Nick Curcuru gives us his breakdown of athletes to watch from the Cape Ann area in his Cape Ann Savings Bank Student Athlete of the Week report.
Some to watch include:
– Amy Vytopilova– Manchester Essex field hockey, CAL Baker Player of the Year in 2021
– Jack Delaney, Joseph Orlando, Nick White– Gloucester golf returning all stars – Aria Caputo- Gloucester field hockey returning all stars – Sophia Lucido- returning Rockport soccer goalie – Gino Tripoli, Geremy Palacios– Gloucester boys soccer returning scorers – Brooks Slingluff- only Rockport golf returner – Brennan Twombly, Ben Hurd– Manchester Essex football returning all stars –
– Morgan Pennimpede, Abby Stauffer- returning Gloucester girls soccer all stars
Gary Larrabee gives us his North Shore Golf Report, featuring Amnesbury’s Chris Francoeur, Salem-born Rob Oppenheim, Gloucester native Dan Gillis, Ferncroft’s Frank Vana and Salem’s Kirk Hanefeld among others.
Our North Shore Football Report discusses the most successful North Shore teams in the postseason since 2000. The record in Super Bowls for North Shore? 21-21.
We also interview Manchester Essex football coach Joe Grimes who begins Year 2 trying to get back to the postseason. Grimes discusses among other topics his four captains — Brennan Twombly, Ben Hurd, Henry Otterbein and Danny Wood.
