Red Sox recently beat defending champs the Houston Astros 4-1 in the American League Championship Series to capture the pennant and…

Athletics Department Bruins trip

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The Department of Athletics is sponsoring a trip to a Bruins game next month. [pullquote]"So that fact that I'm able to go to some-thing I haven't done before with my friends at an affordable Price is exciting" - Brian Chavarria[/pullquote] The trip will be on November 5th when the Bruins…

Runners brave rain for Campus Classic

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By The wind and the rain were no match for the 132 enthusiastic runners who participated in the Sixth Annual Northern Essex Community College Campus Classic 5K held Saturday, Oct. 13, on the Haverhill campus. The top three runners were under 14 years of age. Jared Khalil, 13, of Newton,…

Knights volleyball are 6-2

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Volleyball team is first in conference play The NECC Women’s volleyball team is 3-0 in their conference and is 6-2 overall, the team has a winning streak of 3 previously beating Holyoke 3-0. In previous years the team has had losing records at the part of the season and ended…

Student athlete numbers doubled since ‘16-17

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NECC student-athletes numbers have grown in size since the arrival of Athletic Director Dan Blair NECC athletics have been a huge part of the college for many years. NECC offers a variety of sports for Men and Women, for Men’s (Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Track and Field). For Women’s…

Jeff Mejia named assistant athletic director

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Baseball coach takes on new role Northern Essex Community College Athletic Director Dan Blair has announced that baseball coach Jeff Mejia has joined the department on a full-time basis as Assistant Athletic Director effective August 14th. In a restructuring of the department, Mejia’s primary roles will consist of supervising the…

Knights lose both home games

The Northern Essex Knights womenʼs volleyball team had an 11 game schedule, with only two of those being homes games. The first was on October 6th versus New Hampshire Technical Institute, the second on October 12th, which would also serve as the last game of the teamʼs inaugural season. Before…

Volleyball team winless in first season

After almost four years without a volleyball team, the program was resurrected this season. When sports sign-up day at Northern Essex came around, the table where prospective volleyball players were meeting was the table with the most buzz. For a program coming back after being gone for multiple seasons, this…