North Reading Sports

Published June 6, 2019

By DAN NUNN

NORTH READING — On Memorial Day, the NRHS girls’ tennis team traveled to Swampscott for their regular season finale and downed the Big Blue 3-2. With the win NRHS finished with a record of 13-7.

At first singles, sophomore Ava Czarnota won 6-4, 6-4. Freshman Gina Campagna earned yet another…

Published June 6, 2019

Published May 30, 2019

NORTH ANDOVER — The North Reading girls’ track and field team continued their remarkable season with a Division 3 State Championship title on Sunday, May 26 at Merrimack College.

Head coach Sotirios Pintzopoulos’ squad was led by team captains Megan Lawlor, Kaitlyn Shevlin, Mia Denofrio, Abigail Griffin and Kelly Bratton who end their…

Marblehead halts 13-game win streak

Published May 30, 2019

By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI

NORTH READING — On May 24 in a non-league game, the NRHS softball team was edged 2-1 by host Marblehead. North Reading led 1-0 going into the bottom of the sixth inning but a double and a two-run homer by Charlotte Pelletier gave the Magicians the…

Published May 30, 2019

NORTH READING  — The NRHS girls’ tennis team clinched a state tournament berth with their 3-2 victory over the Ipswich Tigers in North Reading’s final Cape Ann League match of the season. The Hornets finished up with a 5-5 record in the tough CAL.

North Reading sat the four senior starters in the…

Published May 30, 2019

By Keith Landry

It was spring of 1989, but it feels like yesterday.  I stood just to the left of center in the cavernous North Reading High School outfield in the late innings, a sixteen-year old Yastrzemski fan from Massachusetts.  My Hornets were up a run with two outs and runners on…

Published May 23, 2019

By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI

NORTH READING — The North Reading High girls lacrosse team won its second game on Monday afternoon as they defeated visiting Malden, 15-6, on the team’s Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Game.

“It was a very special and emotional day,” said North Reading head coach Matt Costello.

Meredith Casey…

Published May 23, 2019

BYFIELD — Having won the Cape Ann League Championship going 8-0 in the regular season, the North Reading Hornets girls’ track and field team went into the CAL Open Championship Meet on May 18 at Triton High School as the clear favorites.

In order to compete in the meet athletes had…

Published May 23, 2019

BYFIELD — The North Reading boys’ spring track team finished their Cape Ann League schedule in grand fashion at the CAL Championships at Triton High as they took 2nd overall as a team with a score of 84 points, only bested by Triton, who scored 122.

“Extremely proud of the way…