May 4, 2011
Pettingell (Newburyport) wins 600th game
by PR/Wire Report/
Newburyport (Mass.) High School coach Bill Pettingell recorded his 600th career victory on Tuesday as the Clippers earned an 11-3 win over Hamilton-Wenham.
According to the Boston Globe, Pettingell becomes just the sixth Massachusetts coach to reach 600 career wins, joining Leominster’s Emile Johnson (672), North Reading’s Frank Carey (667), Chicopee Comprehensive’s Dan Dulcino (634), Cardinal Spellman’s Peter Ambrose (628) and Burlington’s Jim Curtin (604).
Pettingell has announced this will be his final season coaching. His varsity career began in 1972.
