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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...
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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...

Under sheets of rain, Old Rochester football season comes to close

MATTAPOISETT — Under endless and cold sheets of rain, Old Rochester Regional High School’s football season came to a close. The Bulldogs lost 26-14 to Apponequet Regional High School on Thanksgiving Thursday, Nov. 28. Seniors Jack Leconte and Devin...

Old Rochester handily wins powderpuff game

WAREHAM — Old Rochester Regional High School ran to victory Wednesday, Nov. 27 in the annual powderpuff game against Wareham High School. The Bulldogs won 36-8 in the girls flag football game traditionally played before Thanksgiving. Old Rochester...

‘We kept fighting’: Old Rochester football loses in tournament semifinals

SCITUATE — In 2022, Old Rochester Regional High School lost to Shawsheen Valley Technical High School in the quarterfinals of the MIAA Div. 5 football playoff tournament. In 2023, the two schools met again in the quarterfinals. Shawsheen won again...

Old Rochester cross country athletes compete at Meet of Champions

Competing at the MIAA Meet of Champions, several athletes on the Old Rochester girls cross country team improved their course times on Nov. 16 at Fort Devens. The team competed in the Meet of Champions for the second year in a row after qualifying...

Bulldogs keep on rolling to state semifinals

MATTAPOISETT — With eight seconds and fourth down showing on the scoreboard, it looked as if Old Rochester Regional High School would take a close 14-10 lead over Norton High School into halftime on Friday, Nov. 15 in the Div. 5 state quarterfinals...

With ‘Marion Mile’ roots, Tabor boys cross country runs to undefeated championship season

MARION — The roots of the undefeated regular season recently achieved by the Tabor Academy boys cross country team began, it could be said, in Marion all the way back in 2002. That’s the year head coach Chris Adams began the “Marion Mile,” a series...

‘This is amazing’: Unified Bulldogs best Tri-Town police in annual game

MATTAPOISETT — In front of a full house at Old Rochester Regional High School, the school’s unified basketball team capped off its second consecutive undefeated season with a victory over a team of Tri-Town first responders on Wednesday, Nov. 13...

Old Rochester girls cross country to compete at state championship

DEVENS — After snagging seventh place at the Division 2 Cross Country Championships, the Old Rochester Regional High School girls varsity cross country team will progress to the next stage of competition. Both the girls and boys varsity teams...

Shutout win kicks off postseason for Old Rochester football

MATTAPOISETT — Whatever rust the Old Rochester Regional High School football team may have had coming off a bye week between the end of the regular season and first round of the MIAA Div. 5 postseason tournament was shaken off relatively quickly. On...

Playoffs underway for Old Colony athletic teams

ROCHESTER — The regular season has wrapped up and Old Colony athletics have gotten underway in postseason play. The Cougar football team will travel to Narragansett Regional High School on Friday, Nov. 8 as the first round of the Division 8 playoffs...

Bulldogs march into postseason tournaments

MATTAPOISETT — Months of grueling practices and games have paid off for Old Rochester’s fall sports programs as they enter postseason play. It has been a successful start to the school for Bulldog sports teams as all five varsity team sports...

‘Kept us on our toes’: Old Rochester volleyball wins first game of postseason

MATTAPOISETT — Eleven days separated the end of the regular season for the Old Rochester Regional High School volleyball team and their first game of the postseason. They held practices, head coach Jimmy Oliveira said, but there’s only so much to do...

Alumni run raises more than $500 for Old Rochester cross country, track

MARION — More than 30 participants raced 5 kilometers around Washburn Park on Sunday, Oct. 13 to raise money for the cross country and track teams at Old Rochester Regional High School. Altogether, 36 runners and walkers competed in the “alumni fun...

Old Rochester volleyball hangs on for thrilling victory, improves to 13-2

MATTAPOISETT — The Old Rochester Regional High School volleyball team found themselves hanging on for dear life towards the end of a decisive fifth and final set against Dennis-Yarmouth High School on Wednesday, Oct. 9. On three separate occasions,...

Old Colony football “plays with enthusiasm” on way to second straight win

ROCHESTER — The Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School football team found themselves in an unfamiliar place after opening the season with two losses to out of conference foes. In 2022 and 2023, the Cougars finished the regular season...

‘You’ve got to keep fighting’: Old Rochester cross country becomes cohesive through competition

MARION — The sheer difficulty — physical and mental — of competitively running long distances has brought the Old Rochester Regional High School cross country program together like a family. The boys and girls teams each defeated Apponequet Regional...