BEVERLY – It was year of growing pains for last year’s freshemen-and-sophomre-laden Beverly Panthers on their way to a 3-16-1 record.  With off-season conditioning and growth, the Panthers should be stronger and more comfortable in all three zones, according to…

GLOUCESTER – In the interview below, Gloucester High School hockey coach Derek Geary recaps the season-opener against Concord-Carlisle, takes a look at team strengths, gives an overview of the league, and looks ahead to Thursday’s game against Marblehead at Salem…

SWAMPSCOTT – In his 24th year as Swampscott High School’s head hockey coach, there ain’t much that Gino Faia hasn’t seen.  The Big Blue return a strong nucleus of playoff-experienced players led by senior forward captain Derek Faia and senior…

Tuesday Schedules / Sports Notices & Graphics Below / This post will be updated Boys Basketball  Marblehead 65, Beverly 63 – Marblehead was up 5 with 57 seconds left and was shooting two free throws but Marblehead missed both, Beverly…

NORTH SHORE (Podcast) The week the Salem News sports writers open the show by sharing a few notes from some of the early winter sports action from this past weekend. Most teams will open their regular seasons this week. The…

DANVERS (Podcast & Photos) The Danvers girls basketball team will open the 2023-24 season Tuesday night at home against Gloucester (6:30 p.m.) Danvers is led by second year head coach David Chisholm. In this podcast coach Chisholm discusses many of…

MARBLEHEAD (Podcast) – The Marblehead boys basketball team will open their 2023-24 season on Tuesday (12/12) at home against Beverly (7 p.m.) This will be the first game for both Northeastern Conference teams. In this podcast, Marblehead boys basketball coach…

MILTON (Podcast) Milton High School football coach Steve Dembowski, winner of the MIAA D3 Super Bowl, and former Swampscott football coach was a recent guest on msonewsports.com. In the interview he discussed winning his second super bowl (#1 was with…