Last Wednesday M-E moved to 7-1 on the season with a 4-1 victory over Rockport at home. Jessie Miller remains undefeated at number two singles with a 6-1, 6-2 win. Lilly Coote outlasted her opponent at number three singles in a three-hour-long battle, 4-6, 7-6, 7-5. Number one doubles duo Pa…

The Manchester Essex High School boys Lacrosse and Sailing teams compete across Cape Ann. 

It has been a rough start for high school teams playing in local ballparks. The Manchester Essex baseball team was 1-4 to start the season at the start of this week, while the Hamilton-Wenham/Manchester-Essex co-op softball team is still searching for its first win at 0-4.

The Manchester Essex High School girls’ tennis team hasn’t played a regular season game since 2019, but this group hasn’t missed a beat with a 4-1 start to the season, their lone loss a close, 3-2 defeat at the hands of a talented Newburyport squad.

The Hornet sailors had a full week of practices and regattas, racing against Pingree on Wednesday and Gloucester on Thursday.

A wrap up of this week's boys lacrosse and tennis matches for Manchester Essex High School. 

The Hornets Sailing Team went up against Landmark on Friday, May 7 in an exciting series of six races.  The conditions were exceptional, with brisk winds from the East, and calm seas in the lee of House Island. 

A round up of the Manchester-Essex High School sports reports from boys and girls lacrosse, tennis and baseball. 

As the high school sports season enters its final stage of play, there are signs that things are returning to normal on the field and the court. 

The Manchester-Essex Varsity Sailing Team travelled to Sharon Mass on Saturday to race against three teams, BC High and Sharon High’s Varsity and JV teams.  This was our first formal event in a highly compressed spring sailing season.

Due to pandemic restrictions, the Manchester Essex Regional High School football, cheering and indoor track teams had their seasons moved out of their standard fall and winter scheduling into a never-before-seen fourth season dubbed, “Fall II.” In the interest of safety due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it was determined it would be safer to move the winter track teams outdoors during the early spring, as well as moving football and cheering from the fall to the newly-created season.

If one is looking for an example of how much the COVID-19 pandemic has affected high school sports, one only need look at where the Manchester Essex winter track teams are at this point in time.

The coaches talk about the track high school track meets from March 29th and 31st. 

COVID-19 restrictions forced football out of its usual spot during the fall, with the Cape Ann League teams electing to begin their season instead in March. As a result, the local football team is trying to find its identity while also adjusting to playing almost six months after the usual start of the season, dubbed “Fall II.”

The High School Sailing Team is taking up residence once again on the MSA float at the mouth of Manchester Harbor after a one-year absence.