Seventeen years ago, Kim and Bob Hofeldt came home from a family trip to New Hampshire with a wonderfully ridiculous idea.
The Manchester Essex boys soccer team opened the week with a hard-fought 2–0 loss to North Reading before responding with an impressive 4–0 victory over Georgetown.
There was a bit of a learning curve at the start, but the Manchester Essex golf team seems to be figuring things out near the season’s midpoint.
Depth and chemistry have been a boon for Manchester Essex boys and girls cross country teams, respectively, so far this season.
Hornets teams are well into the fall season. Following are updates on key games and matches from last week. And check out the Hornets Schedule for upcoming games below.
It’s only been about three weeks, but a lot seems to have happened since the Manchester Essex field hockey team began its season with a 5-1 win over Rockport on Sept. 9.
Some of Essex’s youngest runners were all smiles—and serious about their starting positions—at Friday’s 17th annual Happy as a Clam 5K Race, Walk & Fun Dashes at Essex Elementary School.
Losses can be painful, but this one hurt a little more than the others. Yes, the Manchester Essex football team lost on the road to a strong Newburyport team by a 30-0 score, struggling in the season opener for the two teams.
The Manchester Essex golf team couldn’t quite pull out the win against cross-town rival Rockport on opening day, falling to the Vikings by a 147-126 score on Sept. 1.
First game: check. First tie: check. First win: check. Aaron Millman accomplished quite a bit as head coach of the Manchester Essex girls soccer team during his first week of regular season play.
Each Labor Day weekend, Gloucester Harbor seems to slip backward in time as schooners from up and down the New England coast gather for the Gloucester Schooner Festival ...
Fall sports are officially underway at Manchester Essex, with the Hornets wasting no time getting back into action.
The cross country season can go by in what seems like an instant, just like the runners who participate in it every fall.
School is back in session, and local sports teams are back in action for the fall. Let’s take some time to preview the 2026 Manchester Essex fall sports season and size up what challenges and opportunities await this year’s Hornet teams.
For the second consecutive year, the Manchester Essex Regional High School (MERHS) Athletic Department has been awarded the prestigious Cape Ann League Baker Division Hyland Award.
Charlie Franklin, 90, got to punch a special item off his bucket list when he landed a 90-inch, 430-lb tuna fish 20 miles off the Cape Ann coast this past Sunday.
At this point, it might be fair to wonder if the weather is the only thing that could slow down the Mariners.
The 7th Annual Manchester by-the-Sea Fishing Tournament is in the books, with 129 anglers taking part and plenty of big fish caught along the way.
Twenty-one residents from Manchester and Essex will join thousands of cyclists from across the country next weekend for the 2026 Pan-Mass Challenge, the annual bicycle fundraiser supporting cancer …
Heading into the Intertown Twilight League playoffs, the Manchester Essex Mariners have secured the league’s best regular season record despite a 5-1 loss Tuesday night to rival Hamilton.