In today’s “Remember When,” we’ll highlight the Andover High (and Punchard High!) boys.
For Andover’s Kathleen Yates, two of her greatest passions — basketball and baking — are not as different as they seem.
NORTH ANDOVER — Andover may have entered last week as the No. 3-ranked team in the Boston Globe’s Eastern Mass. polls, but the Golden Warriors weren’t letting that change their mindset.
Joe Marinaro knew it was going to be a dogfight, from Day 1, to get on the field at Boston College.
The region’s most beloved holiday tournament was supposed to return this winter. Instead, the Andover boys and girls basketball teams received difficult news just after Christmas
At this time a year ago the manta was basically universal — “2020 was a year like no other!”
Brown University head coach James Perry knew what he was getting when the transfer from Boston College announced he would be attending the Ivy League school.
The moments were surreal for Andover’s Charlotte Mouson, as she stood in front of many of the state’s premier swimmers.
Rob Oppenheim may have lost his PGA Tour privileges recently. But do not think for a second that, at 41, the Salem-born and Andover-raised golfer is ready to give up ‘The Quest’ and bow out of the most competitive playing circuit in the world.
The temperature has turned cold, warm coats are out, Thanksgiving is behind us and Christmas is on the horizon. With the winter high school sports preseason already underway, lets take a few moments to take one final look back at the fall sports season that just came to a close.
Lots of very talented Andover High athletes were honored as All-Merrimack Valley Conference and as MVC All-Stars this fall.
BURLINGTON — An iron-clad defense was the calling card of the Andover High field hockey team throughout the 2021 season.
BURLINGTON — Andover High field hockey coach Maureen Noone said star midfielder Emma Reilly wasn’t quite as active as she would have liked her to be in the Golden Warriors’ Division 1 quarterfinals win over Shrewsbury last week.
With eyes fixed on a state championship, the Andover High field hockey team simply would no be denied last week.
Andover High and North Andover High’s Thanksgiving matchup will have a little extra spice this fall.
Girls Swimming
Another late fall, another season in which Andover girls swimming performs its best in the postseason against the best of the best.
ANDOVER — Andover High quarterback Scotty Brown certainly made his 17th birthday a special one.
LOWELL — After a rocky few weeks, the Andover football team has seems to have found its groove as the postseason approaches.
HAVERHILL — In dire need of a victory after three tough weeks, Andover High placed the ball in the hands of their star.
Girls Swimming
The focus is beginning to change a bit for Andover junior Marissa Kobelski.
Field Hockey
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part 3 of our previews of Andover High’s fall sports teams. Boys and girls soccer and boys cross country ran last week, and football ran two weeks ago.
ANDOVER — The Andover football team was able to rally back from two deficits, but fell to Lawrence 37-26 on Saturday,
With the game tied in the fourth quarter, after another drive fell short, Andover was in need of a spark.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part 2 of our previews of Andover High’s fall sports teams. Part 3, featuring field hockey, girls volleyball and girls cross country will run next week.
Before all the accolades and Division 1 college interest, Lincoln Beal admits there were plenty of nerves two years ago, when the then-freshman found himself as one of the top running backs for the Andover High varsity team.
ANDOVER — It was obvious to anybody watching Andover High football play last year that then-sophomores quarterback Scotty Brown and running back Lincoln Beal were on the verge of becoming very special.
Andover football is finally back where it belongs.
Editor’s Note: This column, written by Andover native Michael Muldoon, has run in papers across the North of Boston Media Group since 2001
Before we fully turn the page to the fall season, lets take one final look back at some of the biggest stars from the spring season. Here are some of the top standouts, listed by the class they were in prior to 2021 graduation:
The start of the fall regular season is very nearly upon us. Andover High’s sports teams are hard at work preparing to start playing games for real next week.
While the end of the summer is always bittersweet, there is one major silver lining.
Adam Molda has built a tennis mecca.
Andover’s Olivia Foster knew she was close to flying higher than she ever had as a pole vaulter.
Incoming Andover High freshman Connor Acheson admits that he and older brother Tyler, who will be a senior in the fall, are quite competitive with each other.
If Andover’s John Rex has reached the end of his career throwing the hammer in track and field, he certainly knows how to go out in style.
In his final start in an Andover uniform before heading to college, Andover Legion ace Ryan Grecco delivered bigtime.
Former Andover High football stars Cedric Gillette, Joe Rockwell and E.J. Perry IV were the winning team at the annual Ernie Perry-Fran Reilly memorial 3-on-3 basketball tourney.
When it comes to experience and all-around play, few can match Andover senior Jyles Amirault.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third in a series spotlighting the unsung heroes of Andover High sports from the 2020-21 school year
Andover’s Shane Lachance saw the news first on television. Then, moments later, the phone call arrived to make the dream a reality.
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