Sports
Baseball team looks to the future
Coronavirus changed life for college students from coast to coast this spring. At Northern Essex Community College, it silenced the national power baseball team, coached by Jeff Mejia, taking a season of opportunity away as the coach was ready to add his son, also named Jeff to the Knights baseball roster. This season, the home … Continue reading Baseball team looks to ... Read More
Basketball fans, players welcome Stratton back to NECC
Darren Stratton’s workload has picked up again, and he would have it no other way. Epic struggles to clear his good name in court and restore his reputation over the past nearly five years have landed Stratton, a Haverhill resident, where he once was and ultimately, where he wants to be. Stratton was named head … Continue reading Basketball fans, players welcome Stratton... Read More
Corona season
March Madness is what they call it but this 2020 basketball season can be summed up as March Sadness. In all my life of watching and playing basketball I have never seen the basketball season cancelled, an esp. right in the middle of games. Yes some have seen the season be locked out from the … Continue reading Corona season → Read More
Student athletes hold onto optimism in a state of chaos
Recently due to the ongoing COVID-19 virus pandemic, all activities, schools, and businesses not deemed essential have been cancelled and closed down till further notice. These are all a part of our daily lives, and this is going to greatly affect the way we live until this situation starts to calm down. Most schools including NECC … Continue reading Student athletes ho... Read More
Stratton returns as basketball coach
The love of the game is something we hear a lot in the sports world, but only few can say they have seen others show this type of love on an everyday scale. Here at NECC we have some very dedicated staff members that work hard making sure think that NECC is a great place … Continue reading Stratton returns as basketball coach → Read More
Spring sports season canceled
On Thursday, March 12th, students got an email stating the college would be shut down at least until Monday, March 16th. They told everyone that the goal was to try and re-open come April 7th but that plan didn’t work out and eventually, they would go the rest of the semester online. This would be … Continue reading Spring sports season canceled → Read More
A runner…. and an author?
John Miller’s second book, “The Magical Heart of Handom”
NECC student a modern-day Renaissance man John Miller from Methuen, Massachusetts, is a member of both the cross country and track program at Northern Essex and has published two children picture books. The 19-year-old was diagnosed with autism at the age of five but isn’t afraid to speak about it to other people. Because of … Continue reading A runner…. and an a... Read More
NECC Baseball team turns it around
Offensive outburst powers April turnaround The NECC Knights baseball team bounced back in a big way during the month of April. They entered the month having only gone 4-11 to start the season, according to information made available on the NECC athletic page, and in need of a winning streak in the worst kind of … Continue reading NECC Baseball team turns it around &rarr... Read More
Desilvestre’s history with Track and Field
Photo courtesy NECC Knights
Nelson Desilvestre.
Northern Essex coach’s long love affair with sport continues Nelson Desilvestre has now been the head coach for the Northern Essex track and field team for three years and has coached athletes to reach the national competition at the end of each track season. Desilvestre also coaches for the Manchester Essex indoor track team when … Continue reading Desilvestre’s histo... Read More
Baseball Field need a retooling?
A lackluster field makes playing home games a rare treat for Knights Over the past two years the Northern Essex Knights have only played a total of four regular season games on the home field at the campus. Rain in March and April make it tough for the grounds crew to keep the field in … Continue reading Baseball Field need a retooling? → Read More