Longtime Manchester tennis coach Francisco Montoya received the 2025 Gardner Ward Chase Memorial Award—lasting recognition for outstanding lifetime contribution to New England …
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the Manchester Essex boys tennis team earned a top-three seed in the MIAA Div. 4 Tournament with a memorable regular season, blazed through the …
As far as first years go, you could hardly do worse than Wesley Chittick did during his inaugural season as head coach for the Manchester Essex boys lacrosse team. The Hornets went 17-5 in total …
he Manchester Essex girls tennis team spent more than half a season attempting to find its groove. Once the team did, that groove brought them all the way to the state title match against one of the …
Looking back a few years down the road, it might become clear that the 2025 season was a foundational one for the Manchester Essex baseball team. The Hornets were a young team – only two …
It was a daunting trip, followed by a matchup with a daunting foe. The ninth-seeded Manchester Essex girls lacrosse team traveled a long way over land and sea to meet top seed Nantucket on the …
Call it the Final Four or call it the semi-finals, the naming convention is less important than the gravity of actually reaching this point in postseason play. Both the girls and boys tennis …
While the end result was essentially the same, both Manchester Essex lacrosse teams found different ways to earn decisive wins in the first round of the MIAA Div. 4 Tournament this past …
Sailing Team Season Report The breadth of experience gained by our young team this season is remarkable, particularly given its dramatic growth in size over the past two years. The conditions …
As of three years ago, a varsity softball squad didn’t even exist at Manchester Essex Regional High School. Fast forward to 2025, and not only is the varsity softball team a reality at MERHS, …
Manchester Essex’s highly ranked tennis teams left little room to question why they earned single-digit seeds in the MIAA Div. 4 tournament after the first weekend of play. The girls …
A regular season filled with close matches, close scores and close calls could be a harbinger of things to come for the Manchester Essex girls tennis in the MIAA Div. 4 tournament. The Hornets stood at 8-8 overall with just two matches left before the end of the regular season,…
The Manchester Essex boys tennis team ends its regular season this week with a matchup against St. John’s Prep, with extra emphasis on the “Prep.” The Hornets – a team that has yet to lose a match this season and is ranked first in Division 4 -- were scheduled to play their penultimate match …
This is the kind of surprise any coach might want during their first season with a team. Coming into 2025, Wesley Chittick wasn’t sure what would happen during his inaugural run at the helm of the Manchester Essex boys lacrosse team. Now …
How has the Manchester Essex girls lacrosse team put together a winning record and kept themselves in the top ten of the MIAA Div. 4 Power Rankings in 2025? By not making the same mistakes …
The Hornet sailors were out on the water a good bit this week. We had great conditions on Thursday for our meet with St. John’s Prep , which is in the A Division of the Mass Bay …
There's been a lot of action for spring team sports at Manchester Essex Regional High School, with updates this week on Varsity Baseball Softball, Boys Tennis. Let's get into …
There's been a lot of action for spring team sports at Manchester Essex Regional High School, with updates this week on Girls Tennis, Softball, and Boys Tennis. Let's get into …
It seems like it didn’t take long for the Manchester Essex baseball team to figure things out. Coming into the season looking to rely on a youthful core, the Hornets were hoping to learn some lessons about playing varsity baseball early on and then turn that experience into success ...
We came out on top against Pingree by winning the best of 5 match with 3 wins and 1 loss. Racing in a clear and stable easterly in the shelter of Ram Island, we won the first race with a …