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28 Nov

PHOTO GALLERY: Scenes from the 2024 Thanksgiving game at Fenway Park

Joe McConnellLocal News, Sports, Top Stories

Coming out of the Red Sox dugout to start this year’s Thanksgiving Day game against rival Swampscott at Fenway Park on Thanksgiving Eve, the Marblehead Football Magicians were surrounded by a red light show emblematic of their Red & Black colors. COURTESY PHOTO / EYAL OREN, WEDNESDAYS IN MARBLEHEAD Marblehead junior Rylan Golden (6) gets ready to celebrate with running back Yandel Garcia (1) after Garcia scored a touchdown during the annual Thanksgiving game against Swampscott on Thanksgiving Eve at Fenway Park. COURTESY PHOTO /…

15 Jun

VIDEO: Marblehead boys lacrosse coach John Wilkens, staff open up to the players after bitter loss in state semifinal game

Joe McConnell0 CommentsLocal News, Marblehead Public Schools, Sports, Top Stories

The Marblehead High boys lacrosse team (21-1, seventh seed) has seen enough of the South Shore after two long bus rides in a space of just three days to play in a couple of more Division 2 state tournament games. They definitely know pretty much every mile marker on Route 3, 6 and 18, while spending the rest of the time on I-95 South and Route 93 North. For the record, they logged over 360 round trip miles, first coming back victorious from the Cape…

12 Jun

Marblehead laxmen advance to Final Four after beating host Nauset, 13-9

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The Marblehead High School boys lacrosse team is shown proudly holding the Final Four trophy and banner after beating host Nauset in a Division 2 state tournament Elite 8 game at Eastham, 13-9 on June 12. Courtesy photo It might be a long trip back home to Marblehead, but that bus ride will be anything but quiet after the Marblehead boys lacrosse team (21-0, seventh seed) took care of the second-seeded Nauset Warriors (17-4) in a Division 2 Elite 8 game on Nauset's Eastham campus,…

09 Jun

Smooth spring sailing returns for Marblehead Fishwagons with new coach, regular weekly races around Greater Boston

Joe McConnell0 CommentsSailing, Sports

For the first time in three years, the Marblehead High Fishwagons sailing team enjoyed a complete schedule of races as an independent squad. The Fishwagons are roughly among 40 high school sailing teams competing in the state, and most are participating as independents after the pandemic wiped out their regularly scheduled races since 2020. There’s hope they will be rejoining the Mass. Bay League (Division A / B), which is a part of the New England Scholastic Sailing Association (NESSA), next spring. The 2023 Marblehead…

08 Jun

Marblehead boys lacrosse heads to the Cape Monday to face host Nauset in Elite 8 game

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The Marblehead High boys lacrosse team recorded its 20th straight win this spring to remain perfect on the season after upending Milton (10-10), the 23rd seed, 16-8 in a Division 2 Round of 16 state tournament game at Piper Field on June 8. The Magicians, the seventh seed, are scheduled to head to the Cape for a 4 p.m. Elite 8 game against host Nauset (17-3, second seed) Monday afternoon, June 12. The Warriors, who play in the Atlantic Coast League, defeated Silver Lake Regional…

06 Jun

PHOTOS: Marblehead Baseball Magicians upset host Hopkinton

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Marblehead relief pitcher Chris Cannuscio, left, and catcher David Bartram celebrate after punching out the final batter to seal the deal on an 8-4 upset victory over Hopkinton in a Division 2 Round of 32 state tournament game at Hopkinton High School on June 5. The Magicians now advance to the Sweet 16 at Westfield Thursday afternoon. Current photo / Ken McGagh The Marblehead Baseball Magicians (14-8), who started the Division 2 state tournament as the 29th seed, went on a long-distance road trip to…

02 Jun

Baseball Magicians begin postseason with close win over Somerville

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The best time of any high school sports season is here, and the Marblehead Baseball Magicians (13-8, 29th seed) opened it up against visiting Somerville (10-11, 36th seed) in a Division 2 state tournament preliminary round game at Seaside Park on Thursday afternoon, June 1. After seeing a 9-0 lead evaporate, the Marblehead boys were able to hang on to secure the 13-11 triumph. “We went up 9-0 in the third, but Somerville bounced back with seven in the fourth,” said coach Mike Giardi.…

07 Mar

VIDEO: Marblehead Basketball Magician Miles O’Neill sends teammates to Elite 8

Joe McConnell0 CommentsMarblehead Public Schools, Sports

Host Mansfield next up for the Marblehead boys Friday night Check out this video from the closing seconds of a Round of 16 game against Pope Francis on its Springfield campus that featured Miles O'Neill's clutch rebound and layup at the buzzer to send his teammates to the Elite 8 in Division 2. The Magicians won the game, 59-57. "I trusted my teammate Nick Lemmond to hit the shot, because he had an amazing game," said O'Neill after the Sweet 16 classic. "But I stayed…

03 Mar

Marblehead boys basketball outlasts Pembroke to advance to Sweet 16

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The Marblehead High boys basketball team (14-4, 10th seed) couldn't have been in a more competitive game to begin the Division 2 state tournament at home against Pembroke (12-9, 23rd seed) in a Round of 32 game, but they were able to prevail in the end, 60-57. The Magicians now move on to the Sweet 16, while awaiting the winner of the Pope Francis-Nauset game (March 3, 5 p.m.). The Marblehead boys led at halftime, 27-26. The second half was a mirror image of this…