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Old Rochester loses to Wareham in annual Powderpuff football game

MATTAPOISETT — Thanksgiving football isn’t just for the boys. On Tuesday, Nov. 21, the Old Rochester Regional High School lady Bulldogs took to the gridiron to face off against Wareham in the annual Powderpuff Football game. This annual game swaps...

‘Feels like a family reunion’: Old Rochester hosts ninth alumni soccer game

MATTAPOISETT — For nine years Old Rochester Regional High School has hosted an alumni versus student soccer game the day after Thanksgiving — and the alumni have won every single time . But on Friday, Nov. 24 it was a very close game. The teams were...
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Bulldogs lose Thanksgiving game to Apponequet, 36-21

LAKEVILLE — Before having turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes this Thanksgiving, the Old Rochester Regional High School varsity football team tasted defeat at its Thanksgiving day game against Apponequet Regional High School. The Bulldogs lost 36-...

Old Colony takes down Tri-County in ‘Cougar Cup’

ROCHESTER — “When you are thinking about what you are thankful for tomorrow, make sure you let your families know that you appreciate them,” said Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School Head Football Coach Brandon Mendez to his team...

Unified Bulldogs take down Tri-Town police in annual basketball game

MATTAPOISETT — Finding a seat in the Old Rochester Regional High School gymnasium was nearly impossible on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 21 as the Old Rochester unified basketball team took on Tri-Town police officers. The Unified Bulldogs went into...

Old Rochester Youth Cheer team advances to national championship

MATTAPOISETT — The Old Rochester Peewee Cheer Team will tumble their way to Orlando, Fla. after winning the New England Regional Championship on Saturday, Nov. 11 in Springfield. On Dec. 7, the team, which consists of fifth through seventh graders,...

Tournament runs end for Tri-Town teams

Tri-Town sports teams’ dreams of state championship titles have been dashed following a series of losses in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Fall Tournament. Football At Old Rochester Regional High School, the div. 5...

Unified Bulldogs set to face off with Tri-Town police

MATTAPOISETT — The second annual basketball game between the Old Rochester Regional unified Bulldogs and Tri-Town police officers will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 21, at Old Rochester Regional High School. A 50/50 raffle will be held at...

Old Rochester volleyball enters MIAA quarter finals

MATTAPOISETT — The Old Rochester Regional High School girls volleyball team took a 3-2 win against Dennis-Yarmouth on Monday, Nov. 6 in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Div. 3 round of 16. This win sends the team to the Div. 3...

Bulldogs, Cougars crush competitors in first playoff games

The varsity football teams from Old Rochester Regional High School and Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School will move on to the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association round of 8 in their respective divisions after each...

Tri-Town fall sports teams qualify for state playoffs

It's time for Tri-Town athletes to show the rest of the state what they’re made of. Propelled by their regular season performances, many of Old Rochester Regional High School and Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School’s fall sports...

Old Colony football wins conference title, prepares for playoffs

ROCHESTER — The Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School football team defeated South Shore Vocational Technical High School 12-0 on Friday, Oct. 27, to clinch the Mayflower Athletic Conference Small Division title. The Cougars finish...

Bulldog soccer plays at Gillette

Foxboro — The players of the Old Rochester Regional High School boys and girls soccer team took a trip to Gillette Stadium on Wednesday, Oct. 18 to play a game against Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School. The teams went...

Old Colony victorious in homecoming football game.

ROCHESTER — In front of a crowd of parents, students, and alumni, Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School’s football team moved to 6-1 this season with a 38-0 win over Upper Cape Tech on Friday, Oct. 20. Before the game, the school...

Bulldog football has a ‘great team win’ at homecoming game

MATTAPOISETT — The Old Rochester Regional High School varsity football game against Somerset-Berkley “started out ugly,” said coach Bryce Guilbeault. With an 80-yard touchdown run giving Somerset-Berkley a six point lead within seconds of the game’s...

Old Colony girls soccer ‘works on the fundamentals’ this season

ROCHESTER — Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School soccer coach Paul Soucy said he is a “true believer” in learning life skills through sports. One life lesson he’s imparted to his team of mostly brand new players is timeliness. “They'...

Next few weeks ‘a test’ for girls soccer

MATTAPOISETT — When the Old Rochester Regional High School girls soccer team faced Fairhaven High School on Friday, Oct. 6, coach Jeff Lombard “knew it was going to be a battle right from the beginning.” “It’s always a big rivalry with Fairhaven,”...

