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Back to back: Boys basketball wins state championship
For the second year running, the Wareham High School boys varsity basketball team has won the Division 4 state championship. The Vikings brought it home with a 86-71 game against the Bourne Canalmen at the Tsongas Center on Sunday, March 17. The...
Wareham wins overtime nailbiter
It was a near thing, but the Wareham High School boys varsity basketball team secured their spot in the state championship game with a 67-65 overtime win over Millbury High School. The Tuesday night game stayed close throughout. Wareham took an...
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Gateway Babe Ruth registration closing mid-April
Opening day is just around the corner, and registration for Gateway Babe Ruth is now open. It closes on April 13. Players from Mattapoisett, Marion, Rochester, Middleboro and Wareham ages 12 to 16 are eligible to register. Evaluations for all new...
Vikings basketball makes final four
The Wareham High School Boys Basketball Team has moved on to the final four in the spring playoff with a dominating performance over Lynn Vocational Technical Institute. The team put up 95 points to Lynn Technical’s 49 during their round-of-eight...
Vikings advance in tournament following defeat of Maimonides School, 79-51
Wareham residents might be getting a bit of deja vu as the high school boys basketball team continues to dominate the Division Four tournament — its latest win being the defeat of Maimonides School, 79-51, on Tuesday, March 5. Last March, the team...
Wareham defeat Cohasset in first playoff game, 100-34
The Wareham High School boys basketball team came out victorious in the first playoff game of the season against Cohasset High School Thursday night, Feb. 29. The Vikings swiftly defeated their opponent 100-34. Wareham remains first seed in the...
Girls basketball takes hard-fought playoffs defeat
The Wareham girls basketball team ended its postseason run with a 29-39 loss against Saint Bernards High School on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Despite that early exit, the team's season can't be seen as anything but a success, said Head Coach Mike Fortune. At...
Tigers Cheer sees success in Salem, next stop Disney
On Saturday, Feb. 24, Wareham Tigers Cheer Athletics teams competed in a small invitational known as the “Salem Bid Bash,” where Wareham team SPIRIT earned first place with three “hit zero” performances, meaning they received no deductions. Teams...
Viking blood runs deep: Alum returns to chart new course as head football coach
Cy Bariteau has always loved football — as far back as he can remember. He still recalls all the Patriots games he watched with family and the excitement of Super Bowl wins. As a kid, he played for the Wareham Tigers Athletic Association as well as...
Wrestling program builds confidence
When the Wareham Tigers Athletic Association started its wrestling program in the fall of 2023, it didn't know what kind of reception the program would have. As it turned out, the community’s interest was high. "Our original goal was to cap it right...
Basketball power rankings put boys first, girls in the playoffs
The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association has released its power rankings for the winter season of play, and the Wareham varsity boys basketball team sits atop the standings. The boys squad has a Rank 1 spot with a 14-3 record and an...
Gateway Babe Ruth opens registrations
Registrations are now open for the Gateway Babe Ruth program, Players from Marion, Mattapoisett, Middleboro, Rochester and Wareham are all eligible for the league. Players from the ages of 12 to 16 can register. The season begins early June,...
One game at a time for girls basketball
The Wareham High School varsity girls basketball team moved up to 10-6 in the standings with a dominating win over Atlantis Charter School on Monday, Feb. 5, scoring 51 buckets to the opposing team's 11. Ten wins is "basically three times more than...
Youth basketball Raptors rep Wareham Week jerseys
Each team in the Gleason Family YMCA’s Youth Basketball League has a sponsor represented on their jersey. This year, Wareham Week can be found on the backs of the “Raptors” from the Pro-Division. The Raptors were spotted bringing glory to the...
Boys basketball maintains division lead
As of Friday, Jan. 26, the Wareham High School varsity boys basketball team is first in the Division Four power rankings with a 11-3 winning record. Head Coach Stephen Faniel said although the boys lost Friday’s game against Bourne 61-71, the team...
They shoot, they score: Knights of Columbus holds hoop shoot
Only two hoopers showed up for the Knights of Columbus free throw contest held Sunday, Jan. 28, but each made their shots to advance to the next round of the competition. The Wareham Council of the Knights of Columbus set up the competition at the...
Little League registrations open
Registration is now available for the Wareham Little League 2024 spring season. The league supports children ages 3 to 12, with a tee-ball league for ages 3 and a half to 5 and a half, a farm league for children ages 6 to 8 and a minor and major...
Youth Basketball League dribbles into the new season
When TJ Rose was a kid, his family could only afford for him to play one sport — basketball. Rose played for many years in town and bonded with the coach at the time, who was the former president of the Youth Basketball league and who showed him...
Off to the races with high school track
The Wareham High School track team, like most of the school's athletic teams, has joined a new conference for the 2023-24 season. The Mayflower Athletic Conference, the team's new home, is a smaller conference, said Track Coach Chris Gardner. "It's...
Ajay Lopes snags 1,000th point
Ajay Lopes, a senior with the Wareham High School basketball team, scored his 1,000th career point in a win over Monomoy Regional High School on Friday, Jan. 5. The Wareham Tigers Athletic Association celebrated Lopes' accomplishment; in addition to...
