Observer Department: Sports
Local YMCA takes on all NECC students
By: Carly Columbo Correspondent The YMCA on 40 Lawrence St. in Lawrence is giving away free memberships to NECC students. The announcement was posted on the MyNECC homepage on Feb. 19. The YMCA offers a gym, pool, indoor track, fitness center filled with equipment, and wellness classes. This offer will…
Knights back to their winning ways
Since March 23, the NECC Knights baseball squad has played 5 games, all away from home. 2 of the games were in NY against Nassau Community College and the others were against Southern Maine, Dean College, and MassBay Community College. The team traveled to NY on March 26 to take…
New softball coach has high expectations
The softball team is going into their third season and they have a new head coach. Kendra Hobbs has taken over for former Head Coach Robert Gillespie. Hobbs has been an assistant coach on the team for the past two seasons and has a ton of experience in the sport.…
Volleyball returns to NECC
After a three-year hiatus, women’s volleyball is back at NECC. New Head Coach Monica Reum was just hired recently. She is a Merrimack College student doing her fellowship at NECC. Athletic Director Sue MacAvoy had a lot to say about the volleyball program returning to NECC, why the program ended…
Beyond the box score: Matt Marquez
Matt Marquez will be one of the newest members of the NECC Knights baseball team this year as they look to make it their fifth consecutive season with a trip to the NJCAA World Series. Marquez is a second-year student majoring in Movement Science. He, like most student athletes, has…
Beyond the Box Score: Robert Barry
Robert Barry will try to help the NECC Knights Baseball team make it to their fifth consecutive NJCAA World Series appearance this spring. Last year’s team finished with a record of 28-4, including a perfect 13-0 record against their conference. The journey has already begun, as the team started practicing…
Knights wrap up December games
In December the NECC Knights played 5 games, 4 away and 1 home. They played Roxbury, Bunker Hill, Springfield Tech, Southern Maine CC and Gateway (Conn). On Dec. 1 at Roxbury, the Knights won 83-79. Roxbury outscored the Knights in the second half, 44-36, but that was not enough to…
Knights win at home vs Southern Maine
On Dec. 10, the Knights basketball team took on Southern Maine Community College at home. It was their only home game in December. The night started with the national anthem as usual, but some things were different than previous home games. Going into the game, NECC had a 9-4 record.…
Lynch helps Knights in big season
The Knights basketball team is off to an undeniably hot start. Since NECC is located in Massachusetts, most of the team is from the same state. There is one player, though, that is from the neighboring state of New Hampshire. Matt Lynch, a Business Administration major from Plaistow, N.H., is…
NECC Knights on the right track to a successful 2015-2016 season
On Tuesday Nov. 17, the Knights basketball squad took on Massasoit Community College, in their first game of the season not coached by Darren Stratton. Stratton was placed on administrative leave after gambling charges, so Assistant Coach Joe Tardif took the head. Massasoit started the scoring. It took 2-and-a-half minutes…
