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Knights Win Region XXI Again
Is it time to call Jeff Mejia’s Knights team a dynasty? bserver came out earlier this past May, the NECC Knights had just finished the regular season with a 25-2 record, winning 16 straight to round up the season. The team qualified for the number 1 seed in the in the Region XXI tournament, … Continue reading Knights Win Region XXI Again → Read More
Knights Basketball Schedule
November Tue. 3 at NHTI 7pm Thu. 5 at Great Bay 6pm Sat. 7 at TBA TBA Thu. 12 vs MassBay 6pm Sat. 14 vs Holyoke 1pm Tue. 17 vs Massasoit 6pm Thu. 19 at Bristol 7pm Sat. 21 vs UConn Avery 1pm Tue. 24 at Quinsigamond TBA December Tue. 1 at Roxbury TBA … Continue reading Knights Basketball Schedule → Read More
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 C Keith Linnane SS Ryley … Continue reading Baseball Team awards and Tr... Read More
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 them before the school year … Continue reading Sit down with Sue MacAvoy → Read More
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 roster. This meant growing pains … Continue reading Knights Basketball Ready to Go → Read More
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 and sheets on how to … Continue reading Chris No... Read More
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 freshmen and sophomores on the … Continue reading Knights Enthusiastic for Upcoming Season &rarr... Read More
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 first two meets of the … Continue reading Cross Country Program → Read More
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 Champion in t... Read More
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 have caused. Giardina is from … Continue reading Track Correction → Read More