Monthly Archives: January 2015

After a forced week’s layoff because Tuesday;’s big game at Lynn English was snowed out until February 18, the Danvers High boys basketball team played more like its pre-season reputation last night, routing Saugus, 86-41 in the DHS field house. … Continue reading →

His first eight games as the starting point guard for the Danvers High Falcons had drawn mixed reviews. A few games with double figure scoring, a few games with a good batch of assists, a few games with a three-point … Continue reading →

The story has become legend by now among the Danvers High boys basketball community. Devan Harris’s mom, an executive with Proctor & Gamble, is transferred from corporate headquarters in Cincinnati to Boston to work at Gillette. The Harris family settles … Continue reading →

The long-anticipated showdown between the two Northeastern Conference leaders, Small pacesetter Danvers (11-0) and Large top dog Lynn English (10-2) has been postponed because of the snowstorm  from tonight at 7 at Lynn to Wednesday February 18 at Lynn at … Continue reading →

Signs improved Friday night that the unbeaten Danvers High Falcons would be ready to take on their toughest test of the season Tuesday night at 11-1 Lynn English, the Northeastern Conference South leader and potential Division 1 North champion come … Continue reading →

Time for a few observations and opinions as we await whether Tom Brady has broken our hearts — or not: OK. This DeflateGate stuff is stupid. Never should have happened, but someone in the Patriots’ Foxboro bunker felt they needed … Continue reading →

Peter Merry, the undefeated Danvers High boys basketball team’s towering pivotman, is the first to admit he isn’t as talented as his older brother George, who led the Falcons to their first ever state championship in 2012. In the process … Continue reading →

Ten and oh. Where from here do the Danvers High boys cagers go? The Falcons responded to their slippage from No. 2 to No. 3 in the Boston Globe poll by, for the first time this season, really showing what … Continue reading →

To coin a phrase from the voice of Boston College football and basketball, Jon Meter Parel, “Take a bow, Devonn Allen!” When the Danvers High Basketball Falcons (now 9-0) needed a hero in their Friday night Northeastern Conference showdown with … Continue reading →

The Danvers High Basketball Falcons have arguably the best starting five in the Northeastern Conference (Lynn English and Salem might protest) and on the North Shore (cross-town neighbor St. John’s Prep might object). Five uniquely talented players in their own … Continue reading →