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A mom-umental race for mothers and families alike

MATTAPOISETT — Mothers pushed strollers, carried their children and ran hand-in-hand with their kids under a blue, cloudless sky during the second annual Run Like a Mother 5k on Sunday, May 11. With the start and finish line at the Mattapoisett Town...

Play ball! Old Rochester Youth Baseball marches into a new season

ROCHESTER — Old Rochester Youth Baseball hit a home run with their annual Opening Day Parade on Saturday, May 3, directly followed by a full-day of baseball and t-ball. Excited players carried banners and marched alongside their family members from...
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Old Colony freshman wrestles her way to the top and breaks school record

MIDDLEBOROUGH — Old Colony freshman, Middleboro High School wrestler and Mattapoisett resident Mila Boucher only had three months of wrestling experience when she started breaking records. Competing against mostly boy wrestlers, she finished her...

From all around the world, students team up to squash the competition

The Tabor Academy squash program isn't like most other high school sports. Most high school teams are made of kids from the same town or same region, but most of the kids on the squash team aren't even from the same country. The squash program dates...

Old Colony Varsity Basketball Coach Matt Trahan Retires

ROCHESTER — After 27 seasons of decisive leadership, five championships won and four coach of the year awards, Matthew Trahan retired from his position as Old Colony Athletic Director and Varsity Boys Basketball Coach. “This team is an extension of...

Tri-town swimmers make a splash at New England championship

Tri-town swimmers dove head first into the pool as they competed against some of New England's best swimmers. The Riptides swim team is based out of the Gleason Family YMCA in Wareham and serves kids ages 6 to 22 from the surrounding area. The team...

A fight to the finish: Old Rochester boys basketball loses championship in overtime game

LOWELL — The Old Rochester boys basketball team pushed the state championship into overtime at the Tsongas Center on Friday, March 14 before falling to Norwell High School 64-61. The arena filled with roaring applause as the Old Rochester team led...

Old Rochester boys basketball team qualifies for state championship game

ROCHESTER — The Old Rochester boys basketball team qualified for the state championship game after defeating St. Mary’s High School, the highest ranking team in the division 3 tournament, on Tuesday, March 11 with a final score of 70-63. This is the...

Old Rochester boys basketball qualify for semifinals in state tournament

ROCHESTER — The Old Rochester Regional High School boys basketball team is advancing to semifinals after a close match with Lawrence Tech High School where the team won by just three points, ending the game with a score of 52-49. Old Rochester will...

‘Abs-olutely’ crushing it: Old Rochester alum competes in Arnold Sports Festival

MATTAPOISETT — Since his time at Old Rochester Regional High School, David Reynolds, 22, continues to see the fruits of his athletic talents that first got their start on the school’s track and field team. Beginning his athletic career in the 7th...

Old Rochester boys basketball progresses to round 8 of state tournament

ROCHESTER — The Old Rochester boys basketball team will advance to round 8 of their state tournament after defeating Norton High School with a final score of 71-48 in their sweet 16 round. Norton barely touched the ball in the beginning of the game...

Old Rochester basketball teams advance in state tournament

ROCHESTER — Old Rochester Regional High School’s boys and girls basketball teams are pushing forward in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association state tournament. The girls basketball team advanced into round 8 after defeating...

Old Rochester hockey goalie leads team on the ice and outside the rink

ROCHESTER — Old Rochester Regional High School junior Tucker Roy first put on a pair of skates at three years old. Inspired by his dad and cousins, Roy started playing hockey in a youth league and fell in love with “just everything about it.” Roy...

Tri-town high school sports teams qualify for state tournament

Old Rochester Regional High School and Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School qualified for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s hockey and basketball state tournaments that kick off this week. In order to qualify,...

'Always proud to be a Bulldog': Old Rochester alumni named Coach of the Year

When stepping onto the basketball court at Old Rochester Regional High School for the first time, a young Steve Carvalho knew he wanted to work hard and play for the Bulldogs one day. Little did he realize what kind of legacy would await him on that...

A goal for girls: Tabor Academy junior gets girls in the game with female-focused sports organization

MARION — For Tabor Academy junior and Marion resident Izzy Murphy, the difference between how boys and girls are treated in sports was evident from a young age. The boys received better practice times, better game times and better equipment in her...

Old Rochester Regional hockey wins big at senior night game

ROCHESTER — The Old Rochester Regional hockey team continued their six game win streak with a successful senior night where they won 2-0 on Saturday, Feb. 8 at Tabor Academy. “It was a great, great night. A lot of parents helped out. Lots of...

Marion resident continues to see success in CrossFit

LAKEVILLE— A massacre took place inside the walls of Millennium Fitness Gym Saturday, Feb. 2, but there was no blood or casualties. Bodies sprawled on the floor, but they were very much alive, breathing heavily, sweating and letting out sighs of...

Runner join together for Old Colony’s Frosty Runner Road Race

Over 250 participants joined together for the annual Frosty Runner Road Race hosted by Old Colony Regional High School on Saturday, Jan. 25. The race results were as follows: In the 10.5 miles race, which had 116 runners, Robert Norcott, 43, of...

Old Colony girls look to grow in loss

Despite a strong defensive game and a late fourth quarter offensive resurgence, the Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School girls basketball team lost to Norfolk County Agricultural High School. The game was played Thursday, Jan. 16 at...

From coaches to MVPs, six enshrined in Old Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame

From the “winningest” coach to the “most valuable player,” six former athletes and coaches were inducted into the Old Rochester Regional Athletic Hall of Fame in October 2024. The inductees range from student-athletes in the class of 1967 to the...

Old Rochester swimmers post strong performances and 'swim hard'

Swimmers from Old Rochester Regional High School dove in head first to face their competition as the Old Rochester boys and girls swim teams butterflied, backstroked and more against Bishop Stang High School. The swim meet was held Friday, Jan. 10...

Bulldog basketball team faces ‘growing pains’ in close loss to Wareham

MATTAPOISETT — After three minutes, Wareham High School led Old Rochester Regional High School’s boys basketball team 8-2 on Friday, Dec. 27. The six-point Wareham lead matched the largest advantage either team would have for the remainder of a back...

Sippican School student showcases futsal talent in Spain

MARION — Santa Claus receives millions of letters from kids asking for gifts each December. This year, he received a different type of request from a Marion resident. Eight year-old Beckham Harvey and his futsal team FC Flair qualified for the World...

ORR ice hockey falls to Dartmouth in overtime nail-biter, 5-4

The Old Rochester Regional High School Bulldogs faced a “tough loss” on the ice Saturday night, Dec. 14, going against Dartmouth High School in the first game of the season. It was a close game with a lot of action as both teams took turns tying up...

Old Colony’s Max Finney scores 1000th point

ROCHESTER — Max Finney’s youth travel basketball coach once told him he’d be the next player to score 1,000 points at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School. That was in eighth grade, his mother Stasia Finney said. It’s a goal he’s...

Alumni defeat Old Rochester boys soccer for 10th straight year

MATTAPOISETT — For 10 years, Old Rochester boys soccer players of the past and present have come together to play an annual game around Thanksgiving. In each of those 10 years, a team of program alumni have defeated the current high school team. On...