Sports
Athletics hosts Open House
Future students introduced to NECC On Feb. 19, 2019, Northern Essex hosted its very first athletic open house for the incoming freshmen who are looking to come and play for the NECC Knights. The night was run by Dan Blair who is the director or athletics, and Jeff Mejia who is the assistant director of … Continue reading Athletics hosts Open House → Read More
Glew excelling at next level
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Evan Glew
Former Northern Essex star raising profile and catching eyes Ex-Knight Evan Glew has continued the upward trajectory of his pitching career. The 22 year old southpaw from North Andover has done well enough to even garner some attention from big league scouts. None of this seemed remotely possible just 5 years ago. That’s because, in … Continue reading Glew excelling at n... Read More
NECC’s newest additions
Students, staff looking forward to new teams Northern Essex Community College has officially announced the arrival of three new sports coming Fall of 2019 (Men’s Soccer, Women’s Basketball and Esports) which makes it a total of seven different sports for both men and women. Other sports include men and women’s cross country, men and women’s … Continue reading NECC’s newe... Read More
NECC to showcase sports
Open House will allow opportunity to meet with coaches, athletes Northern Essex Community College is holding its first athletics open house on Tuesday, February 19, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., followed by a home men’s basketball game. Prospective and current students will have the opportunity to meet with coaches and student athletes. This event, which is … Continue reading NE... Read More
Bruins and Celtics: Make or Break
Both teams are above .500 Boston’s Celtics and Bruins are starting to produce, after having a rough start of the season. Both teams are above .500. And both teams have lost 10 games. Each team has time since the half-way point isn’t until next year in January. Last season they made it to the playoffs … Continue reading Bruins and Celtics: Make or Break → Read More
eSports program to debut
Varsity eSports team coming to NECC in 2019 NECC will have a varsity eSports program for the first time. The eSports team will be joining the athletic programs for the 2019-20 academic year. ESports are a multiplayer video game played competitively for spectators, typically by professional gamers. Other colleges already have joined the eSports mania and are … Continue ... Read More
Three teams added to Athletics program
Men’s Soccer and Women’s Basketball to come back and eSports to debut NECC has announced that three new teams have been added to the athletic program for 2019-2020. Two sports teams that were once removed have been added to the athletic department, Men’s Soccer and Women’s basketball. Joining the list of other schools across the … Continue reading Three teams added to At... Read More
Knight is named
Nessex is now the name for the NECC mascot Our new and improved mascot was proudly named “Nessex” thanks to submissions from students, staff and alumni for the “Name The Knight” contest. After collecting all submissions from September 4-23, three final names were chosen by a panel of judges to be voted on. “We had … Continue reading Knight is named → Read More
Track star, basketball team to be inducted into NECC Hall of Fame
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Noelia Figueroa
Noelia Figueroa and the 1970-1971 men’s basketball team will be first inductees Northern Essex Community College’s 1970-71 Men’s Basketball Team and Noelia Figueroa will be the first ones to be inducted into NECC’s new Athletic Hall of Fame on February 28, 2018. Figueroa is a two-time NJCAA track and field national champion. She won the … Continue reading Track star, bas... Read More
Patriots get win No. 8
Patriots beat the Jets and now look towards Vikings Patriots went into the New Jersey Meadowlands and beat their AFC East division rival the New York Jets. Their season has propelled them to eight wins on the year and they are one of the competitors this year for the AFC Championship. The Jets remain at … Continue reading Patriots get win No. 8 → Read More