Team-by-team previews and features for all 13 schools in The Salem News coverage area for winter sports like boys and girls hockey, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls indoor track, swimming and wrestling.
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The faces in the pool may change over the years, but the focus of the Peabody High swim team does not.
Jimmy Guy is enthusiastic about his new head coaching job with the Salem High boys and girls indoor track teams. Wanting to pass along his love for running, the Witch City native has big plans for his two squads.
Whether they’re ahead, behind or locked in a tie game, new head coach Danielle Finocchario wants her Beverly High girls hockey team to be grateful that they can be on the ice.
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As far as consistency goes, Danvers’ girls basketball squad set the standard for the North Shore squads last winter.
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Team-by-Team previews, facts and figures heading into the 2018 high school football season. Click on the arrows below to scroll between the lead story about local linemen to the various previews for each different high school.
They are the unsung heroes of football — the guys who put their bodies on the line, both literally and figuratively, on every snap and almost never get to touch the ball or score a point.
There are many times when quality far outshines quantity.
Statistically speaking, there has never been a better time to be a varsity football player for the Danvers High Falcons.
PEABODY — Ask the five captains of the 2018 Peabody High football team what's one thing that would make their senior season a success and you'll get five different, increasingly ambitious answers.
Last fall, the Swampscott High football squad had one of the most potent offenses in the North Shore, averaging 31.7 points per game and eclipsing 40 points in four of their seven wins.
Head coach Matt Bouchard and his Salem High football squad head into 2018 in a pleasantly unfamiliar position: they’re coming off a winning campaign for the first time in nearly a decade.
Expectations surrounding the five-time defending Northeastern Conference champion Marblehead High football squad are lofty once again — and understandably so.
HAMILTON — Size, whether in terms of the height and girth of the players or the sheer number of them on the roster, is not usually available in excess in the Cape Ann League's Baker division.
On paper, this year's Bishop Fenwick football team looks great.
Brian St. Pierre is pleased with the attitude and hard work his players have put in during the offseason.
Low participation numbers have already had an impact on the Manchester Essex football team for the 2018 season.
The Gloucester High football team will have lots of familiar faces returning to the starting lineup in 2018, none more familiar than its four starters in the offensive backfield.
Over the years, the spread formation has usually been the bread and butter of Pingree's football offense. It helped bring them back-to-back bowl championships in 2009 and 2010, when they averaged 32.8 and 39.2 points per game, respectively.
Masconomet's football opponents this fall beware: tackling the Chieftains' two captains at the end of the game in the fourth quarter will be much easier said than done.
Ipswich's football program has trended upward as of late. The Tigers have finished with a 6-5 mark and secured a postseason berth every year since head coach Kevin Fessette took over in 2015. They even earned a share of the Cape Ann League Baker title last fall after upsetting arch rival Ham…
Speaking with Essex North Shore head football coach Dan Connors, it's clear that stellar character plays a crucial role in his life.
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Each and every season, the two biggest goals of the Danvers High varsity hockey team have remain the same: win the Northeastern Conference, and capture the Division 2 state championship.
The Peabody High girls hockey team has raised the bar for its program over the last two seasons.
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The Salem High girls basketball program underwent a big change during the offseason.
Replenishing pieces lost to graduation is as consistent a yearly battle for high school athletic programs as they come.
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There’s a new indoor track coach at Essex Tech this winter, but the team’s goals have remained the same: keep working hard and improve every day.
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Team-by-team previews and features for all 13 schools in The Salem News coverage area for winter sports like boys and girls hockey, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls indoor track, swimming and wrestling.
BOYS BASKETBALL
The faces in the pool may change over the years, but the focus of the Peabody High swim team does not.
Jimmy Guy is enthusiastic about his new head coaching job with the Salem High boys and girls indoor track teams. Wanting to pass along his love for running, the Witch City native has big plans for his two squads.
Whether they’re ahead, behind or locked in a tie game, new head coach Danielle Finocchario wants her Beverly High girls hockey team to be grateful that they can be on the ice.
BOYS HOCKEY
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As far as consistency goes, Danvers’ girls basketball squad set the standard for the North Shore squads last winter.
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Team-by-Team previews, facts and figures heading into the 2018 high school football season. Click on the arrows below to scroll between the lead story about local linemen to the various previews for each different high school.
They are the unsung heroes of football — the guys who put their bodies on the line, both literally and figuratively, on every snap and almost never get to touch the ball or score a point.
There are many times when quality far outshines quantity.
Statistically speaking, there has never been a better time to be a varsity football player for the Danvers High Falcons.
PEABODY — Ask the five captains of the 2018 Peabody High football team what's one thing that would make their senior season a success and you'll get five different, increasingly ambitious answers.
Last fall, the Swampscott High football squad had one of the most potent offenses in the North Shore, averaging 31.7 points per game and eclipsing 40 points in four of their seven wins.
Head coach Matt Bouchard and his Salem High football squad head into 2018 in a pleasantly unfamiliar position: they’re coming off a winning campaign for the first time in nearly a decade.
Expectations surrounding the five-time defending Northeastern Conference champion Marblehead High football squad are lofty once again — and understandably so.
HAMILTON — Size, whether in terms of the height and girth of the players or the sheer number of them on the roster, is not usually available in excess in the Cape Ann League's Baker division.
On paper, this year's Bishop Fenwick football team looks great.
Brian St. Pierre is pleased with the attitude and hard work his players have put in during the offseason.
Low participation numbers have already had an impact on the Manchester Essex football team for the 2018 season.
The Gloucester High football team will have lots of familiar faces returning to the starting lineup in 2018, none more familiar than its four starters in the offensive backfield.
Over the years, the spread formation has usually been the bread and butter of Pingree's football offense. It helped bring them back-to-back bowl championships in 2009 and 2010, when they averaged 32.8 and 39.2 points per game, respectively.
Masconomet's football opponents this fall beware: tackling the Chieftains' two captains at the end of the game in the fourth quarter will be much easier said than done.
Ipswich's football program has trended upward as of late. The Tigers have finished with a 6-5 mark and secured a postseason berth every year since head coach Kevin Fessette took over in 2015. They even earned a share of the Cape Ann League Baker title last fall after upsetting arch rival Ham…
Speaking with Essex North Shore head football coach Dan Connors, it's clear that stellar character plays a crucial role in his life.
BOYS HOCKEY
BOYS HOCKEY
Each and every season, the two biggest goals of the Danvers High varsity hockey team have remain the same: win the Northeastern Conference, and capture the Division 2 state championship.
The Peabody High girls hockey team has raised the bar for its program over the last two seasons.
BOYS HOCKEY
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The Salem High girls basketball program underwent a big change during the offseason.
Replenishing pieces lost to graduation is as consistent a yearly battle for high school athletic programs as they come.
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There’s a new indoor track coach at Essex Tech this winter, but the team’s goals have remained the same: keep working hard and improve every day.
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Listen as Salem News sportswriter Matt Williams talks with Endicott mens basketball coach and Peabody Hall of Famer Kevin Bettencourt for the "March Madness" edition of the show. Bettencourt touches on his Gulls two NCAA tournament appearances, their first ever NCAA win and shares some memor…
Every week, the Salem News sports department chats about high school sports on the North Shore.
Every week, the Salem News sports department chats about high school sports on the North Shore.
Matt Jenkins, who has worked in The Salem News sports department for the last 17 1/2 years, talks about a wide variety of topics and experiences during his time at the newspaper in our latest Salem News Sports Podcast.
Every week, the Salem News sports department will chat about high school sports on the North Shore.
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