Amesbury Student/Athletes

Two of Amesbury High School’s senior athletes are Jackie Webber and Jeff Larnard.  They each envision careers in medicine some day. 
Jeff will be attending UMass (Amherst) in the fall.  “I am going for a pre-med/biology major,” he told me in an interview at AHS.  “The financial advantage of choosing a college in-state is pretty significant [...]

Matt Irwin: Amesbury’s Busy Goalie

Sometimes it’s hard to figure out how good a hockey goalie really is, especially if a cast of all-star teammates surrounds him.  Defensive breakdowns in his end of the ice are few and the other goalie sees most of the shots.
Matt Irwin of Amesbury has not been surrounded by all-stars but he has made a [...]

Matt Irwin: Under Siege in Amesbury

Amesbury has not been a very good hockey team in recent memory.  However, when their best player is the goalie, you figure it could be a whole lot worse.  The team won just twice this season.
I went after the junior goalie (Matt Irwin) of the Amesbury hockey team to get his perspective in an interview [...]

Two Sets of Sisters Add Confusion to Amesbury Basketball Team

Are you called by the wrong first name regularly? 
It might happen if you have same-sex siblings close to you in age or if you look like other siblings in your family.
Some parents increase the odds considerably by giving, close-in-age, same-sex siblings, names that start with the same first letter.
Consider the Zahoruiko’s and the Sydlowski’s on [...]

AHS Football Team Wins Super Bowl

(Waltham) Santa’s parade may have started in Amesbury at 3:30PM on Saturday (December 6th) but hours before that parade the AHS football team had already been on the receiving end of all sorts of gifts from Division 3A Super Bowl opponent Martha’s Vineyard at Bentley University and as a result captured their first Super Bowl, [...]

Amesbury High School – Division 3A Super Bowl Champions

(Waltham) I was at Bentley University on Saturday afternoon and saw the Amesbury Indians capture the Massachusetts Division 3A Super Bowl title, 40-19, over highly regarded but poorly performing Martha’s Vineyard.
The expected high scoring affair turned out to be partially correct.  While Amesbury scored at will, MV gave the ball away at nearly the same [...]

Seniors Lead Strong Amesbury Football Team

Amesbury head football coach Thom Connors watched his current senior-laden team play on an undefeated freshmen team.
“After the freshman pulled out a couple of close games late I started to think that they might be something special,” recalled Coach Connors.
One play in particular really got Thom’s attention.  “I saw Jared Flannigan punt the ball, beat [...]

Amesbury High School Seniors Discuss Sports

(Mollie Sydlowski and Katie Hathaway of Amesbury High School)
Mollie Sydlowski and Katie Hathaway have been three-sport varsity members for all four years at Amesbury High School. Mollie played soccer, basketball, and tennis while Katie did field hockey, basketball, and softball.
Both girls credited teammates early in their varsity careers for setting good examples.  “I played with [...]

Triton Girls Star at Cape Ann League Open

 

Another meet.  Another victory.  That’s the way it has gone for the Triton girls outdoor track team (pictured above).  Undefeated during the regular season the girls added the Cape Ann League Open championship to a truly remarkable season at windy Hamilton-Wenham on May 24th.
“It’s a thrill,” said Triton coach Joe Colbert reflecting on the victory.  [...]