Passages: Remembering T&F Writer Joe Reardon
Joe Reardon had a love for many things. A few that come to mind was his family and friends, collecting and trading sports cards and the legendary band Journey. There was also the sports of track & field and cross country, or anything running. Since his days as a high school distance runner at Braintree […]
Athletes Of The Week: Wellesley’s Christopher Brooks & Annie Commella
With the Large & Small School meets of Coaches Invitational Invitational taking place this past weekend it, once again, was not an easy decision choosing our HOKA Athletes of the Week. A host of athletes were worthy of this week’s honor. For the boys, it came down to Wellesley’s Christopher Brooks and Mansfield’s Chamberlain Guthrie. […]
MA Athletes Excel At State Coaches Small School Invite
The final invitational meet of the indoor season was held on Sunday with the MSTCA State Coaches Small School Invite. Just like a day earlier when the Large Schools occupied the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, several athletes proved their peaking at just the right time with the championship season now underway with teams battling for […]
State-Leaders In Abundance At Coaches Large School Invite
It wasn’t the divisional state championships or the Meet of Champions. Those two important competitions are a few weeks away. But judging by the top performances at Saturday’s State Coaches Large School Invitational, it had to feel that way. By the end of the day, 10 state-leaders were attained inside the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, […]
Here’s a Few Top Events At Small School Coaches Invitational
There will be plenty of top performances at Sunday’s MSTCA State Coaches Small School Invitational. Here a few that caught our eye for this weekend’s meet at Reggie Lewis. *** GIRLS’ 55m DASH The short dash appears to be an event that is going to be very competitive at next month’s Meet of Champions with […]
Here’s A Few Top Events At Large School Coaches Invitational
There will be plenty of top performances at Saturday’s MSTCA State Coaches Large School Invitational. Here a few that caught our eye for this weekend’s meet at Reggie Lewis. Girls’ 55m hurdles This race matches our top two finishers from the Northeast Invitational a couple of weeks ago – Franklin’s Sarah Dumas and Algonquin’s Olivia […]
Coaches Invitational Occupies Weekend (Schedule, Entries & Live Results Links)
Yep, you guessed it. Another busy weekend of track & field at Reggie Lewis. The annual MSTCA State Coaches Invitational will occupy the Roxbury venue for the throngs of participants expected to compete. The Large School meet will be held on Saturday, while the Small School meet is scheduled for Sunday. Both competitions begin at […]
HOKA Athletes Of The Week: Woburn Girls’ 4x400m, BC High Boys’ DMR
With the State Relays occupying this past weekend, an endless list of relay squads could be selected as our HOKA Athletes of the Week. We had several meet records, new state leaders, and a number of school marks and qualifiers for the New Balance in mid March. For this week’s honor, a long decision was […]
D4 State Relays: Hardware Goes To Wakefield Boys, Holliston Girls
“They did what they needed to do.” It’s that simple. Those were the words of Wakefield coach Ruben Reinoso on Sunday night, just a short time after his boys’ squad posted a 53-38 victory over Medfield to claim the MSTCA Division 4 State Relays. Wakefield captured just one event. But proving once again that depth […]
D3 State Relays: Marblehead Girls Win A Thriller, Back-To-Back For Billerica Boys
Marblehead girls’ coach Nolan Raimo never thought his squad could win the team title at the MSTCA Division 2 State Relays. He was looking at Sunday’s meet as more of a opportunity for a few of his relay teams to earn qualifiers for the Nationals in mid March. With the Magicians holding a four-point advantage […]