The MIAA officially released its boys and girls state tournament soccer brackets on Saturday afternoon, and a trio of Cape Ann area squads find themselves in the mix.

Thursday night's shutout loss to undefeated CAL champ Amesbury aside, it's been a fantastic year for the Manchester Essex football team thus far.

There's no question this past Friday's loss at Winthrop was disappointing, to say the least, for the Gloucester football team.

I am waaay ahead of artificial intelligence. That supposed brainiac never watched all those classic TV shows of the '50s and '60’ that we grew up on. I seriously think ...