Buzzards Bay Coalition Watershed Ride pedals through South Coast

Bicyclists from across New England pedaled through the Tri-Town on Sunday, Oct. 1 as a part of the Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride. Hosted by the Buzzards Bay Coalition, the annual ride saw 390 bicyclists raise over $265,000 to help protect the Buzzards...

Old Rochester boys soccer plans to ‘just keep winning’

MATTAPOISETT — During their game on Monday, Oct. 2, the Old Rochester Regional High School boys varsity soccer team was able to use all 22 players on the roster, according to coach Mike Devoll. “We want to be able to stay fresh, so we used everybody...

Bulldogs to play Gillette Stadium in October

FOXBORO — Old Rochester Regional High School’s boys and girls soccer teams will take to Gillette Stadium in Foxboro on Wednesday, Oct. 18 for games against Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School. Tickets for this game will...

Every day is ‘fun’ and ‘hard work’ for Old Colony football

ROCHESTER — Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School’s varsity football game against Blue Hills Regional Technical High School on Friday, Sept. 22 wasn’t a win — but it taught the team an important lesson. “It’s supposed to hurt,” said...

Tri-Town Basketball League opens registrations

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett and Marion Departments of Recreation have opened online sign-ups for the Tri-Town basketball league’s 2023-2024 season. Last year the league had over 200 participants from the Tri-Town. The league has three divisions...

Old Rochester volleyball coach celebrates 100th career win

MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Regional High School girls varsity volleyball coach Jimmy Oliveira has secured his 100th career win after his team defeated Dennis-Yarmouth 3-0 on Friday, Sept. 15. “For me, it’s just a number, which I hope is just the...

Old Rochester girls volleyball ‘has a lot of potential’ this season

MATTAPOISETT — On Wednesday, Sept. 13, the Old Rochester Regional High School girls varsity volleyball team scored a decisive 3-0 win against Dighton-Rehoboth in their “best full-game performance so far this season,” said head coach Jimmy Oliveira...

Old Rochester fields ‘young’ but ‘talented’ varsity football team

MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Regional High School Head Varsity Football Coach Bryce Guilbeault knows that he may never coach a future NFL player, but he does know that everyone he coaches “someday is going to be a husband or a father or an employee...

Old Colony cheerleading comes ‘full circle’ with new coach

ROCHESTER — The Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School cheerleading team will see new leadership as Kelly Taveira will take the reins from her daughter Riley Taveira as head cheerleading coach this season. “It's kind of cool because it...

New coach, new opportunity for Old Colony girls soccer

ROCHESTER — New leadership is coming to the Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School girls varsity soccer team this season. Old Colony carpentry instructor and girls soccer head coach Paul Soucy said that he hopes this season the team...

Golfers swing to support Rochester Boy Scouts

LAKEVILLE — Seventy-six degree weather and light wind made for a good day on the golf course, according to Rochester Boy Scout Troop 31 Scoutmaster Kevin Thompson. “The weather's behaving and the wind isn't too shabby,” he said. “It might actually...

Triple-threat athletes make strides, laps at Cranberry Trifest

LAKEVILLE — Athletes swam, ran and biked through portions Lakeville, Middleboro, Rochester and Freetown Sunday, Aug. 20 for the 22nd annual Cranberry Trifest. The event began and ended at Ted Williams Camp in Lakeville. The 21-mile bike course began...

Beverly Yacht Club hosts 60th Junior Regatta

MARION — Eleven-year-old Graham Greenwalt was determined to hold his title as the first ranking sailor in the Optimist Green class during the Beverly Yacht Club’s 60th annual Junior Regatta on Wednesday, Aug. 17. “You just have to keep going and...

Summer basketball league a ‘brotherhood’

MARION — Over 140 basketball players from across the South Coast needed a place to play competitively this summer, and they found it with Marion’s Embargo League. Now in its third year , the Embargo League gives college-aged basketball players a...

Registration opens for Mattapoisett Recreation fall programming

MATTAPOISETT — Registration has opened for all Mattapoisett Recreation fall programming. Mattapoisett recreation has many after school, evening and weekend programs available. Flag football is on Sundays. Evening offerings include tennis, youth...

