Observer Department: Sports
Baseball Team awards and Transfer Athletes
All-New England Division III Team 1B Jake Rayner 2B MacDaniel Singleton OF Colby Maiola OF Harrison Smoske P Zarif Paiazetovic P Ryan McAuliffe DH Ellido Reyes Honorable Mentions SS Ryley Warnock C Keith Linnane Coach of the Year: Jeff Mejia Gold Glove Players of the Year C MacDaniel Singleton…
Sit down with Sue MacAvoy
Sue MacAvoy has been the Athletic Director at Northern Essex for 16 years now and is looking forward to the upcoming school year, but most importantly the upcoming sports seasons. I got to sit down with Sue and talk to her about the different sports offered and her thoughts on…
Knights Basketball Ready to Go
The Knights basketball team’s season starts on November 3rd at NHTI, which means they have little time to improve their play if the hope to build upon their losing 12-16 season last year. They put a very young team on the court last season only having 2 sophomores on the…
Chris Nowinski Speaks at NECC
On Oct. 21 in the Hartleb Technology Center, Christopher Nowinski, a former Harvard football player, pro wrestler, NFLPA advisor and author, spoke to about 100 people about the severity of concussions and head injuries. Nowinski, author of the book “Head Games” and founder of the Concussion Foundation, handed out pamphlets…
Knights Enthusiastic for Upcoming Season
The season for the NECC Knights basketball squad is almost here. They just came back from a tournament in New York and New Jersey and are just about ready to take on the regular season on November 3 at New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord, N.H. Before that though, the…
Cross Country Program
The cross country program was revived earlier this semester when Athletic Director Sue MacAvoy hired Thom Bradley to coach and bring in students to the team. The recruiting process started off slow, but one student has been there from the start. Jared Shepard was the lone NECC runner for the…
Nowinski Coming to NECC
Former professional wrestler and Harvard University graduate Christopher Nowinski will be coming to NECC’s Haverhill campus on Wednesday, Oct. 21, to educate and promote awareness on sports-related concussions. Nowinski worked as a wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment from 2001-2003. He won the WWE Hardcore Championship twice, becoming the youngest Hardcore…
Track Correction
In the Oct. 7 issue of the Observer, in the article “Track is back after 2 years,” there was a mistake regarding the new head coach’s name. The new track coach is Mike Giardina, not Beau Couture. The Observer regrets the error and apologizes for any confusion it may…
Carlos Pena Finally Retires
Carlos Pena has decided to finally call it a career and retire from Major League Baseball. The former Haverhill resident played in the MLB for 14 years for eight different teams. On Friday, Sept. 18, he signed a one day contract with the Tampa Bay Rays — the team he…
Coach Bradley Brings Back Cross Country to NECC
Northern Essex Athletics has not offered a cross country program in seven years. There hasn’t been a coach or enough students to fill out a team. Now, after all this time, they are bringing the program back thanks to new head coach Thomas Bradley. Bradley has accomplished many things in…
