North Reading Sports

Published January 30, 2020

Congratulations to the Hornets of the Week: Soultana Tsaparlis, Cody Cannalonga, Ali Grasso, Kristina Valenti, Madeline Koenig and Christopher Mangano. Soultana, a sophomore on the girls’ indoor track team, won the high jump event with a height of 4’ 6 “ in a recent meet against Triton. Cody, a sophomore on the boys’ varsity basketball team, had…

Cannalonga’s five 3-pointers described by coach as the “best shooting performance I’ve ever seen.”

Published January 30, 2020

By DAN NUNN

NORTH READING — Sophomore…

MacLellan sets school record in the two-mile

Published January 30, 2020

ANDOVER — Following an admirable attempt to win a repeat State Relay Championship on Jan. 14, at which the Hornets had the settle for 10th place, the NRHS girls’ track and field team fell to a strong Triton Viking team on Tuesday, Jan. 20…

Published January 30, 2020

By DAN TOMASELLO

METHUEN — The Lynnfield-North Reading co-op wrestling team went 3-2 during a super quad meet at Methuen High School on Saturday, Jan. 25.

The Black and Gold (13-12) began the meet defeating Waltham 48-18.

Senior captain Timmy Leggett (132 lbs.) pinned his opponent at 2:30. Senior captain Stuart…

Published January 23, 2020

By HENRY PELMAS

READING — The North Reading-Wilmington Wild Hornets swim teams had a strong last home meet on Friday, Jan. 17, as both the boys’ and girls’ teams won.

Since it was the last home meet of the season, the team also celebrated senior night, as the team made posters…

Published January 23, 2020

By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI

BEVERLY — The Danvers-North Reading High co-op gymnastics team improved to 2-1 on Jan. 16 as they defeated host Beverly, 136.85-132.0, at the Beverly Y.

Allie Taylor led the way, coming in first place in the all-around with a total score of 35.5 in the four events.

The…

Published January 23, 2020

By DAN NUNN

NORTH READING — Twelve players cracked the score sheet as the NRHS girls’ basketball team improved to 5-3 with their gargantuan 58-24 victory at Georgetown on January 14. Senior captain Ali Grasso had 13 points and freshman Faith Newton scored a career-high 11 points.

Senior captain Lauren Sullivan chipped…

Published January 16, 2020

By DAN NUNN

LYNNFIELD — Junior captain Will Taylor nailed a pair of foul shots with four seconds left to give the Hornets a pulse-pounding 54-53 road victory over the arch rival Lynnfield Pioneers on Friday night. Sophomore sharpshooter Cody Cannalonga hit seven 3-pointers and was the leading scorer with 25 points…

Published January 16, 2020

By DAN ZIMMERMAN

SAUGUS — This season, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) floated a two-year pilot program that provides an overtime option for high school hockey teams to potentially resolve tied scores via a five-minute, four-on-four segment.

While many schools have adopted this voluntary measure, others have chosen to hold out…