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First pickleball tournament marks local milestone for growing sport

MATTAPOISETT — Mattapoisett Recreation held its first Pickleball tournament on Saturday, Sept. 18 at the Hammond Street courts. Pickleball is a quickly growing sport that closely resembles tennis. However, it is played on a smaller court and uses a...

Youth football to play on OR field, despite school committee concerns

With the fall comes football, and the Old Rochester Youth Football league needs somewhere to play. Kristina Medeiros represented the league at a Sept. 14 Old Rochester School Committee meeting, where she requested usage of the high school’s football...
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OR Girls Soccer preview: strength in numbers

Out with the old, in with the new. It’s a phrase that school athletics coaches must inevitably come to terms with; players mature over the years, getting better every season until one day they graduate and they’re gone. This year, the ORR Girls...

ORR Boys Soccer returns for full season after covid-shortened year

Soccer is back at ORR after a successful, albeit truncated, 2020 season. The boys soccer team is on track to play a full slate of games this fall after a bizarre half-season last spring that saw headers and throw-ins outlawed and masks required...

OR players win Cape Cod Summer Hockeyfest High School League Championship

Local high school players took to the ice this summer in the Summer Hockeyfest High School League, going undefeated against teams across the South Coast and Cape Cod. Old Rochester Regional and Wareham High School players were among the league’s...

Bulldogs hall of fame to host alumni golf tournament

MATTAPOISETT — On Sunday, Oct. 3 the Old Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame is hosting a Golf Tournament at the Mattapoisett Reservation Golf Club, to kick start its 10 year of recognizing outstanding Old Rochester Regional Athletes. The hall of fame...

Play in the Mattapoisett pickleball tournament

MATTAPOISETT — On Saturday, September 18, Mattapoisett Recreation is hosting its first Pickleball tournament. Check-in and warm-ups are from 8:30-8:50 a.m., and games commence at 9 a.m. sharp. The tournament will be held at the Hammond Street Courts...

OR Golf gets set to tee off on new season

Fore! The Old Rochester Golf Team is getting back into the swing of it as practices ramp up before the season begins on Sept. 2. Head Coach Chris Cabe said that the team is looking good this year and he expects them to finish among the top three...

OR Football prepares for fall season

Down, set, hike! Football is almost back at ORR High School which means the Bulldogs are back on the practice field and gearing up for the fall season. The team saw quite a few of its starters graduate after last year, but Football Coach Bryce...

Gatemen hire Harvey Shapiro as team’s new manager

Harvey Shapiro, a former assistant coach for the Wareham Gatemen, has been hired as the team’s new manager. “Shapiro has now come full circle,” the Gatemen said in a statement, noting that he spent two seasons as the team’s assistant coach in the...

Hurricane who? Hundreds run in Mattapoisett Road Race

MATTAPOISETT — The streets of Mattapoisett were filled with runners and supporters on Saturday morning for the Mattapoisett Road Race. The race is usually a five-mile run through Mattapoisett Center on the Fourth of July. This year, it was delayed...

Marion native swings for the fences

MARION — Hitting it out of the Parks in the Babe Ruth Summer League. Marion native and Tabor Alumnus Sam Parks is headed to Bryant University this fall to play Division I baseball, but first he had to make a trip down to Mobile. Parks played summer...

Kids dribble, shoot through OR basketball clinic

MATTAPOISETT — Alley-oop! Dozens of kids flocked to Old Rochester Regional High School for Principal Michael Devoll’s basketball clinic this week. Players learned skills, drills and played full games at the clinic, which runs through Aug. 18. On...

Olympic Homecoming: Doonan returns from Tokyo

ROCHESTER — Rochester Olympian Gia Doonan returned to her home in Rochester on Thursday, Aug. 5, welcomed with a parade of emergency vehicles to escort her. “It feels really good [to be back],” said Doonan. “As I was driving down the road [back to...

Nothing but net: Tabor grad’s summer league fills athletic void

MARION — Michael Pardo has been playing basketball off-and-on for his whole life. From pick-up games to the JV team at Tabor, he has always enjoyed playing the sport and the camaraderie that comes with it. But for those that don’t make the next step...

Rochester Olympian Gia Doonan places fourth in Tokyo

ROCHESTER — Rochester Olympian Gia Doonan and her partners on the US Olympic rowing team came in fourth place in the Women’s Eight final on Thursday, July 29, snapping a three-Olympic streak of gold medals for the US in the event. The team finished...

Meghan Parks finishes ninth at CrossFit games

MARION — Meghan Parks finished top ten in the world in the 50-54 women’s age groups at the CrossFit Games in Madison, WI. After three days of intense, scored workouts, Parks — who trains at Seaside CrossFit in Wareham — finished ninth against the...

Tri-Town Olympians compete in Tokyo

Tri-Town Olympians Gevvie Stone and Gia Doonan competed in Tokyo this week, each as rowers but in separate events. Stone, a longtime summer resident of Marion with deep family ties to the town, represented the US in the women’s double sculls final...

Marion’s Meghan Parks in seventh after first day of CrossFit Games

MARION — After her first day at the CrossFit Games, Meghan Parks of Marion is sitting seventh in the 50-54 women’s age group. CrossFit is a program of high-intensity interval training that combines cardio, gymnastics and weightlifting. Though the...

Olympic rower with Marion ties has chance at second medal

MARION — Gevvie Stone, a longtime summer resident of Marion with deep family ties to the town, represented the US at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday and Sunday, rowing in the women’s double sculls and ultimately qualifying for the finals on Tuesday...

Rochester Olympian Gia Doonan qualifies for finals in Tokyo

ROCHESTER — Gia Doonan, a Rochester native and Tabor Academy graduate, rowed with team USA in the second heat of Women’s Eight rowing qualifiers on Friday, July 23. Team USA finished first in its heat against rowing teams from Romania and Australia...

