Each year the officers from District 7 and surrounding neighborhoods join forces to run a summer basketball camp and tournament for young kids and teens. Dubbed the Boston Ballers program, the day long tournament brings young kids together, most of whom are at risk, and teams them against peers their own age. The program...
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Senior Xavier Ortiz competed in the All-State Track and Field championship on Saturday, June 5th at Westfield State College. He competed in the 200 meters where he was seeded 15th out of 28 competitors. Ortiz ran a personal best 22.71 seconds and qualified for the state finals. In the state finals, Ortiz ran a...
Apprentice jockey notches first career victory on the Eastie oval
Apprentice jockey Jorge Fuller Vargas, son of former New England jockeys Abby Fuller and Jorge Vargas, recorded the first win of his career on Saturday at Suffolk Downs before an appreciative crowd of 6,813. After trailing the field for the first half-mile, Vargas improved position aboard Morgan, a three-year-old filly, before surging past the...
Thanks, Senator – Petruccelli saves Logan Airport health study
We are pleased to announce officially that Senator Anthony Petruccelli has performed a small miracle by getting the funding available to complete the health study which was dropped by the state after nearly ten years of work because of a funding shortfall in the state budget. Through some deft maneuvering and advocacy among his...
Give the McKay School an ‘A’ for ‘Athletic’
For the past three years the Donald McKay’s physical education teacher has been doing something remarkable for his students and school without much hype or fanfare. Each year Tom Levett made his school the host of the Clipper 5K Walk for Wellness. All the money Levett raises at the annual walk goes to supporting...
Sisters help power Northeastern to a club championship
Sisters Breanna and McKenzie Powers, lifelong residents of East Boston and graduates of East Boston High School play for the Northeastern University Women’s Club Hockey Team. After a perfect 24-0-0 season the Huskies were off to Minneapolis, MN for the American Collegiate Hockey Association National Championship Tournament. Northeastern swept the tournament defeating South Dakota...
Sousa and Amodeo honored by Gridiron Club
East Boston High School head football coach John Sousa and senior captain Brandon Amodeo were honored by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston and the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association at their 12th annual high school football awards banquet. Sousa received the William H. Ohrenberger Award for being the high school coach of...
St. Mary’s Cheerleading team advances to New Englands; three Eastie residents on the squad
By Cary Shuman The St. Mary’s High School (Lynn) basketball cheerleading squad, led by coach Beverly Richards Buckley, has earned a berth in the New England Cheerleading Tournament. The squad claimed its spot among the elite as a result of its fifth-place finish in the Massachusetts State finals Sunday at Wachussett Regional High School....
Dawn of a new Knight – East Boston entry set to join Yawkey League
By Cary Shuman For the Free Press Baseball is returning to East Boston in a big way this summer. Geoffrey Harris and Eric Bellavia, co-owners of the East Boston Knights, are leading the team into its inaugural season in the Yawkey Baseball League, an amateur loop for players ages 18 and over that has...
PPSC honored for its services for disabled sailors
U.S. Sailing hosted its National Sailing Programs Symposium (NSPS) in League City, Texas recently and East Boston’s very own Piers Park Sailing Center was awarded the 2009 Outstanding Program for Disabled Sailors. In 2005, PPSC was granted funding from the Lead to Opportunities for Youth with Disabilities initiative to design and develop youth sailing...
