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Chris Vargas, in center, is surrounding by Ohio State football head coach Ryan Day, on left, and his mom, Massiel Vargas, during a visit in the fall of 2024. Chris

Wascar Vargas was a three-sport athlete at Lawrence High — football, basketball, and baseball — graduating in 1997.

Wascar Vargas was a three-sport athlete at Lawrence High — football, basketball, and baseball — graduating in 1997.

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Merrimack College senior Bryce Gentry-Warrick has high hopes to not only stay on the field, but key Merrimack's stout defense this fall.

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of 3 NORTH ANDOVER – Bryce Gentry-Warrick is used to pain. But it's not the kind you see on an MRI, or the kind that makes you hobble off the field under your own steam, fighting the urge to punch the turf.

NORTH ANDOVER — The lights will shine a little brighter this year, and head coach Mike Gennetti, along with his Merrimack College football team, knows it.