NORTH SHORE (Podcast) he Salem News / Gloucester Times sports writers update the MIAA winter sports playoffs that are now underway. Team and player notes from this past week and game previews are featured. Also, more success for the St. John’s…

DANVERS – At first glance, St. John’s Prep opening round 3-1 victory over King Phillip might be a bit of a surprise as the Eagles were heavily favored.  On further inspection, however, as Prep coach Kristian Hanson points out, the…

WINTHROP – Winthrop High School hockey coach Dale Dunbar is a frequent guest of MSONEWSports.  In this podcast, Coach Dunbar continues to teach Rick Moore about hockey, talks about Winthrop’s (10-9-1) Saturday match-up with Rockport (8-12-0) in the D4 MIAA…

LYNNFIELD – The Lynnfield Pioneers (16-3-1) set many goals this year and achieved almost all of them.  Lynnfield High School hockey coach Jon Gardner has a unique coaching method in working with words that helps focus his players on short-and-long-term…

GLOUCESTER – Gloucester’s big guns, Jack Costanzo and Emerson Marshall, each scored three goals to power the Fishermen (17-4-0) to an 8-1 win over the Haverhill Hillies (10-11) in the opener of the Fishermen’s D2 Tournament. Gloucester will play Marblehead,…