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2021 Gateway Babe Ruth baseball registration now open

Registration is now open for 2021 Gateway Babe Ruth baseball league. Players ages 12 to 16 from the following towns are eligible to register: Dartmouth, Marion, Mattapoisett, Middleboro, New Bedford, Rochester and Wareham. In order to be eligible,...

OR girls hockey captain signs with Anna Maria College

MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester girls hockey captain and defender Carly Drew has been lacing her skates up since she was five, and she’ll be lacing them up a few more times after she signed on to play for the Anna Maria College Amcats on Dec. 20. “It’s...
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ORR district sports to return for winter season

Winter sports will happen for Old Rochester Regional High School and Junior High students, as long as they and their families remain diligent about covid regulations. The ORR School Committee approved guidelines for winter sports as well as a...

ORR athletics prepping for winter sports

MATTAPOISETT — While the fall season was pushed into February for coronavirus concerns, Old Rochester Regional High School athletes may be able to compete this winter. If it does happen though, Athletic Director Bill Tilden said that “sports are...

Alex Craig: Star runner turned world-record race organizer

MATTAPOISETT — Alex Craig is already a star runner headed toward an Ivy League education at Dartmouth College. Now, he can add world-record race director to his resume. Back when the South Coast Conference postponed fall sports in September, cross...

Marion, Mattapoisett students sign with Division I baseball programs

Bishop Stang senior Hayden Duke of Mattapoisett and Tabor Academy senior Sam Parks of Marion both signed their intent to play Division I baseball. Duke will be playing baseball in the NCAA Division 1 at UMass Lowell next year after signing a...

Old Rochester athletes commit to colleges

Even with no season to speak of so far this year, some Old Rochester Regional High School athletes have proved their worth to colleges. Marion soccer player Rachael Fantoni and Mattapoisett lacrosse player Ryan Quinlan both signed with colleges this...

Old Rochester Youth Baseball fall season in full swing

ROCHESTER — With a covid-safe summer season under its belt, the Old Rochester Youth Baseball League fall baseball season is underway and will swing, bat and bunt its way into November. “It’s been going awesome,” League President Peter Vieira said...

Old Rochester Youth Soccer kicks into gear

ROCHESTER — Marion Recreation Executive Director Jody Dickerson said he arrived at Dexter Lane fields at 5:30 a.m. to set up for the first day of the Old Rochester Youth Soccer League on Sept. 19. Besides the usual goals, cones and nets, he set up...

Athletes, coaches prepare for February with fall season postponement

MATTAPOISETT — Screening 360 Old Rochester High School student-athletes would have to wait two hours before practice so that everyone could be screened for coronavirus symptoms, OR Athletic Director Bill Tilden said. Port-a-johns would need to be...

Old Rochester Youth Soccer signups now open

The Old Rochester Youth Soccer League six week fall program, run by Eric Parada and team of professional coaches, is now open for registration. The season will run from Sept. 19 to Oct. 31 (no training on the holiday weekend of Oct. 10.) For one...

Old Colony to move fall sports season to February

ROCHESTER — With the safety of its student athletes, coaches and officials in mind, Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School announced on Sept. 2 that it will be moving its fall sports season to a floating season in between winter and...

Tri-town runners to take on Boston Marathon virtually

For the first time in the 124 year history of the Boston Marathon, the 26.2 mile race was cancelled due to coronavirus, throwing off training regimens for over 30,000 runners and dashing the dreams of those who hoped to run the famed marathon in-...

Old Rochester Youth Baseball Fall Ball opens registration

Old Rochester Youth Baseball has opened registration for its 2020 Fall Baseball. The season will run from Sept. 12 or 19 through early November. Games will be played on Saturdays and Sundays only, with doubleheaders for majors and minors, and single...

Summer rec programs drove, rallied, sailed on through Covid

On Marion Recreation Director Jody Dickerson’s desk sat a large three-ring binder full of Covid regulations for holding sport programs. On any given day, he would add a page of regulations to the binder at 8 a.m., swap it with revised regulations at...

Marion resident rides across the state for anti-racism group fundraiser

MARION — Coke Whitworth, a Tabor Academy photography teacher and boy’s basketball coach, was a part of extensive anti-racism professional development over the summer that his school held. But, “I wanted to do more than that,” Whitworth said. So, he...

Gateway Babe Ruth opens signups for fall baseball

Gateway Babe Ruth has opened registration for its 2020 fall ball program. The deadline to register is Aug. 31. Practices will begin in early September, and the season will begin on Sept. 19. Players in the program must be at least 13 and at most 16...

ORR athletic director deciding how to handle new state regulations

After new state regulations released on Aug. 13 for youth and amateur sports, Old Rochester Athletic Director Bill Tilden said that the season still looks uncertain for many fall sports. In part, it’s because the Aug. 13 guidelines from the...

An old golf course gets new life with new managers

MARION — The Marion Golf Club is taking on a new life, as two summer residents are working to bring it under new management, improve the course for players, restore some of its historical appearance, and eventually build it into a new community...

Tryouts approaching for Gateway Babe Ruth Baseball

Team Gateway AAU tryouts for elite level baseball teams will begin on Aug. 11 at Dexter Lane Ballfield in Rochester. The Gateway league offers both elite teams and developmental teams, giving every player a chance to play baseball. Tryouts for 9U...

Tri-Town cyclists prepare for a radically altered Pan Mass Challenge

Coronavirus has hit the Pan Mass Challenge hard, forcing riders to tackle the routes on their own and to hold virtual celebrations to avoid congregating. But a dozen Tri-Town riders are still taking on the challenge. The long-standing bike-a-thon...