On Thursday afternoon, the Northeastern Conference principals accepted the recommendations of the NEC athletic directors and voted unanimously to rename the NEC athletic divisions.
The North Division has been renamed the Dunn Division after Cornelius Dunn, who was the founder and first president of the NEC ― which started in 1932.
The South Division has been renamed the Lynch Division after Dick Lynch, who was a three- sport coach at Swampscott High School from 1954 until 1973 and also served for many years as the athletic director at Danvers High School.
The Northeastern Conference is currently made up of Beverly, Danvers, Gloucester, Marblehead, Masconomet, Peabody, Salem, Saugus, Swampscott, and Winthrop.
