Danvers High Girls Take a Few Wins at NEC Track Meet

The girls' squad had a strong effort overall, taking four events, while the boys' team finished in the middle of the pack this weekend in Lynn.

Danvers High Girls Take a Few Wins at NEC Track Meet

The girls' squad had a strong effort overall, taking four events, while the boys' team finished in the middle of the pack this weekend in Lynn.

The Danvers High girls' team claimed 4th while the boys finished 6th at the Northeast Conference Championships Saturday at Manning Field in Lynn. The girls had wins in four events: Lexy Bean (200m, 26.42), Corinne Previte (400m, 59.85), Angela Caldarone (triple jump, 33-04) and the 4x100m relay team (52.15). The rest of the 80 points for the Falcons came from Xanthi Pantezelos (100m, 5th), Caldarone (400m, 6th), Catalina Dominick (2 mile, 2nd), Erin St. Pierre (100m hurdles, 3rd), Ashley Brooks (high jump, 3rd), Meghan Kellard (shot put, 2nd), Devan Walsh (javelin, 2nd), Dominick (javelin, 5th) and the 4x400m relay team (6th). The boys' squad did not win any events for the day, racking up 41 points from Connor Rollins (100m, 3rd), Chris …

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Danvers Couple, Imagica Win Gold at International Ice Skating Competition

Michael and Sherry Desclos of Danvers were part of the gold-winning team from the United States at the 3rd Annual Nations Cup in Logrono, Spain.

Opening Day for Danvers Little League

Did you snap any good pics of the parades or the games afterward? Share them here.

Opening Day for Danvers Little League was this past Saturday -- coaches and teams in both the American and National divisions (along with girls' softball) paraded through town on their way to their respective home fields. Danvers native and Falcons boys' soccer coach Mike Chase also was given the distinction of throwing out the first pitch for the Danvers Americans at Plains Park. Chase has become a local hero in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing when he, another Danvers local and many other bystanders rushed to the aid of those critically injured in the attack. But back to Little League. Did you snap any good pics of the parades or the games afterward? Share them here. Just click that big green "Upload Photos and Videos" button…

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'That Last Stretch of Road Will Never Be the Same'

Danvers marathoner Christian Natale reflects back on last Monday and says that while the attacks were a huge shock that will forever change his perspective on the marathon, it won't prevent him from running again.

'That Last Stretch of Road Will Never Be the Same'

Danvers marathoner Christian Natale reflects back on last Monday and says that while the attacks were a huge shock that will forever change his perspective on the marathon, it won't prevent him from running again.

Christian Natale was at the medal station last Monday, two blocks from the finish line, when the first explosion shattered the jubilant atmosphere as many of the charity runners completed the Boston Marathon. The 46-year-old Natale, one of 13 Danvers residents running that day, just crossed the line about 5 minutes earlier in his 12th consecutive marathon to benefit Dana-Farber. He said his goal was to finish under four hours and having a good surge of energy the last three to four miles, he picked up the pace to cross the line at 3:58:33.  “If I had hit the wall at that point, I would have been right there,” he said. Marathon was his favorite day of the year. Natale said he had no idea what was happening after the first explosion – it …

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Fenway’s Faithful Return Battered But Not Broken

The Boston Red Sox would play a game against the Kansas City Royals Saturday, one day removed from a citywide manhunt that shut Boston down entirely.

A man reached out from the stream of people making the trek from Kenmore Station to Fenway Park Saturday morning to shake the hand of a military police officer standing guard. “God bless you,” he said meaningfully. The Boston Red Sox would play a game against the Kansas City Royals beginning at 1 p.m. The three-game series against the Royals was supposed to begin Friday night, but the game was postponed while the city was in lockdown mode as a manhunt for the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings ensued. Boston rejoiced after that suspect, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, was arrested in Watertown just before 9 p.m. Friday. As Kenmore Square awoke Saturday morning there was a feeling of calm amid significantly heightened security. Boston …

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Danvers' Callahan Glad She Wasn't 1 Minute More

Kerri Callahan was one of 13 Danvers residents to run the Boston Marathon on Monday. She finished the race a minute before the first bomb exploded.

Kerri Callahan was running her fifth Boston Marathon Monday for her four-year-old son, who has neurofibromatosis. She crossed the finish line in 4:01:12. If she was 1 minute slower, she would have been in the thick of the first bomb blast that ripped apart an otherwise joyous scene. Callahan, 35, and a Danvers mother of four, told the Salem News she was actually a minute off her goal but still finished in the thick of other marathoners supporting charities. A bomb exploded a minute later and she was running again, trying to find her family. Fortunately, her husband and children were all right, and they made their way home. She told the Salem News her son, Timothy, didn't see what happened, but saw all the ambulances and asked questions. …

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