Home Grown Lacrosse Brings The Outside In

Not just lacrosse - Home Grown offers soccer and flag football as well.

If you are looking to bring the thrill and excitement of outdoor sports to an indoor environment, look no further than Home Grown Lacrosse.  Home Grown’s indoor training space and turf field is a state of the art facility founded by Bryan Brazill in 2005.  Initially an outdoor program, Home Grown acquired the former town office space on Osgood Street in 2007 and created an indoor location for year round training and activities in the sports of lacrosse, soccer and flag football. Brazill is a graduate of Merrimack College and an experienced lacrosse coach. When he first started Home Grown he focused exclusively on private lessons and had half of his existing space. The high demand for his time necessitated expansion leading to the …

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Scarlet Knights' Report Cards: Soccer

The O-Zone hands out report cards for the NAHS fall athletic teams.

Welcome to the first part of a three part series that looks back on the 2011 North Andover High School fall athletic season. Today we look at the soccer teams. Tomorrow we’ll feature the field hockey and volleyball teams, and on Wednesday, we’ll assess the football team. Girls Soccer Comments: This year’s edition of the girls soccer team hit its stride at the perfect point, and that is why they are given such a high assessment. A regular season record of 9-4-4 was on par with the amount of talent that the Knights had, and few were complaining about a berth in the MIAA Division 1 North playoffs as the 14th seed. What occurred in the playoffs was an unforgettable run that will be hard to top for next year’s squad. North Andover crushed …

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Undefeated U-12 Boys Win Group Title

North Andover F.C. United beat Peabody to finish their season 8-0.

The following was submitted by Scott D'Entremont.   The North Andover F.C. United U-12 boys’ soccer team finished their inaugural season in Essex County Travel Team play on Saturday with a 3 – 1 win over Peabody. With that win, the all 5th grade Select Team finished the season a perfect 8 wins and 0 loses to take the group title in ECYSA play. Peabody proved to be a tough opponent holding a 1 – 0 lead going into halftime. The F.C. United boys rose to the occasion in the second half with a relentless attack and a shutdown defense. The goals came from Justin Holland, Jules Bellosguardo, and Peter Coufos and assists from Nate D’Entremont and Nick Tilson. Both Nick Milliken and Tommy Cossingham made multiple saves spoiling any opportunity that…

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Knights Stun Andover

Yesterday the girls and boys soccer teams each advanced in the playoffs.

Girls Soccer The North Andover girls pulled off one of the most unexpected upsets you will ever see last night. The 14th ranked Knights beat the 3rd ranked Andover Warriors last night 1-0 in overtime. Andover had previously been undefeated after finishing the regular season 14-0-3. North Andover advances into a matchup against 11th ranked Medford in the quarterfinals. Medford is 13-4-1. That game is tomorrow afternoon at 4pm. Boys Soccer Former Athlete of the Week Mike Skarbelis potted a pair of second half goals to give fifth ranked North Andover a 2-1 win over Dracut in the first round of the MIAA Division 2 North playoffs. North Andover advances into the quarterfinals against 20th ranked Wayland. North Andover hosts Wayland tomorrow …

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Showdown of the Andovers Tonight in Girls Soccer Playoffs

Undefeated Andover hosts North Andover in the MIAA Division 1 first round tonight.

North Andover beat Chelsea 9-0 yesterday setting up a showdown between the Andovers in the MIAA Division 1 girls soccer first round tonight at 7 p.m. The Andover Golden Warriors will host the Scarlet Knights of North Andover who are ranked 14th in the tournament. The Warriors, meanwhile, are ranked third after finishing the season undefeated with a record of 14-0-3.  The Knights had to dispose of Chelsea before earning the right to face Andover. The Warriors had a bye in the preliminary round.  North Andover is on a two game winning streak while Andover has won four straight.  The winner of tonight's game will host Medford. The Mustangs upset East Boston 5-0 and have already advanced into the tournament's quarterfinals. 

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U14 Veracity Fall to Beverly

North Andover fell 2-0 over the weekend.

The following was submitted by the North Andover Soccer Association.  The U14 boys North Andover Veracity struggled to notch a win at home on Saturday, Oct. 29 against Beverly Storm. But, despite their efforts and continued steps towards improved play, it was not to be, and they lost 0-2. Both Beverly goals were scored early in the game and North Andover’s attacks became stronger and stronger as the game progressed. Veracity has one more shot next Sat., Nov. 5 against Andover after which point they will hunker down for the winter and look to emerge stronger in the spring. Irrespective of the game outcome there were improvements on all fronts. Keeper COLE JULIUS led the team in responding to Beverly’s wake-up call. His technique was …

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IMAGE GALLERY: Knights Defeat Amesbury

North Andover boys soccer team defeats Amesbury 6-0.

North Andover dominated Amesbury Tuesday afternoon, winning six to nothing. The offense was evenly distributed among six North Andover players.  Derek Zahoruiko, Dennis Chhoeuy, Mike Skarbelis, Tim Chiang, Alex Morin, and Zach Karalis each potted a goal for the Knights.  The North Andover soccer team improved their record to 2-1-2 with yesterday's win. 

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Boys Soccer Ties Masco

Girls Soccer falls to Masco.

Boys Soccer The North Andover High boys soccer team picked up a 1-1 draw against Masconomet yesterday evening. At North Andover High, Eric Riedel scored the only Knights goal. Charles Sherman picked up the goal for Masco. Both goals came in the first half. Mike Moroney made 9 stops in net for the Knights. North Andover is still looking for its first win at 0-1-2. Girls Soccer The Lady Knights fell 3-1 to Masco yesterday. Liv Boudreau was the only Knight to get on the board, getting an assist from Alex Medlock.  Megan Collins made 9 saves in net as the Knights fell to 3-2 on the season.  Field Hockey North Andover and Newburyport played to a scoreless tie yesterday. Meg Foster came up big in net with 7 saves for the Knights.  The draw keeps…

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Knights Soccer Starts Preseason Saturday

The boys soccer team is looking to improve on a great 2010 season.

Welcome to the second installment of our Scarlet Knights fall sports season preview. Today we look at the North Andover High School boys soccer team. The Knights are coming off a fantastic but heartbreaking season. The regular season saw the Knights finish 11-4-3. In the 2010 MIAA Division 2 playoffs, North Andover was able earn the sixth seed and a bye in the preliminary round of the tournament. At one point in the season, North Andover earned itself a ranking of number 17 on the Boston Globe’s poll. "It's a nice tribute to our team," said head coach William Tarbox of the ranking. "That sort of reflects that fact that they are respecting us, the Globe." The Knights scored two goals to win two tournament games and enter into the semi-…

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