The high school athletes have captured the lion’s share of attention over the past few weeks. This weekend the sport-light turns to the Hull youth sports programs, which spring into action for the first time this season. The Hull United Youth Soccer travel teams have waited a year for this opportunity, having been sidelined by…
Perhaps all the Hull High School Winter Track and Field team needed was some fresh air. The team’s indoor season was postponed this winter due to COVID-19, but the team is the thriving in the outdoor version of the season. Head coach Brian Lanner picked up his first-ever win over Norwell this week, as both…
There is a cruelty in sports that, at times, the better team does not win the game. The Hull High football team learned that hard lesson on Saturday. After outplaying its opponent, led by a stingy defense that twice was one play away from a shutout win, the Pirates allowed Norwell to escape Finlayson Field…
During this very week last year, the unimaginable decision was made to cancel the NCAA men’s basketball (and women’s) basketball tournament. If we hadn’t yet realized it, this virus was more serious than washing hands and hoarding toilet paper. An American sports rite of spring was not going to take place. What could be next?…
At the college level, spring football is commonplace, a time when teams fine-tune their rosters in preparation for the real deal in the fall. This year, we will add another participant to spring football – the high school teams. Unable to play this past fall due to the coronavirus pandemic, the area high school teams…
Beginning March 8, all Hull High School freshmen will be returning to classes four days a week despite the concerns of the Hull Teachers Association and a student leader about the safety of doing so while the coronavirus pandemic persists. HHS Principal Nicole Nosek explained that freshmen were chosen to return to the high school…
It will look a bit different this season, but the starting gun will go off for the Hull High School Indoor Track team in just two weeks. The two major changes this year will be that the team will not have a co-op squad with Cohasset, as has been the case in recent seasons, and…
It’s a phrase that all athletes love to hear: Play ball! On Monday, that’s what Hull High School student-athletes will be doing as they begin the first day of practice in the newly announced MIAA Fall-2 season. The season was created to replace the traditional fall season for sports that were not allowed to compete…
The tug between the Hull school administration and those in town who want the return of high school and youth sports is front and center again. Only a few short weeks ago, despite the approval of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) to move forward with the winter sports season, Hull opted to stay on…
When I think of Tom Brady and Super Bowls, I am reminded of the annual scene when dad gathers the family around the tree for the traditional reading of “The Night Before Christmas.” Once again, it’s the same old story. Next week, Brady plays in his 10th Super Bowl. That means he will be in…