Old Rochester youth baseball teams sweep competition at home tournament

The Old Rochester Youth Baseball 8U and 11U All-Star teams swept the competition last weekend, July 10 and 11, at the Cranberry Brawl Tournament in Rochester, with both teams winning their respective championships. “We did very well,” said 8U Coach...

Old Rochester athletes notch podium finishes at All-State track meet

Results were announced for Old Rochester Regional High School athletes who competed in the MIAA All-State track meet on Saturday, June 26, including two podium finishes. Colby Gross finished 3rd in the 400m dash with a time of 49.50 seconds and Jen...

Old Rochester playoff sports roundup

MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Regional High School athletes had a big week last week as both lacrosse teams advanced in their tournaments and several track athletes advanced to All State. Boys lacrosse won decisively in a 20-3 rout of Apponequet on...

From Tabor to Tokyo: Gia Doonan preps for summer Olympics

ROCHESTER — Gia Doonan has come a long way from Tabor Academy rowing to make her first Olympics in Tokyo this summer. Doonan has been a top rower since her days at Tabor, when she made the top boat her freshman year, and every year after. “She was...

OR track preps for MIAA divisional meet

The Old Rochester Bulldogs will be competing at the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics Association divisional track meet on June 17 and 19, where junior Jennifer Williams will be an athlete to look out for. She’ll be competing in the high jump...

Rochester resident headed for Olympics

ROCHESTER -- Rochester resident and Tabor graduate Gia Doonan is headed to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo this July to row in the USA women’s eight. USRowing, the governing body in the United States for the sport, announced the team for the women’s...

Meghan Parks: From Marion to Madison for the CrossFit Games

It’s 6:04 a.m. on a misty Tuesday morning in June at Seaside CrossFit in Wareham, and Marion’s Meghan Parks is already halfway through her workout. She’s about to start a 24-minute act of attrition: Deadlifts, a 400-meter run, kettlebell swings,...

OR to host basketball clinic in August

MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Regional High School Principal Michael Devoll will hold a basketball clinic at the high school from August 16 to 19. For six years, Devoll ran the Canton Basketball Clinic. Now, following the lifting of covid...

Full course returns for Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race

ROCHESTER — The raining sky was not the only “reign” Rochester’s annual boat race saw on May 31. The 87th annual Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race was able to return to something closer to normal this year, despite certain covid restrictions...

Basketball, tennis clinics with Mattapoisett Recreation

MATTAPOISETT — Mattapoisett Recreation is offering a basketball clinic with Brian Rudolph in July. Rudolph is a former Division I Basketball player and graduate of Loyola University Maryland. He has coached the New Bedford High School Boys' Varsity...

OR field hockey: Ending on a high note

MATTAPOISETT — Fewer games, fewer players. The Fall II season for the Old Rochester Regional High School field hockey team was a lot different than previous years due to covid restrictions. But that didn’t stop them from making the South Coast...

OR athletes breathe fresh air for spring season

After two seasons of mask-wearing, Old Rochester Regional High School athletes are finally getting some fresh air. “Seeing kids' faces again, honestly, that’s what I’m the most excited about,” OR Athletic Director Bill Tilden said. With the spring...

Tabor girls break relay record

The Tabor Academy girls 4x100 meter relay broke a longstanding school record last weekend. The boys and girls teams hosted Thayer Academy at home over the weekend, and the girls relay ran a record time of 51.09 seconds. The relay team was made up...

Apponequet beats Bulldogs for SCC Championship

A hot start wasn’t enough to win the Bulldogs the South Coast Conference Championship. Old Rochester Regional High School lost 42-7 to the Apponequet Lakers on Saturday night, ending a two-year championship streak for the Bulldogs. “I mean it’s not...

Bulldogs football preps for championship game

After the Old Rochester Regional Bulldogs bested Dighton Rehoboth last weekend to punch their ticket to the South Coast Conference Championship, Coach Bryce Guilbeault said it shows just how much the team has grown this season. He said the team is “...

Shifting winds: Marion sailor helps shape post-pandemic policies

MARION — Sailor Sara Stone knows boats — and how to prevent the spread of communicable illnesses. As a former epidemiologist, the Marion resident and professional sailor was uniquely positioned to help get races and other gatherings safely underway...

American League Baseball try-outs set for May 2

American Legion Baseball is back for a full season. The MA Department of American Legion Baseball and District 10 Baseball have planned a season to run from late June to mid-August. Although plans are subject to change, a D10 tournament with winners...

Tabor sailing team back on the water after two years

MARION — Although most boats aren’t in the water yet, Marion residents looking out to sea may have noticed a little fleet of 420s tacking and jibing on Sippican Harbor since late March. The Tabor Academy sailing team is back underway for the first...

Youth football springs into action

Hike! After missing out on the fall season, Old Rochester Youth Football and Cheer is back for the spring — minus the “Cheer.” “There was just not enough room to do everything,” league President Marissa Johnson said. She said that because many high...

Old Rochester Youth Baseball swings into spring training

The spring season is on deck for the Old Rochester Youth Baseball league. The league, which has Tri-Town players from four-year-old tee-ball players up to 12-year-olds, begins games in May. League President Peter Vieira said that since last summer,...

Old Colony downed by Diman in cross country

The Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School Cougars cross country team lost to Diman Regional Vocational Tech High School on March 30, but OC was still happy with the race. “Obviously Diman won, but we ran our best,” Coach Marcie...

Buzzards Bay gears up for Watershed Ride

The Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride will return for its 15th year on Oct. 3. Sign ups are open for athletes of all ages to to bike 35, 75 or 100 miles at the Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride. Participants who sign up before Monday, April 5 will save 50% on...