Sports

Bristol-Plymouth cheerleaders earn championship title

MIDDLEBORO — The Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School cheerleading team became Game Day Champions at the 2025 AmeriCheer International Championship held March 15 and 16 in Orlando, Fla. The championship performance, which took place inside the...

First Battle of the Badges a slam dunk success

MIDDLEBORO — Donned in specially made jerseys, the Middleboro Police and Fire Department protected their nets and served free-throws in the first annual Battle of the Badges Friday, March 14. . Organized by the Middleboro High School Class of 2027...
Most Popular

Middleboro High’s Newcomb called spring’s top pitcher for Sox

MIDDLEBORO – Middleboro High graduate Sean Newcomb continues to put up hot numbers for the Red Sox in spring training in his bid to earn a spot on the squad this season. Some baseball analysts have described him as the spring’s best pitcher. Newcomb...

Noted skier works with Middleboro-based ski team

MIDDLEBORO — Members of the Crusaders Ski Team from the Central Congregational Church in Middleboro recently had the opportunity to ski with Dan Egan, the star of 13 Warren Miller ski films. Egan skied with the team and gave them practical tips to...

Middleboro standout pitches two scoreless innings for Red Sox

MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro High School graduate Sean Newcomb made his best pitch for a permanent position on the Red Sox roster with a commanding performance in the Grapefruit League. Newcomb pitched two scoreless innings Tuesday, Feb. 25 when the Red...

Middleboro High baseball has new coach

MIDDLEBORO — Jeff Sylvia has been named as the Middleboro High School Sachems head varsity baseball coach. He served as an assistant baseball coach for the Sachems in 2024 and has moved into the role of head coach for the 2025 season. Sylvia serves...

Athletes slaughter goals at Lakeville CrossFit competition

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...

Middleboro High standout pitcher invited to Red Sox training camp

MIDDLEBORO — Sean Newcomb, a 2011 Middleboro High School graduate and former first round major league baseball draft pick, has been invited to the Boston Red Sox spring training camp that begins in February. Newcomb, 31, had a .46 earned run average...

Sachems start 2025 playing their ‘brand of basketball’

MIDDLEBORO — The Sachems will not rest until another black and orange banner hangs against the walls of the Middleboro High School gym. “We made it to the Elite 8 last year, so expectations are high,” said Sachems Head Coach Joe Pauze, who says he...

Lakers boys basketball faces fierce competition

LAKEVILLE— The Lakers are feeling the effects of ratcheting up their level of competition from last year. Apponequet was hit with the toughest part of the competition season right out of the gate, said Lakers Head Coach Jim Cabucio. After four...

Lady Lakers take on basketball season with heart, high expectations

LAKEVILLE— Sneakers squealed, balls bounced and teammates chattered excitedly about tactics, while Kanye West’s hip hop classic “Heartless” blared in the background. Those sounds filled the air of Apponequet’s gymnasium as the Lakers girls’...

Sachems girls’ basketball has small numbers but mighty mindset

MIDDLEBORO—They may be few, but they’re fierce. That’s the message that the Middleboro High School girls’ varsity basketball team wants to send to their opponents this season. Their competitive mindset was evident in the intense concentration...

Sachems boys basketball dominates season kick-off game

MIDDLEBORO— The Sachems and Lakers girls and boys basketball teams kicked off the season last week and faced each other over the weekend in two nail-biting games. Middleboro boys basketball walked away with a win Friday, Dec. 13 against the Lakers...

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...

Apponequet wins Thanksgiving day game against Old Rochester

MATTAPOISETT — Brody Joly said he didn’t feel the weather conditions during the game. Under sheets of ice cold rain blowing interminably, the senior running back scored four touchdowns as Apponequet Regional High School beat Old Rochester Regional...

Middleboro feasts on annual Thanksgiving Day game

For the 32nd year in a row, the Middleboro Sachems took on the Carver Crusaders in a rivalry Thanksgiving Day Football game where both teams battled through harsh conditions but it was Middleboro who ultimately won the game. The game took place at...

Cross country athletes compete at Meet of Champions

At the cross country MIAA Meet of Champions, one Middleboro High School athlete and two Apponequet Regional High School athletes competed against the top runners and top 23 Division 2 teams in the state on Nov. 16 at Fort Devens. Middleboro junior...

Middleboro, Lakeville runners to compete in Cross Country State Championships

DEVENS — Middleboro and Apponequet Regional High School cross country teams are finishing up the 2024 season on a high note. After strong performances at the Division 2 Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Fort Devens military base,...

Nov. 24 5K honors late Middleboro coach

MIDDLEBORO — A 5k race honoring late Middleboro High School coach Tim Harnett will be held Sunday, Nov. 24. The Middleboro All Sports Boosters Association Tim Harnett 5k begins at 10 a.m. and will start and finish at the Middleboro High School...

Middleboro youth scores a win at Elks Regional Soccer Shoot

MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro teen Noelle MacDonald sure knows how to score a goal, at least that’s what she proved at the Regional Elks Soccer Shoot Championships held on the weekend of Nov. 3. MacDonald took home first place in the U14 division at the...

Field of dreams and dedication: Ceremony honors Joe Arruda

MIDDLEBORO — His given name is Joe Arruda, but Middleboro Parks Department Superintendent Fran Cass has another, more recognizable moniker for the owner of Bridgewater-Raynham Sand & Stone. He calls him, simply, “Superman.’’ Like the fictional...

Wood Street fields to be dedicated Oct. 26

MIDDLEBORO — The grand opening of Wood Street fields will take place Saturday, Oct. 26. A ceremony and the first pitch will be thrown at noon. The field, which is located at 163 Wood St., will be dedicated to Joe Arruda.

A dash to victory: Sachems defeat area schools in cross country meet

MIDDLEBORO — The team’s home meet against Sandwich High School and Carver Middle High School brought a day of personal records for Middleboro High School’s cross country teams. Both the girls and boys varsity teams won their meets on Thursday, Oct...

Lady Lakers defeat Sachems in soccer matchup

MIDDLEBORO — After taking a decisive lead in the first half, the Lakers girls soccer team came out with a 3-0 victory at its match against Middleboro High School on Friday, Oct. 11. The Lakers started off strong, scoring the first goal within the...

Middleboro native to 'knock out' cancer in boxing competition

Middleboro — Middleboro local Courtney Grey is about to take what it means to fight for a cure to a whole new level. On Thursday, Oct. 10, Grey will participate in the Haymakers for Hope Belles of the Brawl XI boxing competition at MGM Music Hall at...

Middleboro Cobras are Super Bowl champions

MIDDLEBORO — After a “nail-biting” championship game, the Middleboro Cobras have taken home the gold. The semi professional football team defeated the Southern Vermont Storm 10-7 on Saturday, Oct. 5, earning them the title of 2024 New England...

Cobras player retires, says 35 years with team is ‘a gift’

MIDDLEBORO — When Garrett Perry stares out into Battis Field, three decades of memories flash before his eyes under the stadium lights. Perry played his last game on the home field of the Middleboro Cobras on Saturday, Sept. 28, marking the end of a...

Super former Patriots Bowl over fans at appearance

MIDDLEBORO — A quartet of former New England Patriots gave their hands a workout at Vintage Vault on Sunday, Sept. 30, signing hundreds of pictures and footballs for kids and collectors. Steve Nelson and Ronnie Lippett were two of the players when...