Editing Methuen, Massachusetts (section)

===Sports===
[[Image:Nicholson Stadium.jpg|thumb|right|Nicholson Stadium, home of the Methuen Rangers]]

Methuen High School's athletic teams play in the [[Merrimack Valley Conference]].  Their big rivals are the [[Andover High School (Massachusetts)|Andover]] Golden Warriors, the [[Central Catholic High School (Lawrence, Massachusetts)|Central Catholic]] Raiders of [[Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence]], and the [[Haverhill High School|Haverhill]] Hillies. On [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]], the [[American football|football]] team plays fellow Merrimack Valley foe the [[Dracut High School|Dracut]] Middies.  The teams first met in a non-Thanksgiving Day game in 1935 and did not play again until the Thanksgiving series started in 1963. The school colors are blue and white, and their mascot is the Ranger, named after [[Rogers' Rangers]], the precursor of the [[U.S. Army Rangers]], which was founded by town resident [[Robert Rogers (soldier)|Robert Rogers]].