Category Archives: Gary

A big 11 days of golf get under way tomorrow at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., fittingly, the home of five-time PGA champ Walter Hagen, with the PGA Championship. Should be a terrific weekend, with the strongest field of the … Continue reading →

Possibly inspired by the spectacular seasons their basketball buddies experienced, the St. John’s Prep and Danvers baseball teams are proving to be just as successful — so far anyway. The Prep, in 33-year coach Pat Yanchus’s final season at the … Continue reading →

Danvers continues to be the Hub of North Shore high school sports, thanks to the spectular early season showings of the DHS and St. John’s baseball teams. They rank among the best in Eastern Mass., just as the schools’ basketball team … Continue reading →

It seems every year I write that the Masters cannot get any more dramatic than the one that just concluded, the next one takes my breath away to an ever greater degree than the previous one. Case in point was … Continue reading →

In an emotional evening, a fitting final event capping a remarkable season, the repeat Massachusetts Division 3 champion Danvers High Basketball Falcons were honored Tuesday night at Spinelli’s in Lynnfield. Head coach John Walsh, his staff and the players who … Continue reading →

New from Gary Larrabee………. “Sensation at Salem:” The Legendary Babe Zaharias’s Historic 1954 U.S. Open Victory at Salem Country Club… …is considered the greatest single tournament achievement by a woman professional golfer to this day. The story of the week … Continue reading →

The Boston Globe North basketball writer, Pat Bradley, finally came to his senses in today’s editions. He has the newly-crowned repeat Division 3 state champion Danvers High Falcons ranked first in his Top Ten, and he made the choice before … Continue reading →

From a 1-19 record four years ago, new coach John Walsh and his flock of remarkable high-flying Falcons have turned Danvers High into the most successful boys basketball program currently in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By beating Smith Academy, 66-50, Saturday at … Continue reading →

I’ve been around Danvers High sports since I was a water boy on my big brother Bob’s Oniontowner football teams in 1960 and 1961. I played on two DHS basketball teams that lost Northeastern Conference titles the last week of the … Continue reading →

Great, legendary teams know how to win even when they appear to be on the verge of falling off the cliff, i.e. losing. The Danvers Falcons, a team for the ages, were the perfect example after they grinded out a pulsating 50-47 … Continue reading →