A wiffle ball tournament at Raddin Park in Peabody July 20 will benefit the family of marathon bombing victim Martin Richard.
The Peabody girls fell to Charlton on Sunday, 14 to 6.
The Peabody West Williamsport all-stars are back in sectional play this week.
Peabody West has a shot at another district title.
Recent Peabody High grad Catarina Rocha and UMass Dartmouth grad Nick Hiou were both recently honored as top scholar-athletes in their respective sports.
Peabody High track star Catarina Rocha competed in the New Balance Outdoor Track Nationals in Greensboro, N.C. this past weekend.
At this year's mini-marathon around the Peabody retirement complex, walkers and joggers wore special "Boston Strong" ribbons on their wrists.
The last clash, 10 years to the day, between the two Division I teams in the playoffs ended better for Peabody, but this time, the Eagles shut out the Tanners Thursday night at Fraser Field in Lynn.
The two Peabody natives are predicted to be among the late picks in the Major League Baseball Draft this week.
Both the varsity baseball teams at Peabody High and Bishop Fenwick have advanced on to the quarter finals. The rest of the Tanners' and Crusaders' teams, however, have been knocked out of the playoffs.
Here's how teams from Peabody High and Bishop Fenwick are doing in postseason play.
Both the Peabody High and Bishop Fenwick girls' squads have advanced to the next round in the playoffs, while both boys' teams were defeated.
Both the varsity softball and baseball teams in Peabody are back in the the MIAA Division I North playoffs this year.
Both the boys' and girls' teams at Peabody High and Bishop Fenwick have all qualified for the playoffs, which are starting up today and tomorrow.
Both the boys' and girls' teams repeated as league champs this weekend in Lynn.
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.
More stories from Peabody residents at the Boston Marathon on Monday.
For Peabody's Katrina Gravel, fresh off completing her first Boston Marathon, exhilaration turned to shock Monday afternoon after learning of the explosions.
Among the 18 Peabody runners scheduled to compete in the Boston Marathon, five finished the race before the bombing cancelled the run.
The 117th Boston Marathon is April 15 on Patriots Day. Eighteen Peabody runners are registered.
John Dullea, who has coached alongside fellow Peabodyite Sean Connolly at St. John's Prep for the past five years, was promoted to take the reins this week. Connolly resigned last month.
Mike Bedard is running the Boston Marathon as part of Team Best Buddies. The Best Buddies organization works with students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Here are several ways you can make sure your sports teams are highlighted on Peabody Patch this season.
The champs in this year's elementary school basketball league were the West School Boys and the South School Girls.
Peabody High senior Chris Minter takes the ice March 30 with the rest of the boys' ice hockey players selected to play in the annual all-star game.
The fleet-footed Peabody High senior was recently given the spotlight as the "High School Athlete of the Week."
The Tanners had the advantages going into the game, but fell to longtime playoff foe Methuen in the first round.
The Peabody High senior won her sixth state title this past weekend as she broke a three decades old school record in the mile set by Peabody distance runner Lisa Welch.
Share your photos from this past winter season in high school sports in Peabody.
There was plenty of snow for the 2nd Annual Snowshoe "Sweethearts" Classic this past Sunday at Brooksby Farm.
What's 2-3 feet of freshly fallen snow good for? Snowshoe racing, of course.
Residents and staff at Brooksby Village spell out the words “GO PATS” outside behind one of the clubhouses at the retirement community.
The Peabody High boys are still hunting for a win, while the girls handily won their season opener, and the Crusaders over at Bishop Fenwick are off to a solid start.
School Superintendent Joe Mastrocola said the most important thing the Peabody Public Schools can do right now is to assure local students they are still safe in school and protected despite mass shooting at Conn. elementary school.
Peabody Veterans Memorial High School and Bishop Fenwick get in last minute workouts and scrimmages as the season begins for basketball, ice hockey, indoor track, gymnastics, swimming and wrestling.
Peabody's Catarina Rocha places second among the best of the best high school female distance runners in the country.
The Foot Locker Cross Country National Championships will be streamed live online at www.footlockercc.com, starting at 8:30 a.m. PST on Dec. 8.
Elite distance runner Catarina Rocha is now ranked the fifth best female high school cross country runner in the nation.