MANCHESTER=BY-THE-SEA (Podcast) The Manchester-Essex boys basketball team is off to an 8-1 start this season. Friday night they beat Georgetown 65-58. On Monday they play at Triton (5:30 p.m.). In this podcast hornet’s coach Tim St. Laurent discusses the team’s…

PEABODY – (Podcast – Photos) The Peabody, Lynnfield, North Reading COOP girls hockey team is 7-2 on the season and ranked #4 in the state. (Rankings Below) The team will play at Medford Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., on Wednesday…

LYNNFIELD – Both Lynnfield High School hockey coach Jon Gardner (100 wins) and senior captain Drew Damiani (100 career points) hit the century mark Wednesday in a 9-3 victory over North Reading. In the interview below, Coach Gardner expresses how…

LYNN – St. Mary’s High School girls’ hockey coach Frank Pagliuca has guided the Spartans to a perfect 9-0 record, scoring 45 goals and allowing 5.  As the team heads to Martha’s Vineyard for a weekend “bonding” trip tournament, Coach…

Thursday Sports & Friday Sports Schedules (Below) Joey Barrett – Daily Item (Lynn) Sports Editor with Bill Newell     Boys Hockey Pentucket 7, Hamilton-Wenham 2 Girls Hockey Marblehead 1, Gloucester 0 Boys Basketball Salem 54, Salem Academy 46 Game…