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FITCHBURG – The Oakmont Regional girls basketball team hit the floor Wednesday evening with little margin for error. Still alive in their pursuit of a postseason berth, the Spartans need to catch fire and stay hot until the end of the season. Hitting the road, the Spartans traveled to the Doug Grutchfield Field House to take […]

FITCHBURG — The effort was unquestionable. For all 32 minutes of Friday evening’s game against Groton-Dunstable, the Fitchburg High girls basketball team gave all it had to give. Unfortunately for the host Red Raiders, the hard work didn’t translate into points for the third straight contest. The visiting Crusaders turned up the offensive intensity in […]

BOSTON — With the backdrop of the Green Monster behind them and the splendor of Fenway Park laid out before them, it would have been easy for the Leominster High football team to get caught up in the grandeur of playing at such a historic venue. A slow start would have been understandable. But as […]

In 1994, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder sang the following lines on the song “Corduroy” off the band’s third album, “Vitalogy”: “The waiting drove me mad. You’re finally here and I’m a mess.” He may very well have been describing the build toward Wednesday night’s rivalry tilt between Leominster High (5-5) and Fitchburg High (0-10) at […]

Coming into his first season at the helm of the Fitchburg High football program, head coach Paul DiGeronimo knew what he was getting into. Numbers weren’t what they once were, experience was lacking and losses were lined up in bulk. Still, DiGeronimo’s goal wasn’t to immediately come away with a winning season. His sights were […]

FITCHBURG — Disclaimer: I don’t like what I’m about to write. The Fitchburg High football team’s 41-14 loss to Assabet Valley — the first time the Red and Gray have ever played the Aztecs on the gridiron — last Thursday night sent the Red Raiders to 0-10 for the second time in school history. Not […]

FITCHBURG — Looking to rebound from a tough season-opening contest against North Middlesex Regional, the Fitchburg High football team welcomed West Boylston to Crocker Field on Friday evening. The host Red Raiders struggled to slow down the powerful Lions as West Boylston ran for over 200 yards on the evening and headed home with a […]

In less than a week, the lights will shine brightly on area football fields and the 2023 season will have kicked off. Practices have been ongoing for more than two weeks now and the local slate kicks off Thursday night as North Middlesex Regional visits Crocker Field to face host Fitchburg High School. Most other […]

Soon, Crocker Field will be alive on Friday nights. For now, the Fitchburg High football team will settle for being on Amiott Field. The Red Raiders have been hard at work on Crocker’s satellite practice lot, kicking things off last Friday under new head coach Paul DiGeronimo and getting a handful of sessions under their […]