Good morning!

Today the main Buzz is this story about a local sports coach who reached an amazing milestone and was recognized by the Patriots! Thanks to Allison Cammarata for sending over this inspiring story. click below to read all about it!

Shawsheen’s Al Costabile Named New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week

With a 20-14 win over Greater Lawrence on Friday, Sept. 30, Shawsheen Technical’s Al Costabile became just the 55th football coach in state history to reach the 200-win milestone and…

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Other notes:

• I messed up and thought yesterday was Friday, so I got the date of the 9th grade parents’ breakfast wrong. Sorry about that. It’s today at 9.
• I’ll check on sports scores tomorrow, as I’m scheduling this note ahead of time.
• There are still a few places left for “What’s it Worth?”, the (virtual) appraisal program being offered by the library on October 11 and 25. Register here!
• Be on the lookout for my interview of John Sanchez, DPW Director, on the podcast. The episode drops tomorrow at noon.
• I forgot to shout out our MSMS JV football team, who played last night! Our Varsity team lost 17-0 to a strong Melrose, and I’ll share JV scores when I have them.

Sports

• Swimmers will be in Belmont today at 4!
• Volleyball is in Wilmington today, with JVA and JVB playing at 4 and Varsity at 5:15.
• Varsity field hockey plays Beverly at 4:15. I believe the JV game was canceled.
• Boys’ soccer plays Belmont - JV at 4:15 and Varsity at 6.
• Girls’ soccer plays in Belmont, with Varsity and JV both playing at 4:15.
• Varsity boys’ football versus Wakefield at 6. Someone who knows, comment and let us know if our field is ready for play, or when it will be.

Friday Funny

Lol. I never watched this show, but its so funny to reflect later on how shoddy things were back then. I’m sure in the 70s I would have been like, “Woooow they must have been doing really fast!”

Gotta love the differential thrusters. (I just made that up. Sounds believable, though!)

See you tomorrow!

Nicci