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Wareham Tigers prepare for spring flag football

Well over 100 kids headed to the fields behind the John W. Decas Elementary School on Saturday, April 4, to try out for the Wareham Tigers’ NFL Flag Football Program. “This is a long time coming,” said Tigers President Jared Chadwick. “Everybody’s...

‘Fall II’ sports spring into action

A variety of sports traditionally played in the fall are having their first practices in March as they jump into the “Fall II” season. The unprecedented schedule is the result of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s decision to...
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Registration open for Gateway Babe Ruth Baseball

Players between the ages of 12 and 16 can sign up for Gateway Babe Ruth Baseball by March 28. More than 20 teams are open to players from Dartmouth, Middleboro, Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester, Onset and Wareham. The season will start with plenty of...

Wareham’s ‘Fall II’ sports season ready to begin

Wareham High School athletes who participate in fall sports, including football, cheerleading, soccer, field hockey, track or cross-country, and volleyball will soon begin practices ahead of the start of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic...

Bulldogs, Vikings tie in late-season game

The Vikings and Bulldogs fought it out on the ice on Feb. 10 in a game that ended in a tie, likely knocking the Vikings out of the playoffs. Old Rochester Regional’s Bulldogs will be the third seat for their tournament. The Vikings held the lead for...

Cape Verdean man’s legacy of diversity in baseball to be honored by Wareham Gatemen

A Cape Verdean man and Wareham resident, Joe Campinha, was one of the first players to break the color barrier in minor league baseball in 1949 — ten years before the Boston Red Sox became an integrated team. Campinha is connected to contemporary...

Challenges remain for girls varsity basketball as season comes to a close

Despite having what Coach Kyle Erha described as a good “defensive position” at the start of the game on Friday, Jan. 29, the Wareham girls varsity basketball team didn’t come close to pulling off a win. With a final score of 61-12, the Vikings were...

Bulldogs beat Vikings 10-8

With a hat trick from each team, The Old Rochester Regional/Fairhaven Bulldogs and Wareham/Carver Vikings duked it out in a high-scoring game of hockey on Jan. 20. Overcoming what was once a four-goal deficit, the Bulldogs defeated the Vikings 10-8...

YMCA youth basketball offers kids a ‘bit of normalcy’

The Gleason Family YMCA’s youth basketball program is a chance for Wareham’s youngest residents to experience “the joy of being a kid — of playing,” according to Lu Brito, the Y’s senior program director. Brito said the youth basketball program has...

Winter sports off to strong start – and streaming online

The Wareham boys varsity basketball team secured a strong win against the Bourne Canalmen on Friday, January 8, with a final score of 81-24. But Coach Steve Faniel says there’s still room for the team to grow. “I just thought we came out kinda flat...

WCTV to broadcast varsity basketball and ice hockey games

Wareham High School’s varsity winter sports games will be broadcast by Wareham Community Television. WCTV will broadcast girls basketball, boys basketball and ice hockey varsity games throughout the winter on the Education Channel (Comcast 97,...

2021 Gateway Babe Ruth baseball registration now open

Registration is now open for 2021 Gateway Babe Ruth baseball league. Players ages 12 to 16 from the following towns are eligible to register: Dartmouth, Marion, Mattapoisett, Middleboro, New Bedford, Rochester and Wareham. In order to be eligible,...

Wareham High School winter sports to proceed — with covid precautions

Wareham High School will allow some winter sports — namely boys and girls basketball, hockey and conditioning and fitness — to proceed with a number of covid-19 safety measures in place. Principal Scott Palladino explained that it had taken a long...

Wareham Tigers hope to use town land for football and cheer programs

The Wareham Tigers Athletics Association hopes to join Wareham Youth Soccer and Wareham Girls Softball in operating their own fields for games and practices at Westfield on Charlotte Furnace Road in West Wareham. The Tigers will ask the Board of...

Wareham Junior Basketball Association cancels upcoming season

After consultation with the schools and careful consideration of the current state of the virus and state restrictions, the Wareham Junior Basketball Association’s officers met and decided it would be in the best interest of players, fans, coaches...

Registration open for Spring 2021 travel soccer

Registration is now open for Wareham Youth Soccer’s spring 2021 travel team program. The program is open to boys and girls in second through twelfth grade, born between 2002 and 2012. Travel teams are open to players of all levels. Each team plays...

Scotty on the center court line

The basketball court at the Hammond School in Onset is now almost complete, as a contractor paid for by David Andrade has painted the Scotty Monteiro Jr. Foundation’s logo on the center court. In red and black, the foundation’s logo and slogan —...