When the Manchester Essex and Ipswich field hockey teams play one another, it’s destined to go down to the wire. During the regular season meeting between the two teams in Ipswich during …
Those close losses can sting like no other, but this one packed more of a wallop because it knocked the Manchester Essex football team out of the Div. 7 playoff mix. A couple of weeks ago, the …
With the MIAA tournament field now set, Manchester Essex football coach Joe Grimes feels his team’s best is yet to come. “The regular season was a good one for the Hornets and I feel …
At the start of the season, the Manchester Essex girls’ soccer team faced a number of unknowns: How much would the returning talent and experience on the field translate into wins and losses? How …
It’s all very familiar, but that doesn’t make it any less impressive. Two years ago, the Manchester Essex field hockey team played in the Div. 4 State Final. In 2023, the Hornets made it to …
In October, coach Steve Whittey used the term “underrated” to describe the Manchester Essex boys’ cross country during the 2024 regular season. Although the Hornets finished with a 1-4 record, …
Don’t look now, but the fall season will be over for the Manchester Essex field hockey, football and soccer teams at the end of October. Let’s take a look at where these four (very successful) …
The regular season is over for the Manchester Essex cross country teams, and now comes the postseason push. Both Hornet squads will compete in the Cape Ann League Championships at Wrentham …
This fall will be a hard one to top, even for a team that was itself hard to top during the 2024 regular season. The Manchester Essex golf team just completed one of its best seasons in recent memory, finishing up with a record of 12-2, just a hair behind rival Hamilton-Wenham for the top spot ...
Consistency has led to excellence for the Manchester Essex golf team in 2024. With just a pair of matches left in the regular season, the Hornets have amassed an impressive 10-2 record and were …
It’s probably a sure sign that things are going well when a coach calls her team’s lone loss in a season a, “slump.” To be certain, there aren’t many things to complain about when it comes to the Manchester Essex field hockey team in 2024. The Hornets have been spectacular ...
After the Manchester Essex football team suffered its first loss of the season, Joe Grimes says it’s time for his team to use the circumstance as a springboard to bigger and better things. “We …
There's a lot going on with ME Regional High School sports this week in the Hornets Nest, inlcuding Girls Soccer, Cross Country, Field Hockey, and Golf ...
With a more condensed regular season and an expanded postseason schedule with the change to the format for high school football a few years ago, each victory and loss seems to carry more weight than …
The Manchester Essex girls’ cross-country team is off to a fast start, while the boys just missed on picking up victories in their first two meets of 2024. The girls beat Ipswich by a 22-37 …
It was supposed to be a soccer game, but by the end of regulation the Manchester Essex boys’ soccer team turned it into a game of “Keep Away.” The Hornets beat Pentucket by a …
While they may be new to each other, the returning members of the Manchester Essex girls soccer team and new coach Scout Grifoni have one crucial element in common: experience. This is …
This week, we have updates from coaches on Hornets' team play this spring for field hockey, golf, boys and girls soccer, football, cheer and cross country. Check it out ...
The best may be yet to come for the Manchester-Essex golf team. Hornet golfers should be pretty encouraged after coming out of the first few matches of the 2024 season with a winning record, some …
After passing their first test in an unfamiliar environment, the Manchester Essex football team is coming home to play in front of local fans for the first time in 2024. The Hornets made crucial …