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2016 Media Award - Bruce Lerch, Boston Herald 

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The Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association posthumously honors Bruce Lerch sports reporter of the Boston Herald with our 2016 Media Award.

Bruce Lerch was a universally revered high school sports writer who passed away at the age of 42 in December. Working for the Boston Herald for the better part of the last decade, Bruce was admired for his rapport with administrators, coaches and players and was well-known for his easy, fun-loving demeanor.

A Massachusetts native, Lerch was varsity baseball player during his time at Mount St. Charles High School of Woonsocket, R.I., Lerch graduated from Daniel Webster College, after starting his collegiate baseball career at St. Joseph’s College of Standish, Maine. He transitioned into the world of journalism after completing his master’s degree at Emerson College.
An advocate of MIAA athletics, Lerch is best known for his coverage of schoolboy football, boys’ and girls’ hockey and is a seminal figure in the growth of high school lacrosse in the region, working as editor-in-chief of BostonLax.net, in addition to his duties at the Herald.

The respect for not only Bruce’s work but his character was made abundantly clear when he disclosed he had been diagnosed with cancer late last year. Moving tributes and displays of support were shared across social media, rallying to his side during a difficult time.

He is survived by his parents, Bruce F. of Franklin and Carol M. (Hennessey) of Plainville; two sisters, Kelly Flanagan and her husband, Wayne, of Bellingham, and Jamie Lerch-Ebner and her wife, Anne-Marie Ebner, of New York City; his grandmother, Esther, of Doylestown, Pa.; and numerous cousins and aunts.



Past Media Award Winners

2017 Patrick Flaherty
2016
Bruce Lerch
2015 Jim Wilson
2014
Michael Muldoon
2013 Phil Stacey 
2012 Kevin Shea
2011 Roderic Smith
2010 Bill Abramson & Martin Pave
2009 Jim Clark
2008 Steve Algeri
2007 Allison Goldsmith
2006 Rick Harrison
2005 Russ Charpentier
2004 Buddy Thomas
2003 Andy Nesbitt
2002 Dennis Whitton
2001 Robert Holmes
2000 Dan Ventura
1999 Patti Myers
1998 Joe Capillo
1997 Bill Pike
1996 Russell Baldwin & Cary Shuman
1995 Frank Benjamin
1994 Ed Litchfield 
1993 Omer Cormier
1992 Mike Lynch
1991 Rick Pearl
1990 Frank Wall
1989 John Sherman
1988 Al Cowles
1987 Paul Leahy
1986 Max Bishop
1985 Rick Harrison
1984 Charles N. Ross, Jr.
1983 Lenny Megliola & Bill Wilhelm
1982 Larry Ames
1981 William Kipouras
1980 Frank Murphy
1979 Alphonse R. Frezza
1978 Kevin J. Mannix

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    • MHSFPI Prospect Book
    • Shriner Classic
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    • Courageous Player Award
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    • Media Award
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    • Champions 1996-2000
    • Champions 1991-1995
    • Champions 1981-1990
    • Champions 1972-1980
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