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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,...
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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...

Lakers cross country teams are a ‘great pack’ of athletes

MARION — The Apponequet Regional High School cross country program went over the river and through the woods Tuesday, Sept. 24. The boys and girls cross country teams traveled to face Old Rochester Regional High School — a bus trip that almost...

Youngsters are kicking it at annual soccer shoot

MIDDLEBORO — The temperature barely cracked 60, but the soccer balls were coming in hot at the soccer shoot held Sept. 22 at the fields off Purchase Street. The annual event, sponsored by the Middleboro Elks, gives youngsters ages six to 12 a chance...

Lakeville residents to participate in Jimmy Fund walk

LAKEVILLE – Five residents from Lakeville will participate in the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund walk presented by Hyundai on Sunday, October 6. Chastity Froio, Fred Reagan, Timothy Brennan, Sharon DeCosta, and Jayadhara Dharan, along with thousands of...

Middleboro, Apponequet volleyball prepare for strong seasons

LAKEVILLE – While the outcome of a Friday, Sept. 14 varsity volleyball game between Middleboro High School and Apponequet Regional High School ended with a 3-1 win for the Lakers, both teams have a lot in common at the start of this season. Both...

Sachems beat Lakers in ‘hard fought’ season opener

MIDDLEBORO – For much of the Middleboro versus Apponequet football game on Thursday, Sept. 5, the score was tied 7-7. A touchdown in the third quarter propelled the Sachems to a 14-7 home field victory and a strong start to the season. "It's a...

Athletes triumph at Cranberry Trifest Triathlon

LAKEVILLE — For the 23rd year, triathletes came from all over the country to participate in the 2024 Cranberry Trifest Triathlon held at Ted Williams Camp in Lakeville on Sunday, Aug. 25. Athletes started off the morning with a swim in Loon Pond,...

Middleboro celebrates over 70 years of Summer Olympics

MIDDLEBORO — The Summer Olympics had just wrapped up, but the spirit of competition lingered in Middleboro. Last week, the town staged it’s own Summer Olympics, as it has done for more than 70 years. The decades-old tradition this year featured...

Thousands ride through Lakeville for Pan Mass Challenge

LAKEVILLE — School is not currently in session, but Apponequet Regional High School was bustling with life on Saturday, Aug. 3 as the campus served as a water stop for cyclists participating in the Pan-Mass Challenge. The Pan-Mass Challenge is a...

Summer baseball is in full swing

MIDDLEBORO – Middleboro Little League summer baseball is in full swing as the town’s top youth ball players play in tournaments and train in the intensive All Stars program. All star players are nominated by their coaches during the spring season to...

Ted Williams Camp alumni carry on slugger's legacy

LAKEVILLE — The rain wasn’t going to get in the way of Paul Vieira’s first visit back to the Ted Williams campground in 40 years. Vieira, who lives in Colorado Springs, came back for an alumni reunion at Ted Williams Camp in Lakeville on Saturday,...

Middleboro Cobras: One hundred years of football, family and success

MIDDLEBORO — Garrett Perry had dreamed of playing on the Middleboro Cobras semi-professional football team since the first time he watched a game in 1976. “The impression that watching grown men — who worked all day but were trained football players...

Lakers finish spring season with conference titles and MVP honors

LAKEVILLE — Apponequet finished out the spring with no shortage of athletic successes, with five teams racking up South Coast Conference titles and six making it to the MIAA Division 3 championships. Additionally, five student athletes were named...

Middleboro swim team wins multiple golds at Special Olympics

MIDDLEBORO — The Middleboro YMCA Special Needs had been struggling for weeks to master turns in the pool, according to coach Mac Sprague. But the five gold medals the team brought home at the Special Olympics of Massachusetts a few weeks back,...

Cobras second season win makes a statement, coach says

MIDDLEBORO — The Middleboro Cobras went into the second game of the season feeling secure, and their 49-8 win against the Worcester Wildcats showed they had every reason to. “We’re extremely confident going into this week,” said Cobras Head Coach...

Middleboro’s semi pro football team wins opening game

MIDDLEBORO– The Middleboro Cobras started off on the right foot after defeating the Glens Falls Greenjackets in the first game of the New England Football League season. The New England Football League is a Massachusetts-based semiprofessional...

Lakers softball defeated in final four

DARTMOUTH — The Apponequet Lakers Softball team lost in the semifinals of the state championship to the Hudson Hawks Wednesday, June 12 after the tides turned halfway through the game. The number two seeded Lakers faced off against the number three...

Lakers Baseball ends historic run in the final four

LAKEVILLE — After a competitive run in the playoffs, Apponequet boys baseball lost in the semifinals of the Division 3 State Championship to Oakmont Regional High School in a 5-1 loss on Tuesday, June 11. Still, the Lakers can log the 2024 season in...