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Old Rochester gets its fill of touchdowns in Turkey Day game

LAKEVILLE — The Old Rochester football team gobbled up the competition and left room for dessert on Thursday, Nov. 25 as the Bulldogs squashed the Apponequet Lakers 28-7 in the annual Thanksgiving Day football game. The win marked the seventh-...

OR wins annual Powderpuff game against Wareham

The Old Rochester Bulldogs beat out the Wareham Vikings at the annual Powderpuff football game between the two rival schools on Wednesday, Nov. 24. The raucous pre-Thanksgiving flag football game was held at Old Rochester as Wareham hosted the most...
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Bulldogs win state volleyball championship

BRIDGEWATER — For the first time in program history, the Old Rochester volleyball team are state champions. The Bulldogs bested second-seeded Dennis-Yarmouth in four sets to cap off their incredible run in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics...

OR vs. Wareham PowderPuff game on Nov. 24

Old Rochester and Wareham High School will be renewing their PowderPuff rivalry on Wednesday, Nov. 24 at 1 p.m. The rivals have not played in two years but the teams are poised for another matchup of senior classes. The game will be played at Old...

Annual Old Rochester alumni soccer game on Nov. 26

The 7th annual Old Rochester alumni soccer game will be held on Friday, Nov. 26 at 1 p.m. at Tabor Academy. All OR alumni are invited to try to help keep the school’s six-game winning streak alive over the current Old Rochester Varsity Team. The...

OR Volleyball headed to finals

The OR Volleyball team advanced to the finals of the Division 3 State Championships on Tuesday, Nov. 16 after beating 1st-ranked Tewksbury 3-2. The Bulldogs previously beat 5th-ranked Holliston on Nov. 12 to advance to the final four matchup with...

OR Volleyball advances to final four

The OR Volleyball team advanced to the final four of the Division 3 State Championships on Friday, Nov. 12 after beating 5th-ranked Holliston. The Bulldogs won the game in three consecutive sets winning the first 25-9, the second 25-14, and the...

OR Boys Soccer eliminated from playoffs

The Old Rochester Boys Soccer Team was eliminated from the Division 3 State Championship tournament on Wednesday, Nov. 10 after a second half comeback by 10th-ranked Medway. The Bulldogs — who entered the tournament as the 7-seed in a 42-team...

All OR fall sports make the playoffs

Bulldogs bully the competition. All of OR High School’s fall sports teams made the playoffs this season giving all the Bulldogs a chance to compete at the next level. Of the seven fall teams, four are still competing in divisional tournaments,...

OR Football stunned by Fairhaven

And the two-point conversion is…. No good. Old Rochester’s varsity football team fell to Fairhaven in overtime on Friday, Oct. 29, after failing to convert a two-point conversion that would have tied the game back up. “Fairhaven is a good team,”...

Mattapoisett Recreation to hold basketball leagues, clinics

MATTAPOISETT — Mattapoisett Recreation basketball registration is open. Mattapoisett Recreation is partnering with Marion Recreation once again for the Tri-Town Basketball league, open to all 3rd-6th Graders in Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester...

Next stop, Cooperstown: local baseball club holds carwash fundraiser

MATTAPOISETT — That’s a clean play! The Buzzards Bay Baseball Club got sudsy on Saturday morning, washing cars at the Mattapoisett Fire Station to raise money for a team trip next summer. The team of about a dozen 12-year-olds from the Tri-Town and...

OR field hockey: Making the cut

The Old Rochester Field Hockey team is making a bid for the playoffs. With seven games left in the season, the team needs to put up four more points to make the state tournament. “So far we’re on a really good track,” Coach Lauren O’Brien said. “...

Mattapoisett resident among top fundraisers in Watershed Ride

Out of more than 400 cyclists, Mattapoisett resident Chip Jones was among the top fundraisers for the Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride on Oct. 3 — amassing $10,347. Jones was the third-largest fundraiser, behind only Ken Cheitlin of Pocasset, who raised...

OR Hall of Fame comes back from covid with alumni golf tourney

After taking the last two years off for covid, the Old Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame kick started its 10th year with an alumni golf tournament at Reservation Golf Club in Mattapoisett. The match consisted of 36 players ranging from a current high...

Football returns to Old Rochester

Friday night lights returned to Old Rochester on Sept. 24 with their first home game of the season against Dartmouth. While the Bulldogs got off to a strong start, scoring a touchdown on the first drive of the game, Dartmouth quickly shifted the...

OR cross country: Chasing the South Coast Conference championship

The Old Rochester boys and girls cross country teams are both young, but they’re preparing to take on the South Coast Conference. “I would hope that we win both the season and the conference meet,” girls captain Ally Ward said. Both teams handily...

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...

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 10th 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,...