Contest pairs deadlifts with cookie decorating
On Sunday, Dec. 17, a Christmas deadlift and cookie contest took place at the YMCA. The contest had 18 lifters, age 11 to 84, and 18 cookie decoration entries. Mike Gallagher, 45 years of age from New York, topped the weightlifting charts with a 625...
Boys basketball win 75-68 in first game of the season
The Wareham High School varsity boys basketball team came out victorious in their first game of the season against Old Rochester Regional School on Tuesday, Dec. 12. It was a close one throughout the night, but the Vikings secured a 75-68 victory...
A new season, a new start for girls basketball
The Wareham girls varsity basketball team came out swinging in a scrimmage against Upper Cape Cod Vocational High School on Wednesday, Dec. 8. The Vikings went six close rounds of practice against Upper Cape Cod Vocational High School. At the start...
Defending champions dribble into the new season
The Division Four champions have returned for a new season. A week before their first big game, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, the Wareham High School varsity boys basketball team faced off in a scrimmage against Scituate High School sailors. The vikings...
Wareham wins against Old Rochester in annual Powderpuff game
MATTAPOISETT — Thanksgiving football isn’t just for the boys. On Tuesday, Nov. 21, Wareham High School girls took to the gridiron to face off against players from Old Rochester Regional High School in the annual Powderpuff Football game. This annual...
Feast of fumbles: Vikings fall short in Thanksgiving game
The Vikings were met with defeat at the Thanksgiving game against the Canalmen 26-36 on Thursday, Nov. 23, and Bourne will remain in possession of the trophy for another year. “Obviously, it's not the result we wanted,” said Wareham Interim Head...
Hoop shoot winners take home trophies
Over 20 participants enjoyed the competition at the annual Elks Hoop Shoot, which was held on Friday, Nov. 17. The top three winners in each of the boys and girls divisions received trophies. The Wareham-New Bedford Elks Lodge #73 held the event,...
Gravy trains, touchdowns and tackles on Thanksgiving
Gobble, gaze and get ready to gloat at the upcoming Thanksgiving football game. The boys of Wareham High School’s football team will be heading to Spillane Field Thursday, Nov. 23 for a game against Bourne High School. The game begins at 10 a.m...
Volleyball falls to Hopedale
The Wareham High School volleyball team has fallen out of playoffs with a loss to Hopedale on Friday, Nov. 3. The team lost 3-1 in that match, after defeating Boston Collegiate Charter School 3-0 two days before. Wareham High School athletic...
Perry resigns as head football coach
At the tail end of a season that has so far seen the Wareham Vikings High School Football Team earn a 6-3 record, Head Coach Brandon Perry has resigned from his position. Perry cited off-the-field difficulties as the reason for his resignation. "It...
Cranberry bogs host "Grumpy" memorial 5K
Grumpy's Cranberry Harvest 5K, a race in honor of Robert "Grumpy" Conway, led runners along trails past the cranberry bogs on AD Makepeace's property in the morning of Saturday, Nov. 4. The race started 11 years ago, following Conway's passing in...
Vikings volleyball conquers first playoff game
Wednesday night, the Wareham High School volleyball team defeated Boston Collegiate Charter School in its first playoff game 3-0. The Nov. 1 game is only the beginning for the Vikings, but that is what’s driving the team’s spirit. Head Coach Allyson...
Volleyball team spikes its way into playoffs
Wareham's High School volleyball team enters the post season strong, having made playoffs with a 15-5 record. While the school's other teams fell short of receiving a playoffs berth, the season had some highlights for them as well, including a near...
Volleyball celebrates senior night
Being a senior in high school is bittersweet. There are a lot of “lasts” for students, including the last first day of school, the last Homecoming dance and the last Spirit Week. However, these lasts make for special celebrations. The Wareham High...
Football loss doesn’t taint Homecoming spirit
The Vikings met their match in battle at the Homecoming football game on Friday, Oct. 20. Wareham High School faced off against South Shore Vocational Technical High School, who are also known as the Vikings, and the bleachers were packed with...
Playoffs the (field) goal for Vikings
The Wareham Vikings football squad came into this season as a new team. Heach Coach Brandon Perry joined the team in March , bringing with him a whole new approach to the game. And, said Perry, the team was mostly new, too: only 13 players remained...
Couple follows pickleball craze to 50 states
Local players at the Onset Village pickleball courts recently hosted visitors from the far-off city of Cleveland, Ohio. Husband-and-wife team Daryl and Rose Sconyers visited Onset on Tuesday, Oct. 10. They came as part of their effort to play...
Girls soccer focuses on the fundamentals
Wareham High School’s girls soccer team is a month into their 2023 fall season and already showing signs of improvement, according to Coach Megan Kashner. With only five returning athletes, the majority of the team is made up of players that are...
Field hockey starts season
The Wareham field hockey team has faced several changes coming into the 2023-24 season, according to Athletics Director Ed Rodrigues. Several graduating seniors left the team between last season and this season, and the team's longtime coach, Molly...
Fundraiser supports boys basketball
A cornhole tournament fundraiser held Sunday, Sept. 24 brought over 50 members of the Wareham community out to support its boys basketball team. The Wareham High School Vikings basketball team won the Division 4 state championship in March. Now, the...
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