Annual Cranberry Brawl hits it out of the park

ROCHESTER — Young baseball players were in full swing at Rochester’s Gifford and Dexter Fields for the Old Rochester Youth Baseball League’s annual Cranberry Brawl tournament on July 29 and 30. The tournament brought together players from across...

Mattapoisett, Rochester residents commit to college basketball teams

BARRINGTON, R.I. — St. Andrew’s School in Rhode Island held a Recognition Day to celebrate members of the Class of 2023 who have committed to continuing their athletic careers at the college level. Mattapoisett resident Cadence Johnson and Rochester...

Athletes take to the sea and road in Lions Club Triathlon

MATTAPOISETT — Athletes equipped with bathing suits, bicycles and running shoes gathered at the Mattapoisett Town Beach for the Lions Club annual Triathlon on Sunday, July 30. The three-part race tasked athletes with swimming .25 miles, biking 10...

Running, jumping and throwing with the Mattapoisett Track Club

MATTAPOISETT — Over 30 years ago Mary Ann Amoruso’s son joined “Mudgie’s Club,” an after school track program founded by late Center School custodian Maurice “Mudgie” Tavares. Now, Amoruso and a team of volunteers carry on Tavares’s legacy with the...

‘Taking it all in’: Old Rochester welcomes new athletic director

MATTAPOISETT — Student athletes, teachers and parents can expect to see a new face on the field and on the court at Old Rochester Regional High School in the fall. On Monday, July 24, Chris Carrig joined the school district as Old Rochester’s new...

Support Rochester Boy Scouts with fundraiser golf game

ROCHESTER — Join Rochester’s Boy Scout Troop 31 for a golf fundraiser on Tuesday, Aug. 22 at the Back Nine Club in Lakeville. Troop 31 can be supported with a round of golf and dinner for $125, or just dinner for $40. The golf fundraiser will also...

Young basketball players ‘get comfortable’ with hard work

MATTAPOISETT — Basketball coach Brian Rudolph instructed Tri-Town basketball players to “get comfortable with the uncomfortable” during the Mattapoisett Recreation summer basketball clinic on Tuesday, July 18. As players lined up to practice...

Youth baseball players get pointers from Gatemen

ROCHESTER — The players of the Old Rochester Youth Baseball League got a masterclass from the Wareham Gatemen on Sunday, July 9 and Gifford Field in Rochester. From pre-game stretches to throwing knuckleballs Gatemen players imparted knowledge to...

Mattapoisett skipper wins family trophy in Bermuda Boat Race

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Despite “fast-moving squalls and completely still air,” the skippers competing in the Marion-Bermuda Boat Race made their way to the island after setting off on Friday, June 16. One Mattapoisett skipper, Dennish Walsh who...

Youth Baseball team takes trophy in Bridgewater tournament

ROCHESTER — Old Rochester Youth Baseball’s All Star 10U team took home the first place trophy in the 56th Annual Robert Anderson West Bridgewater Invitational 10U Tournament on Saturday, July 1. The little Bulldogs went 5-0 throughout the entire...

20th annual Marion Mile starts off on the right foot

MARION — Marion Mile Race Director Chris Adams had some advice for the youngsters at the starting line of the Marion Mile on Tuesday, June 27: “If you fall down, get back up again.” And then, with the sound of a starting siren, the six and under...

Bulldogs bow out of state tournaments

MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Regional High School sports teams put up a fierce fight in the 2023 Spring MIAA Tournament season but came up short in all competing sports. The 10th seeded Old Rochester Regional High School boys lacrosse team made...

Tabor track teams takes home regional championship win

MARION— The Tabor Academy Girls track and field team won the New England Championships on the weekend of May 28. The girls took home the win in the New England Championships after being runner-ups in the Independent School League championship the...

Old Rochester girls’ tennis moves to round of eight in playoffs

MATTAPOISETT — The players on the Old Rochester Regional High School girls’ tennis team are on a roll in the MIAA playoffs following wins against Ashland on Friday, June 2 and against Medfield on Tuesday, June 6. The Bulldogs won 3-2 against Ashland...

Old Rochester Regional High School athletic director steps down

MATTAPOISETT— Old Rochester Regional High School Athletic Director Bill Tilden is stepping down from the position he has held for 16 years. Old Rochester Regional High School Principal Mike Devoll announced Tilden’s retirement from the role during...