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Congratulations to these Manchester Essex Hornets athletes from the Class of 2025  who have committed to play a sport at the collegiate level next year.   Pictured in the back row; …

Five games into 2025, and it’s fair to say that the Manchester Essex baseball team is experiencing some growing pains. The Hornets have gone 1-4 since the start of the spring season, …

There should be little doubt that the Manchester Essex softball team can certainly tear the cover off of the ball. The Hornets started out 3-3, with highlights including: Through six games, …

In the Hornets Nest this week, we have updates on team play for the spring season at Manchester Essex Regional High School, including, tennis, lacrosse, and softball. Let's get started ...

It’s still early, but the results from the first few games of the Wesley Chittick era have been pretty positive. In his first year as head coach for the Manchester Essex boys’ …

Going into the season, the Manchester Essex girls’ lacrosse players and coaches knew the first few weeks of the regular season were not going to be a cakewalk. Even with that in mind, the …

It's time for the Manchester Essex Regional Middle High School Spring sports season, and Hornets varsity and junior varsity teams have been preparing for weeks for opening games and matches this …

It's the end of the local public school winter sports season, and Manchester Essex Regional Middle High School held its annual MERSD Hornets Winter athletic awards to call out the highlights for …

The tournament run may be over, but the potential for an encore performance from the Manchester Essex boys’ basketball team seems very likely. A closer-than-it-looks-on-paper, 59-49 loss …

The journey will begin for the Manchester Essex boys’ basketball team later this week, and if everything goes according to plan it should result in a rematch with a familiar foe on Saturday. …

It was both a fitting ending and a glimpse of a promising future. The athletes from the Manchester Essex boys and girls indoor track teams travelled to the Reggie Lewis Center on February 16 to …

The Manchester Essex girls’ basketball team seemed to figure a few things out at just the right time. The Hornets finished with an 8-12 record and really had to earn those wins with a …

With all the snowy weather we’ve had recently, the term, “tough sledding,” seems appropriate when describing the Hornets’ season so far. The Cape Ann League (CAL) is a …

Competitive ski racing is certainly not easy and requires a great deal of commitment.   The challenge level goes up even more when the team you’re racing on lacks the depth needed to be …

In the Hornet's Nest

The Manchester Essex Girls’ basketball team played a tough schedule last week, beating Hamilton Wenham, losing by 1 to a non-league opponent, and then losing to …

Grand Finale for ME Indoor TracK

The Manchester Essex indoor track teams ended the regular season with some positive momentum, with the girls earning a win and the boys team excelling at an individual level against Hamilton-Wenham …

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 …

Three wasn’t necessarily the magic number this time around. In a competitive match between two titans of the sport in Massachusetts, the Manchester Essex and Lynnfield girls’ tennis played to …

It’s been a while, but it was certainly worth the wait. The Manchester Essex Regional High School boys’ tennis team won a dramatic, fiercely-contested match by a 3-2 score against …

ME Lax Tourney Runs End in Elite Eight

It was a mirrored ending for both of Manchester Essex High School’s lacrosse teams. On June 5, both boys and girls’ teams faced an opponent from the same team on the same field